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ipadm_ifprop - Manage IP interface properties on Solaris/illumos systems.

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis

  • Modify IP interface properties on Solaris/illumos systems.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
interface
yes
Specifies the IP interface we want to manage.
aliases: nic
property
yes
Specifies the name of the property we want to manage.
aliases: name
protocol
yes
Specifies the procotol for which we want to manage properties.
state
no present
  • present
  • absent
  • reset
Set or reset the property value.
temporary
no
Specifies that the property value is temporary. Temporary property values do not persist across reboots.
value
no
Specifies the value we want to set for the property.

Examples

name: Allow forwarding of IPv4 packets on network interface e1000g0
ipadm_ifprop: protocol=ipv4 property=forwarding value=on interface=e1000g0

name: Temporarily reset IPv4 forwarding property on network interface e1000g0
ipadm_ifprop: protocol=ipv4 interface=e1000g0  temporary=true property=forwarding state=reset

name: Configure IPv6 metric on network interface e1000g0
ipadm_ifprop: protocol=ipv6 nic=e1000g0 name=metric value=100

name: Set IPv6 MTU on network interface bge0
ipadm_ifprop: interface=bge0 name=mtu value=1280 protocol=ipv6

Return Values

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

name description returned type sample
interface
interface name we want to set property on
always str e1000g0
state
state of the target
always string present
property
property's name
always str mtu
protocol
property's protocol
always str ipv4
value
property's value
when value is provided str 1280

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/ipadm_ifprop_module.html