cisco.dnac.network_device_images_activate_bulk module – Resource module for Network Device Images Activate Bulk

Note

This module is part of the cisco.dnac collection (version 6.39.0).

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_images_activate_bulk.

New in cisco.dnac 6.18.0

Synopsis

  • Manage operation create of the resource Network Device Images Activate Bulk. - > This API initiates the process of updating the software image on the given network devices. Providing value for the `installedImages` in request payload will initiate both distribution and activation of the images. At the end of this process, only the images which are part of `installedImages` will be running on the network devices. To monitor the progress and completion of the update task, call the GET API `/dna/intent/api/v1/networkDeviceImageUpdates?parentId={taskId}`, where `taskId` is from the response of the current endpoint.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Requirements

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

  • dnacentersdk >= 2.10.1

  • 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: "2.3.7.6"

payload

list / elements=dictionary

Network Device Images Activate Bulk’s payload.

compatibleFeatures

list / elements=dictionary

Network Device Images Activate Bulk’s compatibleFeatures.

key

string

Name of the compatible feature.

value

string

Feature that can be enabled or disabled.

id

string

Network device identifier.

installedImages

list / elements=dictionary

Network Device Images Activate Bulk’s installedImages.

id

string

Software image identifier.

networkValidationIds

list / elements=string

List of unique identifiers of custom network device validations.

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 software_image_management_swim.SoftwareImageManagementSwim.bulk_update_images_on_network_devices,

  • Paths used are post /dna/intent/api/v1/networkDeviceImages/activate/bulk,

  • 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 Software Image Management (SWIM) BulkUpdateImagesOnNetworkDevices

Complete reference of the BulkUpdateImagesOnNetworkDevices API.

Examples

---
- name: Create
  cisco.dnac.network_device_images_activate_bulk:
    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}}"
    payload:
      - compatibleFeatures:
          - key: string
            value: string
        id: string
        installedImages:
          - id: string
        networkValidationIds:
          - 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)