ios_interface - Manage Interface on Cisco IOS network devices

• Synopsis
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status
• Maintenance
  • Support
  • Author

Synopsis

• This module provides declarative management of Interfaces on Cisco IOS network devices.

Parameters

Notes

Examples

- name: configure interface
  ios_interface:
      name: GigabitEthernet0/2
      description: test-interface
      speed: 100
      duplex: half
      mtu: 512

- name: remove interface
  ios_interface:
    name: Loopback9
    state: absent

- name: make interface up
  ios_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/2
    enabled: True

- name: make interface down
  ios_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/2
    enabled: False

- name: Check intent arguments
  ios_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/2
    state: up
    tx_rate: ge(0)
    rx_rate: le(0)

- name: Check neighbors intent arguments
  ios_interface:
    name: Gi0/0
    neighbors:
    - port: eth0
      host: netdev

- name: Config + intent
  ios_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/2
    enabled: False
    state: down

- name: Add interface using aggregate
  ios_interface:
    aggregate:
    - { name: GigabitEthernet0/1, mtu: 256, description: test-interface-1 }
    - { name: GigabitEthernet0/2, mtu: 516, description: test-interface-2 }
    duplex: full
    speed: 100
    state: present

- name: Delete interface using aggregate
  ios_interface:
    aggregate:
    - name: Loopback9
    - name: Loopback10
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Status

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

Maintenance

This module is flagged as network which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Network Team. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Network Team, see here.

Support

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

Author

• Ganesh Nalawade (@ganeshrn)