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name/network

Required

Specifies name of the network to add, update, or remove from NIOS.
The value must use CIDR notation.

network_view

Optional

Specifies the network view to associate the instance of the network object with.
If a value is not specified, the default network view configured in NIOS is used.

options

Optional

Specifies the set of DHCP options to be included as part of
the configured network instance.
This parameter accepts a list of subparameters. When you configure subparameters, at least one of the name or num parameters must be specified:

• name: The name of the DHCP option to configure. The standard options are router, router-templates, domain-name-servers, domain-name, broadcast-address, broadcast-address-offset, dhcp-lease-time, and dhcp6.name-servers.

• num: The number of the DHCP options to configure.

• value (required): The value of the DHCP option specified by the name subparameter.

• use_option: Enables a subset of options when it is set to yes (see the NIOS API documentation). The default value is yes.

• vendor_class: The name of the space with which this DHCP option is associated. The default value is DHCP.

container

Optional

When the parameter is set to true, it enables the add, update, or delete operation on the network container.

extattrs

Optional

Specifies extensible attributes for the network object.

state

Optional

Specifies the state of the network instance on the NIOS server.
Set one of the following values:

• present (default): Configures the record.

• absent: Removes the record.

comment

Optional

Describes the network object.

provider

Required

Defines the details of the connection:

• host: The DNS host name or IP address to connect to the remote instance of NIOS.

• username: The user name to use for authenticating the connection to the remote instance.

• password: The password to use for authenticating the connection to the remote instance.

For information on additional fields you can define, see the list of subparameters in the the NIOS Modules for Ansible Collections topic.

connection

Required

The nios_network module must be run locally.