cisco.nxos.nxos_acl module – (deprecated, removed after 2022-06-01) Manages access list entries for ACLs.

Note

This module is part of the cisco.nxos collection (version 2.9.1).

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 cisco.nxos.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.nxos.nxos_acl.

New in version 1.0.0: of cisco.nxos

DEPRECATED

Removed in

major release after 2022-06-01

Why

Updated modules released with more functionality

Alternative

nxos_acls

Synopsis

  • Manages access list entries for ACLs.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

ack

string

Match on the ACK bit.

Choices:

  • enable

action

string

Action of the ACE.

Choices:

  • permit

  • deny

  • remark

dest

string

Destination ip and mask using IP/MASK notation and supports the keyword ‘any’.

dest_port1

string

Port/protocol and also first (lower) port when using range operand.

dest_port2

string

Second (end) port when using range operand.

dest_port_op

string

Destination port operands such as eq, neq, gt, lt, range.

Choices:

  • any

  • eq

  • gt

  • lt

  • neq

  • range

dscp

string

Match packets with given dscp value.

Choices:

  • af11

  • af12

  • af13

  • af21

  • af22

  • af23

  • af31

  • af32

  • af33

  • af41

  • af42

  • af43

  • cs1

  • cs2

  • cs3

  • cs4

  • cs5

  • cs6

  • cs7

  • default

  • ef

established

string

Match established connections.

Choices:

  • enable

fin

string

Match on the FIN bit.

Choices:

  • enable

fragments

string

Check non-initial fragments.

Choices:

  • enable

log

string

Log matches against this entry.

Choices:

  • enable

name

string / required

Case sensitive name of the access list (ACL).

precedence

string

Match packets with given precedence.

Choices:

  • critical

  • flash

  • flash-override

  • immediate

  • internet

  • network

  • priority

  • routine

proto

string

Port number or protocol (as supported by the switch).

provider

dictionary

Deprecated

Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using connection: network_cli.

Starting with Ansible 2.6 we recommend using connection: httpapi for NX-API.

This option will be removed in a release after 2022-06-01.

For more information please see the https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/network/user_guide/platform_nxos.html.

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

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.

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

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 is a common argument used for either cli or nxapi transports. 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. This value applies to either cli or nxapi. The port value will default to the appropriate transport common port if none is provided in the task. (cli=22, http=80, https=443).

ssh_keyfile

string

Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for the cli transport. 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. NX-API can be slow to return on long-running commands (sh mac, sh bgp, etc).

transport

string

Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device. The transport argument supports connectivity to the device over cli (ssh) or nxapi.

Choices:

  • cli ← (default)

  • nxapi

use_proxy

boolean

If no, the environment variables http_proxy and https_proxy will be ignored.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

use_ssl

boolean

Configures the transport to use SSL if set to yes only when the transport=nxapi, otherwise this value is ignored.

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

username

string

Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate either the CLI login or the nxapi authentication depending on which transport is used. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME will be used instead.

validate_certs

boolean

If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. If the transport argument is not nxapi, this value is ignored.

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

psh

string

Match on the PSH bit.

Choices:

  • enable

remark

string

If action is set to remark, this is the description.

rst

string

Match on the RST bit.

Choices:

  • enable

seq

string

Sequence number of the entry (ACE).

src

string

Source ip and mask using IP/MASK notation and supports keyword ‘any’.

src_port1

string

Port/protocol and also first (lower) port when using range operand.

src_port2

string

Second (end) port when using range operand.

src_port_op

string

Source port operands such as eq, neq, gt, lt, range.

Choices:

  • any

  • eq

  • gt

  • lt

  • neq

  • range

state

string

Specify desired state of the resource.

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

  • delete_acl

syn

string

Match on the SYN bit.

Choices:

  • enable

time_range

string

Name of time-range to apply.

urg

string

Match on the URG bit.

Choices:

  • enable

Notes

Note

  • Tested against NXOSv 7.3.(0)D1(1) on VIRL

  • Unsupported for Cisco MDS

  • state=absent removes the ACE if it exists.

  • state=delete_acl deletes the ACL if it exists.

  • For idempotency, use port numbers for the src/dest port params like src_port1 and names for the well defined protocols for the proto param.

  • Although this module is idempotent in that if the ace as presented in the task is identical to the one on the switch, no changes will be made. If there is any difference, what is in Ansible will be pushed (configured options will be overridden). This is to improve security, but at the same time remember an ACE is removed, then re-added, so if there is a change, the new ACE will be exactly what parameters you are sending to the module.

  • For information on using CLI and NX-API see the NXOS Platform Options guide

  • 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

# configure ACL ANSIBLE
- cisco.nxos.nxos_acl:
    name: ANSIBLE
    seq: 10
    action: permit
    proto: tcp
    src: 192.0.2.1/24
    dest: any
    state: present

Return Values

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

Key

Description

commands

list / elements=string

commands sent to the device

Returned: always

Sample: [“ip access-list ANSIBLE”, “10 permit tcp 192.0.2.1/24 any”]

Status

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

  • For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

  • Jason Edelman (@jedelman8)

  • Gabriele Gerbino (@GGabriele)