cisco.iosxr.iosxr_logging – Configuration management of system logging services on network devices
cisco.iosxr.iosxr_logging – Configuration management of system logging services on network devices
Note
This plugin is part of the cisco.iosxr collection (version 1.2.1).
To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install cisco.iosxr
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.iosxr.iosxr_logging
.
New in version 1.0.0: of cisco.iosxr
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 / elements=dictionary |
List of syslog logging configuration definitions. | ||
dest string |
|
Destination for system logging (syslog) messages. | |
facility string |
To configure the type of syslog facility in which system logging (syslog) messages are sent to syslog servers Optional config for | ||
hostnameprefix string |
To append a hostname prefix to system logging (syslog) messages logged to syslog servers. Optional config for | ||
level string |
|
Specifies the severity level for the logging.
| |
name string |
When When | ||
size integer |
Size of buffer when Size of file when | ||
state string |
|
Existential state of the logging configuration on the node. | |
vrf string |
vrf name when syslog server is configured, | ||
dest string |
|
Destination for system logging (syslog) messages. | |
facility string |
Default: "local7" |
To configure the type of syslog facility in which system logging (syslog) messages are sent to syslog servers Optional config for | |
hostnameprefix string |
To append a hostname prefix to system logging (syslog) messages logged to syslog servers. Optional config for | ||
level string |
|
Specifies the severity level for the logging.
| |
name string |
When When | ||
provider dictionary |
Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using For more information please see the Network Guide. A dict object containing connection details. | ||
host string |
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. | ||
password string |
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 | ||
port integer |
Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device. | ||
ssh_keyfile path |
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 | ||
timeout integer |
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. | ||
transport string |
|
Specifies the type of connection based transport. | |
username string |
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 | ||
size integer |
Size of buffer when Size of file when | ||
state string |
|
Existential state of the logging configuration on the node. | |
vrf string |
Default: "default" |
vrf name when syslog server is configured, |
Notes
Note
- This module works with connection
network_cli
andnetconf
. See the IOS-XR Platform Options. - Tested against IOS XRv 6.1.3
- 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
cisco.iosxr.iosxr_logging:
dest: host
name: 10.10.10.1
level: critical
state: present
- name: add hostnameprefix configuration
cisco.iosxr.iosxr_logging:
hostnameprefix: host1
state: absent
- name: add facility configuration
cisco.iosxr.iosxr_logging:
facility: local1
state: present
- name: configure console logging level
cisco.iosxr.iosxr_logging:
dest: console
level: debugging
state: present
- name: configure monitor logging level
cisco.iosxr.iosxr_logging:
dest: monitor
level: errors
state: present
- name: configure syslog to a file
cisco.iosxr.iosxr_logging:
dest: file
name: file_name
size: 2048
level: errors
state: present
- name: configure buffered logging with size
cisco.iosxr.iosxr_logging:
dest: buffered
size: 5100000
- name: Configure logging using aggregate
cisco.iosxr.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
cisco.iosxr.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 / elements=string |
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 / elements=string |
always (empty list when no xml rpc to send) |
NetConf rpc xml sent to device with transport
Sample: [' file1 2097152 2 '] |
Authors
- Trishna Guha (@trishnaguha)
- Kedar Kekan (@kedarX)
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.11/collections/cisco/iosxr/iosxr_logging_module.html