platform¶

Collection Note

This module is part of the networktocode.nautobot collection. To install the collection, use:

ansible-galaxy collection install networktocode.nautobot

Added in version 1.0.0.

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

Synopsis¶

Creates or removes platforms from Nautobot

Requirements¶

The following Python packages are needed on the host that executes this module:

pynautobot

Parameters¶

Parameter	Defaults / Choices	Comments
api_version str		API Version Nautobot REST API Version Added: 4.1.0
custom_fields dict		Must exist in Nautobot and in key/value format Version Added: 3.0.0
description str		The description of the platform Version Added: 3.0.0
id str		The UUID of the object to operate on Version Added: 5.13.0
manufacturer raw		The manufacturer the platform will be tied to Version Added: 3.0.0
name str		The name of the platform Required if I(state=present) and the platform does not exist yet Version Added: 3.0.0
napalm_args dict		The optional arguments used for NAPALM connections Version Added: 3.0.0
napalm_driver str		The name of the NAPALM driver to be used when using the NAPALM plugin Version Added: 3.0.0
network_driver str		The normalized network driver to use when interacting with devices, e.g. cisco_ios, arista_eos, etc. Library-specific driver names will be derived from this setting as appropriate Version Added: 5.8.0
query_params list / elements=str		This can be used to override the specified values in ALLOWED_QUERY_PARAMS that is defined in plugins/module_utils/utils.py and provides control to users on what may make an object unique in their environment. Version Added: 3.0.0
state str	Default: present Choices: absent, present	Use C(present) or C(absent) for adding or removing.
token str required		The token created within Nautobot to authorize API access Can be omitted if the E(NAUTOBOT_TOKEN) environment variable is configured.
url str required		The URL of the Nautobot instance resolvable by the Ansible host (for example: http://nautobot.example.com:8000) Can be omitted if the E(NAUTOBOT_URL) environment variable is configured.
validate_certs raw	Default: True	If C(no), SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. Can be omitted if the E(NAUTOBOT_VALIDATE_CERTS) environment variable is configured.

Notes¶

Note

Tags should be defined as a YAML list
This should be ran with connection C(local) and hosts C(localhost)

Examples¶

- name: "Test Nautobot modules"
  connection: local
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false

  tasks:
    - name: Create platform within Nautobot with only required information
      networktocode.nautobot.platform:
        url: http://nautobot.local
        token: thisIsMyToken
        name: Test Platform
        state: present

    - name: Create platform within Nautobot with all fields
      networktocode.nautobot.platform:
        url: http://nautobot.local
        token: thisIsMyToken
        name: Test Platform All
        manufacturer: Test Manufacturer
        napalm_driver: ios
        napalm_args:
          global_delay_factor: 2
        network_driver: cisco_ios
        state: present

    - name: Delete platform within nautobot
      networktocode.nautobot.platform:
        url: http://nautobot.local
        token: thisIsMyToken
        name: Test Platform
        state: absent

    - name: Delete platform by id
      networktocode.nautobot.platform:
        url: http://nautobot.local
        token: thisIsMyToken
        id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
        state: absent

Return Values¶

Key	Data Type	Description	Returned
msg	str	Message indicating failure or info about what has been achieved	always
platform	dict	Serialized object as created or already existent within Nautobot	success (when I(state=present))

Authors¶

Mikhail Yohman (@fragmentedpacket)