win_route - Add or remove a static route.

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • Add or remove a static route.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
destination
yes
Destination IP address in CIDR format (ip address/prefix length)
gateway
no
The gateway used by the static route.
If gateway is not provided it will be set to 0.0.0.0.
metric
no 1
Metric used by the static route.
state
no present
If present, it adds a network static route. If absent, it removes a network static route.

Examples

---

- name: Add a network static route
  win_route:
    destination: 192.168.2.10/32
    gateway: 192.168.1.1
    metric: 1
    state: present

- name: Remove a network static route
  win_route:
    destination: 192.168.2.10/32
    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
output
A message describing the task result.
always string Route added

Notes

Note

  • Works only with Windows 2012 R2 and newer.

Status

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

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.4/win_route_module.html