ACI facts (DCNE-108)

[shrsr]

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Description

Thoughts-
Make a list of all operational tasks and what facts are required
Integrate standard facts into ACI gather_facts
Add specialized facts module(s) (related to ACI, APIC, etc.)
Can we structure facts so it matches ACI object model?
Can we feed this back into ACI as well?

New or Affected Module(s):

• All

APIC version and APIC Platform

• All

Collection versions

• All

References

• https://github.com/shrsr/community/wiki

[trenzy]

I think this is really interesting. Would this be a separate module or something built within already deployed modules?

[shrsr]

We still haven't come to that point yet.

BTW, I opened this issue from an idea that was expressed here: https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/Network%3A-ACI
(It's not my idea)

[richalazaro]

Does any one from the group knows how to use Ansible to automate task in Cisco ACI Fabric.
The goal is to
① Create variables to record execution time.
② Define as a variable the name of the directory where the log is stored.
③ Create a directory on Ansible-Server to store logs.
i am trying to look on this link https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/cisco/aci/index.html and check on Ansible Galaxy \usr\lib\python3.8\site-packages\ansible\modules\network\aci

[shrsr]

@richalazaro Please go through https://developer.cisco.com/learning/tracks/aci-programmability