cisco.nxos.nxos_bgp_neighbor – (deprecated, removed after 2023-01-27) Manages BGP neighbors configurations.

Note

This plugin is part of the cisco.nxos collection (version 2.7.0).

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.nxos.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.nxos.nxos_bgp_neighbor.

New in version 1.0.0: of cisco.nxos

DEPRECATED
Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status

DEPRECATED

Removed in: major release after 2023-01-27
Why: Updated module released with more functionality.
Alternative: nxos_bgp_global

Synopsis

Manages BGP neighbors configurations on NX-OS switches.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
asn string / required			BGP autonomous system number. Valid values are string, Integer in ASPLAIN or ASDOT notation.
bfd string		Choices: enable disable	Enables/Disables BFD for a given neighbor. Dependency: ''feature bfd''
capability_negotiation boolean		Choices: no yes	Configure whether or not to negotiate capability with this neighbor.
connected_check boolean		Choices: no yes	Configure whether or not to check for directly connected peer.
description string			Description of the neighbor.
dynamic_capability boolean		Choices: no yes	Configure whether or not to enable dynamic capability.
ebgp_multihop string			Specify multihop TTL for a remote peer. Valid values are integers between 2 and 255, or keyword 'default' to disable this property.
local_as string			Specify the local-as number for the eBGP neighbor. Valid values are String or Integer in ASPLAIN or ASDOT notation, or 'default', which means not to configure it.
log_neighbor_changes string		Choices: enable disable inherit	Specify whether or not to enable log messages for neighbor up/down event.
low_memory_exempt boolean		Choices: no yes	Specify whether or not to shut down this neighbor under memory pressure.
maximum_peers string			Specify Maximum number of peers for this neighbor prefix Valid values are between 1 and 1000, or 'default', which does not impose the limit. Note that this parameter is accepted only on neighbors with address/prefix.
neighbor string / required			Neighbor Identifier. Valid values are string. Neighbors may use IPv4 or IPv6 notation, with or without prefix length.
peer_type string added in 1.1.0 of cisco.nxos		Choices: fabric_border_leaf fabric_external disable	Specify the peer type for BGP session.
provider dictionary			Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli`. Starting with Ansible 2.6 we recommend using `connection: httpapi` for NX-API. This option will be removed in a release after 2022-06-01. For more information please see the https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/network/user_guide/platform_nxos.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 is a common argument used for either cli or nxapi transports. 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. This value applies to either cli or nxapi. The port value will default to the appropriate transport common port if none is provided in the task. (cli=22, http=80, https=443).
	ssh_keyfile string		Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for the cli transport. 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. NX-API can be slow to return on long-running commands (sh mac, sh bgp, etc).
	transport string	Choices: cli ← nxapi	Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device. The transport argument supports connectivity to the device over cli (ssh) or nxapi.
	use_proxy boolean	Choices: no yes ←	If `no`, the environment variables `http_proxy` and `https_proxy` will be ignored.
	use_ssl boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Configures the transport to use SSL if set to `yes` only when the `transport=nxapi`, otherwise this value is ignored.
	username string		Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate either the CLI login or the nxapi authentication depending on which transport is used. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME` will be used instead.
	validate_certs boolean	Choices: no ← yes	If `no`, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. If the transport argument is not nxapi, this value is ignored.
pwd string			Specify the password for neighbor. Valid value is string.
pwd_type string		Choices: 3des cisco_type_7 default	Specify the encryption type the password will use. Valid values are '3des' or 'cisco_type_7' encryption or keyword 'default'.
remote_as string			Specify Autonomous System Number of the neighbor. Valid values are String or Integer in ASPLAIN or ASDOT notation, or 'default', which means not to configure it.
remove_private_as string		Choices: enable disable all replace-as	Specify the config to remove private AS number from outbound updates. Valid values are 'enable' to enable this config, 'disable' to disable this config, 'all' to remove all private AS number, or 'replace-as', to replace the private AS number.
shutdown boolean		Choices: no yes	Configure to administratively shutdown this neighbor.
state string		Choices: present ← absent	Determines whether the config should be present or not on the device.
suppress_4_byte_as boolean		Choices: no yes	Configure to suppress 4-byte AS Capability.
timers_holdtime string			Specify holdtime timer value. Valid values are integers between 0 and 3600 in terms of seconds, or 'default', which is 180.
timers_keepalive string			Specify keepalive timer value. Valid values are integers between 0 and 3600 in terms of seconds, or 'default', which is 60.
transport_passive_only boolean		Choices: no yes	Specify whether or not to only allow passive connection setup. Valid values are 'true', 'false', and 'default', which defaults to 'false'. This property can only be configured when the neighbor is in 'ip' address format without prefix length.
update_source string			Specify source interface of BGP session and updates.
vrf string		Default: "default"	Name of the VRF. The name 'default' is a valid VRF representing the global bgp.

Notes

Note

Tested against NXOSv 7.3.(0)D1(1) on VIRL
Unsupported for Cisco MDS
state=absent removes the whole BGP neighbor configuration.
Default, where supported, restores params default value.
For information on using CLI and NX-API see the NXOS Platform Options guide
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

# create a new neighbor
- cisco.nxos.nxos_bgp_neighbor:
    asn: 65535
    neighbor: 192.0.2.3
    local_as: 20
    remote_as: 30
    bfd: enable
    description: just a description
    update_source: Ethernet1/3
    state: present
    peer_type: fabric_external

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	commands sent to the device Sample: ['router bgp 65535', 'neighbor 192.0.2.3', 'remote-as 30', 'update-source Ethernet1/3', 'description just a description', 'local-as 20', 'peer-type fabric-external']

Status

This module will be removed in a major release after 2023-01-27. [deprecated]
For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

Gabriele Gerbino (@GGabriele)

© 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/nxos/nxos_bgp_neighbor_module.html