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Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
count integer		Default: 5	Number of packets to send to check reachability.
dest string / required			The IP Address or hostname (resolvable by the device) of the remote node.
interval integer			Determines the interval (in seconds) between consecutive pings.
provider dictionary			Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli`. For more information please see the Network Guide. A dict object containing connection details.
	host string		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 value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD` will be used instead.
	port integer		Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device.
	ssh_keyfile path		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 `ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE` will be used instead.
	timeout integer		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.
	username string		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 `ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME` will be used instead.
size integer			Determines the size (in bytes) of the ping packet(s).
source string			The source interface or IP Address to use while sending the ping packet(s).
state string		Choices: absent present ←	Determines if the expected result is success or fail.
ttl integer			The time-to-live value for the ICMP packet(s).

Notes ----- .. note:: - Tested against VyOS 1.1.8 (helium). - For a general purpose network module, see the :ref:`net_ping ` module. - For Windows targets, use the :ref:`win_ping ` module instead. - For targets running Python, use the :ref:`ping ` module instead. - This module works with connection ``network_cli``. See `the VyOS OS Platform Options <../network/user_guide/platform_vyos.html>`_. - For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the :ref:`Ansible Network Guide ` Examples -------- .. code-block:: yaml+jinja - name: Test reachability to 10.10.10.10 vyos.vyos.vyos_ping: dest: 10.10.10.10 - name: Test reachability to 10.20.20.20 using source and ttl set vyos.vyos.vyos_ping: dest: 10.20.20.20 source: eth0 ttl: 128 - name: Test unreachability to 10.30.30.30 using interval vyos.vyos.vyos_ping: dest: 10.30.30.30 interval: 3 state: absent - name: Test reachability to 10.40.40.40 setting count and source vyos.vyos.vyos_ping: dest: 10.40.40.40 source: eth1 count: 20 size: 512 Return Values ------------- Common return values are documented `here `_, the following are the fields unique to this module: .. raw:: html

Key	Returned	Description
commands list	always	List of commands sent. Sample: ['ping 10.8.38.44 count 10 interface eth0 ttl 128']
packet_loss string	always	Percentage of packets lost. Sample: 0%
packets_rx integer	always	Packets successfully received. Sample: 20
packets_tx integer	always	Packets successfully transmitted. Sample: 20
rtt dictionary	when ping succeeds	The round trip time (RTT) stats. Sample: {'avg': 2, 'max': 8, 'min': 1, 'mdev': 24}

Status ------ Authors ~~~~~~~ - Nilashish Chakraborty (@NilashishC)