ios_logging - Manage logging on network devices¶

New in version 2.4.

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

Synopsis ¶

This module provides declarative management of logging on Cisco Ios devices.

Parameters ¶

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
aggregate			List of logging definitions.
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.
authorize bool		Choices: no ← yes	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.
dest		Choices: on host console monitor buffered	Destination of the logs.
facility			Set logging facility.
level			Set logging severity levels.
name			If value of `dest` is file it indicates file-name, for user it indicates username and for host indicates the host name to be notified.
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.
	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.
	authorize bool	Choices: no ← yes	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 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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	port	Default: 22	Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device.
size		Default: 4096	Size of buffer. The acceptable value is in range from 4096 to 4294967295 bytes.
state		Choices: present ← absent	State of the logging configuration.

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 ¶

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

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

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

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

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

- name: Configure logging using aggregate
  ios_logging:
    aggregate:
      - { dest: console, level: notifications }
      - { dest: buffered, size: 9000 }

- name: remove logging using aggregate
  ios_logging:
    aggregate:
      - { dest: console, level: notifications }
      - { dest: buffered, size: 9000 }
    state: absent

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.

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 ¶

Trishna Guha (@trishnaguha)

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