cisco.nxos.nxos_logging_global module – Logging resource module.

Note

This module is part of the cisco.nxos collection (version 5.3.0).

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_logging_global.

New in cisco.nxos 2.5.0

Synopsis

• This module manages logging configuration on devices running Cisco NX-OS.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
config dictionary	A dictionary of logging configuration.
console dictionary	Set console logging parameters.
severity string	Set severity severity for console. Choices: "emergency" "alert" "critical" "error" "warning" "notification" "informational" "debugging"
state string	Enable or disable monitor logging. Choices: "enabled" "disabled"
event dictionary	Interface events.
link_status dictionary	UPDOWN and CHANGE messages.
default boolean	Default logging configuration used by interfaces not explicitly configured. Choices: false true
enable boolean	To enable logging overriding port severity configuration. Choices: false true
trunk_status dictionary	TRUNK status messages.
default boolean	Default logging configuration used by interfaces not explicitly configured. Choices: false true
enable boolean	To enable logging overriding port severity configuration. Choices: false true
facilities list / elements=dictionary	Facility parameter for syslog messages.
facility string	Facility name.
severity string	Set severity severity for console. Choices: "emergency" "alert" "critical" "error" "warning" "notification" "informational" "debugging"
history dictionary	Modifies severity severity or size for history table.
severity string	Set severity severity for console. Choices: "emergency" "alert" "critical" "error" "warning" "notification" "informational" "debugging"
size integer	Set history table size.
hosts list / elements=dictionary	Enable forwarding to Remote Syslog Servers.
facility string	Facility to use when forwarding to server.
host string	Hostname/IPv4/IPv6 address of the Remote Syslog Server.
port integer	Destination Port when forwarding to remote server.
secure dictionary	Enable secure connection to remote server.
trustpoint dictionary	Trustpoint configuration.
client_identity string	Client Identity certificate for mutual authentication. Trustpoint to use for client certificate authentication.
severity string	Set severity severity for console. Choices: "emergency" "alert" "critical" "error" "warning" "notification" "informational" "debugging"
use_vrf string	Display per-VRF information. This option is unsupported on MDS switches.
ip dictionary	IP configuration. This option is unsupported on MDS switches.
access_list dictionary	Access-List.
cache dictionary	Set caching settings.
entries integer	Maximum number of log entries cached in software.
interval integer	Log-update interval (in sec).
threshold integer	Log-update threshold (number of hits)
detailed boolean	Detailed ACL information. Choices: false true
include dictionary	Include additional fields in syslogs.
sgt boolean	Include source group tag info in syslogs. Choices: false true
logfile dictionary	Set file logging.
name string	Logfile name.
persistent_threshold integer	Set persistent logging utilization alert threshold in percentage. This option is unsupported on MDS switches.
severity string	Set severity severity for console. Choices: "emergency" "alert" "critical" "error" "warning" "notification" "informational" "debugging"
size integer	Enter the logfile size in bytes.
state string	Enable or disable logfile. Choices: "enabled" "disabled"
module dictionary	Set module(linecard) logging.
severity string	Set severity severity for console. Choices: "emergency" "alert" "critical" "error" "warning" "notification" "informational" "debugging"
state string	Enable or disable module logging. Choices: "enabled" "disabled"
monitor dictionary	Set terminal line(monitor) logging severity.
severity string	Set severity severity for console. Choices: "emergency" "alert" "critical" "error" "warning" "notification" "informational" "debugging"
state string	Enable or disable monitor logging. Choices: "enabled" "disabled"
origin_id dictionary	Enable origin information for Remote Syslog Server.
hostname boolean	Use hostname as origin-id of logging messages. This option is mutually exclusive with ip and string. Choices: false true
ip string	Use ip address as origin-id of logging messages. This option is mutually exclusive with hostname and string.
string string	Use text string as origin-id of logging messages. This option is mutually exclusive with hostname and ip.
rate_limit string	Enable or disable rate limit for log messages. Choices: "enabled" "disabled"
rfc_strict boolean	Set RFC to which messages should compliant. Syslogs will be compliant to RFC 5424. This option is unsupported on MDS switches. Choices: false true
source_interface string	Enable Source-Interface for Remote Syslog Server. This option is unsupported on MDS switches.
timestamp string	Set logging timestamp granularity. Choices: "microseconds" "milliseconds" "seconds"
running_config string	This option is used only with state parsed. The value of this option should be the output received from the NX-OS device by executing the command show running-config | include logging. The state parsed reads the configuration from running_config option and transforms it into Ansible structured data as per the resource module’s argspec and the value is then returned in the parsed key within the result.
state string	The state the configuration should be left in. The states replaced and overridden have identical behaviour for this module. Refer to examples for more details. Choices: "merged" ← (default) "replaced" "overridden" "deleted" "parsed" "gathered" "rendered"

Notes

Note

• Tested against NX-OS 9.3.6 on Cisco Nexus Switches.

• Limited Support for Cisco MDS

• This module works with connection network_cli and httpapi.

• Tested against Cisco MDS NX-OS 9.2(2) with connection network_cli.

Examples

# Using merged

# Before state:
# -------------
# nxos-9k-rdo# show running-config | include logging
# nxos-9k-rdo#

- name: Merge the provided configuration with the existing running configuration
  cisco.nxos.nxos_logging_global:
    config:
      console:
        severity: error
      monitor:
        severity: warning
      ip:
        access_list:
          cache:
            entries: 16384
            interval: 200
            threshold: 5000
      facilities:
        - facility: auth
          severity: critical
        - facility: ospfv3
          severity: alert
        - facility: ftp
          severity: informational
      hosts:
        - host: 203.0.113.100
          severity: alert
          use_vrf: management
        - host: 203.0.113.101
          severity: error
          facility: local6
          use_vrf: default
      origin_id:
        hostname: True

# Task output
# -------------
#  before: {}
#
#  commands:
#    - "logging console 3"
#    - "logging monitor 4"
#    - "logging ip access-list cache entries 16384"
#    - "logging ip access-list cache interval 200"
#    - "logging ip access-list cache threshold 5000"
#    - "logging severity auth 2"
#    - "logging severity ospfv3 1"
#    - "logging severity ftp 6"
#    - "logging server 203.0.113.100 1 use-vrf management"
#    - "logging server 203.0.113.101 3 facility local6 use-vrf default"
#    - "logging origin-id hostname"
#
# after:
#   console:
#      severity: error
#    facilities:
#      - facility: auth
#        severity: critical
#      - facility: ftp
#        severity: informational
#      - facility: ospfv3
#        severity: alert
#    ip:
#      access_list:
#        cache:
#          entries: 16384
#          interval: 200
#          threshold: 5000
#    monitor:
#      severity: warning
#    origin_id:
#      hostname: true
#    hosts:
#      - severity: alert
#        host: 203.0.113.100
#        use_vrf: management
#      - facility: local6
#        severity: error
#        host: 203.0.113.101
#        use_vrf: default

# After state:
# ------------
# nxos-9k-rdo# show running-config | include logging
# logging console 3
# logging monitor 4
# logging ip access-list cache entries 16384
# logging ip access-list cache interval 200
# logging ip access-list cache threshold 5000
# logging severity auth 2
# logging severity ospfv3 1
# logging severity ftp 6
# logging origin-id hostname
# logging server 203.0.113.100 1 use-vrf management
# logging server 203.0.113.101 3 use-vrf default facility local6

# Using replaced

# Before state:
# ------------
# nxos-9k-rdo# show running-config | include logging
# logging console 3
# logging monitor 4
# logging ip access-list cache entries 16384
# logging ip access-list cache interval 200
# logging ip access-list cache threshold 5000
# logging severity auth 2
# logging severity ospfv3 1
# logging severity ftp 6
# logging origin-id hostname
# logging server 203.0.113.100 1 use-vrf management
# logging server 203.0.113.101 3 use-vrf default facility local6

- name: Replace logging configurations with provided config
  cisco.nxos.nxos_logging_global:
    config:
      monitor:
        severity: warning
      ip:
        access_list:
          cache:
            entries: 4096
      facilities:
        - facility: auth
          severity: critical
        - facility: ospfv3
          severity: alert
        - facility: ftp
          severity: informational
      hosts:
        - host: 203.0.113.101
          severity: error
          facility: local6
          use_vrf: default
        - host: 198.51.100.101
          severity: alert
          port: 6538
          use_vrf: management
      origin_id:
        ip: 192.0.2.100
    state: replaced

# Task output
# -------------
# before:
#   console:
#      severity: error
#    facilities:
#      - facility: auth
#        severity: critical
#      - facility: ftp
#        severity: informational
#      - facility: ospfv3
#        severity: alert
#    ip:
#      access_list:
#        cache:
#          entries: 16384
#          interval: 200
#          threshold: 5000
#    monitor:
#      severity: warning
#    origin_id:
#      hostname: true
#    hosts:
#      - severity: alert
#        host: 203.0.113.100
#        use_vrf: management
#      - facility: local6
#        severity: error
#        host: 203.0.113.101
#        use_vrf: default
#
# commands:
#   - "logging console"
#   - "logging ip access-list cache entries 4096"
#   - "no logging ip access-list cache interval 200"
#   - "no logging ip access-list cache threshold 5000"
#   - "no logging origin-id hostname"
#   - "logging origin-id ip 192.0.2.100"
#   - "logging server 198.51.100.101 1 port 6538 use-vrf management"
#   - "no logging server 203.0.113.100 1 use-vrf management"
#
#  after:
#    facilities:
#      - facility: auth
#        severity: critical
#      - facility: ftp
#        severity: informational
#      - facility: ospfv3
#        severity: alert
#    ip:
#      access_list:
#        cache:
#          entries: 4096
#    monitor:
#      severity: warning
#    origin_id:
#      ip: 192.0.2.100
#    hosts:
#      - severity: alert
#        port: 6538
#        host: 198.51.100.101
#        use_vrf: management
#      - facility: local6
#        severity: error
#        host: 203.0.113.101
#        use_vrf: default
#
# After state:
# ------------
# nxos-9k-rdo# show running-config | include logging
# logging monitor 4
# logging ip access-list cache entries 4096
# logging severity auth 2
# logging severity ospfv3 1
# logging severity ftp 6
# logging origin-id ip 192.0.2.100
# logging server 203.0.113.101 3 use-vrf default facility local6
# logging server 198.51.100.101 1 port 6538 use-vrf management

# Using deleted to delete all logging configurations

# Before state:
# ------------
# nxos-9k-rdo# show running-config | include logging
# logging console 3
# logging monitor 4
# logging ip access-list cache entries 16384
# logging ip access-list cache interval 200
# logging ip access-list cache threshold 5000
# logging severity auth 2
# logging severity ospfv3 1
# logging severity ftp 6
# logging origin-id hostname
# logging server 203.0.113.100 1 use-vrf management
# logging server 203.0.113.101 3 use-vrf default facility local6

- name: Delete all logging configuration
  cisco.nxos.nxos_logging_global:
    state: deleted

# Task output
# -------------
# before:
#   console:
#      severity: error
#    facilities:
#      - facility: auth
#        severity: critical
#      - facility: ftp
#        severity: informational
#      - facility: ospfv3
#        severity: alert
#    ip:
#      access_list:
#        cache:
#          entries: 16384
#          interval: 200
#          threshold: 5000
#    monitor:
#      severity: warning
#    origin_id:
#      hostname: true
#    hosts:
#      - severity: alert
#        host: 203.0.113.100
#        use_vrf: management
#      - facility: local6
#        severity: error
#        host: 203.0.113.101
#        use_vrf: default
#
# commands:
#   - "logging console"
#   - "logging monitor"
#   - "no logging ip access-list cache entries 16384"
#   - "no logging ip access-list cache interval 200"
#   - "no logging ip access-list cache threshold 5000"
#   - "no logging origin-id hostname"
#   - "no logging severity auth 2"
#   - "no logging severity ospfv3 1"
#   - "no logging severity ftp 6"
#   - "no logging server 203.0.113.100 1 use-vrf management"
#   - "no logging server 203.0.113.101 3 facility local6 use-vrf default"
#
# after: {}

# Using rendered

- name: Render platform specific configuration lines with state rendered (without connecting to the device)
  cisco.nxos.nxos_logging_global:
    config:
      console:
        severity: error
      monitor:
        severity: warning
      ip:
        access_list:
          cache:
            entries: 16384
            interval: 200
            threshold: 5000
      facilities:
        - facility: auth
          severity: critical
        - facility: ospfv3
          severity: alert
        - facility: ftp
          severity: informational
      hosts:
        - host: 203.0.113.100
          severity: alert
          use_vrf: management
        - host: 203.0.113.101
          severity: error
          facility: local6
          use_vrf: default
      origin_id:
        hostname: True

# Task Output (redacted)
# -----------------------
#  rendered:
#    - "logging console 3"
#    - "logging monitor 4"
#    - "logging ip access-list cache entries 16384"
#    - "logging ip access-list cache interval 200"
#    - "logging ip access-list cache threshold 5000"
#    - "logging severity auth 2"
#    - "logging severity ospfv3 1"
#    - "logging severity ftp 6"
#    - "logging server 203.0.113.100 1 use-vrf management"
#    - "logging server 203.0.113.101 3 facility local6 use-vrf default"
#    - "logging origin-id hostname"

# Using parsed

# parsed.cfg
# ------------
# logging console 3
# logging monitor 4
# logging ip access-list cache entries 16384
# logging ip access-list cache interval 200
# logging ip access-list cache threshold 5000
# logging severity auth 2
# logging severity ospfv3 1
# logging severity ftp 6
# logging origin-id hostname
# logging server 203.0.113.100 1 use-vrf management
# logging server 203.0.113.101 3 use-vrf default facility local6

- name: Parse externally provided logging configuration
  cisco.nxos.nxos_logging_global:
    running_config: "{{ lookup('file', './fixtures/parsed.cfg') }}"
    state: parsed

# Task output (redacted)
# -----------------------
# parsed:
#   console:
#      severity: error
#    facilities:
#      - facility: auth
#        severity: critical
#      - facility: ftp
#        severity: informational
#      - facility: ospfv3
#        severity: alert
#    ip:
#      access_list:
#        cache:
#          entries: 16384
#          interval: 200
#          threshold: 5000
#    monitor:
#      severity: warning
#    origin_id:
#      hostname: true
#    hosts:
#      - severity: alert
#        host: 203.0.113.100
#        use_vrf: management
#      - facility: local6
#        severity: error
#        host: 203.0.113.101
#        use_vrf: default

Return Values

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

Key	Description
after dictionary	The resulting configuration after module execution. Returned: when changed Sample: "This output will always be in the same format as the module argspec.\n"
before dictionary	The configuration prior to the module execution. Returned: when state is merged, replaced, overridden, deleted or purged Sample: "This output will always be in the same format as the module argspec.\n"
commands list / elements=string	The set of commands pushed to the remote device. Returned: when state is merged, replaced, overridden, deleted or purged Sample: ["logging console 3", "logging monitor 4", "logging ip access-list cache entries 16384", "logging ip access-list cache interval 200", "logging ip access-list cache threshold 5000"]
gathered list / elements=string	Facts about the network resource gathered from the remote device as structured data. Returned: when state is gathered Sample: ["This output will always be in the same format as the module argspec.\n"]
parsed list / elements=string	The device native config provided in running_config option parsed into structured data as per module argspec. Returned: when state is parsed Sample: ["This output will always be in the same format as the module argspec.\n"]
rendered list / elements=string	The provided configuration in the task rendered in device-native format (offline). Returned: when state is rendered Sample: ["logging ip access-list cache entries 4096", "no logging ip access-list cache interval 200", "no logging ip access-list cache threshold 5000", "no logging origin-id hostname", "logging origin-id ip 192.0.2.100", "logging server 198.51.100.101 1 port 6538 use-vrf management"]

Authors

• Nilashish Chakraborty (@NilashishC)

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