eos_logging - Manage logging on network devices

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • This module provides declarative management of logging on Arista Eos devices.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
aggregate
List of logging definitions.
auth_pass Default:
none
Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using connection: network_cli and become: yes with become_pass.
This option is only required if you are using eAPI.
For more information please see the EOS Platform Options guide.
Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote device. If authorize is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS will be used instead.
authorize
    Choices:
  • yes
  • no
Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using connection: network_cli and become: yes.
This option is only required if you are using eAPI.
For more information please see the EOS Platform Options guide.
Instructs the module to enter privileged mode on the remote device before sending any commands. If not specified, the device will attempt to execute all commands in non-privileged mode. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE will be used instead.
dest
    Choices:
  • on
  • host
  • console'
  • monitor
  • buffered
Destination of the logs.
facility
Set logging facility.
level
    Choices:
  • emergencies
  • alerts
  • critical
  • errors
  • warnings
  • notifications
  • informational
  • debugging
Set logging severity levels.
name
If value of dest is host name should be specified, which indicates hostname or IP address.
provider Default:
None
Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using connection: network_cli.
This option is only required if you are using eAPI.
For more information please see the EOS Platform Options guide.
A dict object containing connection details.
username
Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate either the CLI login or the eAPI authentication depending on which transport is used. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME will be used instead.
authorize
    Choices:
  • yes
  • no
Instructs the module to enter privileged mode on the remote device before sending any commands. If not specified, the device will attempt to execute all commands in non-privileged mode. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE will be used instead.
ssh_keyfile
Specifies the SSH keyfile to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for cli transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE will be used instead.
use_proxy
(added in 2.5)
    Choices:
  • yes
  • no
If no, the environment variables http_proxy and https_proxy will be ignored.
auth_pass Default:
none
Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote device. If authorize is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS will be used instead.
host
required
Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote device over the specified transport. The value of host is used as the destination address for the transport.
timeout Default:
10
Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error.
use_ssl
    Choices:
  • yes
  • no
Configures the transport to use SSL if set to true only when the transport=eapi. If the transport argument is not eapi, this value is ignored.
password Default:
None
Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This is a common argument used for either cli or eapi transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD will be used instead.
validate_certs
    Choices:
  • yes
  • no
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. If the transport argument is not eapi, this value is ignored.
port Default:
0 (use common port)
Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device. This value applies to either cli or eapi. The port value will default to the appropriate transport common port if none is provided in the task. (cli=22, http=80, https=443).
transport
required
    Choices:
  • eapi
  • cli
Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device.
size
Size of buffer. The acceptable value is in range from 10 to 2147483647 bytes.
state
    Choices:
  • present
  • absent
State of the logging configuration.

Notes

Note

Examples

- name: configure host logging
  eos_logging:
    dest: host
    name: 172.16.0.1
    state: present

- name: remove host logging configuration
  eos_logging:
    dest: host
    name: 172.16.0.1
    state: absent

- name: configure console logging level and facility
  eos_logging:
    dest: console
    facility: local7
    level: debugging
    state: present

- name: enable logging to all
  eos_logging:
    dest : on

- name: configure buffer size
  eos_logging:
    dest: buffered
    size: 5000

- name: Configure logging using aggregate
  eos_logging:
    aggregate:
      - { dest: console, level: warnings }
      - { dest: buffered, size: 480000 }
    state: present

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
commands
list
always
The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device

Sample:
['logging facility local7', 'logging host 172.16.0.1']


Status

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

Support

For more information about Red Hat’s support of this module, please refer to this Knowledge Base article

Author

  • Trishna Guha (@trishnaguha)

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