# junos_interface – Manage Interface on Juniper JUNOS network devices

New in version 2.4.

- DEPRECATED

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## DEPRECATED

Removed in Ansible

  version: 2.13

Why

  Updated modules released with more functionality

Alternative

  Use junos_interfaces instead.

## Synopsis

- This module provides declarative management of Interfaces on Juniper JUNOS network devices.

## Requirements

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

- ncclient (>=v0.5.2)

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---

active
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes ←

Specifies whether or not the configuration is active or deactivated

aggregate - |  | List of Interfaces definitions.
delay - | Default: 10 | Time in seconds to wait before checking for the operational state on remote device. This wait is applicable for operational state argument which are state with values `up`/`down`, tx_rate and rx_rate.
description - |  | Description of Interface.

duplex
-

Choices:
- full
- half
- auto ←

Interface link status.

enabled
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes

Configure interface link status.

mtu - |  | Maximum size of transmit packet.
name - / required |  | Name of the Interface.
neighbors - |  | Check the operational state of given interface `name` for LLDP neighbor. The following suboptions are available.
| host - |  | LLDP neighbor host for given interface `name`.
| port - |  | LLDP neighbor port to which given interface `name` is connected.

provider
dictionary

Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli` or `connection: netconf`.
For more information please see the Junos OS Platform Options 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. The port value will default to the well known SSH port of 22 (for `transport=cli`) or port 830 (for `transport=netconf`) 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.
rx_rate - |  | Receiver rate in bits per second (bps). This is state check parameter only. Supports conditionals, see Conditionals in Networking Modules
speed - |  | Interface link speed.

state
-

Choices:
- present ←
- absent
- up
- down

State of the Interface configuration, `up` indicates present and operationally up and `down` indicates present and operationally `down`

tx_rate - |  | Transmit rate in bits per second (bps). This is state check parameter only. Supports conditionals, see Conditionals in Networking Modules

## Notes

Note

- This module requires the netconf system service be enabled on the remote device being managed.

- Tested against vSRX JUNOS version 15.1X49-D15.4, vqfx-10000 JUNOS Version 15.1X53-D60.4.

- Recommended connection is `netconf`. See the Junos OS Platform Options.

- This module also works with `local` connections for legacy playbooks.

- For information on using CLI and netconf see the Junos OS 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 Juniper network devices see https://www.ansible.com/ansible-juniper.

## Examples

    - name: configure interface
      junos_interface:
        name: ge-0/0/1
        description: test-interface

    - name: remove interface
      junos_interface:
        name: ge-0/0/1
        state: absent

    - name: make interface down
      junos_interface:
        name: ge-0/0/1
        enabled: False

    - name: make interface up
      junos_interface:
        name: ge-0/0/1
        enabled: True

    - name: Deactivate interface config
      junos_interface:
        name: ge-0/0/1
        state: present
        active: False

    - name: Activate interface config
      net_interface:
        name: ge-0/0/1
        state: present
        active: True

    - name: Configure interface speed, mtu, duplex
      junos_interface:
        name: ge-0/0/1
        state: present
        speed: 1g
        mtu: 256
        duplex: full

    - name: Create interface using aggregate
      junos_interface:
        aggregate:
          - name: ge-0/0/1
            description: test-interface-1
          - name: ge-0/0/2
            description: test-interface-2
        speed: 1g
        duplex: full
        mtu: 512

    - name: Delete interface using aggregate
      junos_interface:
        aggregate:
          - name: ge-0/0/1
          - name: ge-0/0/2
        state: absent

    - name: Check intent arguments
      junos_interface:
        name: "{{ name }}"
        state: up
        tx_rate: ge(0)
        rx_rate: le(0)

    - name: Check neighbor intent
      junos_interface:
        name: xe-0/1/1
        neighbors:
        - port: Ethernet1/0/1
          host: netdev

    - name: Config + intent
      junos_interface:
        name: "{{ name }}"
        enabled: False
        state: down

## Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
diff.prepared string | when configuration is changed and diff option is enabled. | Configuration difference before and after applying change. Sample: [edit interfaces] + ge-0/0/1 { + description test-interface; + }

## Status

- This module will be removed in version 2.13. [deprecated]

- For more information see DEPRECATED.

### Authors

- Ganesh Nalawade (@ganeshrn)

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