aci_l3out – Manage Layer 3 Outside (L3Out) objects (l3ext:Out)

New in version 2.6.

Synopsis

• Manage Layer 3 Outside (L3Out) on Cisco ACI fabrics.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
asn integer added in 2.8		The AS number for the L3Out. Only applicable when using 'eigrp' as the l3protocol aliases: as_number
certificate_name string		The X.509 certificate name attached to the APIC AAA user used for signature-based authentication. If a private_key filename was provided, this defaults to the private_key basename, without extension. If PEM-formatted content was provided for private_key, this defaults to the username value. aliases: cert_name
description string		Description for the L3Out. aliases: descr
domain string / required		Name of the external L3 domain being associated with the L3Out. aliases: ext_routed_domain_name, routed_domain
dscp string	Choices: AF11 AF12 AF13 AF21 AF22 AF23 AF31 AF32 AF33 AF41 AF42 AF43 CS0 CS1 CS2 CS3 CS4 CS5 CS6 CS7 EF VA unspecified	The target Differentiated Service (DSCP) value. The APIC defaults to unspecified when unset during creation. aliases: target
host string / required		IP Address or hostname of APIC resolvable by Ansible control host. aliases: hostname
l3out string / required		Name of L3Out being created. aliases: l3out_name, name
l3protocol list	Choices: bgp eigrp ospf pim static	Routing protocol for the L3Out
output_level string	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 string / 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 integer		Port number to be used for REST connection. The default value depends on parameter use_ssl.
private_key string / required		Either a PEM-formatted private key file or the private key content used for signature-based authentication. This value also influences the default certificate_name that is used. This option is mutual exclusive with password. If password is provided too, it will be ignored. aliases: cert_key
route_control list	Choices: export import	Route Control enforcement direction. The only allowed values are export or import,export. aliases: route_control_enforcement
state string	Choices: absent present ← query	Use present or absent for adding or removing. Use query for listing an object or multiple objects.
tenant string / required		Name of an existing tenant. aliases: tenant_name
timeout integer	Default: 30	The socket level timeout in seconds.
use_proxy boolean	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 boolean	Choices: no yes ←	If no, an HTTP connection will be used instead of the default HTTPS connection.
username string	Default: "admin"	The username to use for authentication. aliases: user
validate_certs boolean	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.
vrf string / required		Name of the VRF being associated with the L3Out. aliases: vrf_name

Notes

Note

• The tenant and domain and vrf used must exist before using this module in your playbook. The aci_tenant and aci_domain and aci_vrf modules can be used for this.

See Also

See also

aci_tenant – Manage tenants (fv:Tenant)

The official documentation on the aci_tenant module.

aci_domain – Manage physical, virtual, bridged, routed or FC domain profiles (phys:DomP, vmm:DomP, l2ext:DomP, l3ext:DomP, fc:DomP)

The official documentation on the aci_domain module.

aci_vrf – Manage contexts or VRFs (fv:Ctx)

The official documentation on the aci_vrf module.

APIC Management Information Model reference

More information about the internal APIC class l3ext:Out.

Cisco ACI Guide

Detailed information on how to manage your ACI infrastructure using Ansible.

Developing Cisco ACI modules

Detailed guide on how to write your own Cisco ACI modules to contribute.

Examples

- name: Add a new L3Out
  aci_l3out:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    tenant: production
    name: prod_l3out
    description: L3Out for Production tenant
    domain: l3dom_prod
    vrf: prod
    l3protocol: ospf
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Delete L3Out
  aci_l3out:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    tenant: production
    name: prod_l3out
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Query L3Out information
  aci_l3out:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    tenant: production
    name: prod_l3out
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: query_result

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': {'descr': 'Production environment', 'dn': 'uni/tn-production', 'name': 'production', 'nameAlias': '', 'ownerKey': '', 'ownerTag': ''}}}]
error dictionary	failure	The error information as returned from the APIC Sample: {'code': '122', 'text': 'unknown managed object class foo'}
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': {'descr': 'Production', 'dn': 'uni/tn-production', 'name': 'production', 'nameAlias': '', 'ownerKey': '', 'ownerTag': ''}}}]
proposed dictionary	info	The assembled configuration from the user-provided parameters Sample: {'fvTenant': {'attributes': {'descr': 'Production environment', 'name': 'production'}}}
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 integer	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 not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

• This module is maintained by an Ansible Partner. [certified]

Authors

• Rostyslav Davydenko (@rost-d)

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