# ios_static_route – Manage static IP routes on Cisco IOS network devices

New in version 2.4.

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

## Synopsis

- This module provides declarative management of static IP routes on Cisco IOS network devices.

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
admin_distance - |  | Admin distance of the static route.
aggregate - |  | List of static route definitions.

auth_pass
string

Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli` and `become: yes` with `become_pass`.
For more information please see the IOS Platform Options guide.

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

Choices:
- no ←
- yes

Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli` and `become: yes`.
For more information please see the IOS Platform Options guide.

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.

interface - added in 2.8 |  | Interface of the static route.
mask - |  | Network prefix mask of the static route.
name - added in 2.8 |  | Name of the static route aliases: description
next_hop - |  | Next hop IP of the static route.
prefix - |  | Network prefix of the static route.

provider
dictionary

Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli`.
For more information please see the IOS Platform Options guide.

A dict object containing connection details.

| auth_pass string |  | 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

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 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 | Default: 22 | 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 | 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.
| 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.

state
-

Choices:
- present ←
- absent

State of the static route configuration.

tag - added in 2.8 |  | Set tag of the static route.
track - added in 2.8 |  | Tracked item to depend on for the static route.
vrf - added in 2.8 |  | VRF of the static route.

## Notes

Note

- Tested against IOS 15.6
- 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 static route
      ios_static_route:
        prefix: 192.168.2.0
        mask: 255.255.255.0
        next_hop: 10.0.0.1

    - name: configure black hole in vrf blue depending on tracked item 10
      ios_static_route:
        prefix: 192.168.2.0
        mask: 255.255.255.0
        vrf: blue
        interface: null0
        track: 10

    - name: configure ultimate route with name and tag
      ios_static_route:
        prefix: 192.168.2.0
        mask: 255.255.255.0
        interface: GigabitEthernet1
        name: hello world
        tag: 100

    - name: remove configuration
      ios_static_route:
        prefix: 192.168.2.0
        mask: 255.255.255.0
        next_hop: 10.0.0.1
        state: absent

    - name: Add static route aggregates
      ios_static_route:
        aggregate:
          - { prefix: 172.16.32.0, mask: 255.255.255.0, next_hop: 10.0.0.8 }
          - { prefix: 172.16.33.0, mask: 255.255.255.0, next_hop: 10.0.0.8 }

    - name: Remove static route aggregates
      ios_static_route:
        aggregate:
          - { prefix: 172.16.32.0, mask: 255.255.255.0, next_hop: 10.0.0.8 }
          - { prefix: 172.16.33.0, mask: 255.255.255.0, next_hop: 10.0.0.8 }
        state: absent

## 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: ['ip route 192.168.2.0 255.255.255.0 10.0.0.1']

## 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

- Ricardo Carrillo Cruz (@rcarrillocruz)

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