aci_epg – Manage End Point Groups (EPG) objects (fv:AEPg)

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aci_epg – Manage End Point Groups (EPG) objects (fv:AEPg)

New in version 2.4.


Synopsis

  • Manage End Point Groups (EPG) on Cisco ACI fabrics.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

ap

- / required

Name of an existing application network profile, that will contain the EPGs.


aliases: app_profile, app_profile_name

bd

- / required

Name of the bridge domain being associated with the EPG.


aliases: bd_name, bridge_domain

certificate_name

-

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

It defaults to the private_key basename, without extension.


aliases: cert_name

description

-

Description for the EPG.


aliases: descr

epg

- / required

Name of the end point group.


aliases: epg_name, name

fwd_control

-

  • none
  • proxy-arp

The forwarding control used by the EPG.

The APIC defaults to none when unset during creation.

host

- / required

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


aliases: hostname

intra_epg_isolation

-

  • enforced
  • unenforced

The Intra EPG Isolation.

The APIC defaults to unenforced when unset during creation.

output_level

-

  • debug
  • info
  • normal

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

password

- / required

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.

port

-

Port number to be used for REST connection.

The default value depends on parameter `use_ssl`.

preferred_group

boolean

added in 2.5

  • no
  • yes

Whether ot not the EPG is part of the Preferred Group and can communicate without contracts.

This is very convenient for migration scenarios, or when ACI is used for network automation but not for policy.

The APIC defaults to no when unset during creation.

priority

-

  • level1
  • level2
  • level3
  • unspecified

The QoS class.

The APIC defaults to unspecified when unset during creation.

private_key

- / required

PEM formatted file that contains your private key to be used for signature-based authentication.

The name of the key (without extension) is used as the certificate name in ACI, unless certificate_name is specified.

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


aliases: cert_key

state

-

  • absent
  • present

  • query

Use present or absent for adding or removing.

Use query for listing an object or multiple objects.

tenant

-

Name of an existing tenant.


aliases: tenant_name

timeout

integer

Default:

30

The socket level timeout in seconds.

use_proxy

boolean

  • no
  • yes

If no, it will not use a proxy, even if one is defined in an environment variable on the target hosts.

use_ssl

boolean

  • no
  • yes

If no, an HTTP connection will be used instead of the default HTTPS connection.

username

-

Default:

"admin"

The username to use for authentication.


aliases: user

validate_certs

boolean

  • no
  • yes

If no, SSL certificates will not be validated.

This should only set to no when used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.



Notes

Note


See Also

See also

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: Add a new EPG
  aci_epg:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    tenant: production
    ap: intranet
    epg: web_epg
    description: Web Intranet EPG
    bd: prod_bd
    preferred_group: yes
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- aci_epg:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    tenant: production
    ap: ticketing
    epg: "{{ item.epg }}"
    description: Ticketing EPG
    bd: "{{ item.bd }}"
    priority: unspecified
    intra_epg_isolation: unenforced
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost
  with_items:
    - epg: web
      bd: web_bd
    - epg: database
      bd: database_bd

- name: Remove an EPG
  aci_epg:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    validate_certs: no
    tenant: production
    app_profile: intranet
    epg: web_epg
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Query an EPG
  aci_epg:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    tenant: production
    ap: ticketing
    epg: web_epg
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: query_result

- name: Query all EPGs
  aci_epg:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: query_result

- name: Query all EPGs with a Specific Name
  aci_epg:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    validate_certs: no
    epg: web_epg
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: query_result

- name: Query all EPGs of an App Profile
  aci_epg:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    validate_certs: no
    ap: ticketing
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: query_result

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description

current

list

success

The existing configuration from the APIC after the module has finished


Sample:

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

error

dictionary

failure

The error information as returned from the APIC


Sample:

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

filter_string

string

failure or debug

The filter string used for the request


Sample:

?rsp-prop-include=config-only

method

string

failure or debug

The HTTP method used for the request to the APIC


Sample:

POST

previous

list

info

The original configuration from the APIC before the module has started


Sample:

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

proposed

dictionary

info

The assembled configuration from the user-provided parameters


Sample:

{'fvTenant': {'attributes': {'descr': 'Production environment', 'name': 'production'}}}

raw

string

parse error

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


Sample:


response

string

failure or debug

The HTTP response from the APIC


Sample:

OK (30 bytes)

sent

list

info

The actual/minimal configuration pushed to the APIC


Sample:

{'fvTenant': {'attributes': {'descr': 'Production environment'}}}

status

integer

failure or debug

The HTTP status from the APIC


Sample:

200

url

string

failure or debug

The HTTP url used for the request to the APIC


Sample:




Status

Authors

  • Swetha Chunduri (@schunduri)

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