iosxr_config - config change via template file touching multiple sections

[Tim Nothnagel]

Hi all,

I have created a template file, which touches multiple sections, among others includes physical interfaces as well as other protocols like BGP.
I tried to apply this via 'src:', but it seems to replace the entire config only. I tried a few other things, e.g. the use of 'match' without success.

The goal is to build a configuration template for creating a service and deploy this via Ansible on multiple devices.

Is there any way to make multiple config changes via template file?
At the moment, it seems to be a bit cumbersome to do this via 'lines'.


Playbook:

---
- hosts: CE1
  connection: local
  vars_files:
   - ASR9k-1_var_service_create.yaml
  vars:
     cli:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
      username:
      password:
      transport: cli

  tasks:
   - name: Apply service configuration at ASR9k
     register: command_out
     iosxr_config:
       src: ASR9k_service_creation.j2
       provider: "{{ cli }}"

...


Excerpt of the template file:

!
interface {{ INTERFACE }}.{{ VLAN_ID }} l2transport
 encapsulation dot1q {{ VLAN_ID }}
 rewrite ingress tag pop 1 symmetric
!
interface BVI{{ VLAN_ID }}
 vrf {{ VRF_NAME }}
 ipv4 address {{ IP_ADDRESS }} {{ SUBNET_MASK }}
 no shutdown
!

router bgp 2222
 vrf {{ VRF_NAME }}
  rd auto
  address-family ipv4 unicast
  !
  neighbor {{ PE_IP_ADDRESS }}
   remote-as 1111
   address-family ipv4 unicast
    route-policy PASS_ALL in
    route-policy EBGP_MED_OUT out
   !
  !
  neighbor {{ CE_IP_ADDRESS }}
   remote-as 2222
   address-family ipv4 unicast
    next-hop-self
   !
  !
 !
!


ansible 2.3.2.0
  config file =
  configured module search path = Default w/o overrides
  python version = 2.7.6 (default, Oct 26 2016, 20:30:19) [GCC 4.8.4]


Regards,
Tim

P.S. I am aware that the documentation of this module says 'configuration sections'. I gave it a shot anyway.