Cisco NX-OS Collection

The Ansible Cisco NX-OS collection includes a variety of Ansible content to help automate the management of Cisco NX-OS network appliances.

The Cisco NX-OS connection plugins combined with Cisco NX-OS resource modules aligns the Cisco NX-OS experience with the other core networking platforms supported by Ansible.

This collection has been tested against Cisco N9K-C9300v chassis running NX-OS 9.3.6. The modules with full support for Cisco MDS are tested against NX-OS 8.4(1) on MDS Switches.

Communication

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For more information about communication, see the Ansible communication guide.

Ansible version compatibility

This collection has been tested against following Ansible versions: >=2.15.0.

For collections that support Ansible 2.9, please ensure you update your network_os to use the fully qualified collection name (for example, cisco.ios.ios). Plugins and modules within a collection may be tested with only specific Ansible versions. A collection may contain metadata that identifies these versions. PEP440 is the schema used to describe the versions of Ansible.

Supported connections

The Cisco NX-OS collection supports network_cli and httpapi connections. A detailed platform guide can be found here.

Included content

Cliconf plugins

Name	Description
cisco.nxos.nxos	Use NX-OS cliconf to run commands on Cisco NX-OS platform

Httpapi plugins

Name	Description
cisco.nxos.nxos	Use NX-API to run commands on Cisco NX-OS platform

Netconf plugins

Name	Description
cisco.nxos.nxos	Use nxos netconf plugin to run netconf commands on Cisco NX-OS platform.

Modules

Name	Description
cisco.nxos.nxos_aaa_server	Manages AAA server global configuration.
cisco.nxos.nxos_aaa_server_host	Manages AAA server host-specific configuration.
cisco.nxos.nxos_acl_interfaces	ACL interfaces resource module
cisco.nxos.nxos_acls	ACLs resource module
cisco.nxos.nxos_banner	Manage multiline banners on Cisco NXOS devices
cisco.nxos.nxos_bfd_global	Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) global-level configuration
cisco.nxos.nxos_bfd_interfaces	BFD interfaces resource module
cisco.nxos.nxos_bgp_address_family	BGP Address Family resource module.
cisco.nxos.nxos_bgp_global	BGP Global resource module.
cisco.nxos.nxos_bgp_neighbor_address_family	BGP Neighbor Address Family resource module.
cisco.nxos.nxos_bgp_templates	BGP Templates resource module.
cisco.nxos.nxos_command	Run arbitrary command on Cisco NXOS devices
cisco.nxos.nxos_config	Manage Cisco NXOS configuration sections
cisco.nxos.nxos_devicealias	Configuration of device alias for Cisco NXOS MDS Switches.
cisco.nxos.nxos_evpn_global	Handles the EVPN control plane for VXLAN.
cisco.nxos.nxos_evpn_vni	Manages Cisco EVPN VXLAN Network Identifier (VNI).
cisco.nxos.nxos_facts	Gets facts about NX-OS switches
cisco.nxos.nxos_fc_interfaces	Fc Interfaces resource module
cisco.nxos.nxos_feature	Manage features in NX-OS switches.
cisco.nxos.nxos_file_copy	Copy a file to a remote NXOS device.
cisco.nxos.nxos_gir	Trigger a graceful removal or insertion (GIR) of the switch.
cisco.nxos.nxos_gir_profile_management	Create a maintenance-mode or normal-mode profile for GIR.
cisco.nxos.nxos_hostname	Hostname resource module.
cisco.nxos.nxos_hsrp	Manages HSRP configuration on NX-OS switches.
cisco.nxos.nxos_hsrp_interfaces	HSRP interfaces resource module
cisco.nxos.nxos_igmp	Manages IGMP global configuration.
cisco.nxos.nxos_igmp_interface	Manages IGMP interface configuration.
cisco.nxos.nxos_igmp_snooping	Manages IGMP snooping global configuration.
cisco.nxos.nxos_install_os	Set boot options like boot, kickstart image and issu.
cisco.nxos.nxos_interfaces	Interfaces resource module
cisco.nxos.nxos_l2_interfaces	L2 interfaces resource module
cisco.nxos.nxos_l3_interfaces	L3 interfaces resource module
cisco.nxos.nxos_lacp	LACP resource module
cisco.nxos.nxos_lacp_interfaces	LACP interfaces resource module
cisco.nxos.nxos_lag_interfaces	LAG interfaces resource module
cisco.nxos.nxos_lldp_global	LLDP resource module
cisco.nxos.nxos_lldp_interfaces	LLDP interfaces resource module
cisco.nxos.nxos_logging_global	Logging resource module.
cisco.nxos.nxos_ntp_global	NTP Global resource module.
cisco.nxos.nxos_nxapi	Manage NXAPI configuration on an NXOS device.
cisco.nxos.nxos_ospf_interfaces	OSPF Interfaces Resource Module.
cisco.nxos.nxos_ospfv2	OSPFv2 resource module
cisco.nxos.nxos_ospfv3	OSPFv3 resource module
cisco.nxos.nxos_overlay_global	Configures anycast gateway MAC of the switch.
cisco.nxos.nxos_pim	Manages configuration of a PIM instance.
cisco.nxos.nxos_pim_interface	Manages PIM interface configuration.
cisco.nxos.nxos_pim_rp_address	Manages configuration of an PIM static RP address instance.
cisco.nxos.nxos_ping	Tests reachability using ping from Nexus switch.
cisco.nxos.nxos_prefix_lists	Prefix-Lists resource module.
cisco.nxos.nxos_reboot	Reboot a network device.
cisco.nxos.nxos_rollback	Set a checkpoint or rollback to a checkpoint.
cisco.nxos.nxos_route_maps	Route Maps resource module.
cisco.nxos.nxos_rpm	Install patch or feature rpms on Cisco NX-OS devices.
cisco.nxos.nxos_snapshot	Manage snapshots of the running states of selected features.
cisco.nxos.nxos_snmp_community	(deprecated, removed after 2024-01-01) Manages SNMP community configs.
cisco.nxos.nxos_snmp_contact	(deprecated, removed after 2024-01-01) Manages SNMP contact info.
cisco.nxos.nxos_snmp_host	(deprecated, removed after 2024-01-01) Manages SNMP host configuration.
cisco.nxos.nxos_snmp_location	(deprecated, removed after 2024-01-01) Manages SNMP location information.
cisco.nxos.nxos_snmp_server	SNMP Server resource module.
cisco.nxos.nxos_snmp_traps	(deprecated, removed after 2024-01-01) Manages SNMP traps.
cisco.nxos.nxos_snmp_user	(deprecated, removed after 2024-01-01) Manages SNMP users for monitoring.
cisco.nxos.nxos_static_routes	Static routes resource module
cisco.nxos.nxos_system	Manage the system attributes on Cisco NXOS devices
cisco.nxos.nxos_telemetry	TELEMETRY resource module
cisco.nxos.nxos_udld	Manages UDLD global configuration params.
cisco.nxos.nxos_udld_interface	Manages UDLD interface configuration params.
cisco.nxos.nxos_user	Manage the collection of local users on Nexus devices
cisco.nxos.nxos_vlans	VLANs resource module
cisco.nxos.nxos_vpc	Manages global VPC configuration
cisco.nxos.nxos_vpc_interface	Manages interface VPC configuration
cisco.nxos.nxos_vrf	(deprecated, removed after 2026-07-25) Manages global VRF configuration.
cisco.nxos.nxos_vrf_af	Manages VRF AF.
cisco.nxos.nxos_vrf_global	Resource module to configure VRF definitions.
cisco.nxos.nxos_vrf_interface	Manages interface specific VRF configuration.
cisco.nxos.nxos_vrrp	Manages VRRP configuration on NX-OS switches.
cisco.nxos.nxos_vsan	Configuration of vsan for Cisco NXOS MDS Switches.
cisco.nxos.nxos_vtp_domain	Manages VTP domain configuration.
cisco.nxos.nxos_vtp_password	Manages VTP password configuration.
cisco.nxos.nxos_vtp_version	Manages VTP version configuration.
cisco.nxos.nxos_vxlan_vtep	Manages VXLAN Network Virtualization Endpoint (NVE).
cisco.nxos.nxos_vxlan_vtep_vni	Creates a Virtual Network Identifier member (VNI)
cisco.nxos.nxos_zone_zoneset	Configuration of zone/zoneset for Cisco NXOS MDS Switches.

Click the Content button to see the list of content included in this collection.

Installing this collection

You can install the Cisco NX-OS collection with the Ansible Galaxy CLI:

ansible-galaxy collection install cisco.nxos

You can also include it in a requirements.yml file and install it with ansible-galaxy collection install -r requirements.yml, using the format:

---
collections:
  - name: cisco.nxos

Using this collection

This collection includes network resource modules.

Using modules from the Cisco NX-OS collection in your playbooks

You can call modules by their Fully Qualified Collection Namespace (FQCN), such as cisco.nxos.nxos_l2_interfaces. The following example task replaces configuration changes in the existing configuration on a Cisco NX-OS network device, using the FQCN:

---
  - name: Replace device configuration of specified L2 interfaces with provided configuration.
    cisco.nxos.nxos_l2_interfaces:
      config:
        - name: Ethernet1/1
          trunk:
            native_vlan: 20
            trunk_vlans: 5-10, 15
      state: replaced

NOTE: For Ansible 2.9, you may not see deprecation warnings when you run your playbooks with this collection. Use this documentation to track when a module is deprecated.

See Also:

• Cisco NX-OS Platform Options
• Ansible Using collections for more details.

Contributing to this collection

Ongoing development efforts and contributions to this collection are solely focused on enhancements to current resource modules, additional resource modules and enhancements to connection plugins.

We welcome community contributions to this collection. If you find problems, please open an issue or create a PR against the Cisco NX-OS collection repository. See Contributing to Ansible-maintained collections for complete details.

You can also join us on:

• IRC - the #ansible-network libera.chat channel
• Slack - https://ansiblenetwork.slack.com

See the Ansible Community Guide for details on contributing to Ansible.

Code of Conduct

This collection follows the Ansible project's Code of Conduct. Please read and familiarize yourself with this document.

Release notes

Release notes are available here.

Roadmap

More information

• Ansible network resources
• Ansible Collection overview
• Ansible User guide
• Ansible Developer guide
• Ansible Community code of conduct

Licensing

GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.

See LICENSE to see the full text.