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

Install Ansible via pip

Install with pip install ansible==2.9.24

Description

This module provides declarative management of node system attributes on Cisco IOS devices. It provides an option to configure host system parameters or remove those parameters from the device active configuration.

Usage examples

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- name: configure hostname and domain name
  ios_system:
    hostname: ios01
    domain_name: test.example.com
    domain_search:
      - ansible.com
      - redhat.com
      - cisco.com

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- name: remove configuration
  ios_system:
    state: absent

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- name: configure DNS lookup sources
  ios_system:
    lookup_source: MgmtEth0/0/CPU0/0
    lookup_enabled: yes

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- name: configure name servers
  ios_system:
    name_servers:
      - 8.8.8.8
      - 8.8.4.4

Inputs

    
state:
    choices:
    - present
    - absent
    default: present
    description:
    - State of the configuration values in the device's current active configuration.  When
      set to I(present), the values should be configured in the device active configuration
      and when set to I(absent) the values should not be in the device active configuration

hostname:
    description:
    - Configure the device hostname parameter. This option takes an ASCII string value.

domain_name:
    description:
    - Configure the IP domain name on the remote device to the provided value. Value should
      be in the dotted name form and will be appended to the C(hostname) to create a fully-qualified
      domain name.

name_servers:
    description:
    - List of DNS name servers by IP address to use to perform name resolution lookups.  This
      argument accepts either a list of DNS servers See examples.

domain_search:
    description:
    - Provides the list of domain suffixes to append to the hostname for the purpose of
      doing name resolution. This argument accepts a list of names and will be reconciled
      with the current active configuration on the running node.

lookup_source:
    description:
    - Provides one or more source interfaces to use for performing DNS lookups.  The interface
      provided in C(lookup_source) must be a valid interface configured on the device.

lookup_enabled:
    description:
    - Administrative control for enabling or disabling DNS lookups.  When this argument
      is set to True, lookups are performed and when it is set to False, lookups are not
      performed.
    type: bool

Outputs

commands:
  description: The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device
  returned: always
  sample:
  - hostname ios01
  - ip domain name test.example.com
  type: list