cisco.catalystcenter.backups module -- Resource module for Backups

Note

This module is part of the cisco.catalystcenter collection (version 2.3.1).

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install cisco.catalystcenter. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.catalystcenter.backups.

New in cisco.catalystcenter 6.18.0

Synopsis

• Manage operations create and delete of the resource Backups.

• This api is used to trigger a workflow to create an on demand backup.

• This api is used to trigger delete workflow of a specific backup based on the provided `id`.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Requirements

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

• catalystcentersdk >= 3.1.6.0.0

• python >= 3.12

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
catalystcenter_debug boolean	Flag for Cisco Catalyst Center SDK to enable debugging. Choices: :ansible-option-choices-entry-default:`false` ← (default) :ansible-option-choices-entry:`true`
catalystcenter_host string / required	The Cisco Catalyst Center hostname.
catalystcenter_password string	The Cisco Catalyst Center password to authenticate.
catalystcenter_port integer	The Cisco Catalyst Center port. Default: :ansible-option-default:`443`
catalystcenter_username string	The Cisco Catalyst Center username to authenticate. Default: :ansible-option-default:`"admin"`
catalystcenter_verify boolean	Flag to enable or disable SSL certificate verification. Choices: :ansible-option-choices-entry:`false` :ansible-option-choices-entry-default:`true` ← (default)
catalystcenter_version string	Informs the SDK which version of Cisco Catalyst Center to use. Default: :ansible-option-default:`"3.1.6.0"`
id string	Id path parameter. The `id` of the backup to be deleted.Obtain the 'id' from the id attribute in the response of the `/dna/system/api/v1/backups` API.
name string	The backup name.
scope string	The backup scope states whether the backup is with assurance or without assurance data.
validate_response_schema boolean	Flag for Cisco Catalyst Center SDK to enable the validation of request bodies against a JSON schema. Choices: :ansible-option-choices-entry:`false` :ansible-option-choices-entry-default:`true` ← (default)

Notes

Note

• SDK Method used are backup.Backup.create_backup, backup.Backup.delete_backup,

• Paths used are post /dna/system/api/v1/backups, delete /dna/system/api/v1/backups/{id},

• Does not support check_mode

• The plugin runs on the control node and does not use any ansible connection plugins,

• but instead uses the embedded connection manager from Cisco CATALYST SDK

See Also

See also

Cisco DNA Center documentation for Backup CreateBackup

Complete reference of the CreateBackup API.

Cisco DNA Center documentation for Backup DeleteBackup

Complete reference of the DeleteBackup API.

Examples

---
- name: Create
  cisco.catalystcenter.backups:
    catalystcenter_host: "{{catalystcenter_host}}"
    catalystcenter_username: "{{catalystcenter_username}}"
    catalystcenter_password: "{{catalystcenter_password}}"
    catalystcenter_verify: "{{catalystcenter_verify}}"
    catalystcenter_port: "{{catalystcenter_port}}"
    catalystcenter_version: "{{catalystcenter_version}}"
    catalystcenter_debug: "{{catalystcenter_debug}}"
    state: present
    name: string
    scope: string
- name: Delete by id
  cisco.catalystcenter.backups:
    catalystcenter_host: "{{catalystcenter_host}}"
    catalystcenter_username: "{{catalystcenter_username}}"
    catalystcenter_password: "{{catalystcenter_password}}"
    catalystcenter_verify: "{{catalystcenter_verify}}"
    catalystcenter_port: "{{catalystcenter_port}}"
    catalystcenter_version: "{{catalystcenter_version}}"
    catalystcenter_debug: "{{catalystcenter_debug}}"
    state: absent
    id: string

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Description
dnac_response dictionary	A dictionary or list with the response returned by the Cisco DNAC Python SDK Returned: always Sample: :ansible-rv-sample-value:`{"response": {"taskId": "string", "url": "string"}, "version": "string"}`

Authors

• Rafael Campos (@racampos)

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