ios_interface - Manage Interface on Cisco IOS network devices¶

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status
Maintenance
- Support
- Author

Synopsis ¶

This module provides declarative management of Interfaces on Cisco IOS network devices.

Parameters ¶

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
aggregate			List of Interfaces definitions.
auth_pass			Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli` and `become: yes` with `become_pass`. For more information please see the IOS Platform Options guide. Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote device. If authorize is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS` will be used instead.
authorize bool		Choices: no ← yes	Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli` and `become: yes`. For more information please see the IOS Platform Options guide. Instructs the module to enter privileged mode on the remote device before sending any commands. If not specified, the device will attempt to execute all commands in non-privileged mode. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE` will be used instead.
delay		Default: 10	Time in seconds to wait before checking for the operational state on remote device. This wait is applicable for operational state argument which are state with values `up`/`down`, tx_rate and rx_rate.
description			Description of Interface.
duplex		Choices: full half auto ←	Interface link status
enabled			Interface link status.
mtu			Maximum size of transmit packet.
name required			Name of the Interface.
neighbors			Check the operational state of given interface `name` for CDP/LLDP neighbor. The following suboptions are available.
	host		CDP/LLDP neighbor host for given interface `name`.
	port		CDP/LLDP neighbor port to which given interface `name` is connected.
provider			Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli`. For more information please see the IOS Platform Options guide. A dict object containing connection details.
	username		Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME` will be used instead.
	authorize bool	Choices: no ← yes	Instructs the module to enter privileged mode on the remote device before sending any commands. If not specified, the device will attempt to execute all commands in non-privileged mode. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE` will be used instead.
	ssh_keyfile		Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is the path to the key used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE` will be used instead.
	auth_pass		Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote device. If authorize is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS` will be used instead.
	host required		Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote device over the specified transport. The value of host is used as the destination address for the transport.
	timeout	Default: 10	Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error.
	password		Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD` will be used instead.
	port	Default: 22	Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device.
rx_rate			Receiver rate in bits per second (bps). This is state check parameter only. Supports conditionals, see Conditionals in Networking Modules
speed			Interface link speed.
state		Choices: present ← absent up down	State of the Interface configuration, `up` means present and operationally up and `down` means present and operationally `down`
tx_rate			Transmit rate in bits per second (bps). This is state check parameter only. Supports conditionals, see Conditionals in Networking Modules

Notes ¶

Note

Tested against IOS 15.6
For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the Ansible Network Guide
For more information on using Ansible to manage Cisco devices see the Cisco integration page.

Examples ¶

- name: configure interface
  ios_interface:
      name: GigabitEthernet0/2
      description: test-interface
      speed: 100
      duplex: half
      mtu: 512

- name: remove interface
  ios_interface:
    name: Loopback9
    state: absent

- name: make interface up
  ios_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/2
    enabled: True

- name: make interface down
  ios_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/2
    enabled: False

- name: Check intent arguments
  ios_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/2
    state: up
    tx_rate: ge(0)
    rx_rate: le(0)

- name: Check neighbors intent arguments
  ios_interface:
    name: Gi0/0
    neighbors:
    - port: eth0
      host: netdev

- name: Config + intent
  ios_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/2
    enabled: False
    state: down

- name: Add interface using aggregate
  ios_interface:
    aggregate:
    - { name: GigabitEthernet0/1, mtu: 256, description: test-interface-1 }
    - { name: GigabitEthernet0/2, mtu: 516, description: test-interface-2 }
    duplex: full
    speed: 100
    state: present

- name: Delete interface using aggregate
  ios_interface:
    aggregate:
    - name: Loopback9
    - name: Loopback10
    state: absent

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
commands list	always, except for the platforms that use Netconf transport to manage the device.	The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device. Sample: ['interface GigabitEthernet0/2', 'description test-interface', 'duplex half', 'mtu 512']

Status ¶

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

Maintenance ¶

This module is flagged as network which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Network Team. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Network Team, see here.

Support ¶

For more information about Red Hat’s support of this module, please refer to this Knowledge Base article

Author ¶

Ganesh Nalawade (@ganeshrn)

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