aci_vrf – Manage contexts or VRFs (fv:Ctx)

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aci_vrf – Manage contexts or VRFs (fv:Ctx)

New in version 2.4.


Synopsis

  • Manage contexts or VRFs on Cisco ACI fabrics.
  • Each context is a private network associated to a tenant, i.e. VRF.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

certificate_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.


aliases: cert_name

description

string

The description for the VRF.


aliases: descr

host

string / required

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


aliases: hostname

output_level

string

  • 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

string / 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.

policy_control_direction

string

  • egress
  • ingress

Determines if the policy should be enforced by the fabric on ingress or egress.

policy_control_preference

string

  • enforced
  • unenforced

Determines if the fabric should enforce contract policies to allow routing and packet forwarding.

port

integer

Port number to be used for REST connection.

The default value depends on parameter use_ssl.

private_key

string / required

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.


aliases: cert_key

state

string

  • absent
  • present

  • query

Use present or absent for adding or removing.

Use query for listing an object or multiple objects.

tenant

string

The name of the Tenant the VRF should belong to.


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

string

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.

vrf

string

The name of the VRF.


aliases: context, name, vrf_name



Notes

Note

  • The tenant used must exist before using this module in your playbook. The aci_tenant module can be used for this.


See Also

See also

aci_tenant – Manage tenants (fv:Tenant)
The official documentation on the aci_tenant module.
APIC Management Information Model reference
More information about the internal APIC class fv:Ctx.
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 VRF to a tenant
  aci_vrf:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    vrf: vrf_lab
    tenant: lab_tenant
    descr: Lab VRF
    policy_control_preference: enforced
    policy_control_direction: ingress
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove a VRF for a tenant
  aci_vrf:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    vrf: vrf_lab
    tenant: lab_tenant
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Query a VRF of a tenant
  aci_vrf:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    vrf: vrf_lab
    tenant: lab_tenant
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: query_result

- name: Query all VRFs
  aci_vrf:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    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

  • Jacob McGill (@jmcgill298)

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