Ansible Content Collections

Let’s start by listing out all the modules we have at hand with the default Ansible installation. They are organized into Content Collections (https://www.ansible.com/products/content-collections), sometimes called collections for abbreviation. We can list out the collections via the 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                  ...