nxos_bgp_neighbor - Manages BGP neighbors configurations.¶

New in version 2.2.

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Examples
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Status
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Synopsis ¶

Manages BGP neighbors configurations on NX-OS switches.

Parameters ¶

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
asn required			BGP autonomous system number. Valid values are string, Integer in ASPLAIN or ASDOT notation.
capability_negotiation bool		Choices: no yes	Configure whether or not to negotiate capability with this neighbor.
connected_check bool		Choices: no yes	Configure whether or not to check for directly connected peer.
description			Description of the neighbor.
dynamic_capability bool		Choices: no yes	Configure whether or not to enable dynamic capability.
ebgp_multihop			Specify multihop TTL for a remote peer. Valid values are integers between 2 and 255, or keyword 'default' to disable this property.
local_as			Specify the local-as number for the eBGP neighbor. Valid values are String or Integer in ASPLAIN or ASDOT notation, or 'default', which means not to configure it.
log_neighbor_changes		Choices: enable disable inherit	Specify whether or not to enable log messages for neighbor up/down event.
low_memory_exempt bool		Choices: no yes	Specify whether or not to shut down this neighbor under memory pressure.
maximum_peers			Specify Maximum number of peers for this neighbor prefix Valid values are between 1 and 1000, or 'default', which does not impose the limit. Note that this parameter is accepted only on neighbors with address/prefix.
neighbor required			Neighbor Identifier. Valid values are string. Neighbors may use IPv4 or IPv6 notation, with or without prefix length.
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.
pwd			Specify the password for neighbor. Valid value is string.
pwd_type		Choices: 3des cisco_type_7 default	Specify the encryption type the password will use. Valid values are '3des' or 'cisco_type_7' encryption or keyword 'default'.
remote_as			Specify Autonomous System Number of the neighbor. Valid values are String or Integer in ASPLAIN or ASDOT notation, or 'default', which means not to configure it.
remove_private_as		Choices: enable disable all replace-as	Specify the config to remove private AS number from outbound updates. Valid values are 'enable' to enable this config, 'disable' to disable this config, 'all' to remove all private AS number, or 'replace-as', to replace the private AS number.
shutdown bool		Choices: no yes	Configure to administratively shutdown this neighbor.
state		Choices: present ← absent	Determines whether the config should be present or not on the device.
suppress_4_byte_as bool		Choices: no yes	Configure to suppress 4-byte AS Capability.
timers_holdtime			Specify holdtime timer value. Valid values are integers between 0 and 3600 in terms of seconds, or 'default', which is 180.
timers_keepalive			Specify keepalive timer value. Valid values are integers between 0 and 3600 in terms of seconds, or 'default', which is 60.
transport_passive_only bool		Choices: no yes	Specify whether or not to only allow passive connection setup. Valid values are 'true', 'false', and 'default', which defaults to 'false'. This property can only be configured when the neighbor is in 'ip' address format without prefix length.
update_source			Specify source interface of BGP session and updates.
vrf		Default: default	Name of the VRF. The name 'default' is a valid VRF representing the global bgp.

Notes ¶

Note

Tested against NXOSv 7.3.(0)D1(1) on VIRL
state=absent removes the whole BGP neighbor configuration.
Default, where supported, restores params default value.
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 ¶

# create a new neighbor
- nxos_bgp_neighbor:
    asn: 65535
    neighbor: 192.0.2.3
    local_as: 20
    remote_as: 30
    description: "just a description"
    update_source: Ethernet1/3
    state: present

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
commands list	always	commands sent to the device Sample: ['router bgp 65535', 'neighbor 192.0.2.3', 'remote-as 30', 'update-source Ethernet1/3', 'description just a description', 'local-as 20']

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 ¶

Gabriele Gerbino (@GGabriele)

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