iosxr_logging – Configuration management of system logging services on network devices

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • This module provides declarative management configuration of system logging (syslog) on Cisco IOS XR devices.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • ncclient >= 0.5.3 when using netconf

  • lxml >= 4.1.1 when using netconf

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
aggregate
-
List of syslog logging configuration definitions.
dest
-
    Choices:
  • host
  • console
  • monitor
  • buffered
  • file
Destination for system logging (syslog) messages.
facility
-
Default:
"local7"
To configure the type of syslog facility in which system logging (syslog) messages are sent to syslog servers Optional config for dest = host
hostnameprefix
-
added in 2.5
To append a hostname prefix to system logging (syslog) messages logged to syslog servers. Optional config for dest = host
level
-
Default:
"debugging"
Specifies the severity level for the logging.

aliases: severity
name
-
When dest = file name indicates file-name
When dest = host name indicates the host-name or ip-address of syslog server.
provider
dictionary
Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using connection: network_cli.
For more information please see the Network Guide.
A dict object containing connection details.
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.
size
-
Size of buffer when dest = buffered. The acceptable value is in the range 307200 to 125000000 bytes. Default 307200
Size of file when dest = file. The acceptable value is in the range 1 to 2097152KB. Default 2 GB
state
-
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Existential state of the logging configuration on the node.
vrf
-
added in 2.5
 Default:
"default"
vrf name when syslog server is configured, dest = host

Notes

Note

  • Tested against IOS XRv 6.1.2

  • For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the Ansible Network Guide

  • For more information on using Ansible to manage Cisco devices see the Cisco integration page.

Examples

- name: configure logging for syslog server host
  iosxr_logging:
    dest: host
    name: 10.10.10.1
    level: critical
    state: present

- name: add hostnameprefix configuration
  iosxr_logging:
    hostnameprefix: host1
    state: absent

- name: add facility configuration
  iosxr_logging:
    facility: local1
    state: present

- name: configure console logging level
  iosxr_logging:
    dest: console
    level: debugging
    state: present

- name: configure monitor logging level
  iosxr_logging:
    dest: monitor
    level: errors
    state: present

- name: configure syslog to a file
  iosxr_logging:
    dest: file
    name: file_name
    size: 2048
    level: errors
    state: present

- name: configure buffered logging with size
  iosxr_logging:
    dest: buffered
    size: 5100000

- name: Configure logging using aggregate
  iosxr_logging:
    aggregate:
      - { dest: console, level: warning }
      - { dest: buffered, size: 4800000 }
      - { dest: file, name: file3, size: 2048}
      - { dest: host, name: host3, level: critical}

- name: Delete logging using aggregate
  iosxr_logging:
    aggregate:
      - { dest: console, level: warning }
      - { dest: buffered, size: 4800000 }
      - { dest: file, name: file3, size: 2048}
      - { dest: host, name: host3, level: critical}
    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 (empty list when no commands to send)
The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device

Sample:
['logging 10.10.10.1 vrf default severity debugging', 'logging facility local7', 'logging hostnameprefix host1', 'logging console critical', 'logging buffered 2097153', 'logging buffered warnings', 'logging monitor errors', 'logging file log_file maxfilesize 1024 severity info']
xml
list
added in 2.5
 always (empty list when no xml rpc to send)
NetConf rpc xml sent to device with transport netconf

Sample:
['<config xmlns:xc="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0"> <syslog xmlns="http://cisco.com/ns/yang/Cisco-IOS-XR-infra-syslog-cfg"> <files> <file xc:operation="delete"> <file-name>file1</file-name> <file-log-attributes> <max-file-size>2097152</max-file-size> <severity>2</severity> </file-log-attributes> </file> </files> </syslog> </config>']


Status

Red Hat Support

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

Authors

  • Trishna Guha (@trishnaguha)

  • Kedar Kekan (@kedarX)

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