# nxos_ospf_vrf – Manages a VRF for an OSPF router

- Synopsis

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- Manages a VRF for an OSPF router.

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
auto_cost - |  | Specifies the reference bandwidth used to assign OSPF cost. Valid values are an integer, in Mbps, or the keyword 'default'.

bfd
string
added in 2.9

Choices:
- enable
- disable

Enables BFD on all OSPF interfaces.
Dependency: 'feature bfd'

default_metric - |  | Specify the default Metric value. Valid values are an integer or the keyword 'default'.

log_adjacency
-

Choices:
- log
- detail
- default

Controls the level of log messages generated whenever a neighbor changes state. Valid values are 'log', 'detail', and 'default'.

ospf - / required |  | Name of the OSPF instance.

passive_interface
boolean
added in 2.4

Choices:
- no
- yes

Setting to `yes` will suppress routing update on interface.

provider
dictionary

Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli`.
This option is only required if you are using NX-API.
For more information please see the NXOS Platform Options guide.

A dict object containing connection details.

| auth_pass string added in 2.5.3 |  | 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
added in 2.5.3

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 nxapi 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 (use common port)" | Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device. This value applies to either cli or nxapi. 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 string |  | Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for the cli transport. 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. NX-API can be slow to return on long-running commands (sh mac, sh bgp, etc).

transport
string / required

Choices:
- cli ←
- nxapi

Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device. The transport argument supports connectivity to the device over cli (ssh) or nxapi.

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=nxapi`, otherwise 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 nxapi 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 nxapi, this value is ignored.

router_id - |  | Router Identifier (ID) of the OSPF router VRF instance.

state
-

Choices:
- present ←
- absent

State of ospf vrf configuration.

timer_throttle_lsa_hold - |  | Specify the hold interval for rate-limiting Link-State Advertisement (LSA) generation. Valid values are an integer, in milliseconds, or the keyword 'default'.
timer_throttle_lsa_max - |  | Specify the max interval for rate-limiting Link-State Advertisement (LSA) generation. Valid values are an integer, in milliseconds, or the keyword 'default'.
timer_throttle_lsa_start - |  | Specify the start interval for rate-limiting Link-State Advertisement (LSA) generation. Valid values are an integer, in milliseconds, or the keyword 'default'.
timer_throttle_spf_hold - |  | Specify minimum hold time between Shortest Path First (SPF) calculations. Valid values are an integer, in milliseconds, or the keyword 'default'.
timer_throttle_spf_max - |  | Specify the maximum wait time between Shortest Path First (SPF) calculations. Valid values are an integer, in milliseconds, or the keyword 'default'.
timer_throttle_spf_start - |  | Specify initial Shortest Path First (SPF) schedule delay. Valid values are an integer, in milliseconds, or the keyword 'default'.
vrf - | Default: "default" | Name of the resource instance. Valid value is a string. The name 'default' is a valid VRF representing the global OSPF.

## Notes

Note

- Tested against NXOSv 7.3.(0)D1(1) on VIRL

- Value default restores params default value, if any. Otherwise it removes the existing param configuration.

- For information on using CLI and NX-API see the NXOS 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 Cisco devices see the Cisco integration page.

## Examples

    - nxos_ospf_vrf:
        ospf: 1
        timer_throttle_spf_start: 50
        timer_throttle_spf_hold: 1000
        timer_throttle_spf_max: 2000
        timer_throttle_lsa_start: 60
        timer_throttle_lsa_hold: 1100
        timer_throttle_lsa_max: 3000
        vrf: test
        bfd: enable
        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 | commands sent to the device Sample: ['router ospf 1', 'vrf test', 'bfd', 'timers throttle lsa 60 1100 3000']

## 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

- Gabriele Gerbino (@GGabriele)

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