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350-401 Practice Question: An Ansible playbook uses the…
An Ansible playbook uses the cisco.ios.ios_telemetry module to configure a telemetry subscription:
```yaml --- - name: Configure telemetry subscription hosts: ios_xe gather_facts: no tasks: - name: Create telemetry subscription cisco.ios.ios_telemetry: state: present subscription_id: 300 receiver: ip: 10.1.1.100 port: 50051 protocol: grpc-tcp source_ip: 10.1.1.1 encoding: kvgpb filter: xpath: /interfaces/interface/state/counters update_policy: period: 10000 ```
What is the purpose of the 'state: present' parameter?
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It ensures the subscription is present in the running configuration.
The 'state: present' parameter ensures that the telemetry subscription is created if it does not exist, or updated if it does. It is a common Ansible module parameter that idempotently manages configuration.
Answer analysis
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It ensures the subscription is present in the running configuration.
Why this is correct
state: present creates or updates the subscription to match the desired state.
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It checks if the subscription is currently active.
Why it's wrong here
state: present does not check activity; it ensures configuration exists.
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It removes the subscription if it exists.
Why it's wrong here
That would be state: absent.
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It displays the current subscription configuration.
Why it's wrong here
state: present modifies configuration, not displays it.
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Last reviewed: Jun 18, 2026
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