cisco.ios.ios_ping – Tests reachability using ping from Cisco IOS network devices

Note

This plugin is part of the cisco.ios collection (version 2.5.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install cisco.ios.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.ios.ios_ping.

New in version 1.0.0: of cisco.ios

Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values

Synopsis

Tests reachability using ping from switch to a remote destination.
For a general purpose network module, see the M(net_ping) module.
For Windows targets, use the M(win_ping) module instead.
For targets running Python, use the M(ping) module instead.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
count integer			Number of packets to send.
dest string / required			The IP Address or hostname (resolvable by switch) of the remote node.
df_bit boolean		Choices: no ← yes	Set the DF bit.
provider dictionary			Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli`. For more information please see the https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/network/user_guide/platform_ios.html. A dict object containing connection details.
	auth_pass string		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 boolean	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.
	host string		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.
	password string		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 integer		Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device.
	ssh_keyfile path		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.
	timeout integer		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.
	username string		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.
size integer			Size of packets to send.
source string			The source IP Address.
state string		Choices: absent present ←	Determines if the expected result is success or fail.
vrf string			The VRF to use for forwarding.

Notes

Note

For a general purpose network module, see the M(net_ping) module.
For Windows targets, use the M(win_ping) module instead.
For targets running Python, use the M(ping) module instead.
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: Test reachability to 10.10.10.10 using default vrf
  cisco.ios.ios_ping:
    dest: 10.10.10.10

- name: Test reachability to 10.20.20.20 using prod vrf
  cisco.ios.ios_ping:
    dest: 10.20.20.20
    vrf: prod

- name: Test unreachability to 10.30.30.30 using default vrf
  cisco.ios.ios_ping:
    dest: 10.30.30.30
    state: absent

- name: Test reachability to 10.40.40.40 using prod vrf and setting count and source
  cisco.ios.ios_ping:
    dest: 10.40.40.40
    source: loopback0
    vrf: prod
    count: 20

- name: Test reachability to 10.50.50.50 using df-bit and size
  cisco.ios.ios_ping:
    dest: 10.50.50.50
    df_bit: true
    size: 1400

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
commands list / elements=string	always	Show the command sent. Sample: ['ping vrf prod 10.40.40.40 count 20 source loopback0']
packet_loss string	always	Percentage of packets lost. Sample: 0%
packets_rx integer	always	Packets successfully received. Sample: 20
packets_tx integer	always	Packets successfully transmitted. Sample: 20
rtt dictionary	always	Show RTT stats. Sample: {'avg': 2, 'max': 8, 'min': 1}

Authors

Jacob McGill (@jmcgill298)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/cisco/ios/ios_ping_module.html