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cisco.mso.ndo_template module – Manage Templates on Cisco Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator (NDO).

Note

This module is part of the cisco.mso collection (version 2.11.0).

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.mso. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.mso.ndo_template.

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples

Synopsis

Manage Templates on Cisco Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator (NDO).
This module is only supported on ND v3.1 (NDO v4.3) and later.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

Multi Site Orchestrator v2.1 or newer

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
host aliases: hostname string	IP Address or hostname of the ACI Multi Site Orchestrator host. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `MSO_HOST` will be used instead.
login_domain string	The login domain name to use for authentication. The default value is Local. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `MSO_LOGIN_DOMAIN` will be used instead. When using a HTTPAPI connection plugin the inventory variable `ansible_httpapi_login_domain` will be used if this attribute is not specified.
output_level string	Influence the output of this MSO 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 If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `MSO_OUTPUT_LEVEL` will be used instead. Choices: `"debug"` `"info"` `"normal"` ← (default)
password string	The password to use for authentication. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variables `MSO_PASSWORD` or `ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD` will be used instead.
port integer	Port number to be used for the REST connection. The default value depends on parameter `use_ssl`. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `MSO_PORT` will be used instead.
sites aliases: site list / elements=dictionary	The list of sites attached to the template. Required when `type=l3out`, `type=monitoring_tenant` or `type=monitoring_access`. Set to an empty list `sites=[]` to remove all sites attached from the template. Set to null `sites=null` or do not provide `sites` to avoid making changes to sites attached to the template.
name string	The name of the site attached to the template.
state string	Use `absent` for removing. Use `query` for listing an object or multiple objects. Use `present` for creating or updating. Choices: `"absent"` `"query"` ← (default) `"present"`
template aliases: name string	The name of the template.
template_id aliases: id string	The id of the template. This parameter is required when the `template` needs to be updated.
template_type aliases: type string	The type of the template. The `template_type=application` is only intended for retrieving the Application template using `template_id` and does not support template creation. Choices: `"application"` `"tenant"` `"l3out"` `"fabric_policy"` `"fabric_resource"` `"monitoring_tenant"` `"monitoring_access"` `"service_device"`
tenant string	The name of the tenant attached to the template. Required when `type=tenant`, `type=l3out`, `type=monitoring_tenant` or `type=service_device`.
timeout integer	The socket level timeout in seconds. The default value is 30 seconds. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `MSO_TIMEOUT` will be used instead.
use_proxy boolean	If `false`, 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 `MSO_USE_PROXY` will be used instead. The default is `true`. Choices: `false` `true`
use_ssl boolean	If `false`, 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 `MSO_USE_SSL` will be used instead. When using a HTTPAPI connection plugin the inventory variable `ansible_httpapi_use_ssl` will be used if this attribute is not specified. The default is `false` when using a HTTPAPI connection plugin (mso or nd) and `true` when using the legacy connection method (only for mso). Choices: `false` `true`
username string	The username to use for authentication. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variables `MSO_USERNAME` or `ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME` will be used instead.
validate_certs boolean	If `false`, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only set to `false` when used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `MSO_VALIDATE_CERTS` will be used instead. The default is `true`. Choices: `false` `true`

Notes

Note

This module was written to support Multi Site Orchestrator v2.1 or newer. Some or all functionality may not work on earlier versions.

Examples

- name: Create a new tenant policy template
  cisco.mso.ndo_template:
    host: mso_host
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    template: ansible_tenant_policy
    template_type: tenant
    tenant: ansible_test_tenant
    sites:
      - name: ansible_test_site
    state: present

- name: Create a new l3out policy template
  cisco.mso.ndo_template:
    host: mso_host
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    template: ansible_l3out_policy_template
    template_type: l3out
    tenant: ansible_test_tenant
    sites:
      - name: ansible_test_site
    state: present

- name: Query a tenant policy template
  cisco.mso.ndo_template:
    host: mso_host
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    template: ansible_tenant_policy
    template_type: tenant
    state: query
  register: query_new_tenant_policy_template

- name: Query all tenant policy templates
  cisco.mso.ndo_template:
    host: mso_host
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    template_type: tenant
    state: query
  register: query_all

- name: Query all templates
  cisco.mso.ndo_template:
    host: mso_host
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    state: query
  register: query_all

- name: Delete a tenant policy template
  cisco.mso.ndo_template:
    host: mso_host
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    template: ansible_tenant_policy
    template_type: tenant
    state: absent

Authors

Akini Ross (@akinross)

Collection links

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/cisco/mso/ndo_template_module.html