Arista Validated Designs
Arista Validated Designs (AVD) is an extensible data model that defines Arista's Unified Cloud Network architecture as "code".
AVD Documentation:
Features
- Flexibility with Open Data Models: Extensible fabric-wide network models, simplifying configuration, delivering consistency, and reducing errors
- Simplification through Multi-Domain Automation: A framework that can automate the data center, campus or wide area network, enabled by a consistent EOS software image and management platform
- Comprehensive Workflows: Automating the full life cycle of network provisioning from config generation to pre- and post-deployment validation, and self-documentation of the network
Reference designs
AVD Ansible Collection
Arista Networks supports Ansible for managing devices running Arista's Extensible Operating System (EOS) natively through it's EOS API (eAPI) or CloudVision Portal (CVP). The collection includes a set of Ansible roles and modules to help kick-start your automation with Arista. The various roles and templates provided are designed to be customized and extended to your needs.
Examples
Additional resources
- Ansible EOS modules on Ansible documentation
- Ansible CloudVision modules
- CloudVision Portal
- Arista Design and Deployment Guides
Support
- AVD version 4.x releases with full support from Arista TAC. If your organization has the A-Care subscription please don't hesitate to contact TAC with any questions or issues.
- Community support is provided via Github discussions board.
Contributing
Contributing pull requests are gladly welcomed for this repository. If you are planning a big change, please start a discussion first to make sure we'll be able to merge it. Please see the contribution guide for additional details.
You can also open an issue to report any problems or submit enhancements.
License
Copyright (c) 2019-2024 Arista Networks, Inc.
The project is published under Apache 2.0 License