nxos_logging - Manage logging on network devices

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • This module provides declarative management of logging on Cisco NX-OS devices.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
aggregate
 no
List of logging definitions.
dest
 no
  • console
  • logfile
  • module
  • monitor
Destination of the logs.
dest_level
 no
Set logging severity levels. alias level.
facility
 no
Facility name for logging.
facility_level
 no
Set logging serverity levels for facility based log messages.
name
 no
If value of dest is logfile it indicates file-name.
purge
 no
Purge logging not defined in the aggregate parameter.
state
 no present
  • present
  • absent
State of the logging configuration.

Examples

- name: configure console logging with level
  nxos_logging:
    dest: console
    level: 2
    state: present
- name: remove console logging configuration
  nxos_logging:
    dest: console
    level: 2
    state: absent
- name: configure file logging with level
  nxos_logging:
    dest: logfile
    name: testfile
    dest_level: 3
    state: present
- name: configure facility level logging
  nxos_logging:
    facility: daemon
    facility_level: 0
    state: present
- name: remove facility level logging
  nxos_logging:
    facility: daemon
    facility_level: 0
    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 console 2', 'logging logfile testfile 3', 'logging level daemon 0']

Status

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

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