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cisco.nxos.nxos_aaa_server_host module – Manages AAA server host-specific configuration.

Note

This module is part of the cisco.nxos collection (version 9.4.0).

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.nxos.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.nxos.nxos_aaa_server_host.

New in cisco.nxos 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • Manages AAA server host-specific configuration.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

acct_port

string

Alternate UDP port for RADIUS accounting or keyword ‘default’.

address

string / required

Address or name of the radius or tacacs host.

auth_port

string

Alternate UDP port for RADIUS authentication or keyword ‘default’.

encrypt_type

string

The state of encryption applied to the entered key. O for clear text, 7 for encrypted. Type-6 encryption is not supported.

Choices:

  • "0"
  • "7"

host_timeout

string

Timeout period for specified host, in seconds or keyword ‘default. Range is 1-60.

key

string

Shared secret for the specified host or keyword ‘default’.

server_type

string / required

The server type is either radius or tacacs.

Choices:

  • "radius"
  • "tacacs"

state

string

Manage the state of the resource.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)
  • "absent"

tacacs_port

string

Alternate TCP port TACACS Server or keyword ‘default’.

Notes

Note

  • Tested against NXOSv 7.3.(0)D1(1) on VIRL
  • Limited Support for Cisco MDS
  • Changes to the host key (shared secret) are not idempotent for type 0.
  • If state=absent removes the whole host configuration.
  • For information on using CLI and NX-API see the :ref:`NXOS Platform Options guide <nxos_platform_options>`
  • For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the :ref:`Ansible Network Guide <network_guide>`
  • For more information on using Ansible to manage Cisco devices see the `Cisco integration page <https://www.ansible.com/integrations/networks/cisco>`_.

Examples

# Radius Server Host Basic settings
- name: Radius Server Host Basic settings
  cisco.nxos.nxos_aaa_server_host:
    state: present
    server_type: radius
    address: 1.2.3.4
    acct_port: 2084
    host_timeout: 10

# Radius Server Host Key Configuration
- name: Radius Server Host Key Configuration
  cisco.nxos.nxos_aaa_server_host:
    state: present
    server_type: radius
    address: 1.2.3.4
    key: hello
    encrypt_type: 7

# TACACS Server Host Configuration
- name: Tacacs Server Host Configuration
  cisco.nxos.nxos_aaa_server_host:
    state: present
    server_type: tacacs
    tacacs_port: 89
    host_timeout: 10
    address: 5.6.7.8

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

changed

boolean

check to see if a change was made on the device

Returned: always

Sample: true

end_state

dictionary

k/v pairs of configuration after module execution

Returned: always

Sample: {"address": "1.2.3.4", "auth_port": "2084", "host_timeout": "10", "server_type": "radius"}

existing

dictionary

k/v pairs of existing configuration

Returned: always

Sample: {}

proposed

dictionary

k/v pairs of parameters passed into module

Returned: always

Sample: {"address": "1.2.3.4", "auth_port": "2084", "host_timeout": "10", "server_type": "radius"}

updates

list / elements=string

command sent to the device

Returned: always

Sample: ["radius-server host 1.2.3.4 auth-port 2084 timeout 10"]

Authors

  • Jason Edelman (@jedelman8)

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