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vyos.vyos.vyos_l3_interface
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**(deprecated, removed after 2022-06-01) Manage L3 interfaces on VyOS network devices**


Version added: 1.0.0

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DEPRECATED
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:Removed in collection release after 2022-06-01
:Why: Updated modules released with more functionality.
:Alternative: vyos_l3_interfaces



Synopsis
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- This module provides declarative management of L3 interfaces on VyOS network devices.




Parameters
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                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
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                        <div>List of L3 interfaces definitions</div>
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                        <div>IPv4 of the L3 interface.</div>
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                        <div>Name of the L3 interface.</div>
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                                    <li>present</li>
                                    <li>absent</li>
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                        <div>State of the L3 interface configuration.</div>
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                <td colspan="2">
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                    <b>ipv4</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
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                        <div>IPv4 of the L3 interface.</div>
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                    <b>ipv6</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
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                        <div>IPv6 of the L3 interface.</div>
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                    <b>name</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
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                        <div>Name of the L3 interface.</div>
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                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>provider</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
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                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div><b>Deprecated</b></div>
                        <div>Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using <code>connection: network_cli</code>.</div>
                        <div>For more information please see the <a href='../network/getting_started/network_differences.html#multiple-communication-protocols'>Network Guide</a>.</div>
                        <div><hr/></div>
                        <div>A dict object containing connection details.</div>
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                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
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                        <div>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.</div>
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                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
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                        <div>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 <code>ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD</code> will be used instead.</div>
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                    <b>port</b>
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                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
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                        <div>Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device.</div>
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                    <b>ssh_keyfile</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">path</span>
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                        <div>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 <code>ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE</code> will be used instead.</div>
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                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
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                        <div>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.</div>
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                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
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                </td>
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                        <div>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 <code>ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME</code> will be used instead.</div>
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                    <b>state</b>
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                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
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                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>present</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                                    <li>absent</li>
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                <td>
                        <div>State of the L3 interface configuration.</div>
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Notes
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.. note::
   - Tested against VYOS 1.1.7
   - For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the :ref:`Ansible Network Guide <network_guide>`



Examples
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.. code-block:: yaml

    - name: Set eth0 IPv4 address
      vyos.vyos.vyos_l3_interface:
        name: eth0
        ipv4: 192.168.0.1/24

    - name: Remove eth0 IPv4 address
      vyos.vyos.vyos_l3_interface:
        name: eth0
        state: absent

    - name: Set IP addresses on aggregate
      vyos.vyos.vyos_l3_interface:
        aggregate:
        - {name: eth1, ipv4: 192.168.2.10/24}
        - {name: eth2, ipv4: 192.168.3.10/24, ipv6: "fd5d:12c9:2201:1::1/64"}

    - name: Remove IP addresses on aggregate
      vyos.vyos.vyos_l3_interface:
        aggregate:
        - {name: eth1, ipv4: 192.168.2.10/24}
        - {name: eth2, ipv4: 192.168.3.10/24, ipv6: "fd5d:12c9:2201:1::1/64"}
        state: absent



Return Values
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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:

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                    <b>commands</b>
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                      <span style="color: purple">list</span>
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                <td>always, except for the platforms that use Netconf transport to manage the device.</td>
                <td>
                            <div>The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device</div>
                    <br/>
                        <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                        <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">[&quot;set interfaces ethernet eth0 address &#x27;192.168.0.1/24&#x27;&quot;]</div>
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Status
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- This module will be removed in version . *[deprecated]*
- For more information see `DEPRECATED`_.


Authors
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- Ricardo Carrillo Cruz (@rcarrillocruz)