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cisco.iosxr.iosxr_netconf – Configures NetConf sub-system service on Cisco IOS-XR devices
Note
This plugin is part of the cisco.iosxr 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.iosxr.
To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.iosxr.iosxr_netconf.
New in version 1.0.0: of cisco.iosxr
Synopsis
- This module provides an abstraction that enables and configures the netconf system service running on Cisco IOS-XR Software. This module can be used to easily enable the Netconf API. Netconf provides a programmatic interface for working with configuration and state resources as defined in RFC 6242.
 
Note
This module has a corresponding action plugin.
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|
| netconf_port
        
        integer
         | 
      Default: 
        830
         | 
      
        
        This argument specifies the port the netconf service should listen on for SSH connections. The default port as defined in RFC 6242 is 830.
        
       aliases: listens_on  | 
     |
| netconf_vrf
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "default"
         | 
      
        
        netconf vrf name
        
       aliases: vrf  | 
     |
| provider
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        Deprecated
        
       
        Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using  
       connection: network_cli.
       
        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  ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD will be used instead.
        | 
     ||
| 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  ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE will be used instead.
        | 
     ||
| 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  ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME will be used instead.
        | 
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| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Specifies the state of the  iosxr_netconf resource on the remote device. If the state argument is set to present the netconf service will be configured. If the state argument is set to absent the netconf service will be removed from the configuration.
        | 
     |
Notes
Note
- This module works with connection 
network_cli. See the IOS-XR Platform Options. - 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: enable netconf service on port 830
  cisco.iosxr.iosxr_netconf:
    listens_on: 830
    state: present
- name: disable netconf service
  cisco.iosxr.iosxr_netconf:
    state: absent
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| commands
        
        string
         | 
      when changed is True | 
        
        Returns the command sent to the remote device
         Sample:
        
       
        ssh server netconf port 830
         | 
     
Authors
- Kedar Kekan (@kedarX)
 
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/cisco/iosxr/iosxr_netconf_module.html