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# nxos_interface_ospf – Manages configuration of an OSPF interface instance

- Synopsis

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- Manages configuration of an OSPF interface instance.

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
area - / required |  | Ospf area associated with this cisco_interface_ospf instance. Valid values are a string, formatted as an IP address (i.e. "0.0.0.0") or as an integer.
bfd string added in 2.9 | Choices: enable disable default | Enables bfd at interface level. This overrides the bfd variable set at the ospf router level. Valid values are 'enable', 'disable' or 'default'. Dependency: 'feature bfd'
cost - |  | The cost associated with this cisco_interface_ospf instance.
dead_interval - |  | Time interval an ospf neighbor waits for a hello packet before tearing down adjacencies. Valid values are an integer or the keyword 'default'.
hello_interval - |  | Time between sending successive hello packets. Valid values are an integer or the keyword 'default'.
interface - / required |  | Name of this cisco_interface resource. Valid value is a string.
message_digest boolean | Choices: no yes | Enables or disables the usage of message digest authentication.
message_digest_algorithm_type - | Choices: md5 default | Algorithm used for authentication among neighboring routers within an area. Valid values are 'md5' and 'default'.
message_digest_encryption_type - | Choices: cisco_type_7 3des default | Specifies the scheme used for encrypting message_digest_password. Valid values are '3des' or 'cisco_type_7' encryption or 'default'.
message_digest_key_id - |  | Md5 authentication key-id associated with the ospf instance. If this is present, message_digest_encryption_type, message_digest_algorithm_type and message_digest_password are mandatory. Valid value is an integer and 'default'.
message_digest_password - |  | Specifies the message_digest password. Valid value is a string.
network - added in 2.8 | Choices: point-to-point broadcast | Specifies interface ospf network type. Valid values are 'point-to-point' or 'broadcast'.
ospf - / required |  | Name of the ospf instance.
passive_interface boolean | Choices: no yes | Enable or disable passive-interface state on this interface. true - (enable) Prevent OSPF from establishing an adjacency or sending routing updates on this interface. false - (disable) Override global 'passive-interface default' for this interface.
provider dictionary |  | Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli`. This option is only required if you are using NX-API. For more information please see the NXOS Platform Options guide. A dict object containing connection details.
| auth_pass string added in 2.5.3 |  | 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 added in 2.5.3 | 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 / 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 is a common argument used for either cli or nxapi transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD` will be used instead.
| port integer | Default: "0 (use common port)" | Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device. This value applies to either cli or nxapi. The port value will default to the appropriate transport common port if none is provided in the task. (cli=22, http=80, https=443).
| ssh_keyfile string |  | Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for the cli transport. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE` will 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. NX-API can be slow to return on long-running commands (sh mac, sh bgp, etc).
| transport string / required | Choices: cli ← nxapi | Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device. The transport argument supports connectivity to the device over cli (ssh) or nxapi.
| use_proxy boolean added in 2.5 | Choices: no yes ← | If `no`, the environment variables `http_proxy` and `https_proxy` will be ignored.
| use_ssl boolean | Choices: no ← yes | Configures the transport to use SSL if set to `yes` only when the `transport=nxapi`, otherwise this value is ignored.
| username string |  | Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate either the CLI login or the nxapi authentication depending on which transport is used. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME` will be used instead.
| validate_certs boolean | Choices: no yes ← | If `no`, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. If the transport argument is not nxapi, this value is ignored.
state - | Choices: present ← absent | Determines whether the config should be present or not on the device.

## Notes

Note

- Tested against NXOSv 7.3.(0)D1(1) on VIRL

- Default, where supported, restores params default value.

- To remove an existing authentication configuration you should use `message_digest_key_id=default` plus all other options matching their existing values.

- Loopback interfaces only support ospf network type ‘point-to-point’.

- `state=absent` removes the whole OSPF interface configuration.

- For information on using CLI and NX-API see the NXOS Platform Options guide

- 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

    - nxos_interface_ospf:
        interface: ethernet1/32
        ospf: 1
        area: 1
        bfd: disable
        cost: default

    - nxos_interface_ospf:
        interface: loopback0
        ospf: prod
        area: 0.0.0.0
        bfd: enable
        network: point-to-point
        state: present

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
commands list | always | commands sent to the device Sample: ['interface Ethernet1/32', 'ip router ospf 1 area 0.0.0.1', 'ip ospf bfd disable']

## 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

- Gabriele Gerbino (@GGabriele)

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