aci_interface_policy_port_channel - Manage port channel interface policies (lacp:LagPol)
New in version 2.4.
Synopsis
- Manage port channel interface policies on Cisco ACI fabrics.
Aliases: aci_intf_policy_port_channel
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
The description for the port channel.
aliases: descr |
|
| fast_select
bool
|
|
Determines if Fast Select is enabled for Hot Standby Ports.
This makes up the LACP Policy Control Policy; if one setting is defined, then all other Control Properties left undefined or set to false will not exist after the task is ran.
The APIC defaults to yes when unset during creation.
|
| graceful_convergence
bool
|
|
Determines if Graceful Convergence is enabled.
This makes up the LACP Policy Control Policy; if one setting is defined, then all other Control Properties left undefined or set to false will not exist after the task is ran.
The APIC defaults to yes when unset during creation.
|
| host
required
|
IP Address or hostname of APIC resolvable by Ansible control host.
aliases: hostname |
|
| load_defer
bool
|
|
Determines if Load Defer is enabled.
This makes up the LACP Policy Control Policy; if one setting is defined, then all other Control Properties left undefined or set to false will not exist after the task is ran.
The APIC defaults to no when unset during creation.
|
| max_links |
|
Maximum links (range 1-16).
The APIC defaults to 16 when unset during creation.
|
| min_links |
|
Minimum links (range 1-16).
The APIC defaults to 1 when unset during creation.
|
| mode |
|
Port channel interface policy mode.
Determines the LACP method to use for forming port-channels.
The APIC defaults to off 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`.
|
|
| port_channel
required
|
Name of the port channel.
aliases: name |
|
| 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.
|
| suspend_individual
bool
|
|
Determines if Suspend Individual is enabled.
This makes up the LACP Policy Control Policy; if one setting is defined, then all other Control Properties left undefined or set to false will not exist after the task is ran.
The APIC defaults to yes when unset during creation.
|
| symmetric_hash
bool
|
|
Determines if Symmetric Hashing is enabled.
This makes up the LACP Policy Control Policy; if one setting is defined, then all other Control Properties left undefined or set to false will not exist after the task is ran.
The APIC defaults to no when unset during creation.
|
| 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
- More information about the internal APIC class lacp:LagPol 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
- aci_interface_policy_port_channel:
host: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
username: '{{ username }}'
password: '{{ password }}'
port_channel: '{{ port_channel }}'
description: '{{ description }}'
min_links: '{{ min_links }}'
max_links: '{{ max_links }}'
mode: '{{ mode }}'
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
- Dag Wieers (@dagwieers)
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