cisco.dnac.auth_token_create module – Resource module for Auth Token Create
Note
This module is part of the cisco.dnac collection (version 6.18.0).
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.auth_token_create
.
New in cisco.dnac 6.14.0
Synopsis
Manage operation create of the resource Auth Token Create.
API to obtain an access token, which remains valid for 1 hour. The token obtained using this API is required to be set as value to the X-Auth-Token HTTP Header for all API calls to Cisco DNA Center.
Note
This module has a corresponding action plugin.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
dnacentersdk >= 2.7.2
python >= 3.5
Parameters
Parameter |
Comments |
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Flag for Cisco DNA Center SDK to enable debugging. Choices:
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The Cisco DNA Center hostname. |
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The Cisco DNA Center password to authenticate. |
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The Cisco DNA Center port. Default: |
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The Cisco DNA Center username to authenticate. Default: |
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Flag to enable or disable SSL certificate verification. Choices:
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Informs the SDK which version of Cisco DNA Center to use. Default: |
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Flag for Cisco DNA Center SDK to enable the validation of request bodies against a JSON schema. Choices:
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Notes
Note
SDK Method used are authentication.Authentication.authentication_api,
Paths used are post /dna/system/api/v1/auth/token,
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 Authentication AuthenticationAPI
Complete reference of the AuthenticationAPI API.
Examples
- name: Create
cisco.dnac.auth_token_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}}"
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key |
Description |
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A dictionary or list with the response returned by the Cisco DNAC Python SDK Returned: always Sample: |