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cisco.iosxr.iosxr_netconf module – Configures NetConf sub-system service on Cisco IOS-XR devices

Note

This module is part of the cisco.iosxr collection (version 4.1.0).

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 cisco.iosxr.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.iosxr.iosxr_netconf.

New in cisco.iosxr 1.0.0

Synopsis

• This module provides an abstraction that enables and configures the netconf system service running on Cisco IOS-XR Software. This module can be used to easily enable the Netconf API. Netconf provides a programmatic interface for working with configuration and state resources as defined in RFC 6242.

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
netconf_port aliases: listens_on integer	This argument specifies the port the netconf service should listen on for SSH connections. The default port as defined in RFC 6242 is 830. Default: 830
netconf_vrf aliases: vrf string	netconf vrf name Default: "default"
state string	Specifies the state of the iosxr_netconf resource on the remote device. If the state argument is set to present the netconf service will be configured. If the state argument is set to absent the netconf service will be removed from the configuration. Choices: "present" ← (default) "absent"

Notes

Note

• This module works with connection network_cli. See the IOS-XR Platform Options.

• For 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: enable netconf service on port 830
  cisco.iosxr.iosxr_netconf:
    listens_on: 830
    state: present

- name: disable netconf service
  cisco.iosxr.iosxr_netconf:
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key	Description
commands string	Returns the command sent to the remote device Returned: when changed is True Sample: "ssh server netconf port 830"

Authors

• Kedar Kekan (@kedarX)

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