cisco.aci.aci_bd_subnet module – Manage Subnets (fv:Subnet)

Note

This module is part of the cisco.aci collection (version 2.2.0).

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.aci.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.aci.aci_bd_subnet.

Synopsis

  • Manage Subnets on Cisco ACI fabrics.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

annotation

string

User-defined string for annotating an object.

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

bd

aliases: bd_name

string

The name of the Bridge Domain.

certificate_name

aliases: cert_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.

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

description

aliases: descr

string

The description for the Subnet.

enable_vip

boolean

Determines if the Subnet should be treated as a VIP; used when the BD is extended to multiple sites.

The APIC defaults to no when unset during creation.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

gateway

aliases: gateway_ip

string

The IPv4 or IPv6 gateway address for the Subnet.

host

aliases: hostname

string / required

IP Address or hostname of APIC resolvable by Ansible control host.

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

mask

aliases: subnet_mask

integer

The subnet mask for the Subnet.

This is the number associated with CIDR notation.

For IPv4 addresses, accepted values range between 0 and 32.

For IPv6 addresses, accepted Values range between 0 and 128.

name_alias

string

The alias for the current object. This relates to the nameAlias field in ACI.

nd_prefix_policy

string

The IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Prefix Policy to associate with the Subnet.

output_level

string

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

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

Choices:

  • debug

  • info

  • normal ← (default)

output_path

string

Path to a file that will be used to dump the ACI JSON configuration objects generated by the module.

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

password

string

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.

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

port

integer

Port number to be used for REST connection.

The default value depends on parameter use_ssl.

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

preferred

boolean

Determines if the Subnet is preferred over all available Subnets. Only one Subnet per Address Family (IPv4/IPv6). can be preferred in the Bridge Domain.

The APIC defaults to no when unset during creation.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

private_key

aliases: cert_key

string

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.

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

route_profile

string

The Route Profile to the associate with the Subnet.

route_profile_l3_out

string

The L3 Out that contains the associated Route Profile.

scope

list / elements=string

Determines the scope of the Subnet.

The private option only allows communication with hosts in the same VRF.

The public option allows the Subnet to be advertised outside of the ACI Fabric, and allows communication with hosts in other VRFs.

The shared option limits communication to hosts in either the same VRF or the shared VRF.

The value is a list of options, private and public are mutually exclusive, but both can be used with shared.

The APIC defaults to private when unset during creation.

Choices:

  • private

  • public

  • shared

state

string

Use present or absent for adding or removing.

Use query for listing an object or multiple objects.

Choices:

  • absent

  • present ← (default)

  • query

subnet_control

string

Determines the Subnet’s Control State.

The querier_ip option is used to treat the gateway_ip as an IGMP querier source IP.

The nd_ra option is used to treat the gateway_ip address as a Neighbor Discovery Router Advertisement Prefix.

The no_gw option is used to remove default gateway functionality from the gateway address.

The APIC defaults to nd_ra when unset during creation.

Choices:

  • nd_ra

  • no_gw

  • querier_ip

  • unspecified

subnet_name

aliases: name

string

The name of the Subnet.

tenant

aliases: tenant_name

string

The name of the Tenant.

timeout

integer

The socket level timeout in seconds.

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

Default: 30

use_proxy

boolean

If no, 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 ACI_USE_PROXY will be used instead.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

use_ssl

boolean

If no, 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 ACI_USE_SSL will be used instead.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

username

aliases: user

string

The username to use for authentication.

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

Default: “admin”

validate_certs

boolean

If no, SSL certificates will not be validated.

This should only set to no when used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

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

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

Notes

Note

  • The gateway parameter is the root key used to access the Subnet (not name), so the gateway is required when the state is absent or present.

  • The tenant and bd used must exist before using this module in your playbook. The cisco.aci.aci_tenant module and cisco.aci.aci_bd can be used for these.

See Also

See also

cisco.aci.aci_bd

The official documentation on the cisco.aci.aci_bd module.

cisco.aci.aci_tenant

The official documentation on the cisco.aci.aci_tenant module.

APIC Management Information Model reference

More information about the internal APIC class fv:Subnet.

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: Create a tenant
  cisco.aci.aci_tenant:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    tenant: production
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create a bridge domain
  cisco.aci.aci_bd:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    tenant: production
    bd: database
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create a subnet
  cisco.aci.aci_bd_subnet:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    tenant: production
    bd: database
    gateway: 10.1.1.1
    mask: 24
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create a subnet with options
  cisco.aci.aci_bd_subnet:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    tenant: production
    bd: database
    subnet_name: sql
    gateway: 10.1.2.1
    mask: 23
    description: SQL Servers
    scope: public
    route_profile_l3_out: corp
    route_profile: corp_route_profile
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Update a subnets scope to private and shared
  cisco.aci.aci_bd_subnet:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    tenant: production
    bd: database
    gateway: 10.1.1.1
    mask: 24
    scope: [private, shared]
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Get all subnets
  cisco.aci.aci_bd_subnet:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Get all subnets of specific gateway in specified tenant
  cisco.aci.aci_bd_subnet:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    tenant: production
    gateway: 10.1.1.1
    mask: 24
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: query_result

- name: Get specific subnet
  cisco.aci.aci_bd_subnet:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    tenant: production
    bd: database
    gateway: 10.1.1.1
    mask: 24
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: query_result

- name: Delete a subnet
  cisco.aci.aci_bd_subnet:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    tenant: production
    bd: database
    gateway: 10.1.1.1
    mask: 24
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key

Description

current

list / elements=string

The existing configuration from the APIC after the module has finished

Returned: success

Sample: [{“fvTenant”: {“attributes”: {“descr”: “Production environment”, “dn”: “uni/tn-production”, “name”: “production”, “nameAlias”: “”, “ownerKey”: “”, “ownerTag”: “”}}}]

error

dictionary

The error information as returned from the APIC

Returned: failure

Sample: {“code”: “122”, “text”: “unknown managed object class foo”}

filter_string

string

The filter string used for the request

Returned: failure or debug

Sample: “?rsp-prop-include=config-only”

method

string

The HTTP method used for the request to the APIC

Returned: failure or debug

Sample: “POST”

previous

list / elements=string

The original configuration from the APIC before the module has started

Returned: info

Sample: [{“fvTenant”: {“attributes”: {“descr”: “Production”, “dn”: “uni/tn-production”, “name”: “production”, “nameAlias”: “”, “ownerKey”: “”, “ownerTag”: “”}}}]

proposed

dictionary

The assembled configuration from the user-provided parameters

Returned: info

Sample: {“fvTenant”: {“attributes”: {“descr”: “Production environment”, “name”: “production”}}}

raw

string

The raw output returned by the APIC REST API (xml or json)

Returned: parse error

Sample: “\u003c?xml version=\”1.0\” encoding=\”UTF-8\”?\u003e\u003cimdata totalCount=\”1\”\u003e\u003cerror code=\”122\” text=\”unknown managed object class foo\”/\u003e\u003c/imdata\u003e”

response

string

The HTTP response from the APIC

Returned: failure or debug

Sample: “OK (30 bytes)”

sent

list / elements=string

The actual/minimal configuration pushed to the APIC

Returned: info

Sample: {“fvTenant”: {“attributes”: {“descr”: “Production environment”}}}

status

integer

The HTTP status from the APIC

Returned: failure or debug

Sample: 200

url

string

The HTTP url used for the request to the APIC

Returned: failure or debug

Sample: “https://10.11.12.13/api/mo/uni/tn-production.json”

Authors

  • Jacob McGill (@jmcgill298)