cisco.nxos.nxos_bgp_templates module – BGP Templates resource module.

Note

This module is part of the cisco.nxos collection (version 9.2.1).

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_templates.

New in cisco.nxos 4.2.0

Synopsis

• This module manages BGP templates on devices running Cisco NX-OS.

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
config dictionary	A list of BGP templates.
as_number string	Autonomous System Number of the router.
neighbor list / elements=dictionary	Configure BGP peer templates.
address_family list / elements=dictionary	Configure an address-family for peer.
advertise_map dictionary	Specify route-map for conditional advertisement.
exist_map string	Condition route-map to advertise only when prefix in condition exists.
non_exist_map string	Condition route-map to advertise only when prefix in condition does not exist.
route_map string / required	Route-map name.
advertisement_interval integer	Minimum interval between sending BGP routing updates.
afi string / required	Address Family indicator. Choices: "ipv4" "ipv6" "link-state" "l2vpn"
allowas_in dictionary	Accept as-path with my AS present in it.
max_occurences integer	Number of occurrences of AS number, default is 3.
set boolean	Activate allowas-in property. Choices: false true
as_override boolean	Override matching AS-number while sending update. Choices: false true
capability dictionary	Advertise capability to the peer.
additional_paths dictionary	Additional paths capability.
receive string	Additional paths Receive capability. Choices: "enable" "disable"
send string	Additional paths Send capability. Choices: "enable" "disable"
default_originate dictionary	Originate a default toward this peer.
route_map string	Route-map to specify criteria for originating default.
set boolean	Set default-originate attribute. Choices: false true
disable_peer_as_check boolean	Disable checking of peer AS-number while advertising. Choices: false true
filter_list dictionary	Name of filter-list.
inbound string	Apply policy to incoming routes.
outbound string	Apply policy to outgoing routes.
inherit dictionary	Inherit a peer-policy template.
peer_policy string	Peer-policy template to inherit.
maximum_prefix dictionary	Maximum number of prefixes from this neighbor.
generate_warning_threshold integer	Threshold percentage at which to generate a warning.
max_prefix_limit integer	Maximum prefix limit.
restart_interval integer	Restart bgp connection after limit is exceeded.
warning_only boolean	Only give a warning message when limit is exceeded. Choices: false true
next_hop_self dictionary	Set our address as nexthop (non-reflected).
all_routes boolean	Set our address as nexthop for all routes. Choices: false true
set boolean	Set next-hop-self attribute. Choices: false true
next_hop_third_party boolean	Compute a third-party nexthop if possible. Choices: false true
prefix_list dictionary	Apply prefix-list.
inbound string	Apply policy to incoming routes.
outbound string	Apply policy to outgoing routes.
route_map dictionary	Apply route-map to neighbor.
inbound string	Name of policy to apply to incoming routes.
outbound string	Name of policy to apply to outgoing routes.
route_reflector_client boolean	Configure a neighbor as Route reflector client. Choices: false true
safi string	Sub Address Family indicator. Choices: "unicast" "multicast" "mvpn" "evpn"
send_community string	Send Community attribute to this neighbor. Choices: "standard" "extended" "both"
soft_reconfiguration_inbound dictionary	Soft reconfiguration.
always boolean	Always perform inbound soft reconfiguration. Choices: false true
set boolean	Set soft-reconfiguration inbound attribute. Choices: false true
soo string	Specify Site-of-origin extcommunity.
suppress_inactive boolean	Advertise only active routes to peer. Choices: false true
unsuppress_map string	Route-map to selectively unsuppress suppressed routes.
weight integer	Set default weight for routes from this neighbor.
bfd dictionary	Bidirectional Fast Detection for the neighbor.
multihop dictionary	Multihop session.
interval dictionary	Configure BFD session interval parameters.
min_rx_interval integer / required	Minimum RX interval.
multiplier integer / required	Detect Multiplier.
tx_interval integer / required	TX interval in milliseconds.
set boolean	Set BFD multihop. Choices: false true
set boolean	Set BFD for this neighbor. Choices: false true
singlehop boolean	Single-hop session. Choices: false true
bmp_activate_server integer	Specify server ID for activating BMP monitoring for the peer.
capability dictionary	Capability.
suppress_4_byte_as boolean	Suppress 4-byte AS Capability. Choices: false true
description string	Neighbor specific descripion.
disable_connected_check boolean	Disable check for directly connected peer. Choices: false true
dont_capability_negotiate boolean	Don’t negotiate capability with this neighbor. Choices: false true
dscp string	Set dscp value for tcp transport.
dynamic_capability boolean	Dynamic Capability Choices: false true
ebgp_multihop integer	Specify multihop TTL for remote peer.
graceful_shutdown dictionary	Graceful-shutdown for this neighbor.
activate dictionary	Send graceful-shutdown community.
route_map string	Apply route-map to modify attributes for outbound.
set boolean	Set activate. Choices: false true
inherit dictionary	Inherit a template.
peer_session string	Peer-session template to inherit.
local_as string	Specify the local-as number for the eBGP neighbor.
log_neighbor_changes dictionary	Log message for neighbor up/down event.
disable boolean	Disable logging of neighbor up/down event. Choices: false true
set boolean	Set log-neighbor-changes. Choices: false true
low_memory dictionary	Behaviour in low memory situations.
exempt boolean	Do not shutdown this peer when under memory pressure. Choices: false true
name string	Name of the BGP peer template.
password dictionary	Configure a password for neighbor.
encryption integer	0 specifies an UNENCRYPTED neighbor password. 3 specifies an 3DES ENCRYPTED neighbor password will follow. 7 specifies a Cisco type 7 ENCRYPTED neighbor password will follow.
key string	Authentication password.
path_attribute list / elements=dictionary	BGP path attribute optional filtering.
action string	Action. Choices: "discard" "treat-as-withdraw"
range dictionary	Path attribute range.
end integer	Path attribute range end value.
start integer	Path attribute range start value.
type integer	Path attribute type
remote_as string	Specify Autonomous System Number of the neighbor.
remove_private_as dictionary	Remove private AS number from outbound updates.
all boolean	All. Choices: false true
replace_as boolean	Replace. Choices: false true
set boolean	Remove private AS. Choices: false true
shutdown boolean	Administratively shutdown this neighbor. Choices: false true
timers dictionary	Configure keepalive and hold timers.
holdtime integer	Holdtime (seconds).
keepalive integer	Keepalive interval (seconds).
transport dictionary	BGP transport connection.
connection_mode dictionary	Specify type of connection.
passive boolean	Allow passive connection setup only. Choices: false true
ttl_security dictionary	Enable TTL Security Mechanism.
hops integer	Specify hop count for remote peer.
update_source string	Specify source of BGP session and updates.
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 bgp | section ‘template’. 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. Refer to examples for more details. Choices: "merged" ← (default) "replaced" "overridden" "deleted" "parsed" "gathered" "rendered"

Notes

Note

• Tested against NX-OS 9.3.6.

• Unsupported for Cisco MDS

• This module works with connection network_cli and httpapi.

Examples

# Using merged

# Before state:
# --------------
#
# nxos9k# show running-config | section "^router bgp"
# nxos9k#

- name: Merge the provided configuration with the existing running configuration
  cisco.nxos.nxos_bgp_templates:
    config:
      as_number: 65536
      neighbor:
        - name: neighbor_tmplt_1
          address_family:
            - afi: ipv4
              safi: unicast
              advertise_map:
                route_map: rmap1
                non_exist_map: nemap1
              advertisement_interval: 60
              disable_peer_as_check: true
          bmp_activate_server: 2
          capability:
            suppress_4_byte_as: true
          description: Test_BGP_PEER_TEMPLATE_1
          local_as: 65536
          remote_as: 65001

        - name: neighbor_tmplt_2
          description: Test_BGP_PEER_TEMPLATE_2
          address_family:
            - afi: ipv4
              safi: multicast
              advertise_map:
                route_map: rmap1
                exist_map: emap1
              as_override: true
              filter_list:
                inbound: flist1
                outbound: flist2
          inherit:
            peer_session: psession1
          timers:
            holdtime: 100
            keepalive: 45
# Task Output:
# ------------
# before: {}
#
# commands:
#   - router bgp 65536
#   - template peer neighbor_tmplt_1
#   - bmp-activate-server 2
#   - capability suppress 4-byte-as
#   - description Test_BGP_PEER_TEMPLATE_1
#   - local-as 65536
#   - remote-as 65001
#   - address-family ipv4 unicast
#   - advertise-map rmap1 non-exist-map nemap1
#   - advertisement-interval 60
#   - disable-peer-as-check
#   - template peer neighbor_tmplt_2
#   - description Test_BGP_PEER_TEMPLATE_2
#   - inherit peer-session psession1
#   - timers 45 100
#   - address-family ipv4 multicast
#   - advertise-map rmap1 exist-map emap1
#   - as-override
#   - filter-list flist1 in
#   - filter-list flist2 out
#
# after:
#   as_number: "65536"
#   neighbor:
#     - name: neighbor_tmplt_1
#       address_family:
#         - afi: ipv4
#           safi: unicast
#           advertise_map:
#             non_exist_map: nemap1
#             route_map: rmap1
#           advertisement_interval: 60
#           disable_peer_as_check: true
#       bmp_activate_server: 2
#       capability:
#         suppress_4_byte_as: true
#       description: Test_BGP_PEER_TEMPLATE_1
#       local_as: "65536"
#       remote_as: "65001"
#
#     - name: neighbor_tmplt_2
#       description: Test_BGP_PEER_TEMPLATE_2
#       address_family:
#         - afi: ipv4
#           safi: multicast
#           advertise_map:
#             exist_map: emap1
#             route_map: rmap1
#           as_override: true
#           filter_list:
#             inbound: flist1
#             outbound: flist2
#       inherit:
#         peer_session: psession1
#       timers:
#         holdtime: 100
#         keepalive: 45

# After state:
# --------------
#
# nxos9k# show running-config | section "^router bgp"
# router bgp 65536
#   template peer neighbor_tmplt_1
#     capability suppress 4-byte-as
#     bmp-activate-server 2
#     description Test_BGP_PEER_TEMPLATE_1
#     local-as 65536
#     remote-as 65001
#     address-family ipv4 unicast
#      advertise-map rmap1 non-exist-map nemap1
#      advertisement-interval 60
#      disable-peer-as-check
#   template peer neighbor_tmplt_2
#     description Test_BGP_PEER_TEMPLATE_2
#     inherit peer-session psession1
#     timers 45 100
#     address-family ipv4 multicast
#      advertise-map rmap1 exist-map emap1
#      as-override
#      filter-list flist1 in
#      filter-list flist2 out

# Using replaced

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# nxos9k# show running-config | section "^router bgp"
# router bgp 65536
#   template peer neighbor_tmplt_1
#     capability suppress 4-byte-as
#     description Test_BGP_PEER_TEMPLATE_1
#     bmp-activate-server 2
#     local-as 65536
#     remote-as 65001
#     address-family ipv4 unicast
#      advertise-map rmap1 non-exist-map nemap1
#      advertisement-interval 60
#      disable-peer-as-check
#   template peer neighbor_tmplt_2
#     description Test_BGP_PEER_TEMPLATE_2
#     inherit peer-session psession1
#     timers 45 100
#     address-family ipv4 multicast
#      advertise-map rmap1 exist-map emap1
#      as-override
#      filter-list flist1 in
#      filter-list flist2 out

- name: Replace BGP templates configuration with provided configuration
  cisco.nxos.nxos_bgp_templates:
    config:
      as_number: 65536
      neighbor:
        - name: neighbor_tmplt_1
          address_family:
            - afi: ipv4
              safi: unicast
              advertise_map:
                route_map: rmap1
                non_exist_map: nemap1
              advertisement_interval: 60
              disable_peer_as_check: true
          inherit:
            peer_session: psession1
          description: Test_BGP_PEER_TEMPLATE_1
          local_as: 65537
    state: replaced

# Task output:
# ------------
#
# before:
#   as_number: "65536"
#   neighbor:
#     - name: neighbor_tmplt_1
#       address_family:
#         - afi: ipv4
#           safi: unicast
#           advertise_map:
#             non_exist_map: nemap1
#             route_map: rmap1
#           advertisement_interval: 60
#           disable_peer_as_check: true
#       bmp_activate_server: 2
#       capability:
#         suppress_4_byte_as: true
#       description: Test_BGP_PEER_TEMPLATE_1
#       local_as: "65536"
#       remote_as: "65001"
#
#     - name: neighbor_tmplt_2
#       description: Test_BGP_PEER_TEMPLATE_2
#       address_family:
#         - afi: ipv4
#           safi: multicast
#           advertise_map:
#             exist_map: emap1
#             route_map: rmap1
#           as_override: true
#           filter_list:
#             inbound: flist1
#             outbound: flist2
#       inherit:
#         peer_session: psession1
#       timers:
#         holdtime: 100
#         keepalive: 45
#
# commands:
#   - router bgp 65536
#   - template peer neighbor_tmplt_1
#   - no bmp-activate-server 2
#   - no capability suppress 4-byte-as
#   - inherit peer-session psession1
#   - local-as 65537
#   - no remote-as 65001
#
# after:
#   as_number: "65536"
#   neighbor:
#     - name: neighbor_tmplt_1
#       address_family:
#         - afi: ipv4
#           safi: unicast
#           advertise_map:
#             non_exist_map: nemap1
#             route_map: rmap1
#           advertisement_interval: 60
#           disable_peer_as_check: true
#       description: Test_BGP_PEER_TEMPLATE_1
#       inherit:
#         peer_session: psession1
#       local_as: "65537"
#
#     - name: neighbor_tmplt_2
#       description: Test_BGP_PEER_TEMPLATE_2
#       address_family:
#         - afi: ipv4
#           safi: multicast
#           advertise_map:
#             exist_map: emap1
#             route_map: rmap1
#           as_override: true
#           filter_list:
#             inbound: flist1
#             outbound: flist2
#       inherit:
#         peer_session: psession1
#       timers:
#         holdtime: 100
#         keepalive: 45

# After state:
# ------------
#
# nxos9k# show running-config | section "^router bgp"
# router bgp 65536
#   template peer neighbor_tmplt_1
#     inherit peer-session psession1
#     description Test_BGP_PEER_TEMPLATE_1
#     local-as 65537
#     address-family ipv4 unicast
#      advertise-map rmap1 non-exist-map nemap1
#      advertisement-interval 60
#      disable-peer-as-check
#   template peer neighbor_tmplt_2
#     description Test_BGP_PEER_TEMPLATE_2
#     inherit peer-session psession1
#     bmp-activate-server 2
#     timers 45 100
#     address-family ipv4 multicast
#      advertise-map rmap1 exist-map emap1
#      as-override
#      filter-list flist1 in
#      filter-list flist2 out

# Using overridden
#
# Before state:
# -------------
#
# nxos9k# show running-config | section "^router bgp"
# router bgp 65536
#   template peer neighbor_tmplt_1
#     capability suppress 4-byte-as
#     description Test_BGP_PEER_TEMPLATE_1
#     bmp-activate-server 2
#     local-as 65536
#     remote-as 65001
#     address-family ipv4 unicast
#      advertise-map rmap1 non-exist-map nemap1
#      advertisement-interval 60
#      disable-peer-as-check
#   template peer neighbor_tmplt_2
#     description Test_BGP_PEER_TEMPLATE_2
#     inherit peer-session psession1
#     timers 45 100
#     address-family ipv4 multicast
#      advertise-map rmap1 exist-map emap1
#      as-override
#      filter-list flist1 in
#      filter-list flist2 out

- name: Override BGP templates configuration with provided configuration
  cisco.nxos.nxos_bgp_templates:
    config:
      as_number: 65536
      neighbor:
        - name: neighbor_tmplt_1
          address_family:
            - afi: ipv4
              safi: unicast
              advertise_map:
                route_map: rmap1
                non_exist_map: nemap1
              advertisement_interval: 60
              disable_peer_as_check: true
          inherit:
            peer_session: psession1
          description: Test_BGP_PEER_TEMPLATE_1
          local_as: 65537
    state: overridden

# Task output:
# ------------
#
# before:
#   as_number: "65536"
#   neighbor:
#     - name: neighbor_tmplt_1
#       address_family:
#         - afi: ipv4
#           safi: unicast
#           advertise_map:
#             non_exist_map: nemap1
#             route_map: rmap1
#           advertisement_interval: 60
#           disable_peer_as_check: true
#       bmp_activate_server: 2
#       capability:
#         suppress_4_byte_as: true
#       description: Test_BGP_PEER_TEMPLATE_1
#       local_as: "65536"
#       remote_as: "65001"
#
#     - name: neighbor_tmplt_2
#       description: Test_BGP_PEER_TEMPLATE_2
#       address_family:
#         - afi: ipv4
#           safi: multicast
#           advertise_map:
#             exist_map: emap1
#             route_map: rmap1
#           as_override: true
#           filter_list:
#             inbound: flist1
#             outbound: flist2
#       inherit:
#         peer_session: psession1
#       timers:
#         holdtime: 100
#         keepalive: 45
#
# commands:
#   - router bgp 65536
#   - template peer neighbor_tmplt_1
#   - no bmp-activate-server 2
#   - no capability suppress 4-byte-as
#   - inherit peer-session psession1
#   - local-as 65537
#   - no remote-as 65001
#   - no template peer neighbor_tmplt_2
#
# after:
#   as_number: "65536"
#   neighbor:
#     - name: neighbor_tmplt_1
#       address_family:
#         - afi: ipv4
#           safi: unicast
#           advertise_map:
#             non_exist_map: nemap1
#             route_map: rmap1
#           advertisement_interval: 60
#           disable_peer_as_check: true
#       description: Test_BGP_PEER_TEMPLATE_1
#       inherit:
#         peer_session: psession1
#       local_as: "65537"

# After state:
# ------------
#
# nxos9k# show running-config | section "^router bgp"
# router bgp 65536
#   template peer neighbor_tmplt_1
#     inherit peer-session psession1
#     description Test_BGP_PEER_TEMPLATE_1
#     local-as 65537
#     address-family ipv4 unicast
#      advertise-map rmap1 non-exist-map nemap1
#      advertisement-interval 60
#      disable-peer-as-check

# Using deleted

# Before state:
# --------------
#
# nxos9k# show running-config | section "^router bgp"
# router bgp 65536
#   template peer neighbor_tmplt_1
#     capability suppress 4-byte-as
#     description Test_BGP_PEER_TEMPLATE_1
#     bmp-activate-server 2
#     local-as 65536
#     remote-as 65001
#     address-family ipv4 unicast
#      advertise-map rmap1 non-exist-map nemap1
#      advertisement-interval 60
#      disable-peer-as-check
#   template peer neighbor_tmplt_2
#     description Test_BGP_PEER_TEMPLATE_2
#     inherit peer-session psession1
#     timers 45 100
#     address-family ipv4 multicast
#      advertise-map rmap1 exist-map emap1
#      as-override
#      filter-list flist1 in
#      filter-list flist2 out

- name: Delete BGP configs handled by this module
  cisco.nxos.nxos_bgp_templates:
    state: deleted

# Task output:
# ------------
#
# before:
#   as_number: "65536"
#   neighbor:
#     - name: neighbor_tmplt_1
#       address_family:
#         - afi: ipv4
#           safi: unicast
#           advertise_map:
#             non_exist_map: nemap1
#             route_map: rmap1
#           advertisement_interval: 60
#           disable_peer_as_check: true
#       bmp_activate_server: 2
#       capability:
#         suppress_4_byte_as: true
#       description: Test_BGP_PEER_TEMPLATE_1
#       local_as: "65536"
#       remote_as: "65001"
#
#     - name: neighbor_tmplt_2
#       description: Test_BGP_PEER_TEMPLATE_2
#       address_family:
#         - afi: ipv4
#           safi: multicast
#           advertise_map:
#             exist_map: emap1
#             route_map: rmap1
#           as_override: true
#           filter_list:
#             inbound: flist1
#             outbound: flist2
#       inherit:
#         peer_session: psession1
#       timers:
#         holdtime: 100
#         keepalive: 45
#
# commands:
#   - router bgp 65536
#   - no template peer neighbor_tmplt_1
#   - no template peer neighbor_tmplt_2
#
# after: {}

# After state:
# -------------
# nxos9k# show running-config | section "^router bgp"
# nxos9k#

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: ["router bgp 65536", "template peer neighbor_tmplt_1", "no bmp-activate-server 2", "no capability suppress 4-byte-as", "inherit peer-session psession1", "local-as 65537", "no remote-as 65001", "no template peer neighbor_tmplt_2"]
gathered dictionary	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 dictionary	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: ["router bgp 65536", "template peer neighbor_tmplt_1", "bmp-activate-server 2", "no capability suppress 4-byte-as", "no template peer neighbor_tmplt_2"]

Authors

• Nilashish Chakraborty (@NilashishC)

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