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.. _cisco.nxos.nxos_ping_module:
********************
cisco.nxos.nxos_ping
********************
**Tests reachability using ping from Nexus switch.**
Version added: 1.0.0
.. contents::
:local:
:depth: 1
Synopsis
--------
- Tests reachability using ping from switch to a remote destination.
- For a general purpose network module, see the :ref:`ansible.netcommon.net_ping <ansible.netcommon.net_ping_module>` module.
- For Windows targets, use the :ref:`ansible.windows.win_ping <ansible.windows.win_ping_module>` module instead.
- For targets running Python, use the :ref:`ansible.builtin.ping <ansible.builtin.ping_module>` module instead.
Parameters
----------
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 class="documentation-table">
<tr>
<th colspan="2">Parameter</th>
<th>Choices/<font color="blue">Defaults</font></th>
<th width="100%">Comments</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>count</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">integer</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">5</div>
</td>
<td>
<div>Number of packets to send.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>dest</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">string</span>
/ <span style="color: red">required</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<div>IP address or hostname (resolvable by switch) of remote node.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>provider</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<div><b>Deprecated</b></div>
<div>Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using <code>connection: network_cli</code>.</div>
<div>Starting with Ansible 2.6 we recommend using <code>connection: httpapi</code> for NX-API.</div>
<div>This option will be removed in a release after 2022-06-01.</div>
<div>For more information please see the <a href='../network/user_guide/platform_nxos.html'>NXOS Platform Options guide</a>.</div>
<div><hr/></div>
<div>A dict object containing connection details.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>auth_pass</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">string</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<div>Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote device. If <em>authorize</em> is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS</code> will be used instead.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>authorize</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
<li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b> ←</div></li>
<li>yes</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<div>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 <code>ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE</code> will be used instead.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>host</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">string</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<div>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.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>password</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">string</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<div>Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This is a common argument used for either <em>cli</em> or <em>nxapi</em> transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD</code> will be used instead.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>port</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">integer</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<div>Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device. This value applies to either <em>cli</em> or <em>nxapi</em>. The port value will default to the appropriate transport common port if none is provided in the task. (cli=22, http=80, https=443).</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>ssh_keyfile</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">string</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<div>Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for the <em>cli</em> transport. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE</code> will be used instead.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>timeout</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">integer</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<div>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).</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>transport</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">string</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
<li><div style="color: blue"><b>cli</b> ←</div></li>
<li>nxapi</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<div>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.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>use_proxy</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
<li>no</li>
<li><div style="color: blue"><b>yes</b> ←</div></li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<div>If <code>no</code>, the environment variables <code>http_proxy</code> and <code>https_proxy</code> will be ignored.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>use_ssl</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
<li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b> ←</div></li>
<li>yes</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<div>Configures the <em>transport</em> to use SSL if set to <code>yes</code> only when the <code>transport=nxapi</code>, otherwise this value is ignored.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>username</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">string</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<div>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 <code>ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME</code> will be used instead.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>validate_certs</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
<li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b> ←</div></li>
<li>yes</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<div>If <code>no</code>, 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.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>source</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">string</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<div>Source IP Address or hostname (resolvable by switch)</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>state</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">string</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
<li>absent</li>
<li><div style="color: blue"><b>present</b> ←</div></li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<div>Determines if the expected result is success or fail.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>vrf</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">string</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<div>Outgoing VRF.</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br/>
Notes
-----
.. note::
- For a general purpose network module, see the :ref:`ansible.netcommon.net_ping <ansible.netcommon.net_ping_module>` module.
- For Windows targets, use the :ref:`ansible.windows.win_ping <ansible.windows.win_ping_module>` module instead.
- For targets running Python, use the :ref:`ansible.builtin.ping <ansible.builtin.ping_module>` module instead.
- For information on using CLI and NX-API see the :ref:`NXOS Platform Options guide <nxos_platform_options>`
- For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the :ref:`Ansible Network Guide <network_guide>`
- For more information on using Ansible to manage Cisco devices see the `Cisco integration page <https://www.ansible.com/integrations/networks/cisco>`_.
Examples
--------
.. code-block:: yaml
- name: Test reachability to 8.8.8.8 using mgmt vrf
cisco.nxos.nxos_ping:
dest: 8.8.8.8
vrf: management
host: 68.170.147.165
- name: Test reachability to a few different public IPs using mgmt vrf
cisco.nxos.nxos_ping:
dest: nxos_ping
vrf: management
host: 68.170.147.165
with_items:
- 8.8.8.8
- 4.4.4.4
- 198.6.1.4
Return Values
-------------
Common return values are documented `here <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/common_return_values.html#common-return-values>`_, the following are the fields unique to this module:
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<th colspan="1">Key</th>
<th>Returned</th>
<th width="100%">Description</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
<b>commands</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">list</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>always</td>
<td>
<div>Show the command sent</div>
<br/>
<div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
<div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">['ping 8.8.8.8 count 2 vrf management']</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
<b>packet_loss</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">string</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>always</td>
<td>
<div>Percentage of packets lost</div>
<br/>
<div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
<div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">0.00%</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
<b>packets_rx</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">integer</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>always</td>
<td>
<div>Packets successfully received</div>
<br/>
<div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
<div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">2</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
<b>packets_tx</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">integer</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>always</td>
<td>
<div>Packets successfully transmitted</div>
<br/>
<div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
<div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">2</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
<b>rtt</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>always</td>
<td>
<div>Show RTT stats</div>
<br/>
<div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
<div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">{'avg': 6.264, 'max': 6.564, 'min': 5.978}</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br/><br/>
Status
------
Authors
~~~~~~~
- Jason Edelman (@jedelman8)
- Gabriele Gerbino (@GGabriele)
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