Ansible Collections

Let’s start by listing out all the modules we have at hand with the default Ansible installation. They are organized into collections. We can list out the collections via ‘ansible-galaxy collection list’ command. Some of the notable network collections are listed out below:

(venv) $ ansible-galaxy collection list
# /home/echou/Mastering_Python_Networking_Fourth_Edition/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ansible_collections
Collection                    Version
----------------------------- -------
…
ansible.netcommon             3.1.0  
arista.eos                    5.0.1  
cisco.aci                     2.2.0  
cisco.asa                     3.1.0  
cisco.dnac                    6.5.3  
cisco.intersight              1.0.19 
cisco.ios                     3.3.0  
cisco.iosxr                   3.3.0  
cisco.ise                     2.5.0  
cisco.meraki                  2.10.1 
cisco.mso                     2.0.0  
cisco.nso                  ...