ios_l3_interface - Manage L3 interfaces on Cisco IOS network devices.¶

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status
- Support
- Author

Synopsis ¶

This module provides declarative management of L3 interfaces on IOS network devices.

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
aggregate		List of L3 interfaces definitions. Each of the entry in aggregate list should define name of interface `name` and a optional `ipv4` or `ipv6` address.
auth_pass		Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli` and `become: yes` with `become_pass`. For more information please see the IOS Platform Options guide. Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote device. If authorize is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS` will be used instead.
authorize	Choices: no ← yes	Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli` and `become: yes`. For more information please see the IOS Platform Options guide. Instructs the module to enter privileged mode on the remote device before sending any commands. If not specified, the device will attempt to execute all commands in non-privileged mode. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE` will be used instead.
ipv4		IPv4 address to be set for the L3 interface mentioned in name option. The address format is <ipv4 address>/<mask>, the mask is number in range 0-32 eg. 192.168.0.1/24
ipv6		IPv6 address to be set for the L3 interface mentioned in name option. The address format is <ipv6 address>/<mask>, the mask is number in range 0-128 eg. fd5d:12c9:2201:1::1/64
name		Name of the L3 interface to be configured eg. GigabitEthernet0/2
provider		Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli`. For more information please see the IOS Platform Options guide. A dict object containing connection details.
username		Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME` will be used instead.
authorize	Choices: no ← yes	Instructs the module to enter privileged mode on the remote device before sending any commands. If not specified, the device will attempt to execute all commands in non-privileged mode. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE` will be used instead.
ssh_keyfile		Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is the path to the key used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE` will be used instead.
auth_pass		Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote device. If authorize is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS` will be used instead.
host required		Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote device over the specified transport. The value of host is used as the destination address for the transport.
timeout	Default: 10	Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error.
password		Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD` will be used instead.
port	Default: 22	Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device.
state	Choices: present ← absent	State of the L3 interface configuration. It indicates if the configuration should be present or absent on remote device.

Notes ¶

Note

Tested against IOS 15.2
For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the Ansible Network Guide
For more information on using Ansible to manage Cisco devices see the Cisco integration page.

Examples ¶

- name: Remove GigabitEthernet0/3 IPv4 and IPv6 address
  ios_l3_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/3
    state: absent

- name: Set GigabitEthernet0/3 IPv4 address
  ios_l3_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/3
    ipv4: 192.168.0.1/24

- name: Set GigabitEthernet0/3 IPv6 address
  ios_l3_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/3
    ipv6: "fd5d:12c9:2201:1::1/64"

- name: Set GigabitEthernet0/3 in dhcp
  ios_l3_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/3
    ipv4: dhcp
    ipv6: dhcp

- name: Set IP addresses on aggregate
  ios_l3_interface:
    aggregate:
      - { name: GigabitEthernet0/3, ipv4: 192.168.2.10/24 }
      - { name: GigabitEthernet0/3, ipv4: 192.168.3.10/24, ipv6: "fd5d:12c9:2201:1::1/64" }

- name: Remove IP addresses on aggregate
  ios_l3_interface:
    aggregate:
      - { name: GigabitEthernet0/3, ipv4: 192.168.2.10/24 }
      - { name: GigabitEthernet0/3, ipv4: 192.168.3.10/24, ipv6: "fd5d:12c9:2201:1::1/64" }
    state: absent

Return Values ¶

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
commands list	always, except for the platforms that use Netconf transport to manage the device.	The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device Sample: ['interface GigabitEthernet0/2', 'ip address 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0', 'ipv6 address fd5d:12c9:2201:1::1/64']

Status ¶

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Support ¶

For more information about Red Hat’s support of this module, please refer to this Knowledge Base article

Author ¶

Ganesh Nalawade (@ganeshrn)

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