cisco.catalystcenter.areas module -- Resource module for Areas

Note

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

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.areas.

New in cisco.catalystcenter 1.0.0

Synopsis

• Manage operations create, update and delete of the resource Areas.

• Creates an area in the network hierarchy. - > Deletes an area in the network hierarchy. This operations fails if there are any child areas or buildings for this area.

• Updates an area in the network hierarchy.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Requirements

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

• catalystcentersdk >= 3.2.3.0.0

• python >= 3.12

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
catalystcenter_debug aliases: dnac_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 aliases: dnac_host string / required	The Cisco Catalyst Center hostname.
catalystcenter_password aliases: dnac_password string	The Cisco Catalyst Center password to authenticate.
catalystcenter_port aliases: dnac_port, catalystcenter_api_port integer	The Cisco Catalyst Center port. Default: :ansible-option-default:`443`
catalystcenter_username aliases: dnac_username, user string	The Cisco Catalyst Center username to authenticate. Default: :ansible-option-default:`"admin"`
catalystcenter_verify aliases: dnac_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 aliases: dnac_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. Area ID.
name string	Area name.
nameHierarchy string	Area hierarchical name.
parentId string	Parent Id.
siteHierarchyId string	Area Hierarchical Id. Can be used to add the access groups using the API POST /dna/system/api/v1/accessGroups, this value should be used to populate the srcResourceId field of the request payload.
type string	Site type.
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 site_design.SiteDesign.creates_an_area, site_design.SiteDesign.deletes_an_area, site_design.SiteDesign.updates_an_area,

• Paths used are post /dna/intent/api/v1/areas, delete /dna/intent/api/v1/areas/{id}, put /dna/intent/api/v1/areas/{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

• Requires Python >= 3.10, matching the controller Python versions supported by the collection's minimum ansible-core version (see the collection README for the current ansible-core / Python compatibility range)

See Also

See also

Cisco Catalyst Center documentation for Site Design CreatesAnArea

Complete reference of the CreatesAnArea API.

Cisco Catalyst Center documentation for Site Design DeletesAnArea

Complete reference of the DeletesAnArea API.

Cisco Catalyst Center documentation for Site Design UpdatesAnArea

Complete reference of the UpdatesAnArea API.

Examples

---
- name: Delete by id
  cisco.catalystcenter.areas:
    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
- name: Update by id
  cisco.catalystcenter.areas:
    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
    id: string
    name: string
    nameHierarchy: string
    parentId: string
    siteHierarchyId: string
    type: string
- name: Create
  cisco.catalystcenter.areas:
    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
    id: string
    name: string
    nameHierarchy: string
    parentId: string
    siteHierarchyId: string
    type: string

Return Values

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

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

Authors

• Bryan Vargas (@bvargasre)

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