nxos_aaa_server_host - Manages AAA server host-specific configuration.

New in version 2.2.

Synopsis

  • Manages AAA server host-specific configuration.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
acct_port
no
Alternate UDP port for RADIUS accounting.
address
yes
Address or name of the radius or tacacs host.
auth_pass
(added in 2.4.4)
no none
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.
auth_port
no
Alternate UDP port for RADIUS authentication.
authorize
(added in 2.4.4)
no
  • yes
  • no
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.
encrypt_type
no
  • 0
  • 7
The state of encryption applied to the entered key. O for clear text, 7 for encrypted. Type-6 encryption is not supported.
host
yes
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.
host_timeout
no
Timeout period for specified host, in seconds. Range is 1-60.
key
no
Shared secret for the specified host.
password
no
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
no 0 (use common port)
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).
provider
no
Convenience method that allows all nxos arguments to be passed as a dict object. All constraints (required, choices, etc) must be met either by individual arguments or values in this dict.
server_type
yes
  • radius
  • tacacs
The server type is either radius or tacacs.
ssh_keyfile
no
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.
state
no present
  • present
  • absent
Manage the state of the resource.
tacacs_port
no
Alternate TCP port TACACS Server.
timeout
(added in 2.3)
no 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. NX-API can be slow to return on long-running commands (sh mac, sh bgp, etc).
transport
yes cli
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_ssl
no
  • yes
  • no
Configures the transport to use SSL if set to true only when the transport=nxapi, otherwise this value is ignored.
username
no
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
no
  • yes
  • no
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.

Examples

# Radius Server Host Basic settings
  - name: "Radius Server Host Basic settings"
    nxos_aaa_server_host:
        state: present
        server_type: radius
        address: 1.2.3.4
        acct_port: 2084
        host_timeout: 10
        host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
        username: "{{ un }}"
        password: "{{ pwd }}"

# Radius Server Host Key Configuration
  - name: "Radius Server Host Key Configuration"
    nxos_aaa_server_host:
        state: present
        server_type: radius
        address: 1.2.3.4
        key: hello
        encrypt_type: 7
        host:  inventory_hostname }}
        username: "{{ un }}"
        password: "{{ pwd }}"

# TACACS Server Host Configuration
  - name: "Tacacs Server Host Configuration"
    nxos_aaa_server_host:
        state: present
        server_type: tacacs
        tacacs_port: 89
        host_timeout: 10
        address: 5.6.7.8
        host:  inventory_hostname }}
        username:  un }}
        password:  pwd }}

Return Values

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

name description returned type sample
changed
check to see if a change was made on the device
always boolean True
end_state
k/v pairs of configuration after module execution
always dict {'host_timeout': '10', 'address': '1.2.3.4', 'auth_port': '2084', 'server_type': 'radius'}
existing
k/v pairs of existing configuration
always dict {}
proposed
k/v pairs of parameters passed into module
always dict {'host_timeout': '10', 'address': '1.2.3.4', 'auth_port': '2084', 'server_type': 'radius'}
updates
command sent to the device
always list ['radius-server host 1.2.3.4 auth-port 2084 timeout 10']

Notes

Note

  • Tested against NXOSv 7.3.(0)D1(1) on VIRL
  • Changes to the AAA server host key (shared secret) are not idempotent.
  • If state=absent removes the whole host configuration.

Status

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

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