ios_l3_interface – Manage Layer-3 interfaces on Cisco IOS network devices

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

  • This module provides declarative management of Layer-3 interfaces on IOS network devices.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
aggregate
-
List of Layer-3 interfaces definitions. Each of the entry in aggregate list should define name of interface name and a optional ipv4 or ipv6 address.
auth_pass
string
Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using connection: network_cli and become: yes with become_pass.
For more information please see the IOS Platform Options guide.
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
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using connection: network_cli and become: yes.
For more information please see the IOS Platform Options guide.
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.
ipv4
-
IPv4 address to be set for the Layer-3 interface mentioned in name option. The address format is <ipv4 address>/<mask>, the mask is number in range 0-32 eg. 192.168.0.1/24
ipv6
-
IPv6 address to be set for the Layer-3 interface mentioned in name option. The address format is <ipv6 address>/<mask>, the mask is number in range 0-128 eg. fd5d:12c9:2201:1::1/64
name
-
Name of the Layer-3 interface to be configured eg. GigabitEthernet0/2
provider
dictionary
Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using connection: network_cli.
For more information please see the IOS Platform Options guide.
A dict object containing connection details.
auth_pass
string
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
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
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
string / required
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.
password
string
Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD will be used instead.
port
integer
Default:
22
Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device.
ssh_keyfile
path
Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is the path to the key used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE will be used instead.
timeout
integer
Default:
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.
username
string
Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME will be used instead.
state
-
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
State of the Layer-3 interface configuration. It indicates if the configuration should be present or absent on remote device.

Notes

Note

Examples

- name: Remove GigabitEthernet0/3 IPv4 and IPv6 address
  ios_l3_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/3
    state: absent

- name: Set GigabitEthernet0/3 IPv4 address
  ios_l3_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/3
    ipv4: 192.168.0.1/24

- name: Set GigabitEthernet0/3 IPv6 address
  ios_l3_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/3
    ipv6: "fd5d:12c9:2201:1::1/64"

- name: Set GigabitEthernet0/3 in dhcp
  ios_l3_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/3
    ipv4: dhcp
    ipv6: dhcp

- name: Set interface Vlan1 (SVI) IPv4 address
  ios_l3_interface:
    name: Vlan1
    ipv4: 192.168.0.5/24

- name: Set IP addresses on aggregate
  ios_l3_interface:
    aggregate:
      - { name: GigabitEthernet0/3, ipv4: 192.168.2.10/24 }
      - { name: GigabitEthernet0/3, ipv4: 192.168.3.10/24, ipv6: "fd5d:12c9:2201:1::1/64" }

- name: Remove IP addresses on aggregate
  ios_l3_interface:
    aggregate:
      - { name: GigabitEthernet0/3, ipv4: 192.168.2.10/24 }
      - { name: GigabitEthernet0/3, ipv4: 192.168.3.10/24, ipv6: "fd5d:12c9:2201:1::1/64" }
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
commands
list
 always, except for the platforms that use Netconf transport to manage the device.
The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device

Sample:
['interface GigabitEthernet0/2', 'ip address 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0', 'ipv6 address fd5d:12c9:2201:1::1/64']


Status

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)

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