.. _cisco.iosxr.iosxr_interfaces_module:


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cisco.iosxr.iosxr_interfaces
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**Resource module to configure interfaces.**


Version added: 1.0.0

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Synopsis
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- This module manages the interface attributes on Cisco IOS-XR network devices.




Parameters
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                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>config</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=dictionary</span>
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                <td>
                        <div>A dictionary of interface options</div>
                </td>
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                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
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                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
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                        <div>Interface description.</div>
                </td>
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                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>duplex</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
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                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li>full</li>
                                    <li>half</li>
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                        <div>Configures the interface duplex mode. Default is auto-negotiation when not configured.</div>
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                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>enabled</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li>no</li>
                                    <li>yes</li>
                        </ul>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Administrative state of the interface.</div>
                        <div>Set the value to <code>True</code> to administratively enable the interface or <code>False</code> to disable it.</div>
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                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>mtu</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
                    </div>
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                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Sets the MTU value for the interface. Applicable for Ethernet interfaces only.</div>
                        <div>Refer to vendor documentation for valid values.</div>
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                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>name</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                         / <span style="color: red">required</span>
                    </div>
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                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Full name of the interface to configure in <code>type + path</code> format. e.g. <code>GigabitEthernet0/0/0/0</code></div>
                </td>
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                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>speed</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
                    </div>
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                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Configure the speed for an interface. Default is auto-negotiation when not configured.</div>
                </td>
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                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>running_config</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>This option is used only with state <em>parsed</em>.</div>
                        <div>The value of this option should be the output received from the IOS-XR device by executing the command <b>show running-config interface</b>.</div>
                        <div>The state <em>parsed</em> reads the configuration from <code>running_config</code> option and transforms it into Ansible structured data as per the resource module&#x27;s argspec and the value is then returned in the <em>parsed</em> key within the result.</div>
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                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>state</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
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                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>merged</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                                    <li>parsed</li>
                                    <li>deleted</li>
                                    <li>replaced</li>
                                    <li>rendered</li>
                                    <li>gathered</li>
                                    <li>overridden</li>
                        </ul>
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                <td>
                        <div>The state of the configuration after module completion</div>
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Notes
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.. note::
   - This module works with connection ``network_cli``. See https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/network/user_guide/platform_iosxr.html
   - The module examples uses callback plugin (stdout_callback = yaml) to generate task output in yaml format.



Examples
--------

.. code-block:: yaml

    # Using merged

    # Before state:
    # -------------
    #
    # viosxr#show running-config interface
    # interface Loopback888
    # !
    # interface Loopback999
    # !
    # interface MgmtEth0/RP0/CPU0/0
    #  ipv4 address dhcp
    # !

    - name: Configure Ethernet interfaces
      cisco.iosxr.iosxr_interfaces:
        config:
          - name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
            description: Configured by Ansible
            enabled: true
          - name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
            description: Configured by Ansible Network
            enabled: false
            duplex: full
        state: merged

    # Task Output
    # -----------
    #
    # before:
    # - enabled: true
    #   name: Loopback888
    # - enabled: true
    #   name: Loopback999
    # commands:
    # - interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
    # - description Configured by Ansible
    # - no shutdown
    # - interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
    # - description Configured by Ansible Network
    # - duplex full
    # - shutdown
    # after:
    # - enabled: true
    #   name: Loopback888
    # - enabled: true
    #   name: Loopback999
    # - description: Configured by Ansible
    #   enabled: true
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
    # - description: Configured by Ansible Network
    #   duplex: full
    #   enabled: false
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3

    # After state:
    # ------------
    #
    # viosxr#show running-config interface
    # interface Loopback888
    # !
    # interface Loopback999
    # !
    # interface MgmtEth0/RP0/CPU0/0
    #  ipv4 address dhcp
    # !
    # interface preconfigure GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
    #  description Configured by Ansible
    # !
    # interface preconfigure GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
    #  description Configured by Ansible Network
    #  duplex full
    #  shutdown
    # !

    # Using replaced

    # Before state:
    # ------------
    #
    # viosxr#show running-config interface
    # interface Loopback888
    # !
    # interface Loopback999
    # !
    # interface MgmtEth0/RP0/CPU0/0
    #  ipv4 address dhcp
    # !
    # interface preconfigure GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
    #  description Configured by Ansible
    # !
    # interface preconfigure GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
    #  description Configured by Ansible Network
    #  duplex full
    #  shutdown
    # !

    - name: Replace their existing configuration per interface
      cisco.iosxr.iosxr_interfaces:
        config:
          - name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
            description: Configured by Ansible
            enabled: true
            mtu: 2000
          - name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
            description: Configured by Ansible Network
            enabled: false
            duplex: auto
        state: replaced

    # Task Output
    # -----------
    #
    # before:
    # - enabled: true
    #   name: Loopback888
    # - enabled: true
    #   name: Loopback999
    # - description: Configured by Ansible
    #   enabled: true
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
    # - description: Configured by Ansible Network
    #   duplex: full
    #   enabled: false
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
    # commands:
    # - interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
    # - mtu 2000
    # - interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
    # - duplex half
    # after:
    # - enabled: true
    #   name: Loopback888
    # - enabled: true
    #   name: Loopback999
    # - description: Configured by Ansible
    #   enabled: true
    #   mtu: 2000
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
    # - description: Configured by Ansible Network
    #   duplex: half
    #   enabled: false
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3

    # After state:
    # ------------
    #
    # viosxr#show running-config interface
    # interface Loopback888
    # !
    # interface Loopback999
    # !
    # interface MgmtEth0/RP0/CPU0/0
    #  ipv4 address dhcp
    # !
    # interface preconfigure GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
    #  description Configured by Ansible
    #  mtu 2000
    # !
    # interface preconfigure GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
    #  description Configured by Ansible Network
    #  duplex half
    #  shutdown
    # !

    # Using overridden

    # Before state:
    # ------------
    #
    # viosxr#show running-config interface
    # interface Loopback888
    # !
    # interface Loopback999
    # !
    # interface MgmtEth0/RP0/CPU0/0
    #  ipv4 address dhcp
    # !
    # interface preconfigure GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
    #  description Configured by Ansible
    #  mtu 2000
    # !
    # interface preconfigure GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
    #  description Configured by Ansible Network
    #  duplex half
    #  shutdown
    # !

    - name: Override interfaces configuration
      cisco.iosxr.iosxr_interfaces:
        config:
          - name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
            description: Configured by Ansible
            enabled: true
            duplex: auto
          - name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
            description: Configured by Ansible Network
            enabled: false
            speed: 1000
        state: overridden

    # Task Output
    # -----------
    #
    # before:
    # - enabled: true
    #   name: Loopback888
    # - enabled: true
    #   name: Loopback999
    # - description: Configured by Ansible
    #   enabled: true
    #   mtu: 2000
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
    # - description: Configured by Ansible Network
    #   duplex: half
    #   enabled: false
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
    # commands:
    # - interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
    # - no mtu
    # - duplex half
    # - interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
    # - no description
    # - no shutdown
    # - no duplex
    # after:
    # - enabled: true
    #   name: Loopback888
    # - enabled: true
    #   name: Loopback999
    # - description: Configured by Ansible
    #   duplex: half
    #   enabled: true
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
    # - enabled: true
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3

    # After state:
    # ------------
    #
    # viosxr#show running-config interface
    # interface Loopback888
    # !
    # interface Loopback999
    # !
    # interface MgmtEth0/RP0/CPU0/0
    #  ipv4 address dhcp
    # !
    # interface preconfigure GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
    #  description Configured by Ansible
    #  duplex half
    # !
    # interface preconfigure GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
    # !

    # Using deleted

    # Before state:
    # ------------
    #
    # viosxr#show running-config interface
    # interface Loopback888
    # !
    # interface Loopback999
    # !
    # interface MgmtEth0/RP0/CPU0/0
    #  ipv4 address dhcp
    # !
    # interface preconfigure GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
    #  description Configured by Ansible
    #  duplex half
    # !
    # interface preconfigure GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
    # !

    - name: Delete interfaces arguments
      cisco.iosxr.iosxr_interfaces:
        config:
          - name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
          - name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
        state: deleted

    # Task Output
    # -----------
    #
    # before:
    # - enabled: true
    #   name: Loopback888
    # - enabled: true
    #   name: Loopback999
    # - description: Configured by Ansible
    #   duplex: half
    #   enabled: true
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
    # - enabled: true
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
    # commands:
    # - interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
    # - no description
    # - no duplex
    # after:
    # - enabled: true
    #   name: Loopback888
    # - enabled: true
    #   name: Loopback999
    # - enabled: true
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
    # - enabled: true
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3

    # After state:
    # ------------
    #
    # viosxr#show running-config interface
    # interface Loopback888
    # !
    # interface Loopback999
    # !
    # interface MgmtEth0/RP0/CPU0/0
    #  ipv4 address dhcp
    # !
    # interface preconfigure GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
    # !
    # interface preconfigure GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
    # !

    # Using parsed

    # File: parsed.cfg
    # ----------------
    #
    # interface Loopback888
    #  description test for ansible
    #  shutdown
    # !
    # interface MgmtEth0/0/CPU0/0
    #  ipv4 address 10.8.38.70 255.255.255.0
    # !
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/0
    #  description Configured and Merged by Ansible-Network
    #  mtu 110
    #  ipv4 address 172.31.1.1 255.255.255.0
    #  duplex half
    # !
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
    #  shutdown
    # !
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/4
    #  shutdown
    # !

    # - name: Parse provided configuration
    #   cisco.iosxr.iosxr_interfaces:
    #     running_config: "{{ lookup('file', './parsed.cfg') }}"
    #     state: parsed

    # Task Output
    # -----------
    #
    # parsed:
    # - name: MgmtEth0/RP0/CPU0/0
    # - access_groups:
    #   - acls:
    #     - direction: in
    #       name: acl_1
    #     - direction: out
    #       name: acl_2
    #     afi: ipv4
    #   - acls:
    #     - direction: in
    #       name: acl6_1
    #     - direction: out
    #       name: acl6_2
    #     afi: ipv6
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/0
    # - access_groups:
    #   - acls:
    #     - direction: out
    #       name: acl_1
    #     afi: ipv4
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/1


    # Using rendered

    - name: Render platform specific commands from task input using rendered state
      cisco.iosxr.iosxr_interfaces:
        config:
          - name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/0
            description: Configured and Merged by Ansible-Network
            mtu: 110
            enabled: true
            duplex: half
          - name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/1
            description: Configured and Merged by Ansible-Network
            mtu: 2800
            enabled: false
            speed: 100
            duplex: full
        state: rendered

    # Task Output
    # -----------
    #
    # rendered:
    # - interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/0
    # - description Configured and Merged by Ansible-Network
    # - mtu 110
    # - duplex half
    # - no shutdown
    # - interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/1
    # - description Configured and Merged by Ansible-Network
    # - mtu 2800
    # - speed 100
    # - duplex full
    # - shutdown


    # Using gathered

    # Before state:
    # ------------
    #
    # RP/0/0/CPU0:an-iosxr-02#show running-config  interface
    # interface Loopback888
    # description test for ansible
    # shutdown
    # !
    # interface MgmtEth0/0/CPU0/0
    # ipv4 address 10.8.38.70 255.255.255.0
    # !
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/0
    # description Configured and Merged by Ansible-Network
    # mtu 110
    # ipv4 address 172.31.1.1 255.255.255.0
    # duplex half
    # !
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
    # shutdown
    # !
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/4
    # shutdown
    # !

    - name: Gather facts for interfaces
      cisco.iosxr.iosxr_interfaces:
        config:
        state: gathered

    # Task Output
    # -----------
    #
    # gathered:
    # - description: test for ansible
    #   enabled: false
    #   name: Loopback888
    # - description: Configured and Merged by Ansible-Network
    #   duplex: half
    #   enabled: true
    #   mtu: 110
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/0
    # - enabled: false
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
    # - enabled: false
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/4



Return Values
-------------
Common return values are documented `here <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/common_return_values.html#common-return-values>`_, the following are the fields unique to this module:

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                    <b>after</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">list</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>when changed</td>
                <td>
                            <div>The configuration as structured data after module completion.</div>
                    <br/>
                        <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                        <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">The configuration returned will always be in the same format of the parameters above.</div>
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                    <b>before</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">list</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>always</td>
                <td>
                            <div>The configuration as structured data prior to module invocation.</div>
                    <br/>
                        <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                        <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">The configuration returned will always be in the same format of the parameters above.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>commands</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">list</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>always</td>
                <td>
                            <div>The set of commands pushed to the remote device</div>
                    <br/>
                        <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                        <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">[&#x27;interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2&#x27;, &#x27;description: Configured by Ansible&#x27;, &#x27;shutdown&#x27;]</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
    </table>
    <br/><br/>


Status
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Authors
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- Sumit Jaiswal (@justjais)
- Rohit Thakur (@rohitthakur2590)
