ce_static_route – Manages static route configuration on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches — Ansible Documentation

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# ce_static_route – Manages static route configuration on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches

New in version 2.4.

- Synopsis
- Parameters
- Notes
- Examples
- Return Values
- Status

## Synopsis

- Manages the static routes on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
aftype - / required | Choices: v4 v6 | Destination ip address family type of static route.
description - |  | Name of the route. Used with the name parameter on the CLI.
destvrf - |  | VPN instance of next hop ip address.
mask - / required |  | Destination ip mask of static route.
next_hop - |  | Next hop address of static route.
nhp_interface - |  | Next hop interface full name of static route.
pref - |  | Preference or administrative difference of route (range 1-255).
prefix - / required |  | Destination ip address of static route.
state - | Choices: present ← absent | Specify desired state of the resource.
tag - |  | Route tag value (numeric).
vrf - |  | VPN instance of destination ip address.

## Notes

Note

- If no vrf is supplied, vrf is set to default.
- If state=absent, the route will be removed, regardless of the non-required parameters.
- This module requires the netconf system service be enabled on the remote device being managed.
- Recommended connection is `netconf`.
- This module also works with `local` connections for legacy playbooks.

## Examples

    - name: static route module test
      hosts: cloudengine
      connection: local
      gather_facts: no
      vars:
        cli:
          host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
          port: "{{ ansible_ssh_port }}"
          username: "{{ username }}"
          password: "{{ password }}"
          transport: cli

      tasks:

      - name: Config a ipv4 static route, next hop is an address and that it has the proper description
        ce_static_route:
          prefix: 2.1.1.2
          mask: 24
          next_hop: 3.1.1.2
          description: 'Configured by Ansible'
          aftype: v4
          provider: "{{ cli }}"
      - name: Config a ipv4 static route ,next hop is an interface and that it has the proper description
        ce_static_route:
          prefix: 2.1.1.2
          mask: 24
          next_hop: 10GE1/0/1
          description: 'Configured by Ansible'
          aftype: v4
          provider: "{{ cli }}"
      - name: Config a ipv6 static route, next hop is an address and that it has the proper description
        ce_static_route:
          prefix: fc00:0:0:2001::1
          mask: 64
          next_hop: fc00:0:0:2004::1
          description: 'Configured by Ansible'
          aftype: v6
          provider: "{{ cli }}"
      - name: Config a ipv4 static route, next hop is an interface and that it has the proper description
        ce_static_route:
          prefix: fc00:0:0:2001::1
          mask: 64
          next_hop: 10GE1/0/1
          description: 'Configured by Ansible'
          aftype: v6
          provider: "{{ cli }}"
      - name: Config a VRF and set ipv4 static route, next hop is an address and that it has the proper description
        ce_static_route:
          vrf: vpna
          prefix: 2.1.1.2
          mask: 24
          next_hop: 3.1.1.2
          description: 'Configured by Ansible'
          aftype: v4
          provider: "{{ cli }}"

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
changed boolean | always | check to see if a change was made on the device Sample: True
end_state dictionary | always | k/v pairs of switchport after module execution Sample: {'next_hop': '3.3.3.3', 'pref': '100', 'prefix': '192.168.20.0', 'mask': '24', 'description': 'testing', 'tag': 'null'}
existing dictionary | always | k/v pairs of existing switchport
proposed dictionary | always | k/v pairs of parameters passed into module Sample: {'next_hop': '3.3.3.3', 'pref': '100', 'prefix': '192.168.20.642', 'mask': '24', 'description': 'testing', 'vrf': '_public_'}
updates list | always | command list sent to the device Sample: ['ip route-static 192.168.20.0 255.255.255.0 3.3.3.3 preference 100 description testing']

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Yang yang (@QijunPan)

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