# ios_vrf – Manage the collection of VRF definitions on Cisco IOS devices

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

## Synopsis

- This module provides declarative management of VRF definitions on Cisco IOS devices. It allows playbooks to manage individual or the entire VRF collection. It also supports purging VRF definitions from the configuration that are not explicitly defined.

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
associated_interfaces - added in 2.5 |  | This is a intent option and checks the operational state of the for given vrf `name` for associated interfaces. If the value in the `associated_interfaces` does not match with the operational state of vrf interfaces on device it will result in failure.

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.

delay - added in 2.4 | Default: 10 | Time in seconds to wait before checking for the operational state on remote device.
description - |  | Provides a short description of the VRF definition in the current active configuration. The VRF definition value accepts alphanumeric characters used to provide additional information about the VRF.
interfaces - |  | Identifies the set of interfaces that should be configured in the VRF. Interfaces must be routed interfaces in order to be placed into a VRF.
name - |  | The name of the VRF definition to be managed on the remote IOS device. The VRF definition name is an ASCII string name used to uniquely identify the VRF. This argument is mutually exclusive with the `vrfs` argument

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.

purge
boolean

Choices:
- no ←
- yes

Instructs the module to consider the VRF definition absolute. It will remove any previously configured VRFs on the device.

rd - |  | The router-distinguisher value uniquely identifies the VRF to routing processes on the remote IOS system. The RD value takes the form of `A:B` where `A` and `B` are both numeric values.
route_both - added in 2.5 |  | Adds an export and import list of extended route target communities to the VRF.
route_both_ipv4 - added in 2.7 |  | Adds an export and import list of extended route target communities in address-family configuration submode to the VRF.
route_both_ipv6 - added in 2.7 |  | Adds an export and import list of extended route target communities in address-family configuration submode to the VRF.
route_export - added in 2.5 |  | Adds an export list of extended route target communities to the VRF.
route_export_ipv4 - added in 2.7 |  | Adds an export list of extended route target communities in address-family configuration submode to the VRF.
route_export_ipv6 - added in 2.7 |  | Adds an export list of extended route target communities in address-family configuration submode to the VRF.
route_import - added in 2.5 |  | Adds an import list of extended route target communities to the VRF.
route_import_ipv4 - added in 2.7 |  | Adds an import list of extended route target communities in address-family configuration submode to the VRF.
route_import_ipv6 - added in 2.7 |  | Adds an import list of extended route target communities in address-family configuration submode to the VRF.

state
-

Choices:
- present ←
- absent

Configures the state of the VRF definition as it relates to the device operational configuration. When set to present, the VRF should be configured in the device active configuration and when set to absent the VRF should not be in the device active configuration

vrfs - |  | The set of VRF definition objects to be configured on the remote IOS device. Ths list entries can either be the VRF name or a hash of VRF definitions and attributes. This argument is mutually exclusive with the `name` argument.

## 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 a vrf named management
      ios_vrf:
        name: management
        description: oob mgmt vrf
        interfaces:
          - Management1

    - name: remove a vrf named test
      ios_vrf:
        name: test
        state: absent

    - name: configure set of VRFs and purge any others
      ios_vrf:
        vrfs:
          - red
          - blue
          - green
        purge: yes

    - name: Creates a list of import RTs for the VRF with the same parameters
      ios_vrf:
        name: test_import
        rd: 1:100
        route_import:
          - 1:100
          - 3:100

    - name: Creates a list of import RTs in address-family configuration submode for the VRF with the same parameters
      ios_vrf:
        name: test_import_ipv4
        rd: 1:100
        route_import_ipv4:
          - 1:100
          - 3:100

    - name: Creates a list of import RTs in address-family configuration submode for the VRF with the same parameters
      ios_vrf:
        name: test_import_ipv6
        rd: 1:100
        route_import_ipv6:
          - 1:100
          - 3:100

    - name: Creates a list of export RTs for the VRF with the same parameters
      ios_vrf:
        name: test_export
        rd: 1:100
        route_export:
          - 1:100
          - 3:100

    - name: Creates a list of export RTs in address-family configuration submode for the VRF with the same parameters
      ios_vrf:
        name: test_export_ipv4
        rd: 1:100
        route_export_ipv4:
          - 1:100
          - 3:100

    - name: Creates a list of export RTs in address-family configuration submode for the VRF with the same parameters
      ios_vrf:
        name: test_export_ipv6
        rd: 1:100
        route_export_ipv6:
          - 1:100
          - 3:100

    - name: Creates a list of import and export route targets for the VRF with the same parameters
      ios_vrf:
        name: test_both
        rd: 1:100
        route_both:
          - 1:100
          - 3:100

    - name: Creates a list of import and export route targets in address-family configuration submode for the VRF with the same parameters
      ios_vrf:
        name: test_both_ipv4
        rd: 1:100
        route_both_ipv4:
          - 1:100
          - 3:100

    - name: Creates a list of import and export route targets in address-family configuration submode for the VRF with the same parameters
      ios_vrf:
        name: test_both_ipv6
        rd: 1:100
        route_both_ipv6:
          - 1:100
          - 3:100

## 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: ['vrf definition ansible', 'description management vrf', {'rd': '1:100'}]
delta string | always | The time elapsed to perform all operations Sample: 0:00:10.469466
end string | always | The time the job ended Sample: 2016-11-16 10:38:25.595612
start string | always | The time the job started Sample: 2016-11-16 10:38:15.126146

## 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

- Peter Sprygada (@privateip)

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