cisco.aci.aci_interface_policy_ospf module – Manage OSPF interface policies (ospf:IfPol)

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_interface_policy_ospf.

Synopsis

  • Manage OSPF interface policies 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"

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.

controls

list / elements=string

The interface policy controls.

This is a list of one or more of the following controls:

advert-subnet – Advertise IP subnet instead of a host mask in the router LSA.

bfd – Bidirectional Forwarding Detection

mtu-ignore – Disables MTU mismatch detection on an interface.

passive – The interface does not participate in the OSPF protocol and will not establish adjacencies or send routing updates. However the interface is announced as part of the routing network.

Choices:

  • "advert-subnet"

  • "bfd"

  • "mtu-ignore"

  • "passive"

cost

integer

The OSPF cost of the interface.

The cost (also called metric) of an interface in OSPF is an indication of the overhead required to send packets across a certain interface. The cost of an interface is inversely proportional to the bandwidth of that interface. A higher bandwidth indicates a lower cost. There is more overhead (higher cost) and time delays involved in crossing a 56k serial line than crossing a 10M ethernet line. The formula used to calculate the cost is cost= 10000 0000/bandwith in bps For example, it will cost 10 EXP8/10 EXP7 = 10 to cross a 10M Ethernet line and will cost 10 EXP8/1544000 = 64 to cross a T1 line.

By default, the cost of an interface is calculated based on the bandwidth; you can force the cost of an interface with the ip ospf cost value interface subconfiguration mode command.

Accepted values range between 1 and 450.

The APIC defaults to 0 when unset during creation.

dead_interval

integer

The interval between hello packets from a neighbor before the router declares the neighbor as down.

This value must be the same for all networking devices on a specific network.

Specifying a smaller dead interval (seconds) will give faster detection of a neighbor being down and improve convergence, but might cause more routing instability.

Accepted values range between 1 and 65535.

The APIC defaults to 40 when unset during creation.

description

aliases: descr

string

The description for the OSPF interface.

hello_interval

integer

The interval between hello packets that OSPF sends on the interface.

Note that the smaller the hello interval, the faster topological changes will be detected, but more routing traffic will ensue.

This value must be the same for all routers and access servers on a specific network.

Accepted values range between 1 and 65535.

The APIC defaults to 10 when unset during creation.

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.

name_alias

string

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

network_type

string

The OSPF interface policy network type.

OSPF supports broadcast and point-to-point.

The APIC defaults to unspecified when unset during creation.

Choices:

  • "bcast"

  • "p2p"

ospf

aliases: ospf_interface, name

string

The OSPF interface policy name.

This name can be between 1 and 64 alphanumeric characters.

Note that you cannot change this name after the object has been saved.

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.

owner_key

string

User-defined string for the ownerKey attribute of an ACI object.

This attribute represents a key for enabling clients to own their data for entity correlation.

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

owner_tag

string

User-defined string for the ownerTag attribute of an ACI object.

This attribute represents a tag for enabling clients to add their own data.

For example, to indicate who created this object.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ACI_OWNER_TAG 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.

prefix_suppression

boolean

Whether prefix suppressions is enabled or disabled.

The APIC defaults to inherit when unset during creation.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

priority

integer

The priority for the OSPF interface profile.

Accepted values ranges between 0 and 255.

The APIC defaults to 1 when unset during creation.

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.

retransmit_interval

integer

The interval between LSA retransmissions.

The retransmit interval occurs while the router is waiting for an acknowledgement from the neighbor router that it received the LSA.

If no acknowledgment is received at the end of the interval, then the LSA is resent.

Accepted values range between 1 and 65535.

The APIC defaults to 5 when unset during creation.

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

The name of the Tenant the OSPF interface policy should belong to.

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

transmit_delay

integer

The delay time needed to send an LSA update packet.

OSPF increments the LSA age time by the transmit delay amount before transmitting the LSA update.

You should take into account the transmission and propagation delays for the interface when you set this value.

Accepted values range between 1 and 450.

The APIC defaults to 1 when unset during creation.

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)

See Also

See also

APIC Management Information Model reference

More information about the internal APIC class ospf:IfPol.

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: Ensure ospf interface policy exists
  cisco.aci.aci_interface_policy_ospf:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    tenant: production
    ospf: ospf1
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Ensure ospf interface policy does not exist
  cisco.aci.aci_interface_policy_ospf:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    tenant: production
    ospf: ospf1
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Query an ospf interface policy
  cisco.aci.aci_interface_policy_ospf:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    tenant: production
    ospf: ospf1
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: query_result

- name: Query all ospf interface policies in tenant production
  cisco.aci.aci_interface_policy_ospf:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    tenant: production
    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

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

  • Dag Wieers (@dagwieers)