nxos_logging – Manage logging on network devices

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

• This module provides declarative management of logging on Cisco NX-OS devices.

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
aggregate -			List of logging definitions.
dest -		Choices: console logfile module monitor server	Destination of the logs.
dest_level -			Set logging severity levels. aliases: level
event - added in 2.8		Choices: link-enable link-default trunk-enable trunk-default	Link/trunk enable/default interface configuration logging
facility -			Facility name for logging.
facility_level -			Set logging severity levels for facility based log messages.
facility_link_status - added in 2.8		Choices: link-down-notif link-down-error link-up-notif link-up-error	Set logging facility ethpm link status. Not idempotent with version 6.0 images.
file_size - added in 2.8			Set logfile size
interface - added in 2.7			Interface to be used while configuring source-interface for logging (e.g., 'Ethernet1/2', 'mgmt0')
interface_message - added in 2.8		Choices: add-interface-description	Add interface description to interface syslogs. Does not work with version 6.0 images using nxapi as a transport.
name -			If value of dest is logfile it indicates file-name.
provider dictionary			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.
	auth_pass string added in 2.5.3		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.
	authorize boolean 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.
	host string / 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.
	password string		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.
	port integer	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).
	ssh_keyfile string		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.
	timeout integer	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).
	transport string / required	Choices: cli ← nxapi	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.
	use_proxy boolean added in 2.5	Choices: no yes ←	If no, the environment variables http_proxy and https_proxy will be ignored.
	use_ssl boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Configures the transport to use SSL if set to yes only when the transport=nxapi, otherwise this value is ignored.
	username string		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.
	validate_certs boolean	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.
purge boolean added in 2.8		Choices: no ← yes	Remove any switch logging configuration that does not match what has been configured Not supported for ansible_connection local. All nxos_logging tasks must use the same ansible_connection type.
remote_server - added in 2.7			Hostname or IP Address for remote logging (when dest is 'server').
state -		Choices: present ← absent	State of the logging configuration.
timestamp - added in 2.8		Choices: microseconds milliseconds seconds	Set logging timestamp format
use_vrf - added in 2.7			VRF to be used while configuring remote logging (when dest is 'server').

Notes

Note

• 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

- name: configure console logging with level
  nxos_logging:
    dest: console
    level: 2
    state: present
- name: remove console logging configuration
  nxos_logging:
    dest: console
    level: 2
    state: absent
- name: configure file logging with level
  nxos_logging:
    dest: logfile
    name: testfile
    dest_level: 3
    state: present
- name: Configure logging logfile with size
  nxos_logging:
    dest: logfile
    name: testfile
    dest_level: 3
    file_size: 16384
- name: configure facility level logging
  nxos_logging:
    facility: daemon
    facility_level: 0
    state: present
- name: remove facility level logging
  nxos_logging:
    facility: daemon
    facility_level: 0
    state: absent
- name: Configure Remote Logging
  nxos_logging:
    dest: server
    remote_server: test-syslogserver.com
    facility: auth
    facility_level: 1
    use_vrf: management
    state: present
- name: Configure Source Interface for Logging
  nxos_logging:
    interface: mgmt0
    state: present
- name: Purge nxos_logging configuration not managed by this playbook
  nxos_logging:
    purge: true
- name: Configure logging timestamp
  nxos_logging:
    timestamp: milliseconds
    state: present
- name: Configure logging facility ethpm link status
  nxos_logging:
    facility: ethpm
    facility_link_status: link-up-notif
    state: present
- name: Configure logging message ethernet description
  nxos_logging:
    interface_message: add-interface-description
    state: present
- name: Configure logging event link enable
  nxos_logging:
    event: link-enable
    state: present
- name: Configure logging using aggregate
  nxos_logging:
    aggregate:
      - { dest: console, dest_level: 2 }
      - { dest: logfile, dest_level: 2, name: testfile }
      - { facility: daemon, facility_level: 0 }
    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	The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device Sample: ['logging console 2', 'logging logfile testfile 3', 'logging level daemon 0']

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Network Team. [network]

Red Hat Support

More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.

Authors

• Trishna Guha (@trishnaguha)

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