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cisco.iosxr.iosxr_banner
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**Module to configure multiline banners.**


Version added: 1.0.0

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Synopsis
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- This module will configure both exec and motd banners on remote device running Cisco IOS XR. It allows playbooks to add or remove banner text from the running configuration.



Requirements
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The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

- ncclient >= 0.5.3 when using netconf
- lxml >= 4.1.1 when using netconf


Parameters
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                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>banner</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
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                                    <li>login</li>
                                    <li>motd</li>
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                        <div>Specifies the type of banner to configure on remote device.</div>
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                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>present</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                                    <li>absent</li>
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                        <div>Existential state of the configuration on the device.</div>
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                        <div>Banner text to be configured. Accepts multi line string, without empty lines. When using a multi line string, the first and last characters must be the start and end delimiters for the banner Requires <em>state=present</em>.</div>
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Notes
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.. note::
   - This module works with connection ``network_cli`` and ``netconf``. See `the IOS-XR Platform Options <../network/user_guide/platform_iosxr.html>`_.
   - For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the :ref:`Ansible Network Guide <network_guide>`
   - For more information on using Ansible to manage Cisco devices see the `Cisco integration page <https://www.ansible.com/integrations/networks/cisco>`_.



Examples
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.. code-block:: yaml

    - name: configure the login banner
      cisco.iosxr.iosxr_banner:
        banner: login
        text: |
          @this is my login banner
          that contains a multiline
          string@
        state: present
    - name: remove the motd banner
      cisco.iosxr.iosxr_banner:
        banner: motd
        state: absent
    - name: Configure banner from file
      cisco.iosxr.iosxr_banner:
        banner: motd
        text: "{{ lookup('file', './config_partial/raw_banner.cfg') }}"
        state: present



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 list of configuration mode commands sent to device with transport <code>cli</code></div>
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                        <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">[&#x27;banner login&#x27;, &#x27;@this is my login banner&#x27;, &#x27;that contains a multiline&#x27;, &#x27;string@&#x27;]</div>
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                    <b>xml</b>
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                      <span style="color: purple">list</span>
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                <td>always (empty list when no xml rpc to send)</td>
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                            <div>NetConf rpc xml sent to device with transport <code>netconf</code></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;&lt;config xmlns:xc=&quot;urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0&quot;&gt; &lt;banners xmlns=&quot;http://cisco.com/ns/yang/Cisco-IOS-XR-infra-infra-cfg&quot;&gt; &lt;banner xc:operation=&quot;merge&quot;&gt; &lt;banner-name&gt;motd&lt;/banner-name&gt; &lt;banner-text&gt;Ansible banner example&lt;/banner-text&gt; &lt;/banner&gt; &lt;/banners&gt; &lt;/config&gt;&#x27;]</div>
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Status
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Authors
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- Trishna Guha (@trishnaguha)
- Kedar Kekan (@kedarX)
