nxos_aaa_server - Manages AAA server global configuration.¶

New in version 2.2.

Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status
Maintenance
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Synopsis ¶

Manages AAA server global configuration

Parameters ¶

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
deadtime			Duration for which a non-reachable AAA server is skipped, in minutes or keyword 'default. Range is 1-1440. Device default is 0.
directed_request		Choices: enabled disabled	Enables direct authentication requests to AAA server or keyword 'default' Device default is disabled.
encrypt_type		Choices: 0 7	The state of encryption applied to the entered global key. O clear text, 7 encrypted. Type-6 encryption is not supported.
global_key			Global AAA shared secret or keyword 'default'.
provider			Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli`. This option is only required if you are using NX-API. For more information please see the NXOS 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 either the CLI login or the nxapi authentication depending on which transport is used. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME` will be used instead.
	authorize bool (added in 2.5.3)	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 argument is only used for the cli transport. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE` will be used instead.
	use_proxy bool (added in 2.5)	Choices: no yes ←	If `no`, the environment variables `http_proxy` and `https_proxy` will be ignored.
	auth_pass (added in 2.5.3)	Default: none	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 (added in 2.3)	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. NX-API can be slow to return on long-running commands (sh mac, sh bgp, etc).
	use_ssl bool	Choices: no ← yes	Configures the transport to use SSL if set to true only when the `transport=nxapi`, otherwise this value is ignored.
	password		Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This is a common argument used for either cli or nxapi transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD` will be used instead.
	validate_certs bool	Choices: no yes	If `no`, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. If the transport argument is not nxapi, this value is ignored.
	port	Default: 0 (use common port)	Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device. This value applies to either cli or nxapi. The port value will default to the appropriate transport common port if none is provided in the task. (cli=22, http=80, https=443).
	transport required	Default: cli	Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device. The transport argument supports connectivity to the device over cli (ssh) or nxapi.
server_timeout			Global AAA server timeout period, in seconds or keyword 'default. Range is 1-60. Device default is 5.
server_type required		Choices: radius tacacs	The server type is either radius or tacacs.
state		Choices: present ← default	Manage the state of the resource.

Notes ¶

Note

Tested against NXOSv 7.3.(0)D1(1) on VIRL
The server_type parameter is always required.
If encrypt_type is not supplied, the global AAA server key will be stored as encrypted (type 7).
Changes to the global AAA server key with encrypt_type=0 are not idempotent.
state=default will set the supplied parameters to their default values. The parameters that you want to default must also be set to default. If global_key=default, the global key will be removed.
For information on using CLI and NX-API see the NXOS Platform Options guide
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 ¶

# Radius Server Basic settings
  - name: "Radius Server Basic settings"
    nxos_aaa_server:
        server_type: radius
        server_timeout: 9
        deadtime: 20
        directed_request: enabled

# Tacacs Server Basic settings
  - name: "Tacacs Server Basic settings"
    nxos_aaa_server:
        server_type: tacacs
        server_timeout: 8
        deadtime: 19
        directed_request: disabled

# Setting Global Key
  - name: "AAA Server Global Key"
    nxos_aaa_server:
        server_type: radius
        global_key: test_key

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
commands list	always	command sent to the device Sample: ['radius-server deadtime 22', 'radius-server timeout 11', 'radius-server directed-request']

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 ¶

Jason Edelman (@jedelman8)

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