iosxr_logging - Configuration management of system logging services on network devices¶

New in version 2.4.

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

Synopsis ¶

This module provides declarative management configuration of system logging (syslog) on Cisco IOS XR devices.

Requirements ¶

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

ncclient >= 0.5.3 when using netconf
lxml >= 4.1.1 when using netconf

Parameters ¶

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
aggregate			List of syslog logging configuration definitions.
dest		Choices: host console monitor buffered file	Destination for system logging (syslog) messages.
facility		Default: local7	To configure the type of syslog facility in which system logging (syslog) messages are sent to syslog servers Optional config for `dest` = `host`
hostnameprefix (added in 2.5)			To append a hostname prefix to system logging (syslog) messages logged to syslog servers. Optional config for `dest` = `host`
level		Default: debugging	Specifies the severity level for the logging. aliases: severity
name			When `dest` = file name indicates file-name When `dest` = host name indicates the host-name or ip-address of syslog server.
provider			Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli`. For more information please see the Network 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.
	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.
	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.
	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			Size of buffer when `dest` = `buffered`. The acceptable value is in the range 307200 to 125000000 bytes. Default 307200 Size of file when `dest` = `file`. The acceptable value is in the range 1 to 2097152KB. Default 2 GB
state		Choices: present ← absent	Existential state of the logging configuration on the node.
vrf (added in 2.5)		Default: default	vrf name when syslog server is configured, `dest` = `host`

Notes ¶

Note

Tested against IOS XRv 6.1.2
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 logging for syslog server host
  iosxr_logging:
    dest: host
    name: 10.10.10.1
    level: critical
    state: present

- name: add hostnameprefix configuration
  iosxr_logging:
    hostnameprefix: host1
    state: absent

- name: add facility configuration
  iosxr_logging:
    facility: local1
    state: present

- name: configure console logging level
  iosxr_logging:
    dest: console
    level: debugging
    state: present

- name: configure monitor logging level
  iosxr_logging:
    dest: monitor
    level: errors
    state: present

- name: configure syslog to a file
  iosxr_logging:
    dest: file
    name: file_name
    size: 2048
    level: errors
    state: present

- name: configure buffered logging with size
  iosxr_logging:
    dest: buffered
    size: 5100000

- name: Configure logging using aggregate
  iosxr_logging:
    aggregate:
      - { dest: console, level: warning }
      - { dest: buffered, size: 4800000 }
      - { dest: file, name: file3, size: 2048}
      - { dest: host, name: host3, level: critical}

- name: Delete logging using aggregate
  iosxr_logging:
    aggregate:
      - { dest: console, level: warning }
      - { dest: buffered, size: 4800000 }
      - { dest: file, name: file3, size: 2048}
      - { dest: host, name: host3, level: critical}
    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 (empty list when no commands to send)	The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device Sample: ['logging 10.10.10.1 vrf default severity debugging', 'logging facility local7', 'logging hostnameprefix host1', 'logging console critical', 'logging buffered 2097153', 'logging buffered warnings', 'logging monitor errors', 'logging file log_file maxfilesize 1024 severity info']
xml list (added in 2.5)	always (empty list when no xml rpc to send)	NetConf rpc xml sent to device with transport `netconf` Sample: ['<config xmlns:xc="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0"> <syslog xmlns="http://cisco.com/ns/yang/Cisco-IOS-XR-infra-syslog-cfg"> <files> <file xc:operation="delete"> <file-name>file1</file-name> <file-log-attributes> <max-file-size>2097152</max-file-size> <severity>2</severity> </file-log-attributes> </file> </files> </syslog> </config>']

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)
Kedar Kekan (@kedarX)

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