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+.. _vyos.rest.vyos_static_routes_module:
+
+
+****************************
+vyos.rest.vyos_static_routes
+****************************
+
+**Manage static routes on VyOS devices via REST API.**
+
+
+Version added: 1.0.0
+
+.. contents::
+ :local:
+ :depth: 1
+
+
+Synopsis
+--------
+- Manages IPv4 and IPv6 static routes on VyOS devices using the HTTPS REST API.
+- Covers blackhole routes (distance) and next-hop routes (distance, disable, outgoing interface). VyOS's static-route schema is considerably larger than this -- reject routes (an ICMP-unreachable counterpart to blackhole), a top-level per-route interface (a route resolved via an outgoing interface with no next-hop address at all), route tags, route descriptions, ECMP segment weighting, VRF leaking, and BFD monitoring on next-hops are not modeled here. That is a real, documented limitation, not an oversight.
+
+
+
+
+Parameters
+----------
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+ <table border=0 cellpadding=0 class="documentation-table">
+ <tr>
+ <th colspan="4">Parameter</th>
+ <th>Choices/<font color="blue">Defaults</font></th>
+ <th width="100%">Comments</th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="4">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>config</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+ / <span style="color: purple">elements=dictionary</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <div>List of static route configurations grouped by address family.</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td colspan="3">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>afi</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+ / <span style="color: red">required</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+ <li>ipv4</li>
+ <li>ipv6</li>
+ </ul>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <div>Address family indicator.</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td colspan="3">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>routes</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+ / <span style="color: purple">elements=dictionary</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <div>List of static route entries.</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td colspan="2">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>blackhole_config</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <div>Blackhole route configuration (silently discard matching packets).</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td colspan="1">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>distance</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <div>Administrative distance (1-255).</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td colspan="2">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>dest</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+ / <span style="color: red">required</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <div>Destination prefix in CIDR notation.</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td colspan="2">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>next_hops</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+ / <span style="color: purple">elements=dictionary</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <div>List of next-hop addresses.</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td colspan="1">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>admin_distance</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <div>Administrative distance for this next-hop (1-255).</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td colspan="1">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>enabled</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+ <li>no</li>
+ <li><div style="color: blue"><b>yes</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
+ </ul>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <div>Whether this next-hop is enabled.</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td colspan="1">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>forward_router_address</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+ / <span style="color: red">required</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <div>Next-hop IP address.</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td colspan="1">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>interface</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <div>Outgoing interface name.</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+
+
+
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="4">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>state</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+ <li><div style="color: blue"><b>merged</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
+ <li>replaced</li>
+ <li>overridden</li>
+ <li>deleted</li>
+ <li>gathered</li>
+ </ul>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <div><code>merged</code> - Add routes without removing existing ones.</div>
+ <div><code>replaced</code> - Replace each named route (by afi + dest) exactly as specified.</div>
+ <div><code>overridden</code> - Replace the entire static route table.</div>
+ <div><code>deleted</code> - Remove listed or all static routes.</div>
+ <div><code>gathered</code> - Read static routes from device without changes.</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ <br/>
+
+
+
+See Also
+--------
+
+.. seealso::
+
+ :ref:`vyos.vyos.vyos_static_routes_module`
+ The official documentation on the **vyos.vyos.vyos_static_routes** module.
+
+
+Examples
+--------
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+ - name: Merge IPv4 and IPv6 static routes
+ vyos.rest.vyos_static_routes:
+ config:
+ - afi: ipv4
+ routes:
+ - dest: 192.0.2.0/24
+ next_hops:
+ - forward_router_address: 10.0.0.1
+ - dest: 203.0.113.0/24
+ blackhole_config:
+ distance: 200
+ - afi: ipv6
+ routes:
+ - dest: 2001:db8::/32
+ next_hops:
+ - forward_router_address: 2001:db8::1
+ state: merged
+
+ - name: Delete all static routes
+ vyos.rest.vyos_static_routes:
+ state: deleted
+
+ - name: Gather current static routes
+ vyos.rest.vyos_static_routes:
+ state: gathered
+
+
+
+Return Values
+-------------
+Common return values are documented `here <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/common_return_values.html#common-return-values>`_, the following are the fields unique to this module:
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+ <table border=0 cellpadding=0 class="documentation-table">
+ <tr>
+ <th colspan="1">Key</th>
+ <th>Returned</th>
+ <th width="100%">Description</th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="1">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
+ <b>after</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>when changed</td>
+ <td>
+ <div>Static route configuration after this module ran.</div>
+ <br/>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="1">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
+ <b>before</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>always</td>
+ <td>
+ <div>Static route configuration before this module ran.</div>
+ <br/>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="1">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
+ <b>commands</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>always</td>
+ <td>
+ <div>List of API command tuples sent to the device.</div>
+ <br/>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="1">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
+ <b>gathered</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>when state is gathered</td>
+ <td>
+ <div>Current static route configuration as structured data.</div>
+ <br/>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="1">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
+ <b>response</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>when changes are applied</td>
+ <td>
+ <div>Raw API response.</div>
+ <br/>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="1">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
+ <b>saved</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>when changes are applied</td>
+ <td>
+ <div>Whether the config was saved after changes.</div>
+ <br/>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ <br/><br/>
+
+
+Status
+------
+
+
+Authors
+~~~~~~~
+
+- VyOS Community (@vyos)