ios_interface – Manage Interface on Cisco IOS network devices

• Synopsis
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

Synopsis

• This module provides declarative management of Interfaces on Cisco IOS network devices.

Parameters

Notes

Examples

- name: configure interface
  ios_interface:
      name: GigabitEthernet0/2
      description: test-interface
      speed: 100
      duplex: half
      mtu: 512

- name: remove interface
  ios_interface:
    name: Loopback9
    state: absent

- name: make interface up
  ios_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/2
    enabled: True

- name: make interface down
  ios_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/2
    enabled: False

- name: Check intent arguments
  ios_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/2
    state: up
    tx_rate: ge(0)
    rx_rate: le(0)

- name: Check neighbors intent arguments
  ios_interface:
    name: Gi0/0
    neighbors:
    - port: eth0
      host: netdev

- name: Config + intent
  ios_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/2
    enabled: False
    state: down

- name: Add interface using aggregate
  ios_interface:
    aggregate:
    - { name: GigabitEthernet0/1, mtu: 256, description: test-interface-1 }
    - { name: GigabitEthernet0/2, mtu: 516, description: test-interface-2 }
    duplex: full
    speed: 100
    state: present

- name: Delete interface using aggregate
  ios_interface:
    aggregate:
    - name: Loopback9
    - name: Loopback10
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Network Team. [network]

Red Hat Support

More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.

Authors

• Ganesh Nalawade (@ganeshrn)