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cisco.ios.ios_lldp – Manage LLDP configuration on Cisco IOS network devices.

Note

This plugin is part of the cisco.ios collection.

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install cisco.ios.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.ios.ios_lldp.

New in version 1.0.0: of cisco.ios

Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values

Synopsis

This module provides declarative management of LLDP service on Cisco IOS network devices.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
provider dictionary			Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli`. For more information please see the IOS Platform Options guide. A dict object containing connection details.
	auth_pass string		Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote device. If authorize is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS` will be used instead.
	authorize boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Instructs the module to enter privileged mode on the remote device before sending any commands. If not specified, the device will attempt to execute all commands in non-privileged mode. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE` will be used instead.
	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.
	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.
state string		Choices: present ← absent enabled disabled	State of the LLDP configuration. If value is present lldp will be enabled else if it is absent it will be disabled.

Notes

Note

Tested against IOS 15.2
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 LLDP service
  cisco.ios.ios_lldp:
    state: present

- name: Disable LLDP service
  cisco.ios.ios_lldp:
    state: absent

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, except for the platforms that use Netconf transport to manage the device.	The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device Sample: ['lldp run']

Authors

Ganesh Nalawade (@ganeshrn)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/cisco/ios/ios_lldp_module.html