.. _cisco.ios.ios_hostname_module:


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cisco.ios.ios_hostname
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**Resource module to configure hostname.**


Version added: 2.7.0

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Synopsis
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- This module provides declarative management of hostname on Cisco IOS devices.




Parameters
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                    <b>config</b>
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                        <div>A dictionary of hostname options</div>
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                    <b>hostname</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
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                        <div>set hostname for IOS</div>
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                    <b>running_config</b>
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                        <div>This option is used only with state <em>parsed</em>.</div>
                        <div>The value of this option should be the output received from the IOS device by executing the command <b>show running-config | section ^hostname</b>.</div>
                        <div>The state <em>parsed</em> reads the configuration from <code>running_config</code> option and transforms it into Ansible structured data as per the resource module&#x27;s argspec and the value is then returned in the <em>parsed</em> key within the result.</div>
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                    <b>state</b>
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                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>merged</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                                    <li>replaced</li>
                                    <li>overridden</li>
                                    <li>deleted</li>
                                    <li>rendered</li>
                                    <li>gathered</li>
                                    <li>parsed</li>
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                        <div>The state the configuration should be left in</div>
                        <div>The states <em>rendered</em>, <em>gathered</em> and <em>parsed</em> does not perform any change on the device.</div>
                        <div>The state <em>rendered</em> will transform the configuration in <code>config</code> option to platform specific CLI commands which will be returned in the <em>rendered</em> key within the result. For state <em>rendered</em> active connection to remote host is not required.</div>
                        <div>The states <em>merged</em>, <em>replaced</em> and <em>overridden</em> have identical behaviour for this module.</div>
                        <div>The state <em>gathered</em> will fetch the running configuration from device and transform it into structured data in the format as per the resource module argspec and the value is returned in the <em>gathered</em> key within the result.</div>
                        <div>The state <em>parsed</em> reads the configuration from <code>running_config</code> option and transforms it into JSON format as per the resource module parameters and the value is returned in the <em>parsed</em> key within the result. The value of <code>running_config</code> option should be the same format as the output of command <em>show running-config | section ^hostname</em> executed on device. For state <em>parsed</em> active connection to remote host is not required.</div>
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Notes
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.. note::
   - Tested against Cisco IOSv Version 15.6.
   - This module works with connection ``network_cli``.



Examples
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.. code-block:: yaml

    # Using state: merged

    # Before state:
    # -------------

    # router-ios#show running-config | section ^hostname
    # hostname Router

    # Merged play:
    # ------------

    - name: Apply the provided configuration
      cisco.ios.ios_hostname:
        config:
          hostname: Router1
        state: merged

    # Commands Fired:
    # ---------------

    # "commands": [
    #         "hostname Router1",
    # ],


    # After state:
    # ------------

    # router-ios#show running-config | section ^hostname
    # hostname Router1

    # Using state: deleted

    # Before state:
    # -------------

    # router-ios#show running-config | section ^hostname
    # hostname RouterTest

    # Deleted play:
    # -------------

    - name: Remove all existing configuration
      cisco.ios.ios_hostname:
        state: deleted

    # Commands Fired:
    # ---------------

    # "commands": [
    #     "no hostname RouterTest",
    # ],

    # After state:
    # ------------

    # router-ios#show running-config | section ^hostname
    # hostname Router

    # Using state: overridden

    # Before state:
    # -------------

    # router-ios#show running-config | section ^hostname
    # hostname Router

    # Overridden play:
    # ----------------

    - name: Override commands with provided configuration
      cisco.ios.ios_hostname:
        config:
          hostname: RouterTest
        state: overridden


    # Commands Fired:
    # ---------------
    # "commands": [
    #       "hostname RouterTest",
    #     ],

    # After state:
    # ------------

    # router-ios#show running-config | section ^hostname
    # hostname RouterTest


    # Using state: replaced

    # Before state:
    # -------------

    # router-ios#show running-config | section ^hostname
    # hostname RouterTest

    # Replaced play:
    # --------------

    - name: Replace commands with provided configuration
      cisco.ios.ios_hostname:
        config:
          hostname: RouterTest
        state: replaced

    # Commands Fired:
    # ---------------

    # "commands": [],

    # After state:
    # ------------

    # router-ios#show running-config | section ^hostname
    # hostname RouterTest

    # Using state: gathered

    # Before state:
    # -------------

    #router-ios#show running-config | section ^hostname
    # hostname RouterTest

    # Gathered play:
    # --------------

    - name: Gather listed hostname config
      cisco.ios.ios_hostname:
        state: gathered

    # Module Execution Result:
    # ------------------------

    #   "gathered": {
    #      "hostname": "RouterTest"
    #     },

    # Using state: rendered

    # Rendered play:
    # --------------

    - name: Render the commands for provided configuration
      cisco.ios.ios_hostname:
        config:
          hostname: RouterTest
        state: rendered

    # Module Execution Result:
    # ------------------------

    # "rendered": [
    #     "hostname RouterTest",
    # ]

    # Using state: parsed

    # File: parsed.cfg
    # ----------------

    # hostname RouterTest


    # Parsed play:
    # ------------

    - name: Parse the provided configuration with the existing running configuration
      cisco.ios.ios_hostname:
        running_config: "{{ lookup('file', 'parsed.cfg') }}"
        state: parsed

    # Module Execution Result:
    # ------------------------

    #  "parsed": {
    #     "hostname": "RouterTest"
    # }



Return Values
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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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                            <div>The resulting configuration after module execution.</div>
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                        <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                        <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">This output will always be in the same format as the module argspec.</div>
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                <td>when <em>state</em> is <code>merged</code>, <code>replaced</code>, <code>overridden</code>, <code>deleted</code> or <code>purged</code></td>
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                            <div>The configuration prior to the module execution.</div>
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                        <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
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                      <span style="color: purple">list</span>
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                <td>when <em>state</em> is <code>merged</code>, <code>replaced</code>, <code>overridden</code>, <code>deleted</code> or <code>purged</code></td>
                <td>
                            <div>The set of commands pushed to the remote device.</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;">[&#x27;hostname Router1&#x27;]</div>
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                    <b>gathered</b>
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                      <span style="color: purple">list</span>
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                <td>when <em>state</em> is <code>gathered</code></td>
                <td>
                            <div>Facts about the network resource gathered from the remote device as structured data.</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;">This output will always be in the same format as the module argspec.</div>
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                    <b>parsed</b>
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                      <span style="color: purple">list</span>
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                <td>when <em>state</em> is <code>parsed</code></td>
                <td>
                            <div>The device native config provided in <em>running_config</em> option parsed into structured data as per module argspec.</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;">This output will always be in the same format as the module argspec.</div>
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                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>rendered</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">list</span>
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                <td>when <em>state</em> is <code>rendered</code></td>
                <td>
                            <div>The provided configuration in the task rendered in device-native format (offline).</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;">[&#x27;hostname Switch1&#x27;]</div>
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Status
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Authors
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- Sagar Paul (@KB-perByte)