ios_logging - Manage logging on network devices

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • This module provides declarative management of logging on Cisco Ios devices.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
aggregate
no
List of logging definitions.
dest
no
  • on
  • host
  • console
  • monitor
  • buffered
Destination of the logs.
facility
no
Set logging facility.
level
no
Set logging severity levels.
name
no
If value of dest is file it indicates file-name, for user it indicates username and for host indicates the host name to be notified.
size
no 4096
Size of buffer. The acceptable value is in range from 4096 to 4294967295 bytes.
state
no present
  • present
  • absent
State of the logging configuration.

Examples

- name: configure host logging
  ios_logging:
    dest: host
    name: 172.16.0.1
    state: present

- name: remove host logging configuration
  ios_logging:
    dest: host
    name: 172.16.0.1
    state: absent

- name: configure console logging level and facility
  ios_logging:
    dest: console
    facility: local7
    level: debugging
    state: present

- name: enable logging to all
  ios_logging:
    dest : on

- name: configure buffer size
  ios_logging:
    dest: buffered
    size: 5000

- name: Configure logging using aggregate
  ios_logging:
    aggregate:
      - { dest: console, level: notifications }
      - { dest: buffered, size: 9000 }

- name: remove logging using aggregate
  ios_logging:
    aggregate:
      - { dest: console, level: notifications }
      - { dest: buffered, size: 9000 }
    state: absent

Return Values

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

name description returned type sample
commands
The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device
always list ['logging facility local7', 'logging host 172.16.0.1']

Notes

Note

  • Tested against IOS 15.6

Status

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

Maintenance Info

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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.4/ios_logging_module.html