paloaltonetworks.panos.panos_loopback_interface module – Manage network loopback interfaces

Note

This module is part of the paloaltonetworks.panos collection (version 2.19.1).

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install paloaltonetworks.panos. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: paloaltonetworks.panos.panos_loopback_interface.

New in paloaltonetworks.panos 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • Manage loopback interfaces on PanOS

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

adjust_tcp_mss

boolean

api_key

string

Deprecated

Use provider to specify PAN-OS connectivity instead.


The API key to use instead of generating it using username / password.

comment

string

Interface comment.

commit

boolean

Deprecated

Please use paloaltonetworks.panos.panos_commit_firewall, paloaltonetworks.panos.panos_commit_panorama, paloaltonetworks.panos.panos_commit_push instead.


Commit changes after creating object. If ip_address is a Panorama device, and device_group or template are also set, perform a commit to Panorama and a commit-all to the device group/template.

Choices:

gathered_filter

string

When state=gathered.

An advanced filtering option to filter results returned from PAN-OS.

Refer to the guide discussing gathered_filter for more information.

if_name

string

Name of the interface to configure.

ip

list / elements=string

List of static IP addresses.

ip_address

string

Deprecated

Use provider to specify PAN-OS connectivity instead.


The IP address or hostname of the PAN-OS device being configured.

ipv4_mss_adjust

integer

(7.1+) TCP MSS adjustment for IPv4.

ipv6_enabled

boolean

ipv6_mss_adjust

integer

(7.1+) TCP MSS adjustment for IPv6.

management_profile

string

Interface management profile name.

mtu

integer

MTU for loopback interface.

netflow_profile

string

Netflow profile for loopback interface.

password

string

Deprecated

Use provider to specify PAN-OS connectivity instead.


The password to use for authentication. This is ignored if api_key is specified.

port

integer

Deprecated

Use provider to specify PAN-OS connectivity instead.


The port number to connect to the PAN-OS device on.

Default: :ansible-option-default:`443`

provider

dictionary

added in paloaltonetworks.panos 1.0.0

A dict object containing connection details.

api_key

string

The API key to use instead of generating it using username / password.

ip_address

string

The IP address or hostname of the PAN-OS device being configured.

password

string

The password to use for authentication. This is ignored if api_key is specified.

port

integer

The port number to connect to the PAN-OS device on.

Default: :ansible-option-default:`443`

serial_number

string

The serial number of a firewall to use for targeted commands. If ip_address is not a Panorama PAN-OS device, then this param is ignored.

username

string

The username to use for authentication. This is ignored if api_key is specified.

Default: :ansible-option-default:`"admin"`

state

string

template

string

(Panorama only) The template this operation should target. This param is required if the PAN-OS device is Panorama.

username

string

Deprecated

Use provider to specify PAN-OS connectivity instead.


The username to use for authentication. This is ignored if api_key is specified.

Default: :ansible-option-default:`"admin"`

vr_name

string

Name of the virtual router; it must already exist.

Default: :ansible-option-default:`"default"`

vsys

string

The vsys this object should be imported into. Objects that are imported include interfaces, virtual routers, virtual wires, and VLANs. Interfaces are typically imported into vsys1 if no vsys is specified.

vsys_dg

string

Deprecated

Use vsys to specify the vsys instead.


Name of the vsys (if firewall) or device group (if panorama) to put this object.

zone_name

string

Name of the zone for the interface. If the zone does not exist it is created but if the

zone exists and it is not of the correct mode the operation will fail.

Notes

Note

  • Checkmode is supported.

  • Panorama is supported.

  • PAN-OS connectivity should be specified using provider or the classic PAN-OS connectivity params (ip_address, username, password, api_key, and port). If both are present, then the classic params are ignored.

Examples

# Delete loopback.1
- name: delete loopback.1
  paloaltonetworks.panos.panos_loopback_interface:
    provider: '{{ provider }}'
    if_name: "loopback.1"
    state: 'absent'

# Update/create loopback comment.
- name: update loopback.1 comment
  paloaltonetworks.panos.panos_loopback_interface:
    provider: '{{ provider }}'
    if_name: "loopback.1"
    ip: ["10.1.1.1/32"]
    comment: "Loopback iterface"

Authors

  • Geraint Jones (@nexus_moneky_nz)

  • Garfield Lee Freeman (@shinmog)