vyos.vyos.vyos_static_route – (deprecated, removed after 2022-06-01) Manage static IP routes on Vyatta VyOS network devices

Note

This plugin is part of the vyos.vyos collection (version 2.6.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install vyos.vyos.

To use it in a playbook, specify: vyos.vyos.vyos_static_route.

New in version 1.0.0: of vyos.vyos

DEPRECATED

Removed in

major release after 2022-06-01

Why

Updated modules released with more functionality.

Alternative

vyos_static_routes

Synopsis

  • This module provides declarative management of static IP routes on Vyatta VyOS network devices.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

admin_distance

integer

Admin distance of the static route.

aggregate

list / elements=dictionary

List of static route definitions

admin_distance

integer

Admin distance of the static route.

mask

string

Network prefix mask of the static route.

next_hop

string

Next hop IP of the static route.

prefix

string / required

Network prefix of the static route. mask param should be ignored if prefix is provided with mask value prefix/mask.

state

string

State of the static route configuration.

Choices:

  • present

  • absent

mask

string

Network prefix mask of the static route.

next_hop

string

Next hop IP of the static route.

prefix

string

Network prefix of the static route. mask param should be ignored if prefix is provided with mask value prefix/mask.

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

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

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

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

string

State of the static route configuration.

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

Notes

Note

Examples

- name: configure static route
  vyos.vyos.vyos_static_route:
    prefix: 192.168.2.0
    mask: 24
    next_hop: 10.0.0.1

- name: configure static route prefix/mask
  vyos.vyos.vyos_static_route:
    prefix: 192.168.2.0/16
    next_hop: 10.0.0.1

- name: remove configuration
  vyos.vyos.vyos_static_route:
    prefix: 192.168.2.0
    mask: 16
    next_hop: 10.0.0.1
    state: absent

- name: configure aggregates of static routes
  vyos.vyos.vyos_static_route:
    aggregate:
    - {prefix: 192.168.2.0, mask: 24, next_hop: 10.0.0.1}
    - {prefix: 192.168.3.0, mask: 16, next_hop: 10.0.2.1}
    - {prefix: 192.168.3.0/16, next_hop: 10.0.2.1}

- name: Remove static route collections
  vyos.vyos.vyos_static_route:
    aggregate:
    - {prefix: 172.24.1.0/24, next_hop: 192.168.42.64}
    - {prefix: 172.24.3.0/24, next_hop: 192.168.42.64}
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key

Description

commands

list / elements=string

The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device

Returned: always

Sample: [“set protocols static route 192.168.2.0/16 next-hop 10.0.0.1”]

Status

  • This module will be removed in a major release after 2022-06-01. [deprecated]

  • For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

  • Trishna Guha (@trishnaguha)