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ios_static_route - Manage static IP routes on Cisco IOS network devices
New in version 2.4.
Synopsis
- This module provides declarative management of static IP routes on Cisco IOS network devices.
 
Options
| parameter | required | default | choices | comments | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| admin_distance | 
      no | 1 | 
        
        Admin distance of the static route.
         | 
     |
| aggregate | 
      no | 
        
        List of static route definitions.
         | 
     ||
| mask | 
      no | 
        
        Network prefix mask of the static route.
         | 
     ||
| next_hop | 
      no | 
        
        Next hop IP of the static route.
         | 
     ||
| prefix | 
      no | 
        
        Network prefix of the static route.
         | 
     ||
| state | 
      no | present | 
       
  | 
      
        
        State of the static route configuration.
         | 
     
Examples
- name: configure static route
  ios_static_route:
    prefix: 192.168.2.0
    mask: 255.255.255.0
    next_hop: 10.0.0.1
- name: remove configuration
  ios_static_route:
    prefix: 192.168.2.0
    mask: 255.255.255.0
    next_hop: 10.0.0.1
    state: absent
- name: Add static route aggregates
  ios_static_route:
    aggregate:
      - { prefix: 172.16.32.0, mask: 255.255.255.0, next_hop: 10.0.0.8 }
      - { prefix: 172.16.33.0, mask: 255.255.255.0, next_hop: 10.0.0.8 }
- name: Add static route aggregates
  ios_static_route:
    aggregate:
      - { prefix: 172.16.32.0, mask: 255.255.255.0, next_hop: 10.0.0.8 }
      - { prefix: 172.16.33.0, mask: 255.255.255.0, next_hop: 10.0.0.8 }
    state: absent
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here Return Values, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| name | description | returned | type | sample | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| commands | 
        
        The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device
         | 
      always | list | ['ip route 192.168.2.0 255.255.255.0 10.0.0.1'] | 
Notes
Note
- Tested against IOS 15.6
 
Status
This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.
Maintenance Info
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