netbox.netbox.netbox_tenant module – Creates or removes tenants from NetBox

Note

This module is part of the netbox.netbox collection (version 3.21.0).

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 netbox.netbox. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: netbox.netbox.netbox_tenant.

New in netbox.netbox 0.1.0

Synopsis

  • Creates or removes tenants from NetBox

Requirements

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

  • pynetbox

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

cert

any

Certificate path

data

dictionary / required

Defines the tenant configuration

comments

string

Comments for the tenant. This can be markdown syntax

custom_fields

dictionary

must exist in NetBox

description

string

The description of the tenant

name

string / required

Name of the tenant to be created

slug

string

URL-friendly unique shorthand

tags

list / elements=any

Any tags that the tenant may need to be associated with

tenant_group

any

Tenant group this tenant should be in

headers

dictionary

Dictionary of headers to be passed to the NetBox API.

netbox_token

string / required

The NetBox API token.

netbox_url

string / required

The URL of the NetBox instance.

Must be accessible by the Ansible control host.

query_params

list / elements=string

This can be used to override the specified values in ALLOWED_QUERY_PARAMS that are defined

in plugins/module_utils/netbox_utils.py and provides control to users on what may make

an object unique in their environment.

state

string

The state of the object.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

validate_certs

any

If no, SSL certificates will not be validated.

This should only be used on personally controlled sites using a self-signed certificates.

Default: true

Notes

Note

  • Tags should be defined as a YAML list

  • This should be ran with connection local and hosts localhost

Examples

- name: "Test NetBox module"
  connection: local
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  tasks:
    - name: Create tenant within NetBox with only required information
      netbox_tenant:
        netbox_url: http://netbox.local
        netbox_token: thisIsMyToken
        data:
          name: Tenant ABC
        state: present

    - name: Delete tenant within netbox
      netbox_tenant:
        netbox_url: http://netbox.local
        netbox_token: thisIsMyToken
        data:
          name: Tenant ABC
        state: absent

    - name: Create tenant with all parameters
      netbox_tenant:
        netbox_url: http://netbox.local
        netbox_token: thisIsMyToken
        data:
          name: Tenant ABC
          tenant_group: Very Special Tenants
          description: ABC Incorporated
          comments: '### This tenant is super cool'
          slug: tenant_abc
          tags:
            - tagA
            - tagB
            - tagC
        state: present

Return Values

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

Key

Description

msg

string

Message indicating failure or info about what has been achieved

Returned: always

tenant

dictionary

Serialized object as created or already existent within NetBox

Returned: on creation

Authors

  • Amy Liebowitz (@amylieb)