community.general/plugins/modules/net_tools/nmcli.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# Copyright: (c) 2015, Chris Long <alcamie@gmail.com> <chlong@redhat.com>
# Copyright: (c) 2017, Ansible Project
# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)

from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
__metaclass__ = type

DOCUMENTATION = r'''
---
module: nmcli
author:
- Chris Long (@alcamie101)
short_description: Manage Networking
requirements:
- nmcli
description:
    - 'Manage the network devices. Create, modify and manage various connection and device type e.g., ethernet, teams, bonds, vlans etc.'
    - 'On CentOS 8 and Fedora >=29 like systems, the requirements can be met by installing the following packages: NetworkManager.'
    - 'On CentOS 7 and Fedora <=28 like systems, the requirements can be met by installing the following packages: NetworkManager-tui.'
    - 'On Ubuntu and Debian like systems, the requirements can be met by installing the following packages: network-manager'
    - 'On openSUSE, the requirements can be met by installing the following packages: NetworkManager.'
options:
    state:
        description:
            - Whether the device should exist or not, taking action if the state is different from what is stated.
        type: str
        required: true
        choices: [ absent, present ]
    autoconnect:
        description:
            - Whether the connection should start on boot.
            - Whether the connection profile can be automatically activated
        type: bool
        default: yes
    conn_name:
        description:
            - The name used to call the connection. Pattern is <type>[-<ifname>][-<num>].
        type: str
        required: true
    ifname:
        description:
            - The interface to bind the connection to.
            - The connection will only be applicable to this interface name.
            - A special value of C('*') can be used for interface-independent connections.
            - The ifname argument is mandatory for all connection types except bond, team, bridge and vlan.
            - This parameter defaults to C(conn_name) when left unset.
        type: str
    type:
        description:
            - This is the type of device or network connection that you wish to create or modify.
            - Type C(dummy) is added in community.general 3.5.0.
            - Type C(generic) is added in Ansible 2.5.
            - Type C(infiniband) is added in community.general 2.0.0.
            - Type C(gsm) is added in community.general 3.7.0.
            - Type C(wireguard) is added in community.general 4.3.0
        type: str
        choices: [ bond, bond-slave, bridge, bridge-slave, dummy, ethernet, generic, gre, infiniband, ipip, sit, team, team-slave, vlan, vxlan, wifi, gsm,
            wireguard ]
    mode:
        description:
            - This is the type of device or network connection that you wish to create for a bond or bridge.
        type: str
        choices: [ 802.3ad, active-backup, balance-alb, balance-rr, balance-tlb, balance-xor, broadcast ]
        default: balance-rr
    master:
        description:
            - Master <master (ifname, or connection UUID or conn_name) of bridge, team, bond master connection profile.
        type: str
    ip4:
        description:
            - List of IPv4 addresses to this interface.
            - Use the format C(192.0.2.24/24) or C(192.0.2.24).
            - If defined and I(method4) is not specified, automatically set C(ipv4.method) to C(manual).
        type: list
        elements: str
    gw4:
        description:
            - The IPv4 gateway for this interface.
            - Use the format C(192.0.2.1).
            - This parameter is mutually_exclusive with never_default4 parameter.
        type: str
    gw4_ignore_auto:
        description:
            - Ignore automatically configured IPv4 routes.
        type: bool
        default: false
        version_added: 3.2.0
    routes4:
        description:
            - The list of IPv4 routes.
            - Use the format C(192.0.3.0/24 192.0.2.1).
            - To specify more complex routes, use the I(routes4_extended) option.
        type: list
        elements: str
        version_added: 2.0.0
    routes4_extended:
        description:
            - The list of IPv4 routes.
        type: list
        elements: dict
        suboptions:
            ip:
                description:
                    - IP or prefix of route.
                    - Use the format C(192.0.3.0/24).
                type: str
                required: true
            next_hop:
                description:
                    - Use the format C(192.0.2.1).
                type: str
            metric:
                description:
                    - Route metric.
                type: int
            table:
                description:
                    - The table to add this route to.
                    - The default depends on C(ipv4.route-table).
                type: int
            cwnd:
                description:
                    - The clamp for congestion window.
                type: int
            mtu:
                description:
                    - If non-zero, only transmit packets of the specified size or smaller.
                type: int
            onlink:
                description:
                    - Pretend that the nexthop is directly attached to this link, even if it does not match any interface prefix.
                type: bool
            tos:
                description:
                    - The Type Of Service.
                type: int
    route_metric4:
        description:
            - Set metric level of ipv4 routes configured on interface.
        type: int
        version_added: 2.0.0
    routing_rules4:
        description:
            - Is the same as in an C(ip route add) command, except always requires specifying a priority.
        type: list
        elements: str
        version_added: 3.3.0
    never_default4:
        description:
            - Set as default route.
            - This parameter is mutually_exclusive with gw4 parameter.
        type: bool
        default: no
        version_added: 2.0.0
    dns4:
        description:
            - A list of up to 3 DNS servers.
            - The entries must be IPv4 addresses, for example C(192.0.2.53).
        elements: str
        type: list
    dns4_search:
        description:
            - A list of DNS search domains.
        elements: str
        type: list
    dns4_ignore_auto:
        description:
            - Ignore automatically configured IPv4 name servers.
        type: bool
        default: false
        version_added: 3.2.0
    method4:
        description:
            - Configuration method to be used for IPv4.
            - If I(ip4) is set, C(ipv4.method) is automatically set to C(manual) and this parameter is not needed.
        type: str
        choices: [auto, link-local, manual, shared, disabled]
        version_added: 2.2.0
    may_fail4:
        description:
            - If you need I(ip4) configured before C(network-online.target) is reached, set this option to C(false).
        type: bool
        default: true
        version_added: 3.3.0
    ip6:
        description:
            - List of IPv6 addresses to this interface.
            - Use the format C(abbe::cafe/128) or C(abbe::cafe).
            - If defined and I(method6) is not specified, automatically set C(ipv6.method) to C(manual).
        type: list
        elements: str
    gw6:
        description:
            - The IPv6 gateway for this interface.
            - Use the format C(2001:db8::1).
        type: str
    gw6_ignore_auto:
        description:
            - Ignore automatically configured IPv6 routes.
        type: bool
        default: false
        version_added: 3.2.0
    routes6:
        description:
            - The list of IPv6 routes.
            - Use the format C(fd12:3456:789a:1::/64 2001:dead:beef::1).
            - To specify more complex routes, use the I(routes6_extended) option.
        type: list
        elements: str
        version_added: 4.4.0
    routes6_extended:
        description:
            - The list of IPv6 routes but with parameters.
        type: list
        elements: dict
        suboptions:
            ip:
                description:
                    - IP or prefix of route.
                    - Use the format C(fd12:3456:789a:1::/64).
                type: str
                required: true
            next_hop:
                description:
                    - Use the format C(2001:dead:beef::1).
                type: str
            metric:
                description:
                    - Route metric.
                type: int
            table:
                description:
                    - The table to add this route to.
                    - The default depends on C(ipv6.route-table).
                type: int
            cwnd:
                description:
                    - The clamp for congestion window.
                type: int
            mtu:
                description:
                    - If non-zero, only transmit packets of the specified size or smaller.
                type: int
            onlink:
                description:
                    - Pretend that the nexthop is directly attached to this link, even if it does not match any interface prefix.
                type: bool
    route_metric6:
        description:
            - Set metric level of IPv6 routes configured on interface.
        type: int
        version_added: 4.4.0
    dns6:
        description:
            - A list of up to 3 DNS servers.
            - The entries must be IPv6 addresses, for example C(2001:4860:4860::8888).
        elements: str
        type: list
    dns6_search:
        description:
            - A list of DNS search domains.
        elements: str
        type: list
    dns6_ignore_auto:
        description:
            - Ignore automatically configured IPv6 name servers.
        type: bool
        default: false
        version_added: 3.2.0
    method6:
        description:
            - Configuration method to be used for IPv6
            - If I(ip6) is set, C(ipv6.method) is automatically set to C(manual) and this parameter is not needed.
            - C(disabled) was added in community.general 3.3.0.
        type: str
        choices: [ignore, auto, dhcp, link-local, manual, shared, disabled]
        version_added: 2.2.0
    ip_privacy6:
        description:
            - If enabled, it makes the kernel generate a temporary IPv6 address in addition to the public one.
        type: str
        choices: [disabled, prefer-public-addr, prefer-temp-addr, unknown]
        version_added: 4.2.0
    addr_gen_mode6:
        description:
            - Configure method for creating the address for use with IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration.
        type: str
        choices: [eui64, stable-privacy]
        version_added: 4.2.0
    mtu:
        description:
            - The connection MTU, e.g. 9000. This can't be applied when creating the interface and is done once the interface has been created.
            - Can be used when modifying Team, VLAN, Ethernet (Future plans to implement wifi, gsm, pppoe, infiniband)
            - This parameter defaults to C(1500) when unset.
        type: int
    dhcp_client_id:
        description:
            - DHCP Client Identifier sent to the DHCP server.
        type: str
    primary:
        description:
            - This is only used with bond and is the primary interface name (for "active-backup" mode), this is the usually the 'ifname'.
        type: str
    miimon:
        description:
            - This is only used with bond - miimon.
            - This parameter defaults to C(100) when unset.
        type: int
    downdelay:
        description:
            - This is only used with bond - downdelay.
        type: int
    updelay:
        description:
            - This is only used with bond - updelay.
        type: int
    arp_interval:
        description:
            - This is only used with bond - ARP interval.
        type: int
    arp_ip_target:
        description:
            - This is only used with bond - ARP IP target.
        type: str
    stp:
        description:
            - This is only used with bridge and controls whether Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) is enabled for this bridge.
        type: bool
        default: yes
    priority:
        description:
            - This is only used with 'bridge' - sets STP priority.
        type: int
        default: 128
    forwarddelay:
        description:
            - This is only used with bridge - [forward-delay <2-30>] STP forwarding delay, in seconds.
        type: int
        default: 15
    hellotime:
        description:
            - This is only used with bridge - [hello-time <1-10>] STP hello time, in seconds.
        type: int
        default: 2
    maxage:
        description:
            - This is only used with bridge - [max-age <6-42>] STP maximum message age, in seconds.
        type: int
        default: 20
    ageingtime:
        description:
            - This is only used with bridge - [ageing-time <0-1000000>] the Ethernet MAC address aging time, in seconds.
        type: int
        default: 300
    mac:
        description:
            - MAC address of the connection.
            - Note this requires a recent kernel feature, originally introduced in 3.15 upstream kernel.
        type: str
    slavepriority:
        description:
            - This is only used with 'bridge-slave' - [<0-63>] - STP priority of this slave.
        type: int
        default: 32
    path_cost:
        description:
            - This is only used with 'bridge-slave' - [<1-65535>] - STP port cost for destinations via this slave.
        type: int
        default: 100
    hairpin:
        description:
            - This is only used with 'bridge-slave' - 'hairpin mode' for the slave, which allows frames to be sent back out through the slave the
              frame was received on.
            - The default value is C(true), but that is being deprecated
              and it will be changed to C(false) in community.general 7.0.0.
        type: bool
    runner:
        description:
            - This is the type of device or network connection that you wish to create for a team.
        type: str
        choices: [ broadcast, roundrobin, activebackup, loadbalance, lacp ]
        default: roundrobin
        version_added: 3.4.0
    runner_hwaddr_policy:
        description:
            - This defines the policy of how hardware addresses of team device and port devices
              should be set during the team lifetime.
        type: str
        choices: [ same_all, by_active, only_active ]
        version_added: 3.4.0
    vlanid:
        description:
            - This is only used with VLAN - VLAN ID in range <0-4095>.
        type: int
    vlandev:
        description:
            - This is only used with VLAN - parent device this VLAN is on, can use ifname.
        type: str
    flags:
        description:
            - This is only used with VLAN - flags.
        type: str
    ingress:
        description:
            - This is only used with VLAN - VLAN ingress priority mapping.
        type: str
    egress:
        description:
            - This is only used with VLAN - VLAN egress priority mapping.
        type: str
    vxlan_id:
        description:
            - This is only used with VXLAN - VXLAN ID.
        type: int
    vxlan_remote:
       description:
            - This is only used with VXLAN - VXLAN destination IP address.
       type: str
    vxlan_local:
       description:
            - This is only used with VXLAN - VXLAN local IP address.
       type: str
    ip_tunnel_dev:
        description:
            - This is used with GRE/IPIP/SIT - parent device this GRE/IPIP/SIT tunnel, can use ifname.
        type: str
    ip_tunnel_remote:
       description:
            - This is used with GRE/IPIP/SIT - GRE/IPIP/SIT destination IP address.
       type: str
    ip_tunnel_local:
       description:
            - This is used with GRE/IPIP/SIT - GRE/IPIP/SIT local IP address.
       type: str
    ip_tunnel_input_key:
       description:
            - The key used for tunnel input packets.
            - Only used when I(type=gre).
       type: str
       version_added: 3.6.0
    ip_tunnel_output_key:
       description:
            - The key used for tunnel output packets.
            - Only used when I(type=gre).
       type: str
       version_added: 3.6.0
    zone:
       description:
            - The trust level of the connection.
            - When updating this property on a currently activated connection, the change takes effect immediately.
       type: str
       version_added: 2.0.0
    wifi_sec:
       description:
            - The security configuration of the WiFi connection.
            - Note the list of suboption attributes may vary depending on which version of NetworkManager/nmcli is installed on the host.
            - 'An up-to-date list of supported attributes can be found here:
              U(https://networkmanager.dev/docs/api/latest/settings-802-11-wireless-security.html).'
            - 'For instance to use common WPA-PSK auth with a password:
              C({key-mgmt: wpa-psk, psk: my_password}).'
       type: dict
       suboptions:
            auth-alg:
                description:
                    - When WEP is used (that is, if I(key-mgmt) = C(none) or C(ieee8021x)) indicate the 802.11 authentication algorithm required by the AP here.
                    - One of C(open) for Open System, C(shared) for Shared Key, or C(leap) for Cisco LEAP.
                    - When using Cisco LEAP (that is, if I(key-mgmt=ieee8021x) and I(auth-alg=leap)) the I(leap-username) and I(leap-password) properties
                      must be specified.
                type: str
                choices: [ open, shared, leap ]
            fils:
                description:
                    - Indicates whether Fast Initial Link Setup (802.11ai) must be enabled for the connection.
                    - One of C(0) (use global default value), C(1) (disable FILS), C(2) (enable FILS if the supplicant and the access point support it) or C(3)
                      (enable FILS and fail if not supported).
                    - When set to C(0) and no global default is set, FILS will be optionally enabled.
                type: int
                choices: [ 0, 1, 2, 3 ]
                default: 0
            group:
                description:
                    - A list of group/broadcast encryption algorithms which prevents connections to Wi-Fi networks that do not utilize one of the algorithms in
                      the list.
                    - For maximum compatibility leave this property empty.
                type: list
                elements: str
                choices: [ wep40, wep104, tkip, ccmp ]
            key-mgmt:
                description:
                    - Key management used for the connection.
                    - One of C(none) (WEP or no password protection), C(ieee8021x) (Dynamic WEP), C(owe) (Opportunistic Wireless Encryption), C(wpa-psk) (WPA2
                      + WPA3 personal), C(sae) (WPA3 personal only), C(wpa-eap) (WPA2 + WPA3 enterprise) or C(wpa-eap-suite-b-192) (WPA3 enterprise only).
                    - This property must be set for any Wi-Fi connection that uses security.
                type: str
                choices: [ none, ieee8021x, owe, wpa-psk, sae, wpa-eap, wpa-eap-suite-b-192 ]
            leap-password-flags:
                description: Flags indicating how to handle the I(leap-password) property.
                type: list
                elements: int
            leap-password:
                description: The login password for legacy LEAP connections (that is, if I(key-mgmt=ieee8021x) and I(auth-alg=leap)).
                type: str
            leap-username:
                description: The login username for legacy LEAP connections (that is, if I(key-mgmt=ieee8021x) and I(auth-alg=leap)).
                type: str
            pairwise:
                description:
                    - A list of pairwise encryption algorithms which prevents connections to Wi-Fi networks that do not utilize one of the algorithms in the
                      list.
                    - For maximum compatibility leave this property empty.
                type: list
                elements: str
                choices: [ tkip, ccmp ]
            pmf:
                description:
                    - Indicates whether Protected Management Frames (802.11w) must be enabled for the connection.
                    - One of C(0) (use global default value), C(1) (disable PMF), C(2) (enable PMF if the supplicant and the access point support it) or C(3)
                      (enable PMF and fail if not supported).
                    - When set to C(0) and no global default is set, PMF will be optionally enabled.
                type: int
                choices: [ 0, 1, 2, 3 ]
                default: 0
            proto:
                description:
                    - List of strings specifying the allowed WPA protocol versions to use.
                    - Each element may be C(wpa) (allow WPA) or C(rsn) (allow WPA2/RSN).
                    - If not specified, both WPA and RSN connections are allowed.
                type: list
                elements: str
                choices: [ wpa, rsn ]
            psk-flags:
                description: Flags indicating how to handle the I(psk) property.
                type: list
                elements: int
            psk:
                description:
                    - Pre-Shared-Key for WPA networks.
                    - For WPA-PSK, it is either an ASCII passphrase of 8 to 63 characters that is (as specified in the 802.11i standard) hashed to derive the
                      actual key, or the key in form of 64 hexadecimal character.
                    - The WPA3-Personal networks use a passphrase of any length for SAE authentication.
                type: str
            wep-key-flags:
                description: Flags indicating how to handle the I(wep-key0), I(wep-key1), I(wep-key2), and I(wep-key3) properties.
                type: list
                elements: int
            wep-key-type:
                description:
                    - Controls the interpretation of WEP keys.
                    - Allowed values are C(1), in which case the key is either a 10- or 26-character hexadecimal string, or a 5- or 13-character ASCII
                      password; or C(2), in which case the passphrase is provided as a string and will be hashed using the de-facto MD5 method to derive the
                      actual WEP key.
                type: int
                choices: [ 1, 2 ]
            wep-key0:
                description:
                    - Index 0 WEP key. This is the WEP key used in most networks.
                    - See the I(wep-key-type) property for a description of how this key is interpreted.
                type: str
            wep-key1:
                description:
                    - Index 1 WEP key. This WEP index is not used by most networks.
                    - See the I(wep-key-type) property for a description of how this key is interpreted.
                type: str
            wep-key2:
                description:
                    - Index 2 WEP key. This WEP index is not used by most networks.
                    - See the I(wep-key-type) property for a description of how this key is interpreted.
                type: str
            wep-key3:
                description:
                    - Index 3 WEP key. This WEP index is not used by most networks.
                    - See the I(wep-key-type) property for a description of how this key is interpreted.
                type: str
            wep-tx-keyidx:
                description:
                    - When static WEP is used (that is, if I(key-mgmt=none)) and a non-default WEP key index is used by the AP, put that WEP key index here.
                    - Valid values are C(0) (default key) through C(3).
                    - Note that some consumer access points (like the Linksys WRT54G) number the keys C(1) - C(4).
                type: int
                choices: [ 0, 1, 2, 3 ]
                default: 0
            wps-method:
                description:
                    - Flags indicating which mode of WPS is to be used if any.
                    - There is little point in changing the default setting as NetworkManager will automatically determine whether it is feasible to start WPS
                      enrollment from the Access Point capabilities.
                    - WPS can be disabled by setting this property to a value of C(1).
                type: int
                default: 0
       version_added: 3.0.0
    ssid:
       description:
            - Name of the Wireless router or the access point.
       type: str
       version_added: 3.0.0
    wifi:
       description:
            - The configuration of the WiFi connection.
            - Note the list of suboption attributes may vary depending on which version of NetworkManager/nmcli is installed on the host.
            - 'An up-to-date list of supported attributes can be found here:
              U(https://networkmanager.dev/docs/api/latest/settings-802-11-wireless.html).'
            - 'For instance to create a hidden AP mode WiFi connection:
              C({hidden: true, mode: ap}).'
       type: dict
       suboptions:
            ap-isolation:
                description:
                    - Configures AP isolation, which prevents communication between wireless devices connected to this AP.
                    - This property can be set to a value different from C(-1) only when the interface is configured in AP mode.
                    - If set to C(1), devices are not able to communicate with each other. This increases security because it protects devices against attacks
                      from other clients in the network. At the same time, it prevents devices to access resources on the same wireless networks as file
                      shares, printers, etc.
                    - If set to C(0), devices can talk to each other.
                    - When set to C(-1), the global default is used; in case the global default is unspecified it is assumed to be C(0).
                type: int
                choices: [ -1, 0, 1 ]
                default: -1
            assigned-mac-address:
                description:
                    - The new field for the cloned MAC address.
                    - It can be either a hardware address in ASCII representation, or one of the special values C(preserve), C(permanent), C(random) or
                      C(stable).
                    - This field replaces the deprecated I(cloned-mac-address) on D-Bus, which can only contain explicit hardware addresses.
                    - Note that this property only exists in D-Bus API. libnm and nmcli continue to call this property I(cloned-mac-address).
                type: str
            band:
                description:
                    - 802.11 frequency band of the network.
                    - One of C(a) for 5GHz 802.11a or C(bg) for 2.4GHz 802.11.
                    - This will lock associations to the Wi-Fi network to the specific band, so for example, if C(a) is specified, the device will not
                      associate with the same network in the 2.4GHz band even if the network's settings are compatible.
                    - This setting depends on specific driver capability and may not work with all drivers.
                type: str
                choices: [ a, bg ]
            bssid:
                description:
                    - If specified, directs the device to only associate with the given access point.
                    - This capability is highly driver dependent and not supported by all devices.
                    - Note this property does not control the BSSID used when creating an Ad-Hoc network and is unlikely to in the future.
                type: str
            channel:
                description:
                    - Wireless channel to use for the Wi-Fi connection.
                    - The device will only join (or create for Ad-Hoc networks) a Wi-Fi network on the specified channel.
                    - Because channel numbers overlap between bands, this property also requires the I(band) property to be set.
                type: int
                default: 0
            cloned-mac-address:
                description:
                    - This D-Bus field is deprecated in favor of I(assigned-mac-address) which is more flexible and allows specifying special variants like
                      C(random).
                    - For libnm and nmcli, this field is called I(cloned-mac-address).
                type: str
            generate-mac-address-mask:
                description:
                    - With I(cloned-mac-address) setting C(random) or C(stable), by default all bits of the MAC address are scrambled and a
                      locally-administered, unicast MAC address is created. This property allows to specify that certain bits are fixed.
                    - Note that the least significant bit of the first MAC address will always be unset to create a unicast MAC address.
                    - If the property is C(null), it is eligible to be overwritten by a default connection setting.
                    - If the value is still c(null) or an empty string, the default is to create a locally-administered, unicast MAC address.
                    - If the value contains one MAC address, this address is used as mask. The set bits of the mask are to be filled with the current MAC
                      address of the device, while the unset bits are subject to randomization.
                    - Setting C(FE:FF:FF:00:00:00) means to preserve the OUI of the current MAC address and only randomize the lower 3 bytes using the
                      C(random) or C(stable) algorithm.
                    - If the value contains one additional MAC address after the mask, this address is used instead of the current MAC address to fill the bits
                      that shall not be randomized.
                    - For example, a value of C(FE:FF:FF:00:00:00 68:F7:28:00:00:00) will set the OUI of the MAC address to 68:F7:28, while the lower bits are
                      randomized.
                    - A value of C(02:00:00:00:00:00 00:00:00:00:00:00) will create a fully scrambled globally-administered, burned-in MAC address.
                    - If the value contains more than one additional MAC addresses, one of them is chosen randomly. For example,
                      C(02:00:00:00:00:00 00:00:00:00:00:00 02:00:00:00:00:00) will create a fully scrambled MAC address, randomly locally or globally
                      administered.
                type: str
            hidden:
                description:
                    - If C(true), indicates that the network is a non-broadcasting network that hides its SSID. This works both in infrastructure and AP mode.
                    - In infrastructure mode, various workarounds are used for a more reliable discovery of hidden networks, such as probe-scanning the SSID.
                      However, these workarounds expose inherent insecurities with hidden SSID networks, and thus hidden SSID networks should be used with
                      caution.
                    - In AP mode, the created network does not broadcast its SSID.
                    - Note that marking the network as hidden may be a privacy issue for you (in infrastructure mode) or client stations (in AP mode), as the
                      explicit probe-scans are distinctly recognizable on the air.
                type: bool
                default: false
            mac-address-blacklist:
                description:
                    - A list of permanent MAC addresses of Wi-Fi devices to which this connection should never apply.
                    - Each MAC address should be given in the standard hex-digits-and-colons notation (for example, C(00:11:22:33:44:55)).
                type: list
                elements: str
            mac-address-randomization:
                description:
                    - One of C(0) (never randomize unless the user has set a global default to randomize and the supplicant supports randomization), C(1)
                      (never randomize the MAC address), or C(2) (always randomize the MAC address).
                    - This property is deprecated for I(cloned-mac-address).
                type: int
                default: 0
                choices: [ 0, 1, 2 ]
            mac-address:
                description:
                    - If specified, this connection will only apply to the Wi-Fi device whose permanent MAC address matches.
                    - This property does not change the MAC address of the device (for example for MAC spoofing).
                type: str
            mode:
                description: Wi-Fi network mode. If blank, C(infrastructure) is assumed.
                type: str
                choices: [ infrastructure, mesh, adhoc, ap ]
                default: infrastructure
            mtu:
                description: If non-zero, only transmit packets of the specified size or smaller, breaking larger packets up into multiple Ethernet frames.
                type: int
                default: 0
            powersave:
                description:
                    - One of C(2) (disable Wi-Fi power saving), C(3) (enable Wi-Fi power saving), C(1) (don't touch currently configure setting) or C(0) (use
                      the globally configured value).
                    - All other values are reserved.
                type: int
                default: 0
                choices: [ 0, 1, 2, 3 ]
            rate:
                description:
                    - If non-zero, directs the device to only use the specified bitrate for communication with the access point.
                    - Units are in Kb/s, so for example C(5500) = 5.5 Mbit/s.
                    - This property is highly driver dependent and not all devices support setting a static bitrate.
                type: int
                default: 0
            tx-power:
                description:
                    - If non-zero, directs the device to use the specified transmit power.
                    - Units are dBm.
                    - This property is highly driver dependent and not all devices support setting a static transmit power.
                type: int
                default: 0
            wake-on-wlan:
                description:
                    - The NMSettingWirelessWakeOnWLan options to enable. Not all devices support all options.
                    - May be any combination of C(NM_SETTING_WIRELESS_WAKE_ON_WLAN_ANY) (C(0x2)), C(NM_SETTING_WIRELESS_WAKE_ON_WLAN_DISCONNECT) (C(0x4)),
                      C(NM_SETTING_WIRELESS_WAKE_ON_WLAN_MAGIC) (C(0x8)), C(NM_SETTING_WIRELESS_WAKE_ON_WLAN_GTK_REKEY_FAILURE) (C(0x10)),
                      C(NM_SETTING_WIRELESS_WAKE_ON_WLAN_EAP_IDENTITY_REQUEST) (C(0x20)), C(NM_SETTING_WIRELESS_WAKE_ON_WLAN_4WAY_HANDSHAKE) (C(0x40)),
                      C(NM_SETTING_WIRELESS_WAKE_ON_WLAN_RFKILL_RELEASE) (C(0x80)), C(NM_SETTING_WIRELESS_WAKE_ON_WLAN_TCP) (C(0x100)) or the special values
                      C(0x1) (to use global settings) and C(0x8000) (to disable management of Wake-on-LAN in NetworkManager).
                    - Note the option values' sum must be specified in order to combine multiple options.
                type: int
                default: 1
       version_added: 3.5.0
    ignore_unsupported_suboptions:
       description:
            - Ignore suboptions which are invalid or unsupported by the version of NetworkManager/nmcli installed on the host.
            - Only I(wifi) and I(wifi_sec) options are currently affected.
       type: bool
       default: false
       version_added: 3.6.0
    gsm:
        description:
            - The configuration of the GSM connection.
            - Note the list of suboption attributes may vary depending on which version of NetworkManager/nmcli is installed on the host.
            - 'An up-to-date list of supported attributes can be found here:
              U(https://networkmanager.dev/docs/api/latest/settings-gsm.html).'
            - 'For instance to use apn, pin, username and password:
              C({apn: provider.apn, pin: 1234, username: apn.username, password: apn.password}).'
        type: dict
        version_added: 3.7.0
        suboptions:
            apn:
                description:
                    - The GPRS Access Point Name specifying the APN used when establishing a data session with the GSM-based network.
                    - The APN often determines how the user will be billed for their network usage and whether the user has access to the Internet or
                      just a provider-specific walled-garden, so it is important to use the correct APN for the user's mobile broadband plan.
                    - The APN may only be composed of the characters a-z, 0-9, ., and - per GSM 03.60 Section 14.9.
                type: str
            auto-config:
                description: When C(true), the settings such as I(gsm.apn), I(gsm.username), or I(gsm.password) will default to values that match the network
                    the modem will register to in the Mobile Broadband Provider database.
                type: bool
                default: false
            device-id:
                description:
                    - The device unique identifier (as given by the C(WWAN) management service) which this connection applies to.
                    - If given, the connection will only apply to the specified device.
                type: str
            home-only:
                description:
                    - When C(true), only connections to the home network will be allowed.
                    - Connections to roaming networks will not be made.
                type: bool
                default: false
            mtu:
                description: If non-zero, only transmit packets of the specified size or smaller, breaking larger packets up into multiple Ethernet frames.
                type: int
                default: 0
            network-id:
                description:
                    - The Network ID (GSM LAI format, ie MCC-MNC) to force specific network registration.
                    - If the Network ID is specified, NetworkManager will attempt to force the device to register only on the specified network.
                    - This can be used to ensure that the device does not roam when direct roaming control of the device is not otherwise possible.
                type: str
            number:
                description: Legacy setting that used to help establishing PPP data sessions for GSM-based modems.
                type: str
            password:
                description:
                    - The password used to authenticate with the network, if required.
                    - Many providers do not require a password, or accept any password.
                    - But if a password is required, it is specified here.
                type: str
            password-flags:
                description:
                    - NMSettingSecretFlags indicating how to handle the I(password) property.
                    - 'Following choices are allowed:
                      C(0) B(NONE): The system is responsible for providing and storing this secret (default),
                      C(1) B(AGENT_OWNED): A user secret agent is responsible for providing and storing this secret; when it is required agents will be
                           asked to retrieve it
                      C(2) B(NOT_SAVED): This secret should not be saved, but should be requested from the user each time it is needed
                      C(4) B(NOT_REQUIRED): In situations where it cannot be automatically determined that the secret is required
                           (some VPNs and PPP providers do not require all secrets) this flag indicates that the specific secret is not required.'
                type: int
                choices: [ 0, 1, 2 , 4 ]
                default: 0
            pin:
                description:
                    - If the SIM is locked with a PIN it must be unlocked before any other operations are requested.
                    - Specify the PIN here to allow operation of the device.
                type: str
            pin-flags:
                description:
                    - NMSettingSecretFlags indicating how to handle the I(gsm.pin) property.
                    - See I(gsm.password-flags) for NMSettingSecretFlags choices.
                type: int
                choices: [ 0, 1, 2 , 4 ]
                default: 0
            sim-id:
                description:
                    - The SIM card unique identifier (as given by the C(WWAN) management service) which this connection applies to.
                    - 'If given, the connection will apply to any device also allowed by I(gsm.device-id) which contains a SIM card matching
                        the given identifier.'
                type: str
            sim-operator-id:
                description:
                    - A MCC/MNC string like C(310260) or C(21601I) identifying the specific mobile network operator which this connection applies to.
                    - 'If given, the connection will apply to any device also allowed by I(gsm.device-id) and I(gsm.sim-id) which contains a SIM card
                        provisioned by the given operator.'
                type: str
            username:
                description:
                    - The username used to authenticate with the network, if required.
                    - Many providers do not require a username, or accept any username.
                    - But if a username is required, it is specified here.
    wireguard:
        description:
            - The configuration of the Wireguard connection.
            - Note the list of suboption attributes may vary depending on which version of NetworkManager/nmcli is installed on the host.
            - 'An up-to-date list of supported attributes can be found here:
              U(https://networkmanager.dev/docs/api/latest/settings-wireguard.html).'
            - 'For instance to configure a listen port:
              C({listen-port: 12345}).'
        type: dict
        version_added: 4.3.0
        suboptions:
            fwmark:
                description:
                    - The 32-bit fwmark for outgoing packets.
                    - The use of fwmark is optional and is by default off. Setting it to 0 disables it.
                    - Note that I(wireguard.ip4-auto-default-route) or I(wireguard.ip6-auto-default-route) enabled, implies to automatically choose a fwmark.
                type: int
            ip4-auto-default-route:
                description:
                    - Whether to enable special handling of the IPv4 default route.
                    - If enabled, the IPv4 default route from I(wireguard.peer-routes) will be placed to a dedicated routing-table and two policy
                        routing rules will be added.
                    - The fwmark number is also used as routing-table for the default-route, and if fwmark is zero, an unused fwmark/table is chosen
                        automatically. This corresponds to what wg-quick does with Table=auto and what WireGuard calls "Improved Rule-based Routing"
                type: bool
            ip6-auto-default-route:
                description:
                    - Like I(wireguard.ip4-auto-default-route), but for the IPv6 default route.
                type: bool
            listen-port:
                description: The WireGuard connection listen-port. If not specified, the port will be chosen randomly when the
                    interface comes up.
                type: int
            mtu:
                description:
                    - If non-zero, only transmit packets of the specified size or smaller, breaking larger packets up into multiple fragments.
                    - If zero a default MTU is used. Note that contrary to wg-quick's MTU setting, this does not take into account the current routes
                        at the time of activation.
                type: int
            peer-routes:
                description:
                    - Whether to automatically add routes for the AllowedIPs ranges of the peers.
                    - If C(true) (the default), NetworkManager will automatically add routes in the routing tables according to C(ipv4.route-table) and
                        C(ipv6.route-table). Usually you want this automatism enabled.
                    - If C(false), no such routes are added automatically. In this case, the user may want to configure static routes in C(ipv4.routes)
                        and C(ipv6.routes), respectively.
                    - Note that if the peer's AllowedIPs is C(0.0.0.0/0) or C(::/0) and the profile's C(ipv4.never-default) or C(ipv6.never-default)
                        setting is enabled, the peer route for this peer won't be added automatically.
                type: bool
            private-key:
                description: The 256 bit private-key in base64 encoding.
                type: str
            private-key-flags:
                description: C(NMSettingSecretFlags) indicating how to handle the I(wireguard.private-key) property.
                type: int
                choices: [ 0, 1, 2 ]
'''

EXAMPLES = r'''
# These examples are using the following inventory:
#
# ## Directory layout:
#
# |_/inventory/cloud-hosts
# |           /group_vars/openstack-stage.yml
# |           /host_vars/controller-01.openstack.host.com
# |           /host_vars/controller-02.openstack.host.com
# |_/playbook/library/nmcli.py
# |          /playbook-add.yml
# |          /playbook-del.yml
# ```
#
# ## inventory examples
# ### groups_vars
# ```yml
# ---
# #devops_os_define_network
# storage_gw: "192.0.2.254"
# external_gw: "198.51.100.254"
# tenant_gw: "203.0.113.254"
#
# #Team vars
# nmcli_team:
#   - conn_name: tenant
#     ip4: '{{ tenant_ip }}'
#     gw4: '{{ tenant_gw }}'
#   - conn_name: external
#     ip4: '{{ external_ip }}'
#     gw4: '{{ external_gw }}'
#   - conn_name: storage
#     ip4: '{{ storage_ip }}'
#     gw4: '{{ storage_gw }}'
# nmcli_team_slave:
#   - conn_name: em1
#     ifname: em1
#     master: tenant
#   - conn_name: em2
#     ifname: em2
#     master: tenant
#   - conn_name: p2p1
#     ifname: p2p1
#     master: storage
#   - conn_name: p2p2
#     ifname: p2p2
#     master: external
#
# #bond vars
# nmcli_bond:
#   - conn_name: tenant
#     ip4: '{{ tenant_ip }}'
#     gw4: ''
#     mode: balance-rr
#   - conn_name: external
#     ip4: '{{ external_ip }}'
#     gw4: ''
#     mode: balance-rr
#   - conn_name: storage
#     ip4: '{{ storage_ip }}'
#     gw4: '{{ storage_gw }}'
#     mode: balance-rr
# nmcli_bond_slave:
#   - conn_name: em1
#     ifname: em1
#     master: tenant
#   - conn_name: em2
#     ifname: em2
#     master: tenant
#   - conn_name: p2p1
#     ifname: p2p1
#     master: storage
#   - conn_name: p2p2
#     ifname: p2p2
#     master: external
#
# #ethernet vars
# nmcli_ethernet:
#   - conn_name: em1
#     ifname: em1
#     ip4:
#       - '{{ tenant_ip }}'
#       - '{{ second_tenant_ip }}'
#     gw4: '{{ tenant_gw }}'
#   - conn_name: em2
#     ifname: em2
#     ip4: '{{ tenant_ip1 }}'
#     gw4: '{{ tenant_gw }}'
#   - conn_name: p2p1
#     ifname: p2p1
#     ip4: '{{ storage_ip }}'
#     gw4: '{{ storage_gw }}'
#   - conn_name: p2p2
#     ifname: p2p2
#     ip4: '{{ external_ip }}'
#     gw4: '{{ external_gw }}'
# ```
#
# ### host_vars
# ```yml
# ---
# storage_ip: "192.0.2.91/23"
# external_ip: "198.51.100.23/21"
# tenant_ip: "203.0.113.77/23"
# second_tenant_ip: "204.0.113.77/23"
# ```



## playbook-add.yml example

---
- hosts: openstack-stage
  remote_user: root
  tasks:

  - name: Install needed network manager libs
    ansible.builtin.package:
      name:
        - NetworkManager-libnm
        - nm-connection-editor
        - libsemanage-python
        - policycoreutils-python
      state: present

##### Working with all cloud nodes - Teaming
  - name: Try nmcli add team - conn_name only & ip4 gw4
    community.general.nmcli:
      type: team
      conn_name: '{{ item.conn_name }}'
      ip4: '{{ item.ip4 }}'
      gw4: '{{ item.gw4 }}'
      state: present
    with_items:
      - '{{ nmcli_team }}'

  - name: Try nmcli add teams-slave
    community.general.nmcli:
      type: team-slave
      conn_name: '{{ item.conn_name }}'
      ifname: '{{ item.ifname }}'
      master: '{{ item.master }}'
      state: present
    with_items:
      - '{{ nmcli_team_slave }}'

###### Working with all cloud nodes - Bonding
  - name: Try nmcli add bond - conn_name only & ip4 gw4 mode
    community.general.nmcli:
      type: bond
      conn_name: '{{ item.conn_name }}'
      ip4: '{{ item.ip4 }}'
      gw4: '{{ item.gw4 }}'
      mode: '{{ item.mode }}'
      state: present
    with_items:
      - '{{ nmcli_bond }}'

  - name: Try nmcli add bond-slave
    community.general.nmcli:
      type: bond-slave
      conn_name: '{{ item.conn_name }}'
      ifname: '{{ item.ifname }}'
      master: '{{ item.master }}'
      state: present
    with_items:
      - '{{ nmcli_bond_slave }}'

##### Working with all cloud nodes - Ethernet
  - name: Try nmcli add Ethernet - conn_name only & ip4 gw4
    community.general.nmcli:
      type: ethernet
      conn_name: '{{ item.conn_name }}'
      ip4: '{{ item.ip4 }}'
      gw4: '{{ item.gw4 }}'
      state: present
    with_items:
      - '{{ nmcli_ethernet }}'

## playbook-del.yml example
- hosts: openstack-stage
  remote_user: root
  tasks:

  - name: Try nmcli del team - multiple
    community.general.nmcli:
      conn_name: '{{ item.conn_name }}'
      state: absent
    with_items:
      - conn_name: em1
      - conn_name: em2
      - conn_name: p1p1
      - conn_name: p1p2
      - conn_name: p2p1
      - conn_name: p2p2
      - conn_name: tenant
      - conn_name: storage
      - conn_name: external
      - conn_name: team-em1
      - conn_name: team-em2
      - conn_name: team-p1p1
      - conn_name: team-p1p2
      - conn_name: team-p2p1
      - conn_name: team-p2p2

  - name: Add an Ethernet connection with static IP configuration
    community.general.nmcli:
      conn_name: my-eth1
      ifname: eth1
      type: ethernet
      ip4: 192.0.2.100/24
      gw4: 192.0.2.1
      state: present

  - name: Add an Team connection with static IP configuration
    community.general.nmcli:
      conn_name: my-team1
      ifname: my-team1
      type: team
      ip4: 192.0.2.100/24
      gw4: 192.0.2.1
      state: present
      autoconnect: yes

  - name: Optionally, at the same time specify IPv6 addresses for the device
    community.general.nmcli:
      conn_name: my-eth1
      ifname: eth1
      type: ethernet
      ip4: 192.0.2.100/24
      gw4: 192.0.2.1
      ip6: 2001:db8::cafe
      gw6: 2001:db8::1
      state: present

  - name: Add two IPv4 DNS server addresses
    community.general.nmcli:
      conn_name: my-eth1
      type: ethernet
      dns4:
      - 192.0.2.53
      - 198.51.100.53
      state: present

  - name: Make a profile usable for all compatible Ethernet interfaces
    community.general.nmcli:
      ctype: ethernet
      name: my-eth1
      ifname: '*'
      state: present

  - name: Change the property of a setting e.g. MTU
    community.general.nmcli:
      conn_name: my-eth1
      mtu: 9000
      type: ethernet
      state: present

  - name: Add second ip4 address
    community.general.nmcli:
      conn_name: my-eth1
      ifname: eth1
      type: ethernet
      ip4:
        - 192.0.2.100/24
        - 192.0.3.100/24
      state: present

  - name: Add second ip6 address
    community.general.nmcli:
      conn_name: my-eth1
      ifname: eth1
      type: ethernet
      ip6:
        - 2001:db8::cafe
        - 2002:db8::cafe
      state: present

  - name: Add VxLan
    community.general.nmcli:
      type: vxlan
      conn_name: vxlan_test1
      vxlan_id: 16
      vxlan_local: 192.168.1.2
      vxlan_remote: 192.168.1.5

  - name: Add gre
    community.general.nmcli:
      type: gre
      conn_name: gre_test1
      ip_tunnel_dev: eth0
      ip_tunnel_local: 192.168.1.2
      ip_tunnel_remote: 192.168.1.5

  - name: Add ipip
    community.general.nmcli:
      type: ipip
      conn_name: ipip_test1
      ip_tunnel_dev: eth0
      ip_tunnel_local: 192.168.1.2
      ip_tunnel_remote: 192.168.1.5

  - name: Add sit
    community.general.nmcli:
      type: sit
      conn_name: sit_test1
      ip_tunnel_dev: eth0
      ip_tunnel_local: 192.168.1.2
      ip_tunnel_remote: 192.168.1.5

  - name: Add zone
    community.general.nmcli:
      type: ethernet
      conn_name: my-eth1
      zone: external
      state: present

# nmcli exits with status 0 if it succeeds and exits with a status greater
# than zero when there is a failure. The following list of status codes may be
# returned:
#
#     - 0 Success - indicates the operation succeeded
#     - 1 Unknown or unspecified error
#     - 2 Invalid user input, wrong nmcli invocation
#     - 3 Timeout expired (see --wait option)
#     - 4 Connection activation failed
#     - 5 Connection deactivation failed
#     - 6 Disconnecting device failed
#     - 7 Connection deletion failed
#     - 8 NetworkManager is not running
#     - 9 nmcli and NetworkManager versions mismatch
#     - 10 Connection, device, or access point does not exist.

- name: Create the wifi connection
  community.general.nmcli:
    type: wifi
    conn_name: Brittany
    ifname: wlp4s0
    ssid: Brittany
    wifi_sec:
      key-mgmt: wpa-psk
      psk: my_password
    autoconnect: true
    state: present

- name: Create a hidden AP mode wifi connection
  community.general.nmcli:
    type: wifi
    conn_name: ChocoMaster
    ifname: wlo1
    ssid: ChocoMaster
    wifi:
      hidden: true
      mode: ap
    autoconnect: true
    state: present

- name: Create a gsm connection
  community.general.nmcli:
    type: gsm
    conn_name: my-gsm-provider
    ifname: cdc-wdm0
    gsm:
        apn: my.provider.apn
        username: my-provider-username
        password: my-provider-password
        pin: my-sim-pin
    autoconnect: true
    state: present

- name: Create a wireguard connection
  community.general.nmcli:
    type: wireguard
    conn_name: my-wg-provider
    ifname: mywg0
    wireguard:
        listen-port: 51820
        private-key: my-private-key
    autoconnect: true
    state: present

'''

RETURN = r"""#
"""

from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
import re


class NmcliModuleError(Exception):
    pass


class Nmcli(object):
    """
    This is the generic nmcli manipulation class that is subclassed based on platform.
    A subclass may wish to override the following action methods:-
            - create_connection()
            - delete_connection()
            - edit_connection()
            - modify_connection()
            - show_connection()
            - up_connection()
            - down_connection()
    All subclasses MUST define platform and distribution (which may be None).
    """

    platform = 'Generic'
    distribution = None

    SECRET_OPTIONS = (
        '802-11-wireless-security.leap-password',
        '802-11-wireless-security.psk',
        '802-11-wireless-security.wep-key0',
        '802-11-wireless-security.wep-key1',
        '802-11-wireless-security.wep-key2',
        '802-11-wireless-security.wep-key3'
    )

    def __init__(self, module):
        self.module = module
        self.state = module.params['state']
        self.ignore_unsupported_suboptions = module.params['ignore_unsupported_suboptions']
        self.autoconnect = module.params['autoconnect']
        self.conn_name = module.params['conn_name']
        self.master = module.params['master']
        self.ifname = module.params['ifname']
        self.type = module.params['type']
        self.ip4 = module.params['ip4']
        self.gw4 = module.params['gw4']
        self.gw4_ignore_auto = module.params['gw4_ignore_auto']
        self.routes4 = module.params['routes4']
        self.routes4_extended = module.params['routes4_extended']
        self.route_metric4 = module.params['route_metric4']
        self.routing_rules4 = module.params['routing_rules4']
        self.never_default4 = module.params['never_default4']
        self.dns4 = module.params['dns4']
        self.dns4_search = module.params['dns4_search']
        self.dns4_ignore_auto = module.params['dns4_ignore_auto']
        self.method4 = module.params['method4']
        self.may_fail4 = module.params['may_fail4']
        self.ip6 = module.params['ip6']
        self.gw6 = module.params['gw6']
        self.gw6_ignore_auto = module.params['gw6_ignore_auto']
        self.routes6 = module.params['routes6']
        self.routes6_extended = module.params['routes6_extended']
        self.route_metric6 = module.params['route_metric6']
        self.dns6 = module.params['dns6']
        self.dns6_search = module.params['dns6_search']
        self.dns6_ignore_auto = module.params['dns6_ignore_auto']
        self.method6 = module.params['method6']
        self.ip_privacy6 = module.params['ip_privacy6']
        self.addr_gen_mode6 = module.params['addr_gen_mode6']
        self.mtu = module.params['mtu']
        self.stp = module.params['stp']
        self.priority = module.params['priority']
        self.mode = module.params['mode']
        self.miimon = module.params['miimon']
        self.primary = module.params['primary']
        self.downdelay = module.params['downdelay']
        self.updelay = module.params['updelay']
        self.arp_interval = module.params['arp_interval']
        self.arp_ip_target = module.params['arp_ip_target']
        self.slavepriority = module.params['slavepriority']
        self.forwarddelay = module.params['forwarddelay']
        self.hellotime = module.params['hellotime']
        self.maxage = module.params['maxage']
        self.ageingtime = module.params['ageingtime']
        # hairpin should be back to normal in 7.0.0
        self._hairpin = module.params['hairpin']
        self.path_cost = module.params['path_cost']
        self.mac = module.params['mac']
        self.runner = module.params['runner']
        self.runner_hwaddr_policy = module.params['runner_hwaddr_policy']
        self.vlanid = module.params['vlanid']
        self.vlandev = module.params['vlandev']
        self.flags = module.params['flags']
        self.ingress = module.params['ingress']
        self.egress = module.params['egress']
        self.vxlan_id = module.params['vxlan_id']
        self.vxlan_local = module.params['vxlan_local']
        self.vxlan_remote = module.params['vxlan_remote']
        self.ip_tunnel_dev = module.params['ip_tunnel_dev']
        self.ip_tunnel_local = module.params['ip_tunnel_local']
        self.ip_tunnel_remote = module.params['ip_tunnel_remote']
        self.ip_tunnel_input_key = module.params['ip_tunnel_input_key']
        self.ip_tunnel_output_key = module.params['ip_tunnel_output_key']
        self.nmcli_bin = self.module.get_bin_path('nmcli', True)
        self.dhcp_client_id = module.params['dhcp_client_id']
        self.zone = module.params['zone']
        self.ssid = module.params['ssid']
        self.wifi = module.params['wifi']
        self.wifi_sec = module.params['wifi_sec']
        self.gsm = module.params['gsm']
        self.wireguard = module.params['wireguard']

        if self.method4:
            self.ipv4_method = self.method4
        elif self.type in ('dummy', 'wireguard') and not self.ip4:
            self.ipv4_method = 'disabled'
        elif self.ip4:
            self.ipv4_method = 'manual'
        else:
            self.ipv4_method = None

        if self.method6:
            self.ipv6_method = self.method6
        elif self.type in ('dummy', 'wireguard') and not self.ip6:
            self.ipv6_method = 'disabled'
        elif self.ip6:
            self.ipv6_method = 'manual'
        else:
            self.ipv6_method = None

        self.edit_commands = []

    @property
    def hairpin(self):
        if self._hairpin is None:
            self.module.deprecate(
                "Parameter 'hairpin' default value will change from true to false in community.general 7.0.0. "
                "Set the value explicitly to supress this warning.",
                version='7.0.0', collection_name='community.general',
            )
            # Should be False in 7.0.0 but then that should be in argument_specs
            self._hairpin = True
        return self._hairpin

    def execute_command(self, cmd, use_unsafe_shell=False, data=None):
        if isinstance(cmd, list):
            cmd = [to_text(item) for item in cmd]
        else:
            cmd = to_text(cmd)
        return self.module.run_command(cmd, use_unsafe_shell=use_unsafe_shell, data=data)

    def execute_edit_commands(self, commands, arguments):
        arguments = arguments or []
        cmd = [self.nmcli_bin, 'con', 'edit'] + arguments
        data = "\n".join(commands)
        return self.execute_command(cmd, data=data)

    def connection_options(self, detect_change=False):
        # Options common to multiple connection types.
        options = {
            'connection.autoconnect': self.autoconnect,
            'connection.zone': self.zone,
        }

        # IP address options.
        if self.ip_conn_type and not self.master:
            options.update({
                'ipv4.addresses': self.enforce_ipv4_cidr_notation(self.ip4),
                'ipv4.dhcp-client-id': self.dhcp_client_id,
                'ipv4.dns': self.dns4,
                'ipv4.dns-search': self.dns4_search,
                'ipv4.ignore-auto-dns': self.dns4_ignore_auto,
                'ipv4.gateway': self.gw4,
                'ipv4.ignore-auto-routes': self.gw4_ignore_auto,
                'ipv4.routes': self.enforce_routes_format(self.routes4, self.routes4_extended),
                'ipv4.route-metric': self.route_metric4,
                'ipv4.routing-rules': self.routing_rules4,
                'ipv4.never-default': self.never_default4,
                'ipv4.method': self.ipv4_method,
                'ipv4.may-fail': self.may_fail4,
                'ipv6.addresses': self.enforce_ipv6_cidr_notation(self.ip6),
                'ipv6.dns': self.dns6,
                'ipv6.dns-search': self.dns6_search,
                'ipv6.ignore-auto-dns': self.dns6_ignore_auto,
                'ipv6.gateway': self.gw6,
                'ipv6.ignore-auto-routes': self.gw6_ignore_auto,
                'ipv6.routes': self.enforce_routes_format(self.routes6, self.routes6_extended),
                'ipv6.route-metric': self.route_metric6,
                'ipv6.method': self.ipv6_method,
                'ipv6.ip6-privacy': self.ip_privacy6,
                'ipv6.addr-gen-mode': self.addr_gen_mode6
            })

        # Layer 2 options.
        if self.mac:
            options.update({self.mac_setting: self.mac})

        if self.mtu_conn_type:
            options.update({self.mtu_setting: self.mtu})

        # Connections that can have a master.
        if self.slave_conn_type:
            options.update({
                'connection.master': self.master,
            })

        # Options specific to a connection type.
        if self.type == 'bond':
            options.update({
                'arp-interval': self.arp_interval,
                'arp-ip-target': self.arp_ip_target,
                'downdelay': self.downdelay,
                'miimon': self.miimon,
                'mode': self.mode,
                'primary': self.primary,
                'updelay': self.updelay,
            })
        elif self.type == 'bond-slave':
            options.update({
                'connection.slave-type': 'bond',
            })
        elif self.type == 'bridge':
            options.update({
                'bridge.ageing-time': self.ageingtime,
                'bridge.forward-delay': self.forwarddelay,
                'bridge.hello-time': self.hellotime,
                'bridge.max-age': self.maxage,
                'bridge.priority': self.priority,
                'bridge.stp': self.stp,
            })
        elif self.type == 'team':
            options.update({
                'team.runner': self.runner,
                'team.runner-hwaddr-policy': self.runner_hwaddr_policy,
            })
        elif self.type == 'bridge-slave':
            options.update({
                'connection.slave-type': 'bridge',
                'bridge-port.path-cost': self.path_cost,
                'bridge-port.hairpin-mode': self.hairpin,
                'bridge-port.priority': self.slavepriority,
            })
        elif self.type == 'team-slave':
            options.update({
                'connection.slave-type': 'team',
            })
        elif self.tunnel_conn_type:
            options.update({
                'ip-tunnel.local': self.ip_tunnel_local,
                'ip-tunnel.mode': self.type,
                'ip-tunnel.parent': self.ip_tunnel_dev,
                'ip-tunnel.remote': self.ip_tunnel_remote,
            })
            if self.type == 'gre':
                options.update({
                    'ip-tunnel.input-key': self.ip_tunnel_input_key,
                    'ip-tunnel.output-key': self.ip_tunnel_output_key
                })
        elif self.type == 'vlan':
            options.update({
                'vlan.id': self.vlanid,
                'vlan.parent': self.vlandev,
                'vlan.flags': self.flags,
                'vlan.ingress': self.ingress,
                'vlan.egress': self.egress,
            })
        elif self.type == 'vxlan':
            options.update({
                'vxlan.id': self.vxlan_id,
                'vxlan.local': self.vxlan_local,
                'vxlan.remote': self.vxlan_remote,
            })
        elif self.type == 'wifi':
            options.update({
                '802-11-wireless.ssid': self.ssid,
                'connection.slave-type': 'bond' if self.master else None,
            })
            if self.wifi:
                for name, value in self.wifi.items():
                    options.update({
                        '802-11-wireless.%s' % name: value
                    })
            if self.wifi_sec:
                for name, value in self.wifi_sec.items():
                    options.update({
                        '802-11-wireless-security.%s' % name: value
                    })
        elif self.type == 'gsm':
            if self.gsm:
                for name, value in self.gsm.items():
                    options.update({
                        'gsm.%s' % name: value,
                    })
        elif self.type == 'wireguard':
            if self.wireguard:
                for name, value in self.wireguard.items():
                    options.update({
                        'wireguard.%s' % name: value,
                    })
        # Convert settings values based on the situation.
        for setting, value in options.items():
            setting_type = self.settings_type(setting)
            convert_func = None
            if setting_type is bool:
                # Convert all bool options to yes/no.
                convert_func = self.bool_to_string
            if detect_change:
                if setting in ('vlan.id', 'vxlan.id'):
                    # Convert VLAN/VXLAN IDs to text when detecting changes.
                    convert_func = to_text
                elif setting == self.mtu_setting:
                    # MTU is 'auto' by default when detecting changes.
                    convert_func = self.mtu_to_string
                elif setting == 'ipv6.ip6-privacy':
                    convert_func = self.ip6_privacy_to_num
            elif setting_type is list:
                # Convert lists to strings for nmcli create/modify commands.
                convert_func = self.list_to_string

            if callable(convert_func):
                options[setting] = convert_func(options[setting])

        return options

    @property
    def ip_conn_type(self):
        return self.type in (
            'bond',
            'bridge',
            'dummy',
            'ethernet',
            '802-3-ethernet',
            'generic',
            'gre',
            'infiniband',
            'ipip',
            'sit',
            'team',
            'vlan',
            'wifi',
            '802-11-wireless',
            'gsm',
            'wireguard',
        )

    @property
    def mac_setting(self):
        if self.type == 'bridge':
            return 'bridge.mac-address'
        else:
            return '802-3-ethernet.cloned-mac-address'

    @property
    def mtu_conn_type(self):
        return self.type in (
            'dummy',
            'ethernet',
            'team-slave',
        )

    @property
    def mtu_setting(self):
        return '802-3-ethernet.mtu'

    @staticmethod
    def mtu_to_string(mtu):
        if not mtu:
            return 'auto'
        else:
            return to_text(mtu)

    @staticmethod
    def ip6_privacy_to_num(privacy):
        ip6_privacy_values = {
            'disabled': '0',
            'prefer-public-addr': '1 (enabled, prefer public IP)',
            'prefer-temp-addr': '2 (enabled, prefer temporary IP)',
            'unknown': '-1',
        }

        if privacy is None:
            return None

        if privacy not in ip6_privacy_values:
            raise AssertionError('{privacy} is invalid ip_privacy6 option'.format(privacy=privacy))

        return ip6_privacy_values[privacy]

    @property
    def slave_conn_type(self):
        return self.type in (
            'bond-slave',
            'bridge-slave',
            'team-slave',
            'wifi',
        )

    @property
    def tunnel_conn_type(self):
        return self.type in (
            'gre',
            'ipip',
            'sit',
        )

    @staticmethod
    def enforce_ipv4_cidr_notation(ip4_addresses):
        if ip4_addresses is None:
            return None
        return [address if '/' in address else address + '/32' for address in ip4_addresses]

    @staticmethod
    def enforce_ipv6_cidr_notation(ip6_addresses):
        if ip6_addresses is None:
            return None
        return [address if '/' in address else address + '/128' for address in ip6_addresses]

    def enforce_routes_format(self, routes, routes_extended):
        if routes is not None:
            return routes
        elif routes_extended is not None:
            return [self.route_to_string(route) for route in routes_extended]
        else:
            return None

    @staticmethod
    def route_to_string(route):
        result_str = ''
        result_str += route['ip']
        if route.get('next_hop') is not None:
            result_str += ' ' + route['next_hop']
        if route.get('metric') is not None:
            result_str += ' ' + str(route['metric'])

        for attribute, value in sorted(route.items()):
            if attribute not in ('ip', 'next_hop', 'metric') and value is not None:
                result_str += ' {0}={1}'.format(attribute, str(value).lower())

        return result_str

    @staticmethod
    def bool_to_string(boolean):
        if boolean:
            return "yes"
        else:
            return "no"

    @staticmethod
    def list_to_string(lst):
        return ",".join(lst or [""])

    @staticmethod
    def settings_type(setting):
        if setting in ('bridge.stp',
                       'bridge-port.hairpin-mode',
                       'connection.autoconnect',
                       'ipv4.never-default',
                       'ipv4.ignore-auto-dns',
                       'ipv4.ignore-auto-routes',
                       'ipv4.may-fail',
                       'ipv6.ignore-auto-dns',
                       'ipv6.ignore-auto-routes',
                       '802-11-wireless.hidden'):
            return bool
        elif setting in ('ipv4.addresses',
                         'ipv6.addresses',
                         'ipv4.dns',
                         'ipv4.dns-search',
                         'ipv4.routes',
                         'ipv4.routing-rules',
                         'ipv6.dns',
                         'ipv6.dns-search',
                         'ipv6.routes',
                         '802-11-wireless-security.group',
                         '802-11-wireless-security.leap-password-flags',
                         '802-11-wireless-security.pairwise',
                         '802-11-wireless-security.proto',
                         '802-11-wireless-security.psk-flags',
                         '802-11-wireless-security.wep-key-flags',
                         '802-11-wireless.mac-address-blacklist'):
            return list
        return str

    def get_route_params(self, raw_values):
        routes_params = []
        for raw_value in raw_values:
            route_params = {}
            for parameter, value in re.findall(r'([\w-]*)\s?=\s?([^\s,}]*)', raw_value):
                if parameter == 'nh':
                    route_params['next_hop'] = value
                elif parameter == 'mt':
                    route_params['metric'] = value
                else:
                    route_params[parameter] = value
            routes_params.append(route_params)
        return [self.route_to_string(route_params) for route_params in routes_params]

    def list_connection_info(self):
        cmd = [self.nmcli_bin, '--fields', 'name', '--terse', 'con', 'show']
        (rc, out, err) = self.execute_command(cmd)
        if rc != 0:
            raise NmcliModuleError(err)
        return out.splitlines()

    def connection_exists(self):
        return self.conn_name in self.list_connection_info()

    def down_connection(self):
        cmd = [self.nmcli_bin, 'con', 'down', self.conn_name]
        return self.execute_command(cmd)

    def up_connection(self):
        cmd = [self.nmcli_bin, 'con', 'up', self.conn_name]
        return self.execute_command(cmd)

    def connection_update(self, nmcli_command):
        if nmcli_command == 'create':
            cmd = [self.nmcli_bin, 'con', 'add', 'type']
            if self.tunnel_conn_type:
                cmd.append('ip-tunnel')
            else:
                cmd.append(self.type)
            cmd.append('con-name')
        elif nmcli_command == 'modify':
            cmd = [self.nmcli_bin, 'con', 'modify']
        else:
            self.module.fail_json(msg="Invalid nmcli command.")
        cmd.append(self.conn_name)

        # Use connection name as default for interface name on creation.
        if nmcli_command == 'create' and self.ifname is None:
            ifname = self.conn_name
        else:
            ifname = self.ifname

        options = {
            'connection.interface-name': ifname,
        }

        options.update(self.connection_options())

        # Constructing the command.
        for key, value in options.items():
            if value is not None:
                if key in self.SECRET_OPTIONS:
                    self.edit_commands += ['set %s %s' % (key, value)]
                    continue
                cmd.extend([key, value])

        return self.execute_command(cmd)

    def create_connection(self):
        status = self.connection_update('create')
        if status[0] == 0 and self.edit_commands:
            status = self.edit_connection()
        if self.create_connection_up:
            status = self.up_connection()
        return status

    @property
    def create_connection_up(self):
        if self.type in ('bond', 'dummy', 'ethernet', 'infiniband', 'wifi'):
            if (self.mtu is not None) or (self.dns4 is not None) or (self.dns6 is not None):
                return True
        elif self.type == 'team':
            if (self.dns4 is not None) or (self.dns6 is not None):
                return True
        return False

    def remove_connection(self):
        # self.down_connection()
        cmd = [self.nmcli_bin, 'con', 'del', self.conn_name]
        return self.execute_command(cmd)

    def modify_connection(self):
        status = self.connection_update('modify')
        if status[0] == 0 and self.edit_commands:
            status = self.edit_connection()
        return status

    def edit_connection(self):
        commands = self.edit_commands + ['save', 'quit']
        return self.execute_edit_commands(commands, arguments=[self.conn_name])

    def show_connection(self):
        cmd = [self.nmcli_bin, '--show-secrets', 'con', 'show', self.conn_name]

        (rc, out, err) = self.execute_command(cmd)

        if rc != 0:
            raise NmcliModuleError(err)

        p_enum_value = re.compile(r'^([-]?\d+) \((\w+)\)$')

        conn_info = dict()
        for line in out.splitlines():
            pair = line.split(':', 1)
            key = pair[0].strip()
            key_type = self.settings_type(key)
            if key and len(pair) > 1:
                raw_value = pair[1].lstrip()
                if raw_value == '--':
                    conn_info[key] = None
                elif key == 'bond.options':
                    # Aliases such as 'miimon', 'downdelay' are equivalent to the +bond.options 'option=value' syntax.
                    opts = raw_value.split(',')
                    for opt in opts:
                        alias_pair = opt.split('=', 1)
                        if len(alias_pair) > 1:
                            alias_key = alias_pair[0]
                            alias_value = alias_pair[1]
                            conn_info[alias_key] = alias_value
                elif key in ('ipv4.routes', 'ipv6.routes'):
                    conn_info[key] = [s.strip() for s in raw_value.split(';')]
                elif key_type == list:
                    conn_info[key] = [s.strip() for s in raw_value.split(',')]
                else:
                    m_enum = p_enum_value.match(raw_value)
                    if m_enum is not None:
                        value = m_enum.group(1)
                    else:
                        value = raw_value
                    conn_info[key] = value

        return conn_info

    def get_supported_properties(self, setting):
        properties = []

        if setting == '802-11-wireless-security':
            set_property = 'psk'
            set_value = 'FAKEVALUE'
            commands = ['set %s.%s %s' % (setting, set_property, set_value)]
        else:
            commands = []

        commands += ['print %s' % setting, 'quit', 'yes']

        (rc, out, err) = self.execute_edit_commands(commands, arguments=['type', self.type])

        if rc != 0:
            raise NmcliModuleError(err)

        for line in out.splitlines():
            prefix = '%s.' % setting
            if (line.startswith(prefix)):
                pair = line.split(':', 1)
                property = pair[0].strip().replace(prefix, '')
                properties.append(property)

        return properties

    def check_for_unsupported_properties(self, setting):
        if setting == '802-11-wireless':
            setting_key = 'wifi'
        elif setting == '802-11-wireless-security':
            setting_key = 'wifi_sec'
        else:
            setting_key = setting

        supported_properties = self.get_supported_properties(setting)
        unsupported_properties = []

        for property, value in getattr(self, setting_key).items():
            if property not in supported_properties:
                unsupported_properties.append(property)

        if unsupported_properties:
            msg_options = []
            for property in unsupported_properties:
                msg_options.append('%s.%s' % (setting_key, property))

            msg = 'Invalid or unsupported option(s): "%s"' % '", "'.join(msg_options)
            if self.ignore_unsupported_suboptions:
                self.module.warn(msg)
            else:
                self.module.fail_json(msg=msg)

        return unsupported_properties

    def _compare_conn_params(self, conn_info, options):
        changed = False
        diff_before = dict()
        diff_after = dict()

        for key, value in options.items():
            if not value:
                continue

            if key in conn_info:
                current_value = conn_info[key]
                if key in ('ipv4.routes', 'ipv6.routes') and current_value is not None:
                    current_value = self.get_route_params(current_value)
                if key == self.mac_setting:
                    # MAC addresses are case insensitive, nmcli always reports them in uppercase
                    value = value.upper()
                    # ensure current_value is also converted to uppercase in case nmcli changes behaviour
                    current_value = current_value.upper()
                if key == 'gsm.apn':
                    # Depending on version nmcli adds double-qoutes to gsm.apn
                    # Need to strip them in order to compare both
                    current_value = current_value.strip('"')
                if key == self.mtu_setting and self.mtu is None:
                    self.mtu = 0
            else:
                # parameter does not exist
                current_value = None

            if isinstance(current_value, list) and isinstance(value, list):
                # compare values between two lists
                if sorted(current_value) != sorted(value):
                    changed = True
            elif all([key == self.mtu_setting, self.type == 'dummy', current_value is None, value == 'auto', self.mtu is None]):
                value = None
            else:
                if current_value != to_text(value):
                    changed = True

            diff_before[key] = current_value
            diff_after[key] = value

        diff = {
            'before': diff_before,
            'after': diff_after,
        }
        return (changed, diff)

    def is_connection_changed(self):
        options = {
            'connection.interface-name': self.ifname,
        }

        if not self.type:
            current_con_type = self.show_connection().get('connection.type')
            if current_con_type:
                self.type = current_con_type

        options.update(self.connection_options(detect_change=True))
        return self._compare_conn_params(self.show_connection(), options)


def main():
    # Parsing argument file
    module = AnsibleModule(
        argument_spec=dict(
            ignore_unsupported_suboptions=dict(type='bool', default=False),
            autoconnect=dict(type='bool', default=True),
            state=dict(type='str', required=True, choices=['absent', 'present']),
            conn_name=dict(type='str', required=True),
            master=dict(type='str'),
            ifname=dict(type='str'),
            type=dict(type='str',
                      choices=[
                          'bond',
                          'bond-slave',
                          'bridge',
                          'bridge-slave',
                          'dummy',
                          'ethernet',
                          'generic',
                          'gre',
                          'infiniband',
                          'ipip',
                          'sit',
                          'team',
                          'team-slave',
                          'vlan',
                          'vxlan',
                          'wifi',
                          'gsm',
                          'wireguard',
                      ]),
            ip4=dict(type='list', elements='str'),
            gw4=dict(type='str'),
            gw4_ignore_auto=dict(type='bool', default=False),
            routes4=dict(type='list', elements='str'),
            routes4_extended=dict(type='list',
                                  elements='dict',
                                  options=dict(
                                      ip=dict(type='str', required=True),
                                      next_hop=dict(type='str'),
                                      metric=dict(type='int'),
                                      table=dict(type='int'),
                                      tos=dict(type='int'),
                                      cwnd=dict(type='int'),
                                      mtu=dict(type='int'),
                                      onlink=dict(type='bool')
                                  )),
            route_metric4=dict(type='int'),
            routing_rules4=dict(type='list', elements='str'),
            never_default4=dict(type='bool', default=False),
            dns4=dict(type='list', elements='str'),
            dns4_search=dict(type='list', elements='str'),
            dns4_ignore_auto=dict(type='bool', default=False),
            method4=dict(type='str', choices=['auto', 'link-local', 'manual', 'shared', 'disabled']),
            may_fail4=dict(type='bool', default=True),
            dhcp_client_id=dict(type='str'),
            ip6=dict(type='list', elements='str'),
            gw6=dict(type='str'),
            gw6_ignore_auto=dict(type='bool', default=False),
            dns6=dict(type='list', elements='str'),
            dns6_search=dict(type='list', elements='str'),
            dns6_ignore_auto=dict(type='bool', default=False),
            routes6=dict(type='list', elements='str'),
            routes6_extended=dict(type='list',
                                  elements='dict',
                                  options=dict(
                                      ip=dict(type='str', required=True),
                                      next_hop=dict(type='str'),
                                      metric=dict(type='int'),
                                      table=dict(type='int'),
                                      cwnd=dict(type='int'),
                                      mtu=dict(type='int'),
                                      onlink=dict(type='bool')
                                  )),
            route_metric6=dict(type='int'),
            method6=dict(type='str', choices=['ignore', 'auto', 'dhcp', 'link-local', 'manual', 'shared', 'disabled']),
            ip_privacy6=dict(type='str', choices=['disabled', 'prefer-public-addr', 'prefer-temp-addr', 'unknown']),
            addr_gen_mode6=dict(type='str', choices=['eui64', 'stable-privacy']),
            # Bond Specific vars
            mode=dict(type='str', default='balance-rr',
                      choices=['802.3ad', 'active-backup', 'balance-alb', 'balance-rr', 'balance-tlb', 'balance-xor', 'broadcast']),
            miimon=dict(type='int'),
            downdelay=dict(type='int'),
            updelay=dict(type='int'),
            arp_interval=dict(type='int'),
            arp_ip_target=dict(type='str'),
            primary=dict(type='str'),
            # general usage
            mtu=dict(type='int'),
            mac=dict(type='str'),
            zone=dict(type='str'),
            # bridge specific vars
            stp=dict(type='bool', default=True),
            priority=dict(type='int', default=128),
            slavepriority=dict(type='int', default=32),
            forwarddelay=dict(type='int', default=15),
            hellotime=dict(type='int', default=2),
            maxage=dict(type='int', default=20),
            ageingtime=dict(type='int', default=300),
            hairpin=dict(type='bool'),
            path_cost=dict(type='int', default=100),
            # team specific vars
            runner=dict(type='str', default='roundrobin',
                             choices=['broadcast', 'roundrobin', 'activebackup', 'loadbalance', 'lacp']),
            # team active-backup runner specific options
            runner_hwaddr_policy=dict(type='str', choices=['same_all', 'by_active', 'only_active']),
            # vlan specific vars
            vlanid=dict(type='int'),
            vlandev=dict(type='str'),
            flags=dict(type='str'),
            ingress=dict(type='str'),
            egress=dict(type='str'),
            # vxlan specific vars
            vxlan_id=dict(type='int'),
            vxlan_local=dict(type='str'),
            vxlan_remote=dict(type='str'),
            # ip-tunnel specific vars
            ip_tunnel_dev=dict(type='str'),
            ip_tunnel_local=dict(type='str'),
            ip_tunnel_remote=dict(type='str'),
            # ip-tunnel type gre specific vars
            ip_tunnel_input_key=dict(type='str', no_log=True),
            ip_tunnel_output_key=dict(type='str', no_log=True),
            # 802-11-wireless* specific vars
            ssid=dict(type='str'),
            wifi=dict(type='dict'),
            wifi_sec=dict(type='dict', no_log=True),
            gsm=dict(type='dict'),
            wireguard=dict(type='dict'),
        ),
        mutually_exclusive=[['never_default4', 'gw4'],
                            ['routes4_extended', 'routes4'],
                            ['routes6_extended', 'routes6']],
        required_if=[("type", "wifi", [("ssid")])],
        supports_check_mode=True,
    )
    module.run_command_environ_update = dict(LANG='C', LC_ALL='C', LC_MESSAGES='C', LC_CTYPE='C')

    nmcli = Nmcli(module)

    (rc, out, err) = (None, '', '')
    result = {'conn_name': nmcli.conn_name, 'state': nmcli.state}

    # check for issues
    if nmcli.conn_name is None:
        nmcli.module.fail_json(msg="Please specify a name for the connection")
    # team checks
    if nmcli.type == "team":
        if nmcli.runner_hwaddr_policy and not nmcli.runner == "activebackup":
            nmcli.module.fail_json(msg="Runner-hwaddr-policy is only allowed for runner activebackup")
    # team-slave checks
    if nmcli.type == 'team-slave':
        if nmcli.master is None:
            nmcli.module.fail_json(msg="Please specify a name for the master when type is %s" % nmcli.type)
        if nmcli.ifname is None:
            nmcli.module.fail_json(msg="Please specify an interface name for the connection when type is %s" % nmcli.type)
    if nmcli.type == 'wifi':
        unsupported_properties = {}
        if nmcli.wifi:
            if 'ssid' in nmcli.wifi:
                module.warn("Ignoring option 'wifi.ssid', it must be specified with option 'ssid'")
                del nmcli.wifi['ssid']
            unsupported_properties['wifi'] = nmcli.check_for_unsupported_properties('802-11-wireless')
        if nmcli.wifi_sec:
            unsupported_properties['wifi_sec'] = nmcli.check_for_unsupported_properties('802-11-wireless-security')
        if nmcli.ignore_unsupported_suboptions and unsupported_properties:
            for setting_key, properties in unsupported_properties.items():
                for property in properties:
                    del getattr(nmcli, setting_key)[property]

    try:
        if nmcli.state == 'absent':
            if nmcli.connection_exists():
                if module.check_mode:
                    module.exit_json(changed=True)
                (rc, out, err) = nmcli.down_connection()
                (rc, out, err) = nmcli.remove_connection()
                if rc != 0:
                    module.fail_json(name=('No Connection named %s exists' % nmcli.conn_name), msg=err, rc=rc)

        elif nmcli.state == 'present':
            if nmcli.connection_exists():
                changed, diff = nmcli.is_connection_changed()
                if module._diff:
                    result['diff'] = diff

                if changed:
                    # modify connection (note: this function is check mode aware)
                    # result['Connection']=('Connection %s of Type %s is not being added' % (nmcli.conn_name, nmcli.type))
                    result['Exists'] = 'Connections do exist so we are modifying them'
                    if module.check_mode:
                        module.exit_json(changed=True, **result)
                    (rc, out, err) = nmcli.modify_connection()
                else:
                    result['Exists'] = 'Connections already exist and no changes made'
                    if module.check_mode:
                        module.exit_json(changed=False, **result)
            if not nmcli.connection_exists():
                result['Connection'] = ('Connection %s of Type %s is being added' % (nmcli.conn_name, nmcli.type))
                if module.check_mode:
                    module.exit_json(changed=True, **result)
                (rc, out, err) = nmcli.create_connection()
            if rc is not None and rc != 0:
                module.fail_json(name=nmcli.conn_name, msg=err, rc=rc)
    except NmcliModuleError as e:
        module.fail_json(name=nmcli.conn_name, msg=str(e))

    if rc is None:
        result['changed'] = False
    else:
        result['changed'] = True
    if out:
        result['stdout'] = out
    if err:
        result['stderr'] = err

    module.exit_json(**result)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()