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.. _cisco.ios.ios_logging_module:
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cisco.ios.ios_logging
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**(deprecated, removed after 2023-06-01) Manage logging on network devices**
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Version added: 1.0.0
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DEPRECATED
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:Removed in collection release after 2023-06-01
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:Why: Newer and updated modules released with more functionality.
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:Alternative: ios_logging_global
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Synopsis
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- This module provides declarative management of logging on Cisco Ios devices.
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Parameters
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 class="documentation-table">
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<th colspan="2">Parameter</th>
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<th>Choices/<font color="blue">Defaults</font></th>
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<th width="100%">Comments</th>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
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<b>aggregate</b>
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<div>List of logging definitions.</div>
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<b>dest</b>
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<li>on</li>
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<li>host</li>
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<li>console</li>
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<li>monitor</li>
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<li>buffered</li>
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<li>trap</li>
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<div>Destination of the logs.</div>
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<div>On dest has to be quoted as 'on' or else pyyaml will convert to True before it gets to Ansible.</div>
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<b>facility</b>
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<div>Set logging facility.</div>
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<b>level</b>
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<li>emergencies</li>
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<li>alerts</li>
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<li>critical</li>
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<li>errors</li>
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<li>warnings</li>
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<li>notifications</li>
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<li>informational</li>
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<li>debugging</li>
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</ul>
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<div>Set logging severity levels.</div>
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<b>name</b>
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<div>The hostname or IP address of the destination.</div>
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<div>Required when <em>dest=host</em>.</div>
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<b>size</b>
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<div>Size of buffer. The acceptable value is in range from 4096 to 4294967295 bytes.</div>
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<b>state</b>
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<ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
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<li>present</li>
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<li>absent</li>
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<div>State of the logging configuration.</div>
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<b>dest</b>
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<ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
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<li>on</li>
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<li>host</li>
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<li>console</li>
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<li>monitor</li>
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<li>buffered</li>
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<li>trap</li>
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</ul>
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</td>
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<div>Destination of the logs.</div>
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<div>On dest has to be quoted as 'on' or else pyyaml will convert to True before it gets to Ansible.</div>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
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<b>facility</b>
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<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
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<div>Set logging facility.</div>
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</tr>
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<td colspan="2">
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
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<b>level</b>
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<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
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<ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
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<li>emergencies</li>
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<li>alerts</li>
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<li>critical</li>
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<li>errors</li>
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<li>warnings</li>
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<li>notifications</li>
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<li>informational</li>
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<li><div style="color: blue"><b>debugging</b> ←</div></li>
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</ul>
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<div>Set logging severity levels.</div>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
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<b>name</b>
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<div>The hostname or IP address of the destination.</div>
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<div>Required when <em>dest=host</em>.</div>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
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<b>provider</b>
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<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
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<div style="font-size: small">
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<span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
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<div><b>Deprecated</b></div>
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<div>Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using <code>connection: network_cli</code>.</div>
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<div>For more information please see the <a href='https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/network/user_guide/platform_ios.html'>https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/network/user_guide/platform_ios.html</a>.</div>
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<div><hr/></div>
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<div>A dict object containing connection details.</div>
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<b>auth_pass</b>
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<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>
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<b>authorize</b>
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<div style="font-size: small">
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<span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
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<ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
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<li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b> ←</div></li>
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<li>yes</li>
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<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>
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<b>host</b>
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<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>
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<b>password</b>
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<div>Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD</code> will be used instead.</div>
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<b>port</b>
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<div>Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device.</div>
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<b>ssh_keyfile</b>
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<div>Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is the path to the key used to authenticate the SSH session. 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>
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<b>timeout</b>
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<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.</div>
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<div>Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME</code> will be used instead.</div>
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<b>size</b>
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<div>Size of buffer. The acceptable value is in range from 4096 to 4294967295 bytes.</div>
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<b>state</b>
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<li><div style="color: blue"><b>present</b> ←</div></li>
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<li>absent</li>
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<br/>
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.. note::
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- Tested against IOS 15.6
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- The 'Default System Message Logging Configuration' of the ios device like facility Local7 or logging on is not subjected to idempotency causes
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- For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the :ref:`Ansible Network Guide <network_guide>`
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- For more information on using Ansible to manage Cisco devices see the `Cisco integration page <https://www.ansible.com/integrations/networks/cisco>`_.
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Examples
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.. code-block:: yaml
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- name: configure host logging
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cisco.ios.ios_logging:
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dest: host
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name: 172.16.0.1
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state: present
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- name: remove host logging configuration
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cisco.ios.ios_logging:
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dest: host
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name: 172.16.0.1
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state: absent
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- name: configure console logging level and facility
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cisco.ios.ios_logging:
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dest: console
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facility: local7
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level: debugging
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state: present
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- name: enable logging to all
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cisco.ios.ios_logging:
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dest: on
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- name: configure buffer size
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cisco.ios.ios_logging:
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dest: buffered
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size: 5000
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- name: Configure logging using aggregate
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cisco.ios.ios_logging:
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aggregate:
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- {dest: console, level: notifications}
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- {dest: buffered, size: 9000}
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- name: remove logging using aggregate
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cisco.ios.ios_logging:
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aggregate:
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- {dest: console, level: notifications}
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- {dest: buffered, size: 9000}
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state: absent
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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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.. raw:: html
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 class="documentation-table">
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<tr>
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<th colspan="1">Key</th>
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<th>Returned</th>
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<th width="100%">Description</th>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td colspan="1">
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
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<b>commands</b>
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<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
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<div style="font-size: small">
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<span style="color: purple">list</span>
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</div>
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</td>
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<td>always</td>
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<td>
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<div>The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device</div>
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<br/>
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<div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
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<div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">['logging facility local7', 'logging host 172.16.0.1']</div>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<br/><br/>
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Status
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- This module will be removed in a release after 2023-06-01. *[deprecated]*
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- For more information see `DEPRECATED`_.
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Authors
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~~~~~~~
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- Trishna Guha (@trishnaguha)
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