ansible.builtin.ios_static_route (v2.9.13) — module

Manage static IP routes on Cisco IOS network devices

| "added in version" 2.4 of ansible.builtin"

Authors: Ricardo Carrillo Cruz (@rcarrillocruz)

preview | supported by network

Install Ansible via pip

Install with pip install ansible==2.9.13

Description

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

Usage examples

  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: configure static route
  ios_static_route:
    prefix: 192.168.2.0
    mask: 255.255.255.0
    next_hop: 10.0.0.1
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: configure black hole in vrf blue depending on tracked item 10
  ios_static_route:
    prefix: 192.168.2.0
    mask: 255.255.255.0
    vrf: blue
    interface: null0
    track: 10
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: configure ultimate route with name and tag
  ios_static_route:
    prefix: 192.168.2.0
    mask: 255.255.255.0
    interface: GigabitEthernet1
    name: hello world
    tag: 100
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: remove configuration
  ios_static_route:
    prefix: 192.168.2.0
    mask: 255.255.255.0
    next_hop: 10.0.0.1
    state: absent
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Add static route aggregates
  ios_static_route:
    aggregate:
      - { prefix: 172.16.32.0, mask: 255.255.255.0, next_hop: 10.0.0.8 }
      - { prefix: 172.16.33.0, mask: 255.255.255.0, next_hop: 10.0.0.8 }
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Remove static route aggregates
  ios_static_route:
    aggregate:
      - { prefix: 172.16.32.0, mask: 255.255.255.0, next_hop: 10.0.0.8 }
      - { prefix: 172.16.33.0, mask: 255.255.255.0, next_hop: 10.0.0.8 }
    state: absent

Inputs

    
tag:
    description:
    - Set tag of the static route.
    version_added: '2.8'
    version_added_collection: ansible.builtin

vrf:
    description:
    - VRF of the static route.
    version_added: '2.8'
    version_added_collection: ansible.builtin

mask:
    description:
    - Network prefix mask of the static route.

name:
    aliases:
    - description
    description:
    - Name of the static route
    version_added: '2.8'
    version_added_collection: ansible.builtin

state:
    choices:
    - present
    - absent
    default: present
    description:
    - State of the static route configuration.

track:
    description:
    - Tracked item to depend on for the static route.
    version_added: '2.8'
    version_added_collection: ansible.builtin

prefix:
    description:
    - Network prefix of the static route.

next_hop:
    description:
    - Next hop IP of the static route.

provider:
    description:
    - B(Deprecated)
    - 'Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using C(connection: network_cli).'
    - For more information please see the L(IOS Platform Options guide, ../network/user_guide/platform_ios.html).
    - HORIZONTALLINE
    - A dict object containing connection details.
    suboptions:
      auth_pass:
        description:
        - Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote
          device.  If I(authorize) is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value
          is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS)
          will be used instead.
        type: str
      authorize:
        default: false
        description:
        - 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 C(ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE) will be used instead.
        type: bool
      host:
        description:
        - 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.
        type: str
      password:
        description:
        - 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 C(ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD) will
          be used instead.
        type: str
      port:
        description:
        - Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device.
        type: int
      ssh_keyfile:
        description:
        - 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 C(ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE)
          will be used instead.
        type: path
      timeout:
        description:
        - 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.
        type: int
      username:
        description:
        - 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 C(ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME)
          will be used instead.
        type: str
    type: dict

aggregate:
    description: List of static route definitions.

interface:
    description:
    - Interface of the static route.
    version_added: '2.8'
    version_added_collection: ansible.builtin

admin_distance:
    description:
    - Admin distance of the static route.

Outputs

commands:
  description: The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device
  returned: always
  sample:
  - ip route 192.168.2.0 255.255.255.0 10.0.0.1
  type: list