# eos_logging – Manage logging on network devices

New in version 2.4.

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

## Synopsis

- This module provides declarative management of logging on Arista Eos devices.

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
aggregate - |  | List of logging definitions.

auth_pass
string

Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli` and `become: yes` with `become_pass`.
This option is only required if you are using eAPI.
For more information please see the EOS 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`.
This option is only required if you are using eAPI.
For more information please see the EOS 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.

dest
-

Choices:
- on
- host
- console
- monitor
- buffered

Destination of the logs.

facility - |  | Set logging facility.

level
-

Choices:
- emergencies
- alerts
- critical
- errors
- warnings
- notifications
- informational
- debugging

Set logging severity levels.

name - |  | The hostname or IP address of the destination. Required when dest=host.

provider
dictionary

Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli`.
This option is only required if you are using eAPI.
For more information please see the EOS 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 is a common argument used for either cli or eapi transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD` will be used instead.
| port integer | Default: 0 | Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device. This value applies to either cli or eapi. The port value will default to the appropriate transport common port if none is provided in the task (cli=22, http=80, https=443).
| ssh_keyfile path |  | Specifies the SSH keyfile to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for cli transports. 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.

transport
string / required

Choices:
- cli ←
- eapi

Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device.

use_proxy
boolean
added in 2.5

Choices:
- no
- yes ←

If `no`, the environment variables `http_proxy` and `https_proxy` will be ignored.

use_ssl
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes ←

Configures the transport to use SSL if set to `yes` only when the `transport=eapi`. If the transport argument is not eapi, this value is ignored.

| username string |  | Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate either the CLI login or the eAPI authentication depending on which transport is used. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME` will be used instead.

validate_certs
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes ←

If `no`, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. If the transport argument is not eapi, this value is ignored.

size - |  | Size of buffer. The acceptable value is in range from 10 to 2147483647 bytes.

state
-

Choices:
- present ←
- absent

State of the logging configuration.

## Notes

Note

- Tested against EOS 4.15
- For information on using CLI, eAPI and privileged mode see the EOS Platform Options guide
- For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the Ansible Network Guide
- For more information on using Ansible to manage Arista EOS devices see the Arista integration page.

## Examples

    - name: configure host logging
      eos_logging:
        dest: host
        name: 172.16.0.1
        state: present

    - name: remove host logging configuration
      eos_logging:
        dest: host
        name: 172.16.0.1
        state: absent

    - name: configure console logging level and facility
      eos_logging:
        dest: console
        facility: local7
        level: debugging
        state: present

    - name: enable logging to all
      eos_logging:
        dest : on

    - name: configure buffer size
      eos_logging:
        dest: buffered
        size: 5000

    - name: Configure logging using aggregate
      eos_logging:
        aggregate:
          - { dest: console, level: warnings }
          - { dest: buffered, size: 480000 }
        state: present

## 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: ['logging facility local7', 'logging host 172.16.0.1']

## 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

- Trishna Guha (@trishnaguha)

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