cisco.dnac.network_create module – Resource module for Network Create

Note

This module is part of the cisco.dnac collection (version 6.6.1).

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

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.dnac.network_create.

New in cisco.dnac 3.1.0

Synopsis

  • Manage operation create of the resource Network Create.

  • API to create a network for DHCP, Syslog, SNMP, NTP, Network AAA, Client and Endpint AAA, and/or DNS center server settings.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Requirements

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

  • dnacentersdk >= 2.5.5

  • python >= 3.5

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

dnac_debug

boolean

Flag for Cisco DNA Center SDK to enable debugging.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

dnac_host

string / required

The Cisco DNA Center hostname.

dnac_password

string

The Cisco DNA Center password to authenticate.

dnac_port

integer

The Cisco DNA Center port.

Default: 443

dnac_username

aliases: user

string

The Cisco DNA Center username to authenticate.

Default: "admin"

dnac_verify

boolean

Flag to enable or disable SSL certificate verification.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

dnac_version

string

Informs the SDK which version of Cisco DNA Center to use.

Default: "2.3.3.0"

headers

dictionary

Additional headers.

settings

dictionary

Network Create’s settings.

clientAndEndpoint_aaa

dictionary

Network Create’s clientAndEndpoint_aaa.

ipAddress

string

IP address for ISE serve (eg 1.1.1.4).

network

string

IP address for AAA or ISE server (eg 2.2.2.1).

protocol

string

Protocol for AAA or ISE serve (eg RADIUS).

servers

string

Server type AAA or ISE server (eg AAA).

sharedSecret

string

Shared secret for ISE server.

dhcpServer

list / elements=string

Dhcp serve Ip (eg 1.1.1.1).

dnsServer

dictionary

Network Create’s dnsServer.

domainName

string

Domain name of DHCP (eg; cisco).

primaryIpAddress

string

Primary ip address for DHCP (eg 2.2.2.2).

secondaryIpAddress

string

Secondary ip address for DHCP (eg 3.3.3.3).

messageOfTheday

dictionary

Network Create’s messageOfTheday.

bannerMessage

string

Massage for banner message (eg; Good day).

retainExistingBanner

string

Retain existing banner message (eg “true” or “false”).

netflowcollector

dictionary

Network Create’s netflowcollector.

ipAddress

string

IP address for netflow collector (eg 3.3.3.1).

port

integer

Port for netflow collector (eg; 443).

network_aaa

dictionary

Network Create’s network_aaa.

ipAddress

string

IP address for AAA and ISE server (eg 1.1.1.1).

network

string

IP address for AAA or ISE server (eg 2.2.2.2).

protocol

string

Protocol for AAA or ISE serve (eg RADIUS).

servers

string

Server type for AAA network (eg AAA).

sharedSecret

string

Shared secret for ISE server.

ntpServer

list / elements=string

IP address for NTP server (eg 1.1.1.2).

snmpServer

dictionary

Network Create’s snmpServer.

configureDnacIP

boolean

Configuration dnac ip for snmp server (eg true).

Choices:

  • false

  • true

ipAddresses

list / elements=string

IP address for snmp server (eg 4.4.4.1).

syslogServer

dictionary

Network Create’s syslogServer.

configureDnacIP

boolean

Configuration dnac ip for syslog server (eg true).

Choices:

  • false

  • true

ipAddresses

list / elements=string

IP address for syslog server (eg 4.4.4.4).

timezone

string

Input for time zone (eg Africa/Abidjan).

siteId

string

SiteId path parameter. Site id to which site details to associate with the network settings.

validate_response_schema

boolean

Flag for Cisco DNA Center SDK to enable the validation of request bodies against a JSON schema.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

Notes

Note

  • SDK Method used are network_settings.NetworkSettings.create_network,

  • Paths used are post /dna/intent/api/v1/network/{siteId},

  • Does not support check_mode

  • The plugin runs on the control node and does not use any ansible connection plugins, but instead the embedded connection manager from Cisco DNAC SDK

  • The parameters starting with dnac_ are used by the Cisco DNAC Python SDK to establish the connection

See Also

See also

Cisco DNA Center documentation for Network Settings CreateNetwork

Complete reference of the CreateNetwork API.

Examples

- name: Create
  cisco.dnac.network_create:
    dnac_host: "{{dnac_host}}"
    dnac_username: "{{dnac_username}}"
    dnac_password: "{{dnac_password}}"
    dnac_verify: "{{dnac_verify}}"
    dnac_port: "{{dnac_port}}"
    dnac_version: "{{dnac_version}}"
    dnac_debug: "{{dnac_debug}}"
    headers: '{{my_headers | from_json}}'
    settings:
      clientAndEndpoint_aaa:
        ipAddress: string
        network: string
        protocol: string
        servers: string
        sharedSecret: string
      dhcpServer:
      - string
      dnsServer:
        domainName: string
        primaryIpAddress: string
        secondaryIpAddress: string
      messageOfTheday:
        bannerMessage: string
        retainExistingBanner: string
      netflowcollector:
        ipAddress: string
        port: 0
      network_aaa:
        ipAddress: string
        network: string
        protocol: string
        servers: string
        sharedSecret: string
      ntpServer:
      - string
      snmpServer:
        configureDnacIP: true
        ipAddresses:
        - string
      syslogServer:
        configureDnacIP: true
        ipAddresses:
        - string
      timezone: string
    siteId: string

Return Values

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

Key

Description

dnac_response

dictionary

A dictionary or list with the response returned by the Cisco DNAC Python SDK

Returned: always

Sample: {"executionId": "string", "executionStatusUrl": "string", "message": "string"}

Authors

  • Rafael Campos (@racampos)