aci_domain – Manage physical, virtual, bridged, routed or FC domain profiles (phys:DomP, vmm:DomP, l2ext:DomP, l3ext:DomP, fc:DomP)

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

  • Manage physical, virtual, bridged, routed or FC domain profiles on Cisco ACI fabrics.

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
domain
string
Name of the physical, virtual, bridged routed or FC domain profile.

aliases: domain_name, domain_profile, name
domain_type
string
    Choices:
  • fc
  • l2dom
  • l3dom
  • phys
  • vmm
The type of domain profile.
fc: The FC domain profile is a policy pertaining to single FC Management domain
l2dom: The external bridged domain profile is a policy for managing L2 bridged infrastructure bridged outside the fabric.
l3dom: The external routed domain profile is a policy for managing L3 routed infrastructure outside the fabric.
phys: The physical domain profile stores the physical resources and encap resources that should be used for EPGs associated with this domain.
vmm: The VMM domain profile is a policy for grouping VM controllers with similar networking policy requirements.

aliases: type
dscp
string
    Choices:
  • AF11
  • AF12
  • AF13
  • AF21
  • AF22
  • AF23
  • AF31
  • AF32
  • AF33
  • AF41
  • AF42
  • AF43
  • CS0
  • CS1
  • CS2
  • CS3
  • CS4
  • CS5
  • CS6
  • CS7
  • EF
  • VA
  • unspecified
The target Differentiated Service (DSCP) value.
The APIC defaults to unspecified when unset during creation.

aliases: target
encap_mode
string
    Choices:
  • unknown
  • vlan
  • vxlan
The layer 2 encapsulation protocol to use with the virtual switch.
host
string / required
IP Address or hostname of APIC resolvable by Ansible control host.

aliases: hostname
multicast_address
string
The multicast IP address to use for the virtual switch.
output_level
string
    Choices:
  • 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.
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
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
  • query
Use present or absent for adding or removing.
Use query for listing an object or multiple objects.
timeout
integer
Default:
30
The socket level timeout in seconds.
use_proxy
boolean
    Choices:
  • 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
    Choices:
  • 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
    Choices:
  • 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.
vm_provider
string
    Choices:
  • cloudfoundry
  • kubernetes
  • microsoft
  • openshift
  • openstack
  • redhat
  • vmware
The VM platform for VMM Domains.
Support for Kubernetes was added in ACI v3.0.
Support for CloudFoundry, OpenShift and Red Hat was added in ACI v3.1.
vswitch
string
    Choices:
  • avs
  • default
  • dvs
  • unknown
The virtual switch to use for vmm domains.
The APIC defaults to default when unset during creation.

See Also

See also

aci_aep_to_domain – Bind AEPs to Physical or Virtual Domains (infra:RsDomP)
The official documentation on the aci_aep_to_domain module.
aci_domain_to_encap_pool – Bind Domain to Encap Pools (infra:RsVlanNs)
The official documentation on the aci_domain_to_encap_pool module.
aci_domain_to_vlan_pool – Bind Domain to VLAN Pools (infra:RsVlanNs)
The official documentation on the aci_domain_to_vlan_pool module.
APIC Management Information Model reference
More information about the internal APIC classes phys:DomP, vmm:DomP, l2ext:DomP, l3ext:DomP and fc:DomP
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 physical domain
  aci_domain:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    domain: phys_dom
    domain_type: phys
    state: present

- name: Remove a physical domain
  aci_domain:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    domain: phys_dom
    domain_type: phys
    state: absent

- name: Add a new VMM domain
  aci_domain:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    domain: hyperv_dom
    domain_type: vmm
    vm_provider: microsoft
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove a VMM domain
  aci_domain:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    domain: hyperv_dom
    domain_type: vmm
    vm_provider: microsoft
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Query a specific physical domain
  aci_domain:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    domain: phys_dom
    domain_type: phys
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: query_result

- name: Query all domains
  aci_domain:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    domain_type: phys
    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:
<?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
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


Status

Authors

  • Dag Wieers (@dagwieers)

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