cisco.nxos.nxos_l3_interfaces (7.0.0) — module

L3 interfaces resource module

| "added in version" 1.0.0 of cisco.nxos"

Authors: Trishna Guha (@trishnaguha)

Install collection

Install with ansible-galaxy collection install cisco.nxos:==7.0.0


Add to requirements.yml

  collections:
    - name: cisco.nxos
      version: 7.0.0

Description

This module manages Layer-3 interfaces attributes of NX-OS Interfaces.

Usage examples

  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# Using merged

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# router# show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1/6
#   description Configured by Ansible Network
#   no switchport
#   no shutdown
# interface Ethernet1/7
#   description Configured by Ansible
#   no switchport
#   no shutdown
# interface mgmt0
#   description mgmt interface
#   ip address dhcp
#   vrf member management

- name: Merge provided configuration with device configuration.
  cisco.nxos.nxos_l3_interfaces:
    config:
      - name: Ethernet1/6
        ipv4:
          - address: 192.168.1.1/24
            tag: 5
          - address: 10.1.1.1/24
            secondary: true
            tag: 10
        ipv6:
          - address: fd5d:12c9:2201:2::1/64
            tag: 6
      - name: Ethernet1/7.42
        redirects: false
        unreachables: false
    state: merged
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# Task Output
# -----------
#
# before:
# - name: Ethernet1/6
# - name: Ethernet1/7
# - ipv4:
#   - address: dhcp
#   name: mgmt0
# commands:
# - interface Ethernet1/6
# - ip address 192.168.1.1/24 tag 5
# - ip address 10.1.1.1/24 secondary tag 10
# - ipv6 address fd5d:12c9:2201:2::1/64 tag 6
# - interface Ethernet1/7
# - no ip redirects
# after:
# - ipv4:
#   - address: 192.168.1.1/24
#     tag: 5
#   - address: 10.1.1.1/24
#     secondary: true
#     tag: 10
#   ipv6:
#   - address: fd5d:12c9:2201:2::1/64
#     tag: 6
#   name: Ethernet1/6
#   redirects: false
# - name: Ethernet1/7
#   redirects: false
# - ipv4:
#   - address: dhcp
#   name: mgmt0

# After state:
# ------------
#
# router# show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1/6
#   description Configured by Ansible Network
#   no switchport
#   no ip redirects
#   ip address 192.168.1.1/24 tag 5
#   ip address 10.1.1.1/24 secondary tag 10
#   ipv6 address fd5d:12c9:2201:2::1/64 tag 6
#   no shutdown
# interface Ethernet1/7
#   description Configured by Ansible
#   no switchport
#   no ip redirects
#   no shutdown
# interface mgmt0
#   description mgmt interface
#   ip address dhcp
#   vrf member management


# Using replaced

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# router# show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1/6
#   description Configured by Ansible Network
#   no switchport
#   no ip redirects
#   ip address 192.168.1.1/24 tag 5
#   ip address 10.1.1.1/24 secondary tag 10
#   ipv6 address fd5d:12c9:2201:2::1/64 tag 6
#   no shutdown
# interface Ethernet1/7
#   description Configured by Ansible
#   no switchport
#   no ip redirects
#   no shutdown
# interface mgmt0
#   description mgmt interface
#   ip address dhcp
#   vrf member management

- name: Replace device configuration of specified L3 interfaces with provided configuration.
  cisco.nxos.nxos_l3_interfaces:
    config:
      - name: Ethernet1/6
        ipv4:
          - address: 192.168.22.3/24
    state: replaced
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# Task Output
# -----------
#
# before:
# - ipv4:
#   - address: 192.168.1.1/24
#     tag: 5
#   - address: 10.1.1.1/24
#     secondary: true
#     tag: 10
#   ipv6:
#   - address: fd5d:12c9:2201:2::1/64
#     tag: 6
#   name: Ethernet1/6
#   redirects: false
# - name: Ethernet1/7
#   redirects: false
# - ipv4:
#   - address: dhcp
#   name: mgmt0
# commands:
# - interface Ethernet1/6
# - ip address 192.168.22.3/24
# - no ipv6 address fd5d:12c9:2201:2::1/64
# - ip redirects
# after:
# - ipv4:
#   - address: 192.168.22.3/24
#   - address: 10.1.1.1/24
#     secondary: true
#     tag: 10
#   name: Ethernet1/6
#   redirects: false
# - name: Ethernet1/7
#   redirects: false
# - ipv4:
#   - address: dhcp
#   name: mgmt0

# After state:
# ------------
#
# router# show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1/6
#   description Configured by Ansible Network
#   no switchport
#   no ip redirects
#   ip address 192.168.22.3/24
#   ip address 10.1.1.1/24 secondary tag 10
#   no shutdown
# interface Ethernet1/7
#   description Configured by Ansible
#   no switchport
#   no ip redirects
#   no shutdown
# interface mgmt0
#   description mgmt interface
#   ip address dhcp
#   vrf member management

# Using overridden

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# router# show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1/6
#   description Configured by Ansible Network
#   no switchport
#   no ip redirects
#   ip address 192.168.1.1/24 tag 5
#   ip address 10.1.1.1/24 secondary tag 10
#   ipv6 address fd5d:12c9:2201:2::1/64 tag 6
#   no shutdown
# interface Ethernet1/7
#   description Configured by Ansible
#   no switchport
#   no ip redirects
#   no shutdown
# interface Ethernet1/7.42
#   no ip redirects
# interface mgmt0
#   description mgmt interface
#   ip address dhcp
#   vrf member management

- name: Override device configuration with provided configuration.
  cisco.nxos.nxos_l3_interfaces:
    config:
      - ipv4:
          - address: dhcp
        name: mgmt0
      - name: Ethernet1/6
        ipv4:
          - address: 192.168.22.3/24
    state: overridden
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# Task Output
# -----------
#
# before:
# - ipv4:
#   - address: 192.168.1.1/24
#     tag: 5
#   - address: 10.1.1.1/24
#     secondary: true
#     tag: 10
#   ipv6:
#   - address: fd5d:12c9:2201:2::1/64
#     tag: 6
#   name: Ethernet1/6
#   redirects: false
# - name: Ethernet1/7
#   redirects: false
# - name: Ethernet1/7.42
#   redirects: false
# - ipv4:
#   - address: dhcp
#   name: mgmt0
# commands:
# - interface Ethernet1/6
# - no ipv6 address fd5d:12c9:2201:2::1/64
# - no ip address 10.1.1.1/24 secondary
# - ip address 192.168.22.3/24
# - ip redirects
# - interface Ethernet1/7
# - ip redirects
# - interface Ethernet1/7.42
# - ip redirects
# after:
# - ipv4:
#   - address: 192.168.22.3/24
#   name: Ethernet1/6
# - name: Ethernet1/7
# - name: Ethernet1/7.42
# - ipv4:
#   - address: dhcp
#   name: mgmt0

# After state:
# ------------
#
# router# show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1/6
#   description Configured by Ansible Network
#   no switchport
#   ip address 192.168.22.3/24
#   no shutdown
# interface Ethernet1/7
#   description Configured by Ansible
#   no switchport
#   no shutdown
# interface Ethernet1/7.42
# interface mgmt0
#   description mgmt interface
#   ip address dhcp
#   vrf member management

# Using deleted

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# router# show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1/6
#   description Configured by Ansible Network
#   no switchport
#   ip address 192.168.22.3/24
#   no shutdown
# interface Ethernet1/7
#   description Configured by Ansible
#   no switchport
#   no shutdown
# interface Ethernet1/7.42
# interface mgmt0
#   description mgmt interface
#   ip address dhcp
#   vrf member management

- name: Delete L3 attributes of given interfaces (This won't delete the interface
    itself).
  cisco.nxos.nxos_l3_interfaces:
    config:
      - name: Ethernet1/6
      - name: Ethernet1/2
    state: deleted
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# Task Output
# -----------
#
# before:
# - name: Ethernet1/2
# - ipv4:
#   - address: 192.168.22.3/24
#   name: Ethernet1/6
# - name: Ethernet1/7
# - name: Ethernet1/7.42
# - ipv4:
#   - address: dhcp
#   name: mgmt0
# commands:
# - interface Ethernet1/6
# - no ip address
# after:
# - name: Ethernet1/2
# - name: Ethernet1/7
# - name: Ethernet1/7.42
# - ipv4:
#   - address: dhcp
#   name: mgmt0

# After state:
# ------------
#
# router# show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1/6
#   description Configured by Ansible Network
#   no switchport
#   no shutdown
# interface Ethernet1/7
#   description Configured by Ansible
#   no switchport
#   no shutdown
# interface Ethernet1/7.42
# interface mgmt0
#   description mgmt interface
#   ip address dhcp
#   vrf member management

# Using rendered

- name: Use rendered state to convert task input to device specific commands
  cisco.nxos.nxos_l3_interfaces:
    config:
      - name: Ethernet1/800
        ipv4:
          - address: 192.168.1.100/24
            tag: 5
          - address: 10.1.1.1/24
            secondary: true
            tag: 10
      - name: Ethernet1/800
        ipv6:
          - address: fd5d:12c9:2201:2::1/64
            tag: 6
    state: rendered
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# Task Output
# -----------
#
# rendered:
#   - interface Ethernet1/800
#   - ip address 192.168.1.100/24 tag 5
#   - ip address 10.1.1.1/24 secondary tag 10
#   - interface Ethernet1/800
#   - ipv6 address fd5d:12c9:2201:2::1/64 tag 6

# Using parsed

# parsed.cfg
# ----------
#
# interface Ethernet1/800
#   ip address 192.168.1.100/24 tag 5
#   ip address 10.1.1.1/24 secondary tag 10
#   no ip redirects
# interface Ethernet1/801
#   ipv6 address fd5d:12c9:2201:2::1/64 tag 6
#   ip unreachables
# interface mgmt0
#   ip address dhcp
#   vrf member management

- name: Use parsed state to convert externally supplied config to structured format
  cisco.nxos.nxos_l3_interfaces:
    running_config: "{{ lookup('file', 'parsed.cfg') }}"
    state: parsed
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# Task output
# -----------
#
# parsed:
#   - name: Ethernet1/800
#     ipv4:
#       - address: 192.168.1.100/24
#         tag: 5
#       - address: 10.1.1.1/24
#         secondary: True
#         tag: 10
#     redirects: False
#   - name: Ethernet1/801
#     ipv6:
#      - address: fd5d:12c9:2201:2::1/64
#        tag: 6
#     unreachables: True

# Using gathered

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# interface Ethernet1/1
#   ip address 192.0.2.100/24
# interface Ethernet1/2
#   no ip redirects
#   ip address 203.0.113.10/24
#   ip unreachables
#   ipv6 address 2001:db8::1/32

- name: Gather l3_interfaces facts from the device using nxos_l3_interfaces
  cisco.nxos.nxos_l3_interfaces:
    state: gathered

Inputs

    
state:
    choices:
    - merged
    - replaced
    - overridden
    - deleted
    - gathered
    - rendered
    - parsed
    default: merged
    description:
    - The state of the configuration after module completion.
    - The state I(overridden) would override the IP address configuration of all interfaces
      on the device with the provided configuration in the task. Use caution with this
      state as you may loose access to the device.
    type: str

config:
    description: A dictionary of Layer-3 interface options
    elements: dict
    suboptions:
      dot1q:
        description:
        - Configures IEEE 802.1Q VLAN encapsulation on a subinterface.
        type: int
      evpn_multisite_tracking:
        choices:
        - fabric-tracking
        - dci-tracking
        description:
        - VxLAN evpn multisite Interface tracking. Supported only on selected model.
        type: str
        version_added: 1.1.0
        version_added_collection: cisco.nxos
      ipv4:
        description:
        - IPv4 address and attributes of the L3 interface.
        elements: dict
        suboptions:
          address:
            description:
            - IPV4 address of the L3 interface.
            type: str
          secondary:
            description:
            - A boolean attribute to manage addition of secondary IP address.
            type: bool
          tag:
            description:
            - URIB route tag value for local/direct routes.
            type: int
        type: list
      ipv6:
        description:
        - IPv6 address and attributes of the L3 interface.
        elements: dict
        suboptions:
          address:
            description:
            - IPV6 address of the L3 interface.
            type: str
          tag:
            description:
            - URIB route tag value for local/direct routes.
            type: int
        type: list
      ipv6_redirects:
        description:
        - Enables/disables ipv6 redirects.
        type: bool
      name:
        description:
        - Full name of L3 interface, i.e. Ethernet1/1.
        required: true
        type: str
      redirects:
        description:
        - Enables/disables ipv4 redirects.
        type: bool
      unreachables:
        description:
        - Enables/disables ip redirects.
        type: bool
    type: list

running_config:
    description:
    - This option is used only with state I(parsed).
    - The value of this option should be the output received from the NX-OS device by
      executing the command B(show running-config | section '^interface').
    - The state I(parsed) reads the configuration from C(running_config) option and transforms
      it into Ansible structured data as per the resource module's argspec and the value
      is then returned in the I(parsed) key within the result.
    type: str

Outputs

after:
  description: The configuration as structured data after module completion.
  returned: when changed
  sample: "The configuration returned will always be in the same format\n of the parameters\
    \ above.\n"
  type: list
before:
  description: The configuration as structured data prior to module invocation.
  returned: always
  sample: "The configuration returned will always be in the same format\n of the parameters\
    \ above.\n"
  type: list
commands:
  description: The set of commands pushed to the remote device.
  returned: always
  sample:
  - interface Ethernet1/2
  - ip address 192.168.0.1/2
  type: list