cisco.mso.ndo_vlan_pool module – Manage VLAN Pools on Cisco Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator (NDO).

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.ndo_vlan_pool.

Synopsis

  • Manage VLAN Pools on Cisco Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator (NDO).

  • This module is only supported on ND v3.1 (NDO v4.3) and later.

Requirements

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

  • Multi Site Orchestrator v2.1 or newer

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

description

string

The description of the VLAN Pool.

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.

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.

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.

state

string

Use absent for removing.

Use query for listing an object or multiple objects.

Use present for creating or updating.

Choices:

  • "absent"

  • "query" ← (default)

  • "present"

template

string / required

The name of the template.

The template must be a fabric policy 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.

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

vlan_pool

aliases: name

string

The name of the VLAN Pool.

vlan_pool_uuid

aliases: uuid

string

The uuid of the VLAN Pool.

This parameter is required when the vlan_pool needs to be updated.

vlan_ranges

list / elements=dictionary

A list of vlan ranges attached to the VLAN Pool.

The list of configured vlan ranges must contain at least one entry.

When the list of vlan ranges is null the update will not change existing entry configuration.

from_vlan

aliases: from

integer / required

The start of the VLAN range.

to_vlan

aliases: to

integer / required

The end of the VLAN range.

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: Create a new vlan pool
  cisco.mso.ndo_vlan_pool:
    host: mso_host
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    template: ansible_tenant_template
    vlan_pool: ansible_test_vlan_pool
    vlan_ranges:
      - from_vlan: 100
        to_vlan: 200
      - from_vlan: 300
        to_vlan: 400
    state: present
  register: create

- name: Query a vlan pool with name
  cisco.mso.ndo_vlan_pool:
    host: mso_host
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    template: ansible_tenant_template
    vlan_pool: ansible_test_vlan_pool
    state: query
  register: query_one

- name: Query a vlan pool with UUID
  cisco.mso.ndo_vlan_pool:
    host: mso_host
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    template: ansible_tenant_template
    vlan_pool_uuid: '{{ create.current.uuid }}'
    state: query
  register: query_with_uuid

- name: Query all vlan pools in the template
  cisco.mso.ndo_vlan_pool:
    host: mso_host
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    template: ansible_tenant_template
    state: query
  register: query_all

- name: Delete a vlan pool
  cisco.mso.ndo_vlan_pool:
    host: mso_host
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    template: ansible_tenant_template
    vlan_pool: ansible_test_vlan_pool
    state: absent

Authors

  • Akini Ross (@akinross)