cisco.nxos.nxos_bgp_neighbor module – (deprecated, removed after 2023-01-27) Manages BGP neighbors configurations.

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_bgp_neighbor.

New in version 1.0.0: of cisco.nxos

DEPRECATED

Removed in

major release after 2023-01-27

Why

Updated module released with more functionality.

Alternative

nxos_bgp_global

Synopsis

  • Manages BGP neighbors configurations on NX-OS switches.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

asn

string / required

BGP autonomous system number. Valid values are string, Integer in ASPLAIN or ASDOT notation.

bfd

string

Enables/Disables BFD for a given neighbor.

Dependency: ‘’feature bfd’’

Choices:

  • enable

  • disable

capability_negotiation

boolean

Configure whether or not to negotiate capability with this neighbor.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

connected_check

boolean

Configure whether or not to check for directly connected peer.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

description

string

Description of the neighbor.

dynamic_capability

boolean

Configure whether or not to enable dynamic capability.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

ebgp_multihop

string

Specify multihop TTL for a remote peer. Valid values are integers between 2 and 255, or keyword ‘default’ to disable this property.

local_as

string

Specify the local-as number for the eBGP neighbor. Valid values are String or Integer in ASPLAIN or ASDOT notation, or ‘default’, which means not to configure it.

log_neighbor_changes

string

Specify whether or not to enable log messages for neighbor up/down event.

Choices:

  • enable

  • disable

  • inherit

low_memory_exempt

boolean

Specify whether or not to shut down this neighbor under memory pressure.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

maximum_peers

string

Specify Maximum number of peers for this neighbor prefix Valid values are between 1 and 1000, or ‘default’, which does not impose the limit. Note that this parameter is accepted only on neighbors with address/prefix.

neighbor

string / required

Neighbor Identifier. Valid values are string. Neighbors may use IPv4 or IPv6 notation, with or without prefix length.

peer_type

string

added in 1.1.0 of cisco.nxos

Specify the peer type for BGP session.

Choices:

  • fabric_border_leaf

  • fabric_external

  • disable

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

pwd

string

Specify the password for neighbor. Valid value is string.

pwd_type

string

Specify the encryption type the password will use. Valid values are ‘3des’ or ‘cisco_type_7’ encryption or keyword ‘default’.

Choices:

  • 3des

  • cisco_type_7

  • default

remote_as

string

Specify Autonomous System Number of the neighbor. Valid values are String or Integer in ASPLAIN or ASDOT notation, or ‘default’, which means not to configure it.

remove_private_as

string

Specify the config to remove private AS number from outbound updates. Valid values are ‘enable’ to enable this config, ‘disable’ to disable this config, ‘all’ to remove all private AS number, or ‘replace-as’, to replace the private AS number.

Choices:

  • enable

  • disable

  • all

  • replace-as

shutdown

boolean

Configure to administratively shutdown this neighbor.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

state

string

Determines whether the config should be present or not on the device.

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

suppress_4_byte_as

boolean

Configure to suppress 4-byte AS Capability.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

timers_holdtime

string

Specify holdtime timer value. Valid values are integers between 0 and 3600 in terms of seconds, or ‘default’, which is 180.

timers_keepalive

string

Specify keepalive timer value. Valid values are integers between 0 and 3600 in terms of seconds, or ‘default’, which is 60.

transport_passive_only

boolean

Specify whether or not to only allow passive connection setup. Valid values are ‘true’, ‘false’, and ‘default’, which defaults to ‘false’. This property can only be configured when the neighbor is in ‘ip’ address format without prefix length.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

update_source

string

Specify source interface of BGP session and updates.

vrf

string

Name of the VRF. The name ‘default’ is a valid VRF representing the global bgp.

Default: “default”

Notes

Note

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

  • Unsupported for Cisco MDS

  • state=absent removes the whole BGP neighbor configuration.

  • Default, where supported, restores params default value.

  • 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

# create a new neighbor
- cisco.nxos.nxos_bgp_neighbor:
    asn: 65535
    neighbor: 192.0.2.3
    local_as: 20
    remote_as: 30
    bfd: enable
    description: just a description
    update_source: Ethernet1/3
    state: present
    peer_type: fabric_external

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: [“router bgp 65535”, “neighbor 192.0.2.3”, “remote-as 30”, “update-source Ethernet1/3”, “description just a description”, “local-as 20”, “peer-type fabric-external”]

Status

  • This module will be removed in a major release after 2023-01-27. [deprecated]

  • For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

  • Gabriele Gerbino (@GGabriele)