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aci_switch_policy_vpc_protection_group - Manage switch policy explicit vPC protection groups (fabric:ExplicitGEp, fabric:NodePEp).

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

  • Manage switch policy explicit vPC protection groups on Cisco ACI fabrics.

Parameters

Parameter
Choices/Defaults
Comments
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
host
required
IP Address or hostname of APIC resolvable by Ansible control host.

aliases: hostname
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`.
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
protection_group
required
The name of the Explicit vPC Protection Group.

aliases: name, protection_group_name
protection_group_id
required
The Explicit vPC Protection Group ID.

aliases: id
state
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
  • query
Use present or absent for adding or removing.
Use query for listing an object or multiple objects.
switch_1_id
required
The ID of the first Leaf Switch for the Explicit vPC Protection Group.
switch_2_id
required
The ID of the Second Leaf Switch for the Explicit vPC Protection Group.
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.
vpc_domain_policy
The vPC domain policy to be associated with the Explicit vPC Protection Group.

aliases: vpc_domain_policy_name

Notes

Note

Examples

- name: Add vPC Protection Group
  aci_switch_policy_vpc_protection_group:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    protection_group: leafPair101-vpcGrp
    protection_group_id: 6
    switch_1_id: 1011
    switch_2_id: 1012
    state: present

- name: Remove Explicit vPC Protection Group
  aci_switch_policy_vpc_protection_group:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    protection_group: leafPair101-vpcGrp
    state: absent

- name: Query vPC Protection Groups
  aci_switch_policy_vpc_protection_group:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    state: query

- name: Query our vPC Protection Group
  aci_switch_policy_vpc_protection_group:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    protection_group: leafPair101-vpcGrp
    state: query

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

  • Bruno Calogero (@brunocalogero)

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