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cisco.ios.ios_bgp – Configure global BGP protocol settings on Cisco IOS.
Note
This plugin is part of the cisco.ios collection (version 2.5.0).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install cisco.ios.
To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.ios.ios_bgp.
New in version 1.0.0: of cisco.ios
DEPRECATED
- Removed in
- 
    major release after 2023-08-24 
- Why
- 
    Newer and updated modules released with more functionality 
- Alternative
- 
    ios_bgp_global 
Synopsis
- This module provides configuration management of global BGP parameters on devices running Cisco IOS
Note
This module has a corresponding action plugin.
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| config 
        dictionary
        | 
        Specifies the BGP related configuration.
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| address_family 
        list / elements=dictionary
        | 
        Specifies BGP address family related configurations.
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| afi 
        string / required
        | 
 | 
        Type of address family to configure.
        | |||
| auto_summary 
        boolean
        | 
 | 
        Enable/disable automatic network number summarization.
        | |||
| neighbors 
        list / elements=dictionary
        | 
        Specifies BGP neighbor related configurations in Address Family configuration mode.
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| activate 
        boolean
        | 
 | 
        Enable the Address Family for this Neighbor.
        | |||
| advertisement_interval 
        integer
        | 
        Minimum interval between sending BGP routing updates for this neighbor.
        | ||||
| maximum_prefix 
        integer
        | 
        Maximum number of prefixes to accept from this peer.
        
        The range is from 1 to 2147483647.
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| neighbor 
        string / required
        | 
        Neighbor router address.
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| next_hop_self 
        boolean
        | 
 | 
        Enable/disable the next hop calculation for this neighbor.
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| next_hop_unchanged 
        boolean
        | 
 | 
        Propagate next hop unchanged for iBGP paths to this neighbor.
        | |||
| prefix_list_in 
        string
        | 
        Name of ip prefix-list to apply to incoming prefixes.
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| prefix_list_out 
        string
        | 
        Name of ip prefix-list to apply to outgoing prefixes.
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| remove_private_as 
        boolean
        | 
 | 
        Remove the private AS number from outbound updates.
        | |||
| route_reflector_client 
        boolean
        | 
 | 
        Specify a neighbor as a route reflector client.
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| route_server_client 
        boolean
        | 
 | 
        Specify a neighbor as a route server client.
        | |||
| networks 
        list / elements=dictionary
        | 
        Specify Networks to announce via BGP.
        
        For operation replace, this option is mutually exclusive with root level networks option.
        | ||||
| masklen 
        integer
        | 
        Subnet mask length for the Network to announce(e.g, 8, 16, 24, etc.).
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| prefix 
        string / required
        | 
        Network ID to announce via BGP.
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| route_map 
        string
        | 
        Route map to modify the attributes.
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| redistribute 
        list / elements=dictionary
        | 
        Specifies the redistribute information from another routing protocol.
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| id 
        string
        | 
        Identifier for the routing protocol for configuring redistribute information.
        
        Valid for protocols 'ospf', 'ospfv3' and 'eigrp'.
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| metric 
        integer
        | 
        Specifies the metric for redistributed routes.
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| protocol 
        string / required
        | 
 | 
        Specifies the protocol for configuring redistribute information.
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| route_map 
        string
        | 
        Specifies the route map reference.
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| safi 
        string
        | 
 | 
        Specifies the type of cast for the address family.
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| synchronization 
        boolean
        | 
 | 
        Enable/disable IGP synchronization.
        | |||
| bgp_as 
        integer / required
        | 
        Specifies the BGP Autonomous System (AS) number to configure on the device.
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| log_neighbor_changes 
        boolean
        | 
 | 
        Enable/disable logging neighbor up/down and reset reason.
        | |||
| neighbors 
        list / elements=dictionary
        | 
        Specifies BGP neighbor related configurations.
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| description 
        string
        | 
        Neighbor specific description.
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| ebgp_multihop 
        integer
        | 
        Specifies the maximum hop count for EBGP neighbors not on directly connected networks.
        
        The range is from 1 to 255.
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| enabled 
        boolean
        | 
 | 
        Administratively shutdown or enable a neighbor.
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| local_as 
        integer
        | 
        The local AS number for the neighbor.
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| neighbor 
        string / required
        | 
        Neighbor router address.
        | ||||
| password 
        string
        | 
        Password to authenticate the BGP peer connection.
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| peer_group 
        string
        | 
        Name of the peer group that the neighbor is a member of.
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| remote_as 
        integer / required
        | 
        Remote AS of the BGP neighbor to configure.
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| timers 
        dictionary
        | 
        Specifies BGP neighbor timer related configurations.
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| holdtime 
        integer / required
        | 
        Interval (in seconds) after not receiving a keepalive message that IOS declares a peer dead.
        
        The range is from 0 to 65535.
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| keepalive 
        integer / required
        | 
        Frequency (in seconds) with which the device sends keepalive messages to its peer.
        
        The range is from 0 to 65535.
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| min_neighbor_holdtime 
        integer
        | 
        Interval (in seconds) specifying the minimum acceptable hold-time from a BGP neighbor.
        
        The minimum acceptable hold-time must be less than, or equal to, the interval specified in the holdtime argument.
        
        The range is from 0 to 65535.
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| update_source 
        string
        | 
        Source of the routing updates.
        | ||||
| networks 
        list / elements=dictionary
        | 
        Specify Networks to announce via BGP.
        
        For operation replace, this option is mutually exclusive with networks option under address_family.
        
        For operation replace, if the device already has an address family activated, this option is not allowed.
        | ||||
| masklen 
        integer
        | 
        Subnet mask length for the Network to announce(e.g, 8, 16, 24, etc.).
        | ||||
| prefix 
        string / required
        | 
        Network ID to announce via BGP.
        | ||||
| route_map 
        string
        | 
        Route map to modify the attributes.
        | ||||
| router_id 
        string
        | 
        Configures the BGP routing process router-id value.
        | ||||
| operation 
        string
        | 
 | 
        Specifies the operation to be performed on the BGP process configured on the device.
        
        In case of merge, the input configuration will be merged with the existing BGP configuration on the device.
        
        In case of replace, if there is a diff between the existing configuration and the input configuration, the existing configuration will be replaced by the input configuration for every option that has the diff.
        
        In case of override, all the existing BGP configuration will be removed from the device and replaced with the input configuration.
        
        In case of delete the existing BGP configuration will be removed from the device.
        | |||
Notes
Note
- Tested against Cisco IOS Version 15.6(3)M2
Examples
- name: configure global bgp as 64496
  cisco.ios.ios_bgp:
    config:
      bgp_as: 64496
      router_id: 192.0.2.1
      log_neighbor_changes: true
      neighbors:
      - neighbor: 203.0.113.5
        remote_as: 64511
        timers:
          keepalive: 300
          holdtime: 360
          min_neighbor_holdtime: 360
      - neighbor: 198.51.100.2
        remote_as: 64498
      networks:
      - prefix: 198.51.100.0
        route_map: RMAP_1
      - prefix: 192.0.2.0
        masklen: 23
      address_family:
      - afi: ipv4
        safi: unicast
        redistribute:
        - protocol: ospf
          id: 223
          metric: 10
    operation: merge
- name: Configure BGP neighbors
  cisco.ios.ios_bgp:
    config:
      bgp_as: 64496
      neighbors:
      - neighbor: 192.0.2.10
        remote_as: 64496
        password: ansible
        description: IBGP_NBR_1
        ebgp_multihop: 100
        timers:
          keepalive: 300
          holdtime: 360
          min_neighbor_holdtime: 360
      - neighbor: 192.0.2.15
        remote_as: 64496
        description: IBGP_NBR_2
        ebgp_multihop: 150
    operation: merge
- name: Configure root-level networks for BGP
  cisco.ios.ios_bgp:
    config:
      bgp_as: 64496
      networks:
      - prefix: 203.0.113.0
        masklen: 27
        route_map: RMAP_1
      - prefix: 203.0.113.32
        masklen: 27
        route_map: RMAP_2
    operation: merge
- name: Configure BGP neighbors under address family mode
  cisco.ios.ios_bgp:
    config:
      bgp_as: 64496
      address_family:
      - afi: ipv4
        safi: unicast
        neighbors:
        - neighbor: 203.0.113.10
          activate: yes
          maximum_prefix: 250
          advertisement_interval: 120
        - neighbor: 192.0.2.15
          activate: yes
          route_reflector_client: true
    operation: merge
- name: remove bgp as 64496 from config
  cisco.ios.ios_bgp:
    config:
      bgp_as: 64496
    operation: delete
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 | 
        The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device
        Sample:
        
        ['router bgp 64496', 'bgp router-id 192.0.2.1', 'bgp log-neighbor-changes', 'neighbor 203.0.113.5 remote-as 64511', 'neighbor 203.0.113.5 timers 300 360 360', 'neighbor 198.51.100.2 remote-as 64498', 'network 198.51.100.0 route-map RMAP_1', 'network 192.0.2.0 mask 255.255.254.0', 'address-family ipv4', 'redistribute ospf 223 metric 70', 'exit-address-family']
        | 
Status
- This module will be removed in a major release after 2023-08-24. [deprecated]
- For more information see DEPRECATED.
Authors
- Nilashish Chakraborty (@NilashishC)
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/cisco/ios/ios_bgp_module.html