CiscoACI

Hostvar Based Ansible Playbook for Cisco ACI

Utilizes Host based specific variables as inputs for the playbook.

This format is based on the My All in One, Device Specific YAML File for Ansible hostvar scheme.

The state need to be set to present, absent or query for playbook task activation

Example:

Hostvar File: lab-apic.yml

aci_apic:
  hostname: 'lab-apic'
  location_domain_name: "example.com"
  ipv4: 10.100.1.1
  mask: 255.255.255.0
  gw: 10.100.1.254

tns:
  - name: 'DevQA1'
    state: absent

  - name: 'common'
    state: ignore

  - name: 'DevQA2'
    state: present

Playbook Task:

  - name: Load APIC Variable File
    include_vars: "hostvars/{{ inventory_hostname }}.yml"

  - name: TN Task
    aci_tenant:
      host: "{{ aci_apic.ipv4 }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      validate_certs: no
      tenant: "{{ item.name }}"
      description: "{{ reference }}"
      state: "{{ item.state }}"
    delegate_to: localhost
    register: result_tn
    when: (item.state == "present" or item.state == "absent" or item.state == "query")
    with_items:
      - "{{ tns }}"

In the above example the playbook will perform the following actions

1. The tenant DevQA1 will be deleted from the APIC
2. The tenant common will remain untouched or ignored
3. The tenant DevQA2 will be added to the APIC

ACI_Net_SimpleBuild Playbook

• Creates:
  • Tenants
  • VRF(s)

ACI_Ops_SimpleBuild Playbook

• Creates:
  • AP(s)
  • BD(s)
  • BD Subnet(s)
  • EPG(s)

The playbook requires at least a basic inventory for the call {{ inventory_hostname }}

[all:vars]
ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/bin/python
ansible_connection = local

[aci:children]
aci_prod
aci_dev

[aci_dev]
lab-apic ansible_host=10.100.1.1

[aci_prod]
prod-apic ansible_host=10.200.1.1

Playbook commands (Host: lab-apic.yml) Using included inventory:

ansible-playbook ACI_Net_SimpleBuild.yml -i inventory -l lab-apic
ansible-playbook ACI_Ops_SimpleBuild.yml -i inventory -l lab-apic