ios_facts – Collect facts from remote devices running Cisco IOS¶
Synopsis¶
- Collects a base set of device facts from a remote device that is running IOS.  This module prepends all of the base network fact keys with ansible_net_<fact>. The facts module will always collect a base set of facts from the device and can enable or disable collection of additional facts.
Parameters¶
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|
| auth_pass 
                    string
                                                                 | Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using  connection: network_cliandbecome: yeswithbecome_pass.For more information please see the IOS Platform Options guide. 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_PASSwill be used instead. | ||
| authorize 
                    boolean
                                                                 | 
 | Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using  connection: network_cliandbecome: yes.For more information please see the IOS Platform Options guide. 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_AUTHORIZEwill be used instead. | |
| gather_network_resources 
                    -
                                                                 added in 2.9 | When supplied, this argument will restrict the facts collected to a given subset. Possible values for this argument include all and the resources like interfaces, vlans etc. Can specify a list of values to include a larger subset. Values can also be used with an initial  !to specify that a specific subset should not be collected. Valid subsets are 'all', 'interfaces', 'l2_interfaces', 'vlans', 'lag_interfaces', 'lacp', 'lacp_interfaces', 'lldp_global', 'lldp_interfaces', 'l3_interfaces'. | ||
| gather_subset 
                    -
                                                                 | Default: "!config" | When supplied, this argument restricts the facts collected to a given subset. Possible values for this argument include  all,min,hardware,config, andinterfaces.Specify a list of values to include a larger subset. Use a value with an initial  !to collect all facts except that subset. | |
| 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_PASSwill be used instead. | ||
| authorize 
                    boolean
                                                                 | 
 | 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_AUTHORIZEwill be used instead. | |
| host 
                    string
                                             / required                     | 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_PASSWORDwill be used instead. | ||
| port 
                    integer
                                                                 | Default: 22 | 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_KEYFILEwill be used instead. | ||
| timeout 
                    integer
                                                                 | Default: 10 | 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_USERNAMEwill be used instead. | ||
Notes¶
Note
- Tested against IOS 15.6
- 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: Gather all legacy facts
  ios_facts:
    gather_subset: all
- name: Gather only the config and default facts
  ios_facts:
    gather_subset:
      - config
- name: Do not gather hardware facts
  ios_facts:
    gather_subset:
      - "!hardware"
- name: Gather legacy and resource facts
  ios_facts:
    gather_subset: all
    gather_network_resources: all
- name: Gather only the interfaces resource facts and no legacy facts
  ios_facts:
    gather_subset:
      - '!all'
      - '!min'
    gather_network_resources:
      - interfaces
- name: Gather interfaces resource and minimal legacy facts
  ios_facts:
    gather_subset: min
    gather_network_resources: interfaces
- name: Gather L2 interfaces resource and minimal legacy facts
  ios_facts:
    gather_subset: min
    gather_network_resources: l2_interfaces
- name: Gather L3 interfaces resource and minimal legacy facts
  ios_facts:
    gather_subset: min
    gather_network_resources: l3_interfaces
Return Values¶
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Status¶
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Network Team. [network]
Red Hat Support¶
More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.
Authors¶
- Peter Sprygada (@privateip)
- Sumit Jaiswal (@justjais)
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