ios_static_route - Manage static IP routes on Cisco IOS network devices

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

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

Options

parameter required default choices comments
admin_distance
no 1
Admin distance of the static route.
aggregate
no
List of static route definitions.
mask
no
Network prefix mask of the static route.
next_hop
no
Next hop IP of the static route.
prefix
no
Network prefix of the static route.
state
no present
  • present
  • absent
State of the static route configuration.

Examples

- name: configure static route
  ios_static_route:
    prefix: 192.168.2.0
    mask: 255.255.255.0
    next_hop: 10.0.0.1

- name: remove configuration
  ios_static_route:
    prefix: 192.168.2.0
    mask: 255.255.255.0
    next_hop: 10.0.0.1
    state: absent

- 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 }

- 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 }
    state: absent

Return Values

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

name description returned type sample
commands
The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device
always list ['ip route 192.168.2.0 255.255.255.0 10.0.0.1']

Notes

Note

  • Tested against IOS 15.6

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance Info

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