net_static_route - Manage static IP routes on network appliances (routers, switches et. al.)

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
admin_distance
Admin distance of the static route.
aggregate
List of static route definitions
mask
required
Network prefix mask of the static route.
next_hop
required
Next hop IP of the static route.
prefix
required
Network prefix of the static route.
purge Default:
no
Purge static routes not defined in the aggregate parameter.
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
State of the static route configuration.

Examples

- name: configure static route
  net_static_route:
    prefix: 192.168.2.0
    mask: 255.255.255.0
    next_hop: 10.0.0.1

- name: remove configuration
  net_static_route:
    prefix: 192.168.2.0
    mask: 255.255.255.0
    next_hop: 10.0.0.1
    state: absent

- name: configure aggregates of static routes
  net_static_route:
    aggregate:
      - { prefix: 192.168.2.0, mask 255.255.255.0, next_hop: 10.0.0.1 }
      - { prefix: 192.168.3.0, mask 255.255.255.0, next_hop: 10.0.2.1 }

- name: Remove static route collections
  net_static_route:
    aggregate:
      - { prefix: 172.24.1.0/24, next_hop: 192.168.42.64 }
      - { prefix: 172.24.3.0/24, next_hop: 192.168.42.64 }
    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:
['ip route 192.168.2.0/24 10.0.0.1']


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

  • Ricardo Carrillo Cruz (@rcarrillocruz)

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