cisco.aci.aci_access_port_to_interface_policy_leaf_profile module – Manage Fabric interface policy leaf profile interface selectors (infra:HPortS, infra:RsAccBaseGrp, and infra:PortBlk)

Note

This module is part of the cisco.aci collection (version 2.10.1).

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.aci.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.aci.aci_access_port_to_interface_policy_leaf_profile.

Synopsis

  • Manage Fabric interface policy leaf profile interface selectors on Cisco ACI fabrics.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

access_port_selector

aliases: name, access_port_selector_name

string

The name of the Fabric access policy leaf interface profile access port selector.

annotation

string

User-defined string for annotating an object.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ACI_ANNOTATION will be used instead.

If the value is not specified in the task and environment variable ACI_ANNOTATION then the default value will be used.

Default: "orchestrator:ansible"

certificate_name

aliases: cert_name

string

The X.509 certificate name attached to the APIC AAA user used for signature-based authentication.

If a private_key filename was provided, this defaults to the private_key basename, without extension.

If PEM-formatted content was provided for private_key, this defaults to the username value.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ACI_CERTIFICATE_NAME will be used instead.

description

string

The description to assign to the access_port_selector

fex_id

integer

Id of the fex profile, a valid FEX ID is between 101 to 199.

fex_profile

aliases: fex_profile_name

string

The name of the Fex Profile. Value of the fex_profile is overridden by the policy_group.

from_card

aliases: from_card_range

string

Deprecated

Starting with Ansible 2.8 we recommend using cisco.aci.aci_access_port_block_to_access_port instead.

The parameter will be removed in Ansible 2.12.

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The beginning (from-range) of the card range block for the leaf access port block.

from_port

aliases: from, fromPort, from_port_range

string

Deprecated

Starting with Ansible 2.8 we recommend using cisco.aci.aci_access_port_block_to_access_port instead.

The parameter will be removed in Ansible 2.12.

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The beginning (from-range) of the port range block for the leaf access port block.

host

aliases: hostname

string

IP Address or hostname of APIC resolvable by Ansible control host.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ACI_HOST will be used instead.

interface_profile

aliases: leaf_interface_profile_name, leaf_interface_profile, interface_profile_name

string

The name of the Fabric access policy leaf interface profile.

interface_type

string

The type of interface for the static EPG deployment.

The interface_type fex_profile can not be configured with a profile of type fex.

Choices:

  • "breakout"

  • "fex"

  • "port_channel"

  • "switch_port" ← (default)

  • "vpc"

  • "fex_port_channel"

  • "fex_vpc"

  • "fex_profile"

leaf_port_blk_description

string

Deprecated

Starting with Ansible 2.8 we recommend using cisco.aci.aci_access_port_block_to_access_port instead.

The parameter will be removed in Ansible 2.12.

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The description to assign to the leaf_port_blk

output_level

string

Influence the output of this ACI module.

normal means the standard output, incl. current dict

info adds informational output, incl. previous, proposed and sent dicts

debug adds debugging output, incl. filter_string, method, response, status and url information

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ACI_OUTPUT_LEVEL will be used instead.

Choices:

  • "debug"

  • "info"

  • "normal" ← (default)

output_path

string

Path to a file that will be used to dump the ACI JSON configuration objects generated by the module.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ACI_OUTPUT_PATH will be used instead.

owner_key

string

User-defined string for the ownerKey attribute of an ACI object.

This attribute represents a key for enabling clients to own their data for entity correlation.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ACI_OWNER_KEY will be used instead.

owner_tag

string

User-defined string for the ownerTag attribute of an ACI object.

This attribute represents a tag for enabling clients to add their own data.

For example, to indicate who created this object.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ACI_OWNER_TAG will be used instead.

password

string

The password to use for authentication.

This option is mutual exclusive with private_key. If private_key is provided too, it will be used instead.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variables ACI_PASSWORD or ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD will be used instead.

policy_group

aliases: policy_group_name

string

The name of the fabric access policy group to be associated with the leaf interface profile interface selector.

port

integer

Port number to be used for REST connection.

The default value depends on parameter use_ssl.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ACI_PORT will be used instead.

port_blk

aliases: leaf_port_blk_name, leaf_port_blk, port_blk_name

string

Deprecated

Starting with Ansible 2.8 we recommend using cisco.aci.aci_access_port_block_to_access_port instead.

The parameter will be removed in Ansible 2.12.

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The name of the Fabric access policy leaf interface profile access port block.

private_key

aliases: cert_key

string

Either a PEM-formatted private key file or the private key content used for signature-based authentication.

This value also influences the default certificate_name that is used.

This option is mutual exclusive with password. If password is provided too, it will be ignored.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ACI_PRIVATE_KEY or ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE will be used instead.

state

string

Use present or absent for adding or removing.

Use query for listing an object or multiple objects.

Choices:

  • "absent"

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "query"

suppress_previous

aliases: no_previous, ignore_previous

boolean

If true, a GET to check previous will not be sent before a POST update to APIC.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ACI_SUPPRESS_PREVIOUS will be used instead.

The default value is false.

WARNING - This causes the previous return value to be empty.

The previous state of the object will not be checked and the POST update will contain all properties.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

suppress_verification

aliases: no_verification, no_verify, suppress_verify, ignore_verify, ignore_verification

boolean

If true, a verifying GET will not be sent after a POST update to APIC.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ACI_SUPPRESS_VERIFICATION will be used instead.

The default value is false.

WARNING - This causes the current return value to be set to the proposed value.

The current object including default values will be unverifiable in a single task.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

timeout

integer

The socket level timeout in seconds.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ACI_TIMEOUT will be used instead.

The default value is 30.

to_card

aliases: to_card_range

string

Deprecated

Starting with Ansible 2.8 we recommend using cisco.aci.aci_access_port_block_to_access_port instead.

The parameter will be removed in Ansible 2.12.

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The end (to-range) of the card range block for the leaf access port block.

to_port

aliases: to, toPort, to_port_range

string

Deprecated

Starting with Ansible 2.8 we recommend using cisco.aci.aci_access_port_block_to_access_port instead.

The parameter will be removed in Ansible 2.12.

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The end (to-range) of the port range block for the leaf access port block.

type

aliases: profile_type

string

The type of access port to be created under respective profile.

Choices:

  • "fex"

  • "leaf" ← (default)

use_proxy

boolean

If false, it will not use a proxy, even if one is defined in an environment variable on the target hosts.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ACI_USE_PROXY will be used instead.

The default value is true.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

use_ssl

boolean

If false, an HTTP connection will be used instead of the default HTTPS connection.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ACI_USE_SSL will be used instead.

The default value is true when the connection is local.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

username

aliases: user

string

The username to use for authentication.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variables ACI_USERNAME or ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME will be used instead.

The default value is admin.

validate_certs

boolean

If false, SSL certificates will not be validated.

This should only set to false when used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ACI_VALIDATE_CERTS will be used instead.

The default value is true.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

Notes

Note

See Also

See also

cisco.aci.aci_access_port_block_to_access_port

Manage Port blocks of Fabric Access Leaf/Spine Interface Port Selectors (infra:PortBlk).

APIC Management Information Model reference

More information about the internal APIC classes infra:HPortS, infra:RsAccBaseGrp and infra:PortBlk.

Cisco ACI Guide

Detailed information on how to manage your ACI infrastructure using Ansible.

Developing Cisco ACI modules

Detailed guide on how to write your own Cisco ACI modules to contribute.

Examples

- name: Associate an Interface Access Port Selector to an Interface Policy Leaf Profile with a Policy Group
  cisco.aci.aci_access_port_to_interface_policy_leaf_profile:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    interface_profile: leafintprfname
    access_port_selector: accessportselectorname
    port_blk: leafportblkname
    from_port: 13
    to_port: 16
    policy_group: policygroupname
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Associate an interface access port selector to an Interface Policy Leaf Profile (w/o policy group)
  cisco.aci.aci_access_port_to_interface_policy_leaf_profile:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    interface_profile: leafintprfname
    access_port_selector: accessportselectorname
    port_blk: leafportblkname
    from_port: 13
    to_port: 16
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove an interface access port selector associated with an Interface Policy Leaf Profile
  cisco.aci.aci_access_port_to_interface_policy_leaf_profile:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    interface_profile: leafintprfname
    access_port_selector: accessportselectorname
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove an interface access port selector associated with an Interface Policy Fex Profile
  cisco.aci.aci_access_port_to_interface_policy_leaf_profile:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    interface_profile: fexintprfname
    access_port_selector: accessportselectorname
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Query Specific access_port_selector under given leaf_interface_profile
  cisco.aci.aci_access_port_to_interface_policy_leaf_profile:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    interface_profile: leafintprfname
    access_port_selector: accessportselectorname
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: query_result

- name: Query Specific access_port_selector under given Fex leaf_interface_profile
  cisco.aci.aci_access_port_to_interface_policy_leaf_profile:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    interface_profile: fexintprfname
    access_port_selector: accessportselectorname
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: query_result

- name: Create and Bind Access Port Selector with Fex Profile Policy Group
  cisco.aci.aci_access_port_to_interface_policy_leaf_profile:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    leaf_interface_profile: leafintprftest
    fex_profile: fexintprftest
    policy_group: fexintprftest
    access_port_selector_name: anstest_fex_accessportselector
    interface_type: fex_profile
    from_port: 13
    to_port: 13
    port_blk: block2
    fex_id: 105
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create and Bind Access Port Selector with PC Policy Group
  cisco.aci.aci_access_port_to_interface_policy_leaf_profile:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    interface_profile: leafintprfname
    access_port_selector: accessportselectorname
    policy_group: pcintprftest
    access_port_selector_name: anstest_pc_accessportselector
    interface_type: port_channel
    port_blk: leafportblkname
    from_port: 13
    to_port: 13
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create and Bind Access Port Selector with VPC Policy Group
  cisco.aci.aci_access_port_to_interface_policy_leaf_profile:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    interface_profile: leafintprfname
    access_port_selector: accessportselectorname
    policy_group: vpcintprftest
    access_port_selector_name: anstest_vpc_accessportselector
    interface_type: vpc
    port_blk: leafportblkname
    from_port: 13
    to_port: 13
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key

Description

current

list / elements=string

The existing configuration from the APIC after the module has finished

Returned: success

Sample: [{"fvTenant": {"attributes": {"descr": "Production environment", "dn": "uni/tn-production", "name": "production", "nameAlias": "", "ownerKey": "", "ownerTag": ""}}}]

error

dictionary

The error information as returned from the APIC

Returned: failure

Sample: {"code": "122", "text": "unknown managed object class foo"}

filter_string

string

The filter string used for the request

Returned: failure or debug

Sample: "?rsp-prop-include=config-only"

method

string

The HTTP method used for the request to the APIC

Returned: failure or debug

Sample: "POST"

previous

list / elements=string

The original configuration from the APIC before the module has started

Returned: info

Sample: [{"fvTenant": {"attributes": {"descr": "Production", "dn": "uni/tn-production", "name": "production", "nameAlias": "", "ownerKey": "", "ownerTag": ""}}}]

proposed

dictionary

The assembled configuration from the user-provided parameters

Returned: info

Sample: {"fvTenant": {"attributes": {"descr": "Production environment", "name": "production"}}}

raw

string

The raw output returned by the APIC REST API (xml or json)

Returned: parse error

Sample: "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?><imdata totalCount=\"1\"><error code=\"122\" text=\"unknown managed object class foo\"/></imdata>"

response

string

The HTTP response from the APIC

Returned: failure or debug

Sample: "OK (30 bytes)"

sent

list / elements=string

The actual/minimal configuration pushed to the APIC

Returned: info

Sample: {"fvTenant": {"attributes": {"descr": "Production environment"}}}

status

integer

The HTTP status from the APIC

Returned: failure or debug

Sample: 200

url

string

The HTTP url used for the request to the APIC

Returned: failure or debug

Sample: "https://10.11.12.13/api/mo/uni/tn-production.json"

Authors

  • Bruno Calogero (@brunocalogero)

  • Shreyas Srish (@shrsr)