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cisco.dnac.device_credential_create module – Resource module for Device Credential Create

Note

This module is part of the cisco.dnac collection (version 6.7.2).

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.device_credential_create.

New in cisco.dnac 3.1.0

Synopsis

• Manage operation create of the resource Device Credential Create.

• API to create device credentials.

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: "2.3.5.3"
settings dictionary	Device Credential Create’s settings.
cliCredential list / elements=dictionary	Device Credential Create’s cliCredential.
description string	Name or description for CLI credential.
enablePassword string	Enable password for CLI credential.
password string	Password for CLI credential.
username string	User name for CLI credential.
httpsRead list / elements=dictionary	Device Credential Create’s httpsRead.
name string	Name or description of http read credential.
password string	Password for http read credential.
port integer	Port for http read credential.
username string	User name of the http read credential.
httpsWrite list / elements=dictionary	Device Credential Create’s httpsWrite.
name string	Name or description of http write credential.
password string	Password for http write credential.
port integer	Port for http write credential.
username string	User name of the http write credential.
snmpV2cRead list / elements=dictionary	Device Credential Create’s snmpV2cRead.
description string	Description for snmp v2 read.
readCommunity string	Ready community for snmp v2 read credential.
snmpV2cWrite list / elements=dictionary	Device Credential Create’s snmpV2cWrite.
description string	Description for snmp v2 write.
writeCommunity string	Write community for snmp v2 write credential.
snmpV3 list / elements=dictionary	Device Credential Create’s snmpV3.
authPassword string	Authentication password for snmpv3 credential.
authType string	Authentication type for snmpv3 credential.
description string	Name or description for SNMPV3 credential.
privacyPassword string	Privacy password for snmpv3 credential.
privacyType string	Privacy type for snmpv3 credential.
snmpMode string	Mode for snmpv3 credential.
username string	User name for SNMPv3 credential.
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_device_credentials,

• Paths used are post /dna/intent/api/v1/device-credential,

• 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 CreateDeviceCredentials

Complete reference of the CreateDeviceCredentials API.

Examples

- name: Create
  cisco.dnac.device_credential_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}}"
    settings:
      cliCredential:
      - description: string
        enablePassword: string
        password: string
        username: string
      httpsRead:
      - name: string
        password: string
        port: 0
        username: string
      httpsWrite:
      - name: string
        password: string
        port: 0
        username: string
      snmpV2cRead:
      - description: string
        readCommunity: string
      snmpV2cWrite:
      - description: string
        writeCommunity: string
      snmpV3:
      - authPassword: string
        authType: string
        description: string
        privacyPassword: string
        privacyType: string
        snmpMode: string
        username: 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)

Collection links

Issue Tracker Repository (Sources)