cisco.aci.aci_cloud_zone – Manage Cloud Availability Zone (cloud:Zone)
Note
This plugin is part of the cisco.aci collection (version 2.1.0).
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_cloud_zone.
Synopsis
- Manage Cloud Availability Zone on Cisco Cloud ACI.
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| annotation  string  | User-defined string for annotating an object. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable  ACI_ANNOTATIONwill be used instead. | |
| certificate_name  string  | The X.509 certificate name attached to the APIC AAA user used for signature-based authentication. If a  private_keyfilename was provided, this defaults to theprivate_keybasename, without extension.If PEM-formatted content was provided for  private_key, this defaults to theusernamevalue.If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable  ACI_CERTIFICATE_NAMEwill be used instead.aliases: cert_name | |
| cloud  string / required  | 
 | The cloud provider. | 
| host  string / required  | 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_HOSTwill be used instead.aliases: hostname | |
| name  string  | object name aliases: zone | |
| output_level  string  | 
 | Influence the output of this ACI module. normalmeans the standard output, incl.currentdictinfoadds informational output, incl.previous,proposedandsentdictsdebugadds debugging output, incl.filter_string,method,response,statusandurlinformationIf the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable  ACI_OUTPUT_LEVELwill be used instead. | 
| 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_PATHwill 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_KEYwill 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_TAGwill be used instead. | |
| password  string  | The password to use for authentication. This option is mutual exclusive with  private_key. Ifprivate_keyis provided too, it will be used instead.If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variables  ACI_PASSWORDorANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORDwill be used instead. | |
| 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_PORTwill be used instead. | |
| private_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_namethat is used.This option is mutual exclusive with  password. Ifpasswordis provided too, it will be ignored.If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable  ACI_PRIVATE_KEYorANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILEwill be used instead.aliases: cert_key | |
| region  string / required  | The name of the cloud provider's region. | |
| state  string  | 
 | Use  queryfor listing an object or multiple objects. | 
| timeout  integer  | Default: 30 | The socket level timeout in seconds. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable  ACI_TIMEOUTwill be used instead. | 
| use_proxy  boolean  | 
 | If  no, 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_PROXYwill be used instead. | 
| use_ssl  boolean  | 
 | If  no, 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_SSLwill be used instead. | 
| username  string  | Default: "admin" | The username to use for authentication. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variables  ACI_USERNAMEorANSIBLE_NET_USERNAMEwill be used instead.aliases: user | 
| validate_certs  boolean  | 
 | If  no, SSL certificates will not be validated.This should only set to  nowhen 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_CERTSwill be used instead. | 
Notes
Note
- More information about the internal APIC class cloud:Zone from the APIC Management Information Model reference.
- This module is used to query Cloud Availability Zone.
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: Query all zones in a region
  cisco.aci.aci_cloud_zone:
    host: apic
    username: userName
    password: somePassword
    validate_certs: no
    cloud: 'aws'
    region: regionName
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost
- name: Query a specific zone
  cisco.aci.aci_cloud_zone:
    host: apic
    username: userName
    password: somePassword
    validate_certs: no
    cloud: 'aws'
    region: regionName
    zone: zoneName
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost
   Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| current  list / elements=string  | 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 / elements=string  | 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: <?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 / elements=string  | 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: https://10.11.12.13/api/mo/uni/tn-production.json | 
Authors
- Nirav (@nirav)
- Cindy Zhao (@cizhao)
    © 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
    https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/cisco/aci/aci_cloud_zone_module.html