ios_facts - Collect facts from remote devices running Cisco IOS¶
New in version 2.2.
Synopsis¶
- Collects a base set of device facts from a remote device that is running IOS. This module prepends all of the base network fact keys with
ansible_net_<fact>
. The facts module will always collect a base set of facts from the device and can enable or disable collection of additional facts.
Parameters¶
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | |
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auth_pass |
Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using
connection: network_cli and become: yes with become_pass .For more information please see the IOS 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. |
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authorize
bool |
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Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using
connection: network_cli and become: yes .For more information please see the IOS 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. |
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gather_subset |
Default: !config
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When supplied, this argument will restrict the facts collected to a given subset. Possible values for this argument include all, hardware, config, and interfaces. Can specify a list of values to include a larger subset. Values can also be used with an initial
! to specify that a specific subset should not be collected. |
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provider |
Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using
connection: network_cli .For more information please see the IOS Platform Options guide.
A dict object containing connection details.
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username |
Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable
ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME will be used instead. |
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authorize
bool |
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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. |
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ssh_keyfile |
Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is the path to the key used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable
ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE will be used instead. |
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auth_pass |
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. |
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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.
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timeout |
Default: 10
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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.
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password |
Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable
ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD will be used instead. |
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port |
Default: 22
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Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device.
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Notes¶
Note
- Tested against IOS 15.6
- For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the Ansible Network Guide
- For more information on using Ansible to manage Cisco devices see the Cisco integration page.
Examples¶
# Collect all facts from the device
- ios_facts:
gather_subset: all
# Collect only the config and default facts
- ios_facts:
gather_subset:
- config
# Do not collect hardware facts
- ios_facts:
gather_subset:
- "!hardware"
Return Values¶
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key | Returned | Description |
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ansible_net_all_ipv4_addresses
list
|
when interfaces is configured |
All IPv4 addresses configured on the device
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ansible_net_all_ipv6_addresses
list
|
when interfaces is configured |
All IPv6 addresses configured on the device
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ansible_net_config
string
|
when config is configured |
The current active config from the device
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ansible_net_filesystems
list
|
when hardware is configured |
All file system names available on the device
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ansible_net_filesystems_info
dict
|
when hardware is configured |
A hash of all file systems containing info about each file system (e.g. free and total space)
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ansible_net_gather_subset
list
|
always |
The list of fact subsets collected from the device
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ansible_net_hostname
string
|
always |
The configured hostname of the device
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ansible_net_image
string
|
always |
The image file the device is running
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ansible_net_interfaces
dict
|
when interfaces is configured |
A hash of all interfaces running on the system
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ansible_net_memfree_mb
int
|
when hardware is configured |
The available free memory on the remote device in Mb
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ansible_net_memtotal_mb
int
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when hardware is configured |
The total memory on the remote device in Mb
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ansible_net_model
string
|
always |
The model name returned from the device
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ansible_net_neighbors
dict
|
when interfaces is configured |
The list of LLDP neighbors from the remote device
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ansible_net_serialnum
string
|
always |
The serial number of the remote device
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ansible_net_stacked_models
list
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when multiple devices are configured in a stack |
The model names of each device in the stack
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ansible_net_stacked_serialnums
list
|
when multiple devices are configured in a stack |
The serial numbers of each device in the stack
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ansible_net_version
string
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always |
The operating system version running on the remote device
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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¶
- Peter Sprygada (@privateip)
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