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# nxos_logging – Manage logging on network devices

New in version 2.4.

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

## Synopsis

- This module provides declarative management of logging on Cisco NX-OS devices.

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
aggregate - |  | List of logging definitions.
dest - | Choices: console logfile module monitor server | Destination of the logs.
dest_level - |  | Set logging severity levels. aliases: level
event - added in 2.8 | Choices: link-enable link-default trunk-enable trunk-default | Link/trunk enable/default interface configuration logging
facility - |  | Facility name for logging.
facility_level - |  | Set logging severity levels for facility based log messages.
facility_link_status - added in 2.8 | Choices: link-down-notif link-down-error link-up-notif link-up-error | Set logging facility ethpm link status. Not idempotent with version 6.0 images.
file_size - added in 2.8 |  | Set logfile size
interface - added in 2.7 |  | Interface to be used while configuring source-interface for logging (e.g., 'Ethernet1/2', 'mgmt0')
interface_message - added in 2.8 | Choices: add-interface-description | Add interface description to interface syslogs. Does not work with version 6.0 images using nxapi as a transport.
name - |  | If value of `dest` is logfile it indicates file-name.
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.
purge boolean added in 2.8 | Choices: no ← yes | Remove any switch logging configuration that does not match what has been configured Not supported for ansible_connection local. All nxos_logging tasks must use the same ansible_connection type.
remote_server - added in 2.7 |  | Hostname or IP Address for remote logging (when dest is 'server').
state - | Choices: present ← absent | State of the logging configuration.
timestamp - added in 2.8 | Choices: microseconds milliseconds seconds | Set logging timestamp format
use_vrf - added in 2.7 |  | VRF to be used while configuring remote logging (when dest is 'server').

## Notes

Note

- 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

    - name: configure console logging with level
      nxos_logging:
        dest: console
        level: 2
        state: present
    - name: remove console logging configuration
      nxos_logging:
        dest: console
        level: 2
        state: absent
    - name: configure file logging with level
      nxos_logging:
        dest: logfile
        name: testfile
        dest_level: 3
        state: present
    - name: Configure logging logfile with size
      nxos_logging:
        dest: logfile
        name: testfile
        dest_level: 3
        file_size: 16384
    - name: configure facility level logging
      nxos_logging:
        facility: daemon
        facility_level: 0
        state: present
    - name: remove facility level logging
      nxos_logging:
        facility: daemon
        facility_level: 0
        state: absent
    - name: Configure Remote Logging
      nxos_logging:
        dest: server
        remote_server: test-syslogserver.com
        facility: auth
        facility_level: 1
        use_vrf: management
        state: present
    - name: Configure Source Interface for Logging
      nxos_logging:
        interface: mgmt0
        state: present
    - name: Purge nxos_logging configuration not managed by this playbook
      nxos_logging:
        purge: true
    - name: Configure logging timestamp
      nxos_logging:
        timestamp: milliseconds
        state: present
    - name: Configure logging facility ethpm link status
      nxos_logging:
        facility: ethpm
        facility_link_status: link-up-notif
        state: present
    - name: Configure logging message ethernet description
      nxos_logging:
        interface_message: add-interface-description
        state: present
    - name: Configure logging event link enable
      nxos_logging:
        event: link-enable
        state: present
    - name: Configure logging using aggregate
      nxos_logging:
        aggregate:
          - { dest: console, dest_level: 2 }
          - { dest: logfile, dest_level: 2, name: testfile }
          - { facility: daemon, facility_level: 0 }
        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 | The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device Sample: ['logging console 2', 'logging logfile testfile 3', 'logging level daemon 0']

## 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

- Trishna Guha (@trishnaguha)

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