cisco.aci.aci_bulk_static_binding_to_epg module – Bind static paths to EPGs (fv:RsPathAtt)

Note

This module is part of the cisco.aci collection (version 2.3.0).

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_bulk_static_binding_to_epg.

Synopsis

  • Bind static paths to EPGs 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.

If the value is not specified in the task and environment variable ACI_ANNOTATION then the default value will be used.

Default: "orchestrator:ansible"

ap

aliases: app_profile, app_profile_name

string

The name of the application profile.

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.

deploy_immediacy

string

The Deployment Immediacy of Static EPG on PC, VPC or Interface.

The APIC defaults to lazy when unset during creation.

Choices:

  • "immediate"

  • "lazy"

description

aliases: descr

string

Description for the static path to EPG binding.

encap_id

aliases: vlan, vlan_id

integer

The encapsulation ID associating the epg with the interface path.

This acts as the secondary encap_id when using micro-segmentation.

Accepted values are any valid encap ID for specified encap, currently ranges between 1 and 4096.

epg

aliases: epg_name

string

The name of the end point group.

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.

interface_configs

list / elements=dictionary

List of interface configurations, elements in the form of a dictionary.

Module level attributes will be overridden by the path level attributes.

deploy_immediacy

string

The Deployment Immediacy of Static EPG on PC, VPC or Interface.

The APIC defaults to lazy when unset during creation.

Choices:

  • "immediate"

  • "lazy"

description

aliases: descr

string

Description for the static path to EPG binding.

encap_id

aliases: vlan, vlan_id

integer

The encapsulation ID associating the epg with the interface path.

This acts as the secondary encap_id when using micro-segmentation.

Accepted values are any valid encap ID for specified encap, currently ranges between 1 and 4096.

extpaths

list / elements=string

The extpaths integer value part of the tDn.

extpaths is only used if interface_type is fex, fex_vpc or fex_port_channel.

When interface_type is fex_vpc, then extpaths is a list with both fex IDs.

Usually something like 1011.

interface

string / required

The interface string value part of the tDn.

Usually a policy group like test-IntPolGrp or an interface of the following format 1/7 depending on interface_type.

interface_mode

aliases: interface_mode_name, mode

string

Determines how layer 2 tags will be read from and added to frames.

Values 802.1p and native are identical.

Values access and untagged are identical.

Values regular, tagged and trunk are identical.

The APIC defaults to trunk when unset during creation.

Choices:

  • "802.1p"

  • "access"

  • "native"

  • "regular"

  • "tagged"

  • "trunk"

  • "untagged"

interface_type

string

The type of interface for the static EPG deployment.

Choices:

  • "fex"

  • "port_channel"

  • "switch_port"

  • "vpc"

  • "fex_port_channel"

  • "fex_vpc"

leafs

aliases: leaves, nodes, paths, switches

list / elements=string / required

The switch ID(s) that the interface belongs to.

When interface_type is switch_port, port_channel, or fex, then leafs is a string of the leaf ID.

When interface_type is vpc, then leafs is a list with both leaf IDs.

The leafs value is usually something like ‘101’ or ‘101-102’ depending on connection_type.

pod_id

aliases: pod, pod_number

integer / required

The pod number part of the tDn.

pod_id is usually an integer below 10.

primary_encap_id

aliases: primary_vlan, primary_vlan_id

string

Determines the primary encapsulation ID associating the epg with the interface path when using micro-segmentation.

Accepted values are any valid encap ID for specified encap, currently ranges between 1 and 4096 and unknown.

unknown is the default value and using unknown disables the Micro-Segmentation.

interface_mode

aliases: interface_mode_name, mode

string

Determines how layer 2 tags will be read from and added to frames.

Values 802.1p and native are identical.

Values access and untagged are identical.

Values regular, tagged and trunk are identical.

The APIC defaults to trunk when unset during creation.

Choices:

  • "802.1p"

  • "access"

  • "native"

  • "regular"

  • "tagged"

  • "trunk"

  • "untagged"

interface_type

string

The type of interface for the static EPG deployment.

Choices:

  • "fex"

  • "port_channel"

  • "switch_port" ← (default)

  • "vpc"

  • "fex_port_channel"

  • "fex_vpc"

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.

primary_encap_id

aliases: primary_vlan, primary_vlan_id

string

Determines the primary encapsulation ID associating the epg with the interface path when using micro-segmentation.

Accepted values are any valid encap ID for specified encap, currently ranges between 1 and 4096 and unknown.

unknown is the default value and using unknown disables the Micro-Segmentation.

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.

state

string

Use present or absent for adding or removing.

Use query for listing an object or multiple objects.

Choices:

  • "absent"

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "query"

tenant

aliases: tenant_name

string

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:

  • false

  • true ← (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:

  • false

  • true ← (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:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

Notes

Note

See Also

See also

cisco.aci.aci_tenant

Manage tenants (fv:Tenant).

cisco.aci.aci_ap

Manage top level Application Profile (AP) objects (fv:Ap).

cisco.aci.aci_epg

Manage End Point Groups (EPG) objects (fv:AEPg).

APIC Management Information Model reference

More information about the internal APIC class fv:RsPathAtt.

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 list of interfaces using module level attributes
  cisco.aci.aci_bulk_static_binding_to_epg:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    tenant: accessport-code-cert
    ap: accessport_code_app
    epg: accessport_epg1
    encap_id: 221
    interface_mode: trunk
    deploy_immediacy: lazy
    description: "Module level attributes used to create interfaces"
    interface_configs:
      - interface: 1/7
        leafs: 101
        pod: 1
      - interface: 1/7
        leafs: 107
        pod: 7
      - interface: 1/8
        leafs: 108
        pod: 8
        encap_id: 108
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create/Update list of interfaces using path level attributes
  cisco.aci.aci_bulk_static_binding_to_epg:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    tenant: accessport-code-cert
    ap: accessport_code_app
    epg: accessport_epg1
    interface_configs:
      - interface: 1/7
        leafs: 101
        pod: 1
        encap_id: 221
        interface_mode: trunk
        deploy_immediacy: lazy
        description: "Path level attributes used to create/update interfaces"
      - interface: 1/7
        leafs: 107
        pod: 7
        encap_id: 221
        interface_mode: trunk
        deploy_immediacy: lazy
        description: "Path level attributes used to create/update interfaces"
      - interface: 1/8
        leafs: 108
        pod: 8
        encap_id: 108
        interface_mode: trunk
        deploy_immediacy: lazy
        description: "Path level attributes used to create/update interfaces"
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Query all interfaces of an EPG
  cisco.aci.aci_bulk_static_binding_to_epg:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    tenant: accessport-code-cert
    ap: accessport_code_app
    epg: accessport_epg1
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Query all interfaces
  cisco.aci.aci_bulk_static_binding_to_epg:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove list of interfaces
  cisco.aci.aci_bulk_static_binding_to_epg:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    tenant: accessport-code-cert
    ap: accessport_code_app
    epg: accessport_epg1
    encap_id: 221
    interface_mode: trunk
    deploy_immediacy: lazy
    interface_configs:
      - interface: 1/7
        leafs: 101
        pod: 1
      - interface: 1/7
        leafs: 107
        pod: 7
      - interface: 1/8
        leafs: 108
        pod: 8
        encap_id: 108
    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: "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?><imdata totalCount=\"1\"><error code=\"122\" text=\"unknown managed object class foo\"/></imdata>"

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

  • Bruno Calogero (@brunocalogero)

  • Marcel Zehnder (@maercu)

  • Sabari Jaganathan (@sajagana)