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aci_bd_subnet - Manage Subnets (fv:Subnet)

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • Manage Subnets on Cisco ACI fabrics.

Parameters

Parameter
Choices/Defaults
Comments
bd
The name of the Bridge Domain.

aliases: bd_name
certificate_name
The X.509 certificate name attached to the APIC AAA user used for signature-based authentication.
It defaults to the private_key basename, without extension.

aliases: cert_name
description
The description for the Subnet.

aliases: descr
enable_vip
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Determines if the Subnet should be treated as a VIP; used when the BD is extended to multiple sites.
The APIC defaults new Subnets to no.
gateway
The IPv4 or IPv6 gateway address for the Subnet.

aliases: gateway_ip
host
required
IP Address or hostname of APIC resolvable by Ansible control host.

aliases: hostname
mask
    Choices:
  • Any 0 to 32 for IPv4 Addresses
  • 0-128 for IPv6 Addresses
The subnet mask for the Subnet.
This is the number assocated with CIDR notation.

aliases: subnet_mask
nd_prefix_policy
The IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Prefix Policy to associate with the Subnet.
output_level
    Choices:
  • debug
  • info
  • normal ←
Influence the output of this ACI module.
normal means the standard output, incl. current dict
info adds informational output, incl. previous, proposed and sent dicts
debug adds debugging output, incl. filter_string, method, response, status and url information
password
required
The password to use for authentication.
This option is mutual exclusive with private_key. If private_key is provided too, it will be used instead.
port
Default:
443 (https), 80 (http)
Port number to be used for REST connection.
The default value depends on parameter `use_ssl`.
preferred
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Determines if the Subnet is preferred over all available Subnets. Only one Subnet per Address Family (IPv4/IPv6). can be preferred in the Bridge Domain.
The APIC defaults new Subnets to no.
private_key
required
PEM formatted file that contains your private key to be used for signature-based authentication.
The name of the key (without extension) is used as the certificate name in ACI, unless certificate_name is specified.
This option is mutual exclusive with password. If password is provided too, it will be ignored.

aliases: cert_key
route_profile
The Route Profile to the associate with the Subnet.
route_profile_l3_out
The L3 Out that contains the assocated Route Profile.
scope
    Choices:
  • private ←
  • public
  • shared
  • [u'private', u'shared']
  • [u'public', u'shared']
Determines the scope of the Subnet.
The private option only allows communication with hosts in the same VRF.
The public option allows the Subnet to be advertised outside of the ACI Fabric, and allows communication with hosts in other VRFs.
The shared option limits communication to hosts in either the same VRF or the shared VRF.
The value is a list of options, private and public are mutually exclusive, but both can be used with shared.
The APIC defaults new Subnets to private.
state
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
  • query
Use present or absent for adding or removing.
Use query for listing an object or multiple objects.
subnet_control
    Choices:
  • nd_ra ←
  • no_gw
  • querier_ip
  • unspecified
Determines the Subnet's Control State.
The querier_ip option is used to treat the gateway_ip as an IGMP querier source IP.
The nd_ra option is used to treate the gateway_ip address as a Neighbor Discovery Router Advertisement Prefix.
The no_gw option is used to remove default gateway functionality from the gateway address.
The APIC defaults new Subnets to nd_ra.
subnet_name
The name of the Subnet.

aliases: name
tenant
The name of the Tenant.

aliases: tenant_name
timeout
Default:
30
The socket level timeout in seconds.
use_proxy
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, it will not use a proxy, even if one is defined in an environment variable on the target hosts.
use_ssl
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, an HTTP connection will be used instead of the default HTTPS connection.
username
Default:
admin
The username to use for authentication.

aliases: user
validate_certs
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated.
This should only set to no when used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Notes

Note

  • The gateway parameter is the root key used to access the Subnet (not name), so the gateway is required when the state is absent or present.
  • The tenant and bd used must exist before using this module in your playbook. The aci_tenant module and aci_bd can be used for these.
  • More information about the internal APIC class fv:Subnet from the APIC Management Information Model reference.
  • Please read the Cisco ACI Guide for more detailed information on how to manage your ACI infrastructure using Ansible.

Examples

- name: create a tenant
  aci_tenant:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    tenant: production

- name: create a bridge domain
  aci_bd:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    tenant: production
    bd: database

- name: create a subnet
  aci_bd_subnet:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    tenant: production
    bd: database
    gateway: 10.1.1.1
    mask: 24

- name: create a subnet with options
  aci_bd_subnet:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    tenant: production
    bd: database
    subnet_name: sql
    gateway: 10.1.2.1
    mask: 23
    description: SQL Servers
    scope: public
    route_profile_l3_out: corp
    route_profile: corp_route_profile

- name: update a subnets scope to private and shared
  aci_bd_subnet:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    tenant: production
    bd: database
    gateway: 10.1.1.1
    mask: 24
    scope: [private, shared]

- name: get all subnets
  aci_bd_subnet:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    state: query

- name: get all subnets of specific gateway in specified tenant
  aci_bd_subnet:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    state: query
    tenant: production
    gateway: 10.1.1.1
    mask: 24

- name: get specific subnet
  aci_bd_subnet:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    state: query
    tenant: production
    bd: database
    gateway: 10.1.1.1
    mask: 24

- name: delete a subnet
  aci_bd_subnet:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    state: absent
    tenant: production
    bd: database
    gateway: 10.1.1.1
    mask: 24

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key
Returned
Description
current
list
success
The existing configuration from the APIC after the module has finished

Sample:
[{'fvTenant': {'attributes': {'dn': 'uni/tn-production', 'ownerKey': '', 'name': 'production', 'descr': 'Production environment', 'nameAlias': '', 'ownerTag': ''}}}]
error
dict
failure
The error information as returned from the APIC

Sample:
{'text': 'unknown managed object class foo', 'code': '122'}
filter_string
string
failure or debug
The filter string used for the request

Sample:
?rsp-prop-include=config-only
method
string
failure or debug
The HTTP method used for the request to the APIC

Sample:
POST
previous
list
info
The original configuration from the APIC before the module has started

Sample:
[{'fvTenant': {'attributes': {'dn': 'uni/tn-production', 'ownerKey': '', 'name': 'production', 'descr': 'Production', 'nameAlias': '', 'ownerTag': ''}}}]
proposed
dict
info
The assembled configuration from the user-provided parameters

Sample:
{'fvTenant': {'attributes': {'name': 'production', 'descr': 'Production environment'}}}
raw
string
parse error
The raw output returned by the APIC REST API (xml or json)

Sample:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><imdata totalCount="1"><error code="122" text="unknown managed object class foo"/></imdata>
response
string
failure or debug
The HTTP response from the APIC

Sample:
OK (30 bytes)
sent
list
info
The actual/minimal configuration pushed to the APIC

Sample:
{'fvTenant': {'attributes': {'descr': 'Production environment'}}}
status
int
failure or debug
The HTTP status from the APIC

Sample:
200
url
string
failure or debug
The HTTP url used for the request to the APIC

Sample:
https://10.11.12.13/api/mo/uni/tn-production.json


Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Author

  • Jacob McGill (@jmcgill298)

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