nxos_ip_interface - Manages L3 attributes for IPv4 and IPv6 interfaces.

New in version 2.1.

Synopsis

  • Manages Layer 3 attributes for IPv4 and IPv6 interfaces.

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • ipaddress

Options

parameter required default choices comments
addr
 no
IPv4 or IPv6 Address.
allow_secondary
(added in 2.4)
 no
Allow to configure IPv4 secondary addresses on interface.
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.
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.
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.
interface
 yes
Full name of interface, i.e. Ethernet1/1, vlan10.
mask
 no
Subnet mask for IPv4 or IPv6 Address in decimal format.
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.
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
Specify desired state of the resource.
tag
(added in 2.4)
 no
Route tag for IPv4 or IPv6 Address in integer format.
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

- name: Ensure ipv4 address is configured on Ethernet1/32
  nxos_ip_interface:
    interface: Ethernet1/32
    transport: nxapi
    version: v4
    state: present
    addr: 20.20.20.20
    mask: 24

- name: Ensure ipv6 address is configured on Ethernet1/31
  nxos_ip_interface:
    interface: Ethernet1/31
    transport: cli
    version: v6
    state: present
    addr: '2001::db8:800:200c:cccb'
    mask: 64

- name: Ensure ipv4 address is configured with tag
  nxos_ip_interface:
    interface: Ethernet1/32
    transport: nxapi
    version: v4
    state: present
    tag: 100
    addr: 20.20.20.20
    mask: 24

- name: Configure ipv4 address as secondary if needed
  nxos_ip_interface:
    interface: Ethernet1/32
    transport: nxapi
    version: v4
    state: present
    allow_secondary: true
    addr: 21.21.21.21
    mask: 24

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
commands
commands sent to the device
 always list ['interface ethernet1/32', 'ip address 20.20.20.20/24 secondary tag 100']
end_state
k/v pairs of IP attributes after module execution
 always dict {'interface': 'ethernet1/32', 'prefixes': ['11.11.0.0/17', '20.20.20.0/24'], 'type': 'ethernet', 'addresses': [{'tag': 101, 'mask': 17, 'addr': '11.11.11.11', 'secondary': False}, {'tag': 100, 'mask': 24, 'addr': '20.20.20.20', 'secondary': True}], 'vrf': 'default'}
existing
k/v pairs of existing IP attributes on the interface
 always dict {'interface': 'ethernet1/32', 'prefixes': ['11.11.0.0/17'], 'type': 'ethernet', 'addresses': [{'tag': 101, 'mask': 17, 'addr': '11.11.11.11', 'secondary': False}], 'vrf': 'default'}
proposed
k/v pairs of parameters passed into module
 always dict {'interface': 'Ethernet1/32', 'allow_secondary': True, 'mask': '24', 'addr': '20.20.20.20', 'tag': 100}

Notes

Note

  • Tested against NXOSv 7.3.(0)D1(1) on VIRL
  • Interface must already be a L3 port when using this module.
  • Logical interfaces (po, loop, svi) must be created first.
  • mask must be inserted in decimal format (i.e. 24) for both IPv6 and IPv4.
  • A single interface can have multiple IPv6 configured.
  • tag is not idempotent for IPv6 addresses and I2 system image.

Status

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

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