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 4.4.0).

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.nxos.

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

New in cisco.nxos 1.0.0

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.

Aliases: bgp_neighbor

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:

  • false

  • true

connected_check

boolean

Configure whether or not to check for directly connected peer.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

description

string

Description of the neighbor.

dynamic_capability

boolean

Configure whether or not to enable dynamic capability.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

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:

  • false

  • true

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 cisco.nxos 1.1.0

Specify the peer type for BGP session.

Choices:

  • "fabric_border_leaf"

  • "fabric_external"

  • "disable"

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:

  • false

  • true

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:

  • false

  • true

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:

  • false

  • true

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 :ref:`NXOS Platform Options guide <nxos_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

# 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)