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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 | 
       
  | 
      
        
        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 | 
       
  | 
      
        
        The Intra EPG Isolation.
        
       
        The APIC defaults to  unenforced when unset during creation.
        | 
     
| output_level | 
       
  | 
      
        
        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  
        bool
         
        (added in 2.5)
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        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 | 
       
  | 
      
        
        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 | 
       
  | 
      
        
        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  
        int
         | 
      Default: 
        30
         | 
      
        
        The socket level timeout in seconds.
         | 
     
| use_proxy  
        bool
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If  no, it will not use a proxy, even if one is defined in an environment variable on the target hosts.
        | 
     
| use_ssl  
        bool
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        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  
        bool
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        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
- The 
tenantandapp_profileused must exist before using this module in your playbook. The aci_tenant and aci_ap modules can be used for this. - More information about the internal APIC class fv:AEPg from the APIC Management Information Model reference.
 - Please read the Cisco ACI Guide for more detailed information on how to manage your ACI infrastructure using Ansible.
 
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
- 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
  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
- name: Query an EPG
  aci_epg:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    tenant: production
    ap: ticketing
    epg: web_epg
    state: query
- name: Query all EPGs
  aci_epg:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    state: query
- name: Query all EPGs with a Specific Name
  aci_epg:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    validate_certs: no
    epg: web_epg
    state: query
- name: Query all EPGs of an App Profile
  aci_epg:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    validate_certs: no
    ap: ticketing
    state: query
  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  
        dict
         | 
      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  
        dict
         | 
      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:
        
       
        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><imdata totalCount="1"><error code="122" text="unknown managed object class foo"/></imdata>
         | 
     
| 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  
        int
         | 
      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:
        
       
        https://10.11.12.13/api/mo/uni/tn-production.json
         | 
     
Status
This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.
Maintenance
This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.
For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.
Author
- Swetha Chunduri (@schunduri)
 
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