cisco.ios.ios_facts – Collect facts from remote devices running Cisco IOS¶
Note
This plugin is part of the cisco.ios collection (version 1.3.0).
To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install cisco.ios
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.ios.ios_facts
.
New in version 1.0.0: of cisco.ios
Synopsis¶
Collects a base set of device facts from a remote device that is running IOS. This module prepends all of the base network fact keys with
ansible_net_<fact>
. The facts module will always collect a base set of facts from the device and can enable or disable collection of additional facts.
Note
This module has a corresponding action plugin.
Parameters¶
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | |
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gather_network_resources
list
/ elements=string
|
When supplied, this argument will restrict the facts collected to a given subset. Possible values for this argument include all and the resources like interfaces, vlans etc. Can specify a list of values to include a larger subset. Values can also be used with an initial
! to specify that a specific subset should not be collected. Valid subsets are 'all', 'interfaces', 'l2_interfaces', 'vlans', 'lag_interfaces', 'lacp', 'lacp_interfaces', 'lldp_global', 'lldp_interfaces', 'l3_interfaces', 'acl_interfaces', 'static_routes', 'acls'. |
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gather_subset
list
/ elements=string
|
Default: "!config"
|
When supplied, this argument restricts the facts collected to a given subset.
Possible values for this argument include
all , min , hardware , config , and interfaces .Specify a list of values to include a larger subset.
Use a value with an initial
! to collect all facts except that subset. |
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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.
|
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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. |
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authorize
boolean
|
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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. |
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host
string
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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.
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password
string
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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. |
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port
integer
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Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device.
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ssh_keyfile
path
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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. |
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timeout
integer
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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.
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username
string
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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. |
Notes¶
Note
Tested against IOS 15.6
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: Gather all legacy facts
cisco.ios.ios_facts:
gather_subset: all
- name: Gather only the config and default facts
cisco.ios.ios_facts:
gather_subset:
- config
- name: Do not gather hardware facts
cisco.ios.ios_facts:
gather_subset:
- '!hardware'
- name: Gather legacy and resource facts
cisco.ios.ios_facts:
gather_subset: all
gather_network_resources: all
- name: Gather only the interfaces resource facts and no legacy facts
cisco.ios.ios_facts:
gather_subset:
- '!all'
- '!min'
gather_network_resources:
- interfaces
- name: Gather interfaces resource and minimal legacy facts
cisco.ios.ios_facts:
gather_subset: min
gather_network_resources: interfaces
- name: Gather L2 interfaces resource and minimal legacy facts
cisco.ios.ios_facts:
gather_subset: min
gather_network_resources: l2_interfaces
- name: Gather L3 interfaces resource and minimal legacy facts
cisco.ios.ios_facts:
gather_subset: min
gather_network_resources: l3_interfaces
Return Values¶
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Authors¶
Peter Sprygada (@privateip)
Sumit Jaiswal (@justjais)