cisco.iosxr.iosxr_bgp – Configure global BGP protocol settings on Cisco IOS-XR

Note

This plugin is part of the cisco.iosxr collection (version 2.5.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install cisco.iosxr.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.iosxr.iosxr_bgp.

New in version 1.0.0: of cisco.iosxr

DEPRECATED

Removed in

major release after 2023-01-29

Why

Updated module released with more functionality.

Alternative

iosxr_bgp_global

Synopsis

  • This module provides configuration management of global BGP parameters on devices running Cisco IOS-XR

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
config
dictionary
Specifies the BGP related configuration.
address_family
list / elements=dictionary
Specifies BGP address family related configurations.
afi
string / required
    Choices:
  • ipv4
  • ipv6
Type of address family to configure.
networks
list / elements=dictionary
Specify networks to announce via BGP.
For operation replace, this option is mutually exclusive with root level networks option.
masklen
integer / required
Subnet mask length for the network to announce(e.g, 8, 16, 24, etc.).
network
string / required
Network ID to announce via BGP.

aliases: prefix
route_map
string
Route map to modify the attributes.
redistribute
list / elements=dictionary
Specifies the redistribute information from another routing protocol.
id
string
Identifier for the routing protocol for configuring redistribute information.
Valid for protocols 'ospf', 'eigrp', 'isis' and 'ospfv3'.
metric
integer
Specifies the metric for redistributed routes.
protocol
string / required
    Choices:
  • ospf
  • ospfv3
  • eigrp
  • isis
  • static
  • connected
  • lisp
  • mobile
  • rip
  • subscriber
Specifies the protocol for configuring redistribute information.
route_map
string
Specifies the route map reference.
safi
string
    Choices:
  • flowspec
  • unicast
  • multicast
  • labeled-unicast
Specifies the type of cast for the address family.
bgp_as
integer / required
Specifies the BGP Autonomous System (AS) number to configure on the device.
log_neighbor_changes
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Enable/disable logging neighbor up/down and reset reason.
neighbors
list / elements=dictionary
Specifies BGP neighbor related configurations.
advertisement_interval
integer
Specifies the minimum interval (in seconds) between sending BGP routing updates.
The range is from 0 to 600.
description
string
Neighbor specific description.
ebgp_multihop
integer
Specifies the maximum hop count for EBGP neighbors not on directly connected networks.
The range is from 0 to 255.
enabled
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Administratively shutdown or enable a neighbor.
neighbor
string / required
Neighbor router address.
password
string
Password to authenticate the BGP peer connection.
remote_as
integer / required
Remote AS of the BGP neighbor to configure.
tcp_mss
integer
Specifies the TCP initial maximum segment size to use.
The range is from 68 to 10000.
timers
dictionary
Specifies BGP neighbor timer related configurations.
holdtime
integer
Interval after not receiving a keepalive message that the software declares a peer dead.
The range is from 3 to 65535.
keepalive
integer
Frequency with which the Cisco IOS-XR software sends keepalive messages to its peer.
The range is from 0 to 65535.
min_neighbor_holdtime
integer
Interval specifying the minimum acceptable hold-time from a BGP neighbor.
The minimum acceptable hold-time must be less than, or equal to, the interval specified in the holdtime argument.
The range is from 3 to 65535.
update_source
string
Source of the routing updates.
router_id
string
Configures the BGP routing process router-id value.
operation
string
    Choices:
  • merge
  • replace
  • override
  • delete
Specifies the operation to be performed on the BGP process configured on the device.
In case of merge, the input configuration will be merged with the existing BGP configuration on the device.
In case of replace, if there is a diff between the existing configuration and the input configuration, the existing configuration will be replaced by the input configuration for every option that has the diff.
In case of override, all the existing BGP configuration will be removed from the device and replaced with the input configuration.
In case of delete the existing BGP configuration will be removed from the device.

Notes

Note

Examples

- name: configure global bgp as 65000
  cisco.iosxr.iosxr_bgp:
    bgp_as: 65000
    router_id: 1.1.1.1
    neighbors:
    - neighbor: 182.168.10.1
      remote_as: 500
      description: PEER_1
    - neighbor: 192.168.20.1
      remote_as: 500
      update_source: GigabitEthernet 0/0/0/0
    address_family:
    - name: ipv4
      cast: unicast
      networks:
      - network: 192.168.2.0/23
      - network: 10.0.0.0/8
      redistribute:
      - protocol: ospf
        id: 400
        metric: 110

- name: remove bgp as 65000 from config
  ios_bgp:
    bgp_as: 65000
    state: absent

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
commands
list / elements=string
always
The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device

Sample:
['router bgp 65000', 'bgp router-id 1.1.1.1', 'neighbor 182.168.10.1 remote-as 500', 'neighbor 182.168.10.1 description PEER_1', 'neighbor 192.168.20.1 remote-as 500', 'neighbor 192.168.20.1 update-source GigabitEthernet0/0/0/0', 'address-family ipv4 unicast', 'redistribute ospf 400 metric 110', 'network 192.168.2.0/23', 'network 10.0.0.0/8', 'exit']


Status

  • This module will be removed in a major release after 2023-01-29. [deprecated]
  • For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

  • Nilashish Chakraborty (@NilashishC)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/cisco/iosxr/iosxr_bgp_module.html