cisco.mso.mso_schema_template_vrf_rp module – Manage VRF Rendezvous Points (RP) in schema templates.

Note

This module is part of the cisco.mso collection (version 2.11.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install cisco.mso. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.mso.mso_schema_template_vrf_rp.

Synopsis

  • Manage VRF Rendezvous Points (RP) in schema templates on Cisco ACI Multi-Site.

  • RPs can only be configured when the VRF has Layer 3 Multicast is enabled.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • Multi Site Orchestrator v2.1 or newer

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

host

aliases: hostname

string

IP Address or hostname of the ACI Multi Site Orchestrator host.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable MSO_HOST will be used instead.

ip

aliases: ip_address

string

The IP address of the RP.

login_domain

string

The login domain name to use for authentication.

The default value is Local.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable MSO_LOGIN_DOMAIN will be used instead.

When using a HTTPAPI connection plugin the inventory variable ansible_httpapi_login_domain will be used if this attribute is not specified.

multicast_route_map_policy

aliases: route_map_policy

string

The name of the Multicast Route Map Policy.

The Multicast Route Map Policy must reside in the same tenant as the tenant associated to the schema.

Use multicast_route_map_policy="" to remove the Multicast Route Map Policy.

output_level

string

Influence the output of this MSO 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

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable MSO_OUTPUT_LEVEL will be used instead.

Choices:

  • "debug"

  • "info"

  • "normal" ← (default)

password

string

The password to use for authentication.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variables MSO_PASSWORD or ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD will be used instead.

port

integer

Port number to be used for the REST connection.

The default value depends on parameter `use_ssl`.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable MSO_PORT will be used instead.

schema

string / required

The name of the schema.

state

string

Use present or absent for adding or removing.

Use query for listing an object or multiple objects.

Choices:

  • "absent"

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "query"

template

string / required

The name of the template.

timeout

integer

The socket level timeout in seconds.

The default value is 30 seconds.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable MSO_TIMEOUT will be used instead.

type

string

The type of the RP.

Choices:

  • "fabric"

  • "static"

use_proxy

boolean

If false, it will not use a proxy, even if one is defined in an environment variable on the target hosts.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable MSO_USE_PROXY will be used instead.

The default is true.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

use_ssl

boolean

If false, an HTTP connection will be used instead of the default HTTPS connection.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable MSO_USE_SSL will be used instead.

When using a HTTPAPI connection plugin the inventory variable ansible_httpapi_use_ssl will be used if this attribute is not specified.

The default is false when using a HTTPAPI connection plugin (mso or nd) and true when using the legacy connection method (only for mso).

Choices:

  • false

  • true

username

string

The username to use for authentication.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variables MSO_USERNAME or ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME will be used instead.

validate_certs

boolean

If false, SSL certificates will not be validated.

This should only set to false when used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable MSO_VALIDATE_CERTS will be used instead.

The default is true.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

vrf

string / required

The name of the VRF.

Notes

Note

  • This module was written to support Multi Site Orchestrator v2.1 or newer. Some or all functionality may not work on earlier versions.

Examples

- name: Add a new VRF RP
  cisco.mso.mso_schema_template_vrf_rp:
    host: mso_host
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    schema: Schema 1
    template: Template 1
    vrf: VRF 1
    ip: 1.1.1.1
    type: static
    multicast_route_map_policy: RouteMapPolicy1
    state: present

- name: Query a specific VRF RP
  cisco.mso.mso_schema_template_vrf_rp:
    host: mso_host
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    schema: Schema 1
    template: Template 1
    vrf: VRF 1
    ip: 1.1.1.1
    state: query
  register: query_result

- name: Query all VRF RPs
  cisco.mso.mso_schema_template_vrf_rp:
    host: mso_host
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    schema: Schema 1
    template: Template 1
    vrf: VRF 1
    state: query
  register: query_result

- name: Remove an VRF RP
  cisco.mso.mso_schema_template_vrf_rp:
    host: mso_host
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    schema: Schema 1
    template: Template 1
    vrf: VRF 1
    ip: 1.1.1.1
    state: absent

Authors

  • Akini Ross (@akinross)