cisco.ise.node_group module – Resource module for Node Group

Note

This module is part of the cisco.ise collection (version 2.5.13).

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

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.ise.node_group.

New in cisco.ise 1.0.0

Synopsis

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

  • This API creates a node group in the cluster. A node group is a group of PSNs,.

  • Delete an existing node group in the cluster. Deleting the node group does not delete the nodes, but failover is no longer carried out among the nodes.

  • Purpose of this API is to update an existing node group.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Requirements

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

  • ciscoisesdk >= 2.0.8

  • python >= 3.5

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

description

string

Node Group’s description.

forceDelete

boolean

ForceDelete query parameter. Force delete the group even if the node group contains one or more nodes.

Choices:

ise_debug

boolean

Flag for Identity Services Engine SDK to enable debugging.

Choices:

ise_hostname

string / required

The Identity Services Engine hostname.

ise_password

string / required

The Identity Services Engine password to authenticate.

ise_single_request_timeout

integer

added in cisco.ise 3.0.0

Timeout (in seconds) for RESTful HTTP requests.

Default: :ansible-option-default:`60`

ise_username

string / required

The Identity Services Engine username to authenticate.

ise_uses_api_gateway

boolean

added in cisco.ise 1.1.0

Flag that informs the SDK whether to use the Identity Services Engine’s API Gateway to send requests.

If it is true, it uses the ISE’s API Gateway and sends requests to https://{{ise_hostname}}.

If it is false, it sends the requests to https://{{ise_hostname}}:{{port}}, where the port value depends on the Service used (ERS, Mnt, UI, PxGrid).

Choices:

ise_uses_csrf_token

boolean

added in cisco.ise 3.0.0

Flag that informs the SDK whether we send the CSRF token to ISE’s ERS APIs.

If it is True, the SDK assumes that your ISE CSRF Check is enabled.

If it is True, it assumes you need the SDK to manage the CSRF token automatically for you.

Choices:

ise_verify

boolean

Flag to enable or disable SSL certificate verification.

Choices:

ise_version

string

Informs the SDK which version of Identity Services Engine to use.

Default: :ansible-option-default:`"3.1\_Patch\_1"`

ise_wait_on_rate_limit

boolean

Flag for Identity Services Engine SDK to enable automatic rate-limit handling.

Choices:

marCache

dictionary

Node Group’s marCache.

query-attempts

integer

The number of times Cisco ISE attempts to perform the cache entry query. (0 - 5).

query-timeout

integer

The time, in seconds, after which the cache entry query times out. (1 - 10).

replication-attempts

integer

The number of times Cisco ISE attempts to perform MAR cache entry replication. (0 - 5).

replication-timeout

integer

The time, in seconds, after which the cache entry replication times out. (1 - 10).

name

string

Node Group’s name.

nodeGroupName

string

NodeGroupName path parameter. Name of the existing node group.

Notes

Note

  • SDK Method used are node_group.NodeGroup.create_node_group, node_group.NodeGroup.delete_node_group, node_group.NodeGroup.update_node_group,

  • Paths used are post /api/v1/deployment/node-group, delete /api/v1/deployment/node-group/{nodeGroupName}, put /api/v1/deployment/node-group/{nodeGroupName},

  • Does not support check_mode

  • The plugin runs on the control node and does not use any ansible connection plugins, but instead the embedded connection manager from Cisco ISE SDK

  • The parameters starting with ise_ are used by the Cisco ISE Python SDK to establish the connection

See Also

See also

Cisco ISE documentation for Node Group

Complete reference of the Node Group API.

Examples

- name: Create
  cisco.ise.node_group:
    ise_hostname: "{{ise_hostname}}"
    ise_username: "{{ise_username}}"
    ise_password: "{{ise_password}}"
    ise_verify: "{{ise_verify}}"
    state: present
    description: string
    marCache:
      query-attempts: 0
      query-timeout: 0
      replication-attempts: 0
      replication-timeout: 0
    name: string

- name: Update by name
  cisco.ise.node_group:
    ise_hostname: "{{ise_hostname}}"
    ise_username: "{{ise_username}}"
    ise_password: "{{ise_password}}"
    ise_verify: "{{ise_verify}}"
    state: present
    description: string
    marCache:
      query-attempts: 0
      query-timeout: 0
      replication-attempts: 0
      replication-timeout: 0
    name: string
    nodeGroupName: string

- name: Delete by name
  cisco.ise.node_group:
    ise_hostname: "{{ise_hostname}}"
    ise_username: "{{ise_username}}"
    ise_password: "{{ise_password}}"
    ise_verify: "{{ise_verify}}"
    state: absent
    forceDelete: true
    nodeGroupName: string

Return Values

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

Key

Description

ise_response

dictionary

A dictionary or list with the response returned by the Cisco ISE Python SDK

Returned: always

Sample: :ansible-rv-sample-value:`{"description": "string", "marCache": {"query-attempts": 0, "query-timeout": 0, "replication-attempts": 0, "replication-timeout": 0}, "name": "string"}`

ise_update_response

dictionary

added in cisco.ise 1.1.0

A dictionary or list with the response returned by the Cisco ISE Python SDK

Returned: always

Sample: :ansible-rv-sample-value:`{"success": {"message": "string"}, "version": "string"}`

Authors

  • Rafael Campos (@racampos)