# vyos_ping – Tests reachability using ping from VyOS network devices

New in version 2.8.

- Synopsis

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- Tests reachability using ping from a VyOS device to a remote destination.

- Tested against VyOS 1.1.8 (helium)

- For a general purpose network module, see the net_ping module.

- For Windows targets, use the win_ping module instead.

- For targets running Python, use the ping module instead.

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
count integer | Default: 5 | Number of packets to send to check reachability.
dest - / 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 / 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.
size integer |  | Determines the size (in bytes) of the ping packet(s).
source - |  | The source interface or IP Address to use while sending the ping packet(s).

state
-

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 net_ping module.

- For Windows targets, use the win_ping module instead.

- For targets running Python, use the ping module instead.

- This module works with connection `network_cli`. See the VyOS OS Platform Options.

- For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the Ansible Network Guide

## Examples

    - name: Test reachability to 10.10.10.10
      vyos_ping:
        dest: 10.10.10.10

    - name: Test reachability to 10.20.20.20 using source and ttl set
      vyos_ping:
        dest: 10.20.20.20
        source: eth0
        ttl: 128

    - name: Test unreachability to 10.30.30.30 using interval
      vyos_ping:
        dest: 10.30.30.30
        interval: 3
        state: absent

    - name: Test reachability to 10.40.40.40 setting count and source
      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:

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

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Nilashish Chakraborty (@NilashishC)

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