ansible.builtin.ios_banner (v2.9.24) — module

Install Ansible via pip

Install with pip install ansible==2.9.24

Description

This will configure both login and motd banners on remote devices running Cisco IOS. It allows playbooks to add or remote banner text from the active running configuration.

Usage examples

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- name: configure the login banner
  ios_banner:
    banner: login
    text: |
      this is my login banner
      that contains a multiline
      string
    state: present

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- name: remove the motd banner
  ios_banner:
    banner: motd
    state: absent

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- name: Configure banner from file
  ios_banner:
    banner:  motd
    text: "{{ lookup('file', './config_partial/raw_banner.cfg') }}"
    state: present

Inputs

    
text:
    description:
    - The banner text that should be present in the remote device running configuration.  This
      argument accepts a multiline string, with no empty lines. Requires I(state=present).

state:
    choices:
    - present
    - absent
    default: present
    description:
    - Specifies whether or not the configuration is present in the current devices active
      running configuration.

banner:
    choices:
    - login
    - motd
    - exec
    - incoming
    - slip-ppp
    description:
    - Specifies which banner should be configured on the remote device. In Ansible 2.4
      and earlier only I(login) and I(motd) were supported.
    required: true

Outputs

commands:
  description: The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device
  returned: always
  sample:
  - banner login
  - this is my login banner
  - that contains a multiline
  - string
  type: list