cisco.ios.ios_banner module – Module to configure multiline banners.
Note
This module is part of the cisco.ios collection (version 3.3.2).
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.ios
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.ios.ios_banner
.
New in cisco.ios 1.0.0
Synopsis
This will configure both login and motd banners on remote devices running Cisco IOS. It allows playbooks to add or remote banner text from the active running configuration.
Note
This module has a corresponding action plugin.
Parameters
Parameter |
Comments |
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Specifies which banner should be configured on the remote device. In Ansible 2.4 and earlier only login and motd were supported. Choices:
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Specify the delimiting character than will be used for configuration. Default: |
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Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using For more information please see the https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/network/user_guide/platform_ios.html. A dict object containing connection details. |
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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 |
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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 Choices:
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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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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 |
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Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device. |
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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 |
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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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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 |
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Specifies whether or not the configuration is present in the current devices active running configuration. Choices:
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The banner text that should be present in the remote device running configuration. This argument accepts a multiline string, with no empty lines. Requires state=present. |
Notes
Note
Tested against IOS 15.6
This module works with connection
network_cli
. See https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/network/user_guide/platform_ios.htmlFor more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the :ref:`Ansible Network Guide <network_guide>`
For more information on using Ansible to manage Cisco devices see the `Cisco integration page <https://www.ansible.com/integrations/networks/cisco>`_.
Examples
- name: Configure the login banner
cisco.ios.ios_banner:
banner: login
text: |
this is my login banner
that contains a multiline
string
state: present
- name: Remove the motd banner
cisco.ios.ios_banner:
banner: motd
state: absent
- name: Configure banner from file
cisco.ios.ios_banner:
banner: motd
text: "{{ lookup('file', './config_partial/raw_banner.cfg') }}"
state: present
- name: Configure the login banner using delimiter
cisco.ios.ios_banner:
banner: login
multiline_delimiter: x
text: this is my login banner
state: present
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key |
Description |
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The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device Returned: always Sample: |
Authors
Ricardo Carrillo Cruz (@rcarrillocruz)