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net_static_route - Manage static IP routes on network devices

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • This module provides declarative management of static IP routes on network devices.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
admin_distance
 no
Admin distance of the static route.
aggregate
 no
List of static route definitions
mask
 yes
Network prefix mask of the static route.
next_hop
 yes
Next hop IP of the static route.
prefix
 yes
Network prefix of the static route.
purge
 no
Purge static routes not defined in the aggregate parameter.
state
 no present
  • present
  • absent
State of the static route configuration.

Examples

- name: configure static route
  net_static_route:
    prefix: 192.168.2.0
    mask: 255.255.255.0
    next_hop: 10.0.0.1

- name: remove configuration
  net_static_route:
    prefix: 192.168.2.0
    mask: 255.255.255.0
    next_hop: 10.0.0.1
    state: absent

- name: configure aggregates of static routes
  net_static_route:
    aggregate:
      - { prefix: 192.168.2.0, mask 255.255.255.0, next_hop: 10.0.0.1 }
      - { prefix: 192.168.3.0, mask 255.255.255.0, next_hop: 10.0.2.1 }

- name: Remove static route collections
  net_static_route:
    aggregate:
      - { prefix: 172.24.1.0/24, next_hop: 192.168.42.64 }
      - { prefix: 172.24.3.0/24, next_hop: 192.168.42.64 }
    state: absent

Return Values

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

name description returned type sample
commands
The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device
 always list ['ip route 192.168.2.0/24 10.0.0.1']


Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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