ansible.builtin.iosxr_netconf (v2.7.16) — module

Configures NetConf sub-system service on Cisco IOS-XR devices

| "added in version" 2.5 of ansible.builtin"

Authors: Kedar Kekan (@kedarX)

preview | supported by network

Install Ansible via pip

Install with pip install ansible==2.7.16

Description

This module provides an abstraction that enables and configures the netconf system service running on Cisco IOS-XR Software. This module can be used to easily enable the Netconf API. Netconf provides a programmatic interface for working with configuration and state resources as defined in RFC 6242.

Usage examples

  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: enable netconf service on port 830
  iosxr_netconf:
    listens_on: 830
    state: present
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: disable netconf service
  iosxr_netconf:
    state: absent

Inputs

    
state:
    choices:
    - present
    - absent
    default: present
    description:
    - Specifies the state of the C(iosxr_netconf) resource on the remote device.  If the
      I(state) argument is set to I(present) the netconf service will be configured.  If
      the I(state) argument is set to I(absent) the netconf service will be removed from
      the configuration.
    required: false

netconf_vrf:
    aliases:
    - vrf
    default: default
    description:
    - netconf vrf name
    required: false

netconf_port:
    aliases:
    - listens_on
    default: 830
    description:
    - This argument specifies the port the netconf service should listen on for SSH connections.  The
      default port as defined in RFC 6242 is 830.
    required: false

Outputs

commands:
  description: Returns the command sent to the remote device
  returned: when changed is True
  sample: ssh server netconf port 830
  type: str