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aci_contract_subject – Manage initial Contract Subjects (vz:Subj)
New in version 2.4.
Synopsis
- Manage initial Contract Subjects 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  | 
     |
| consumer_match
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        The match criteria across consumers.
        
       
        The APIC defaults to  at_least_one when unset during creation.
        | 
     
| contract
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The name of the Contract.
        
       aliases: contract_name  | 
     |
| description
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Description for the contract subject.
        
       aliases: descr  | 
     |
| dscp
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        The target DSCP.
        
       
        The APIC defaults to  
       unspecified when unset during creation.
       aliases: target  | 
     
| host
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        IP Address or hostname of APIC resolvable by Ansible control host.
        
       aliases: hostname  | 
     |
| output_level
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        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.
        | 
     |
| priority
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        The QoS class.
        
       
        The APIC defaults to  unspecified when unset during creation.
        | 
     
| 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  | 
     |
| provider_match
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        The match criteria across providers.
        
       
        The APIC defaults to  at_least_one when unset during creation.
        | 
     
| reverse_filter
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Determines if the APIC should reverse the src and dst ports to allow the return traffic back, since ACI is stateless filter.
        
       
        The APIC defaults to  yes when unset during creation.
        | 
     
| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Use  
       present or absent for adding or removing.
       
        Use  query for listing an object or multiple objects.
        | 
     
| subject
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The contract subject name.
        
       aliases: contract_subject, name, subject_name  | 
     |
| tenant
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The name of the tenant.
        
       aliases: tenant_name  | 
     |
| timeout
        
        integer
         | 
      Default: 
        30
         | 
      
        
        The socket level timeout in seconds.
         | 
     
| use_proxy
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If  no, it will not use a proxy, even if one is defined in an environment variable on the target hosts.
        | 
     
| use_ssl
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        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
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        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
- The 
tenantandcontractused must exist before using this module in your playbook. The aci_tenant and aci_contract modules can be used for this. 
See Also
See also
- aci_contract – Manage contract resources (vz:BrCP)
 - The official documentation on the aci_contract module.
 - aci_tenant – Manage tenants (fv:Tenant)
 - The official documentation on the aci_tenant module.
 - APIC Management Information Model reference
 - More information about the internal APIC class vz:Subj.
 - 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 contract subject
  aci_contract_subject:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    tenant: production
    contract: web_to_db
    subject: default
    description: test
    reverse_filter: yes
    priority: level1
    dscp: unspecified
    state: present
  register: query_result
- name: Remove a contract subject
  aci_contract_subject:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    tenant: production
    contract: web_to_db
    subject: default
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost
- name: Query a contract subject
  aci_contract_subject:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    tenant: production
    contract: web_to_db
    subject: default
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: query_result
- name: Query all contract subjects
  aci_contract_subject:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    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
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
 - This module is maintained by an Ansible Partner. [certified]
 
Authors
- Swetha Chunduri (@schunduri)
 
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