cisco.dnac.network_device module – Resource module for Network Device

Note

This module is part of the cisco.dnac collection (version 6.9.0).

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.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_device.

New in cisco.dnac 3.1.0

Synopsis

  • Manage operations create, update and delete of the resource Network Device.

  • Adds the device with given credential.

  • Deletes the network device for the given Id.

  • Sync the devices provided as input.

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

cleanConfig

boolean

added in cisco.dnac 4.0.0

CleanConfig query parameter.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

cliTransport

string

Network Device’s cliTransport.

computeDevice

boolean

ComputeDevice flag.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

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"

enablePassword

string

Network Device’s enablePassword.

extendedDiscoveryInfo

string

Network Device’s extendedDiscoveryInfo.

httpPassword

string

Network Device’s httpPassword.

httpPort

string

Network Device’s httpPort.

httpSecure

boolean

HttpSecure flag.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

httpUserName

string

Network Device’s httpUserName.

id

string

Id path parameter. Device ID.

ipAddress

list / elements=string

Network Device’s ipAddress.

merakiOrgId

list / elements=string

Network Device’s merakiOrgId.

netconfPort

string

Network Device’s netconfPort.

password

string

Network Device’s password.

serialNumber

string

Network Device’s serialNumber.

snmpAuthPassphrase

string

Network Device’s snmpAuthPassphrase.

snmpAuthProtocol

string

Network Device’s snmpAuthProtocol.

snmpMode

string

Network Device’s snmpMode.

snmpPrivPassphrase

string

Network Device’s snmpPrivPassphrase.

snmpPrivProtocol

string

Network Device’s snmpPrivProtocol.

snmpRetry

integer

Network Device’s snmpRetry.

snmpROCommunity

string

Network Device’s snmpROCommunity.

snmpRWCommunity

string

Network Device’s snmpRWCommunity.

snmpTimeout

integer

Network Device’s snmpTimeout.

snmpUserName

string

Network Device’s snmpUserName.

snmpVersion

string

Network Device’s snmpVersion.

type

string

Network Device’s type.

updateMgmtIPaddressList

list / elements=dictionary

Network Device’s updateMgmtIPaddressList.

existMgmtIpAddress

string

Network Device’s existMgmtIpAddress.

newMgmtIpAddress

string

Network Device’s newMgmtIpAddress.

userName

string

Network Device’s userName.

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 devices.Devices.add_device, devices.Devices.delete_device_by_id, devices.Devices.sync_devices,

  • Paths used are post /dna/intent/api/v1/network-device, delete /dna/intent/api/v1/network-device/{id}, put /dna/intent/api/v1/network-device,

  • Removed ‘managementIpAddress’ options in v4.3.0.

  • 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 Devices AddDevice2

Complete reference of the AddDevice2 API.

Cisco DNA Center documentation for Devices DeleteDeviceById

Complete reference of the DeleteDeviceById API.

Cisco DNA Center documentation for Devices SyncDevices2

Complete reference of the SyncDevices2 API.

Examples

- name: Create
  cisco.dnac.network_device:
    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}}"
    state: present
    cliTransport: string
    computeDevice: true
    enablePassword: string
    extendedDiscoveryInfo: string
    httpPassword: string
    httpPort: string
    httpSecure: true
    httpUserName: string
    ipAddress:
    - string
    merakiOrgId:
    - string
    netconfPort: string
    password: string
    serialNumber: string
    snmpAuthPassphrase: string
    snmpAuthProtocol: string
    snmpMode: string
    snmpPrivPassphrase: string
    snmpPrivProtocol: string
    snmpROCommunity: string
    snmpRWCommunity: string
    snmpRetry: 0
    snmpTimeout: 0
    snmpUserName: string
    snmpVersion: string
    type: string
    updateMgmtIPaddressList:
    - existMgmtIpAddress: string
      newMgmtIpAddress: string
    userName: string

- name: Update all
  cisco.dnac.network_device:
    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}}"
    state: present
    cliTransport: string
    computeDevice: true
    enablePassword: string
    extendedDiscoveryInfo: string
    httpPassword: string
    httpPort: string
    httpSecure: true
    httpUserName: string
    ipAddress:
    - string
    merakiOrgId:
    - string
    netconfPort: string
    password: string
    serialNumber: string
    snmpAuthPassphrase: string
    snmpAuthProtocol: string
    snmpMode: string
    snmpPrivPassphrase: string
    snmpPrivProtocol: string
    snmpROCommunity: string
    snmpRWCommunity: string
    snmpRetry: 0
    snmpTimeout: 0
    snmpUserName: string
    snmpVersion: string
    type: string
    updateMgmtIPaddressList:
    - existMgmtIpAddress: string
      newMgmtIpAddress: string
    userName: string

- name: Delete by id
  cisco.dnac.network_device:
    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}}"
    state: absent
    cleanConfig: true
    id: 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: {"response": {"taskId": "string", "url": "string"}, "version": "string"}

Authors

  • Rafael Campos (@racampos)