cisco.ios.ios_service does not disable services

[jiholland]

SUMMARY

The cisco.ios.ios_service resource module does not disable services that has the enable parameter in a dictionary.

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

cisco.ios.ios_service

ANSIBLE VERSION

ansible [core 2.18.0]
  config file = /home/jiholland/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/home/jiholland/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /home/jiholland/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /home/jiholland/collections:/home/jiholland/.ansible/collections
  executable location = /home/jiholland/.venv/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.12.7 (main, Oct  7 2024, 08:37:53) [GCC 11.4.1 20231218 (Red Hat 11.4.1-3)] (/home/jiholland/.venv/bin/python3)
  jinja version = 3.1.4
  libyaml = True

COLLECTION VERSION

Collection Version
---------- -------
cisco.ios  9.0.3

CONFIGURATION

ANSIBLE_COW_SELECTION(/home/jiholland/ansible-playbooks/ansible.cfg) = small
CALLBACKS_ENABLED(/home/jiholland/ansible-playbooks/ansible.cfg) = ['community.general.log_plays']
CONFIG_FILE() = /home/jiholland/ansible-playbooks/ansible.cfg
DEFAULT_FORKS(/home/jiholland/ansible-playbooks/ansible.cfg) = 20
DISPLAY_SKIPPED_HOSTS(/home/jiholland/ansible-playbooks/ansible.cfg) = False
HOST_KEY_CHECKING(/home/jiholland/ansible-playbooks/ansible.cfg) = False

OS / ENVIRONMENT

Switch Ports Model              SW Version        SW Image              Mode   
------ ----- -----              ----------        ----------            ----   
*    1 65    C9300-48T          17.12.04          CAT9K_IOSXE           INSTALL
*    1 12    WS-C2960CX-8TC-L   15.2(7)E10        C2960CX-UNIVERSALK9-M 

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

Execute the provided example playbook on a Catalyst device.

---
- name: Disable services.
  gather_facts: false
  hosts: dev-campus-leaf-1

  tasks:

    - name: Disable services.
      cisco.ios.ios_service:
        config:
          tcp_small_servers:
            enable: false
          udp_small_servers:
            enable: false
          timestamps:
            - msg: log
              enable: false
            - msg: debug
              enable: false
        state: merged

EXPECTED RESULTS

I expect the services to be disabled:

• no service tcp-small-servers
• no service udp-small-servers
• no service timestamps log
• no service timestamps debug

ACTUAL RESULTS

It enables the services instead of disabling them and for udp-small-servers nothing happens.

# Before running playbook:
dev-campus-leaf-1#show run | inc service
service timestamps debug uptime
service timestamps log uptime
service udp-small-servers
service tcp-small-servers

# After running playbook:
dev-campus-leaf-1#show run | inc service
service timestamps debug uptime
service timestamps log uptime
service udp-small-servers
service tcp-small-servers

# Commands executed on the device by playbook:
  974    46       jiholland@vty1     |service tcp-small-servers
  975    46       jiholland@vty1     |service timestamps debug uptime
  976    46       jiholland@vty1     |service timestamps log uptime

changed: [dev-campus-leaf-1] => {
    "after": {
        "counters": 0,
        "dhcp": true,
        "password_encryption": true,
        "password_recovery": true,
        "prompt": true,
        "slave_log": true,
        "tcp_keepalives_in": true,
        "tcp_keepalives_out": true,
        "tcp_small_servers": {
            "enable": true
        },
        "timestamps": [
            {
                "msg": "debug",
                "timestamp": "uptime"
            },
            {
                "msg": "log",
                "timestamp": "uptime"
            }
        ],
        "udp_small_servers": {
            "enable": true
        },
        "unsupported_transceiver": true
    },
    "before": {
        "counters": 0,
        "dhcp": true,
        "password_encryption": true,
        "password_recovery": true,
        "prompt": true,
        "slave_log": true,
        "tcp_keepalives_in": true,
        "tcp_keepalives_out": true,
        "tcp_small_servers": {
            "enable": true
        },
        "timestamps": [
            {
                "msg": "debug",
                "timestamp": "uptime"
            },
            {
                "msg": "log",
                "timestamp": "uptime"
            }
        ],
        "udp_small_servers": {
            "enable": true
        },
        "unsupported_transceiver": true
    },
    "changed": true,
    "commands": [
        "service tcp-small-servers",
        "service timestamps debug uptime",
        "service timestamps log uptime"
    ],
    "invocation": {
        "module_args": {
            "config": {
                "call_home": null,
                "compress_config": null,
                "config": null,
                "counters": 0,
                "dhcp": true,
                "disable_ip_fast_frag": null,
                "exec_callback": null,
                "exec_wait": null,
                "hide_telnet_addresses": null,
                "internal": null,
                "linenumber": null,
                "log": null,
                "log_hidden": null,
                "nagle": null,
                "old_slip_prompts": null,
                "pad": null,
                "pad_cmns": null,
                "pad_from_xot": null,
                "pad_to_xot": null,
                "password_encryption": null,
                "password_recovery": true,
                "private_config_encryption": null,
                "prompt": true,
                "pt_vty_logging": null,
                "scripting": null,
                "sequence_numbers": null,
                "slave_coredump": null,
                "slave_log": true,
                "tcp_keepalives_in": null,
                "tcp_keepalives_out": null,
                "tcp_small_servers": {
                    "enable": false,
                    "max_servers": null,
                    "no_limit": null
                },
                "telnet_zeroidle": null,
                "timestamps": [
                    {
                        "datetime_options": null,
                        "enable": false,
                        "msg": "log",
                        "timestamp": null
                    },
                    {
                        "datetime_options": null,
                        "enable": false,
                        "msg": "debug",
                        "timestamp": null
                    }
                ],
                "udp_small_servers": {
                    "enable": false,
                    "max_servers": null,
                    "no_limit": null
                },
                "unsupported_transceiver": null
            },
            "running_config": null,
            "state": "merged"
        }
    }
}