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+#!/usr/bin/python
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: nxos_vrf
+version_added: "2.1"
+short_description: Manages global VRF configuration
+description:
+    - Manages global VRF configuration
+extends_documentation_fragment: nxos
+author: Jason Edelman (@jedelman8), Gabriele Gerbino (@GGabriele)
+options:
+    vrf:
+        description:
+            - Name of VRF to be managed
+        required: true
+    admin_state:
+        description:
+            - Administrative state of the VRF
+        required: false
+        default: up
+        choices: ['up','down']
+    state:
+        description:
+            - Manages desired state of the resource
+        required: false
+        default: present
+        choices: ['present','absent']
+    description:
+        description:
+            - Description of the VRF
+        required: false
+        default: null
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+# ensure ntc VRF exists on switch
+- nxos_vrf: vrf=ntc host={{ inventory_hostname }}
+# ensure ntc VRF does not exist on switch
+- nxos_vrf: vrf=ntc host={{ inventory_hostname }} state=absent
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+proposed:
+    description: k/v pairs of parameters passed into module
+    returned: always
+    type: dict
+    sample: {"admin_state": "Up", "description": "Test test",
+            "vrf": "ntc"}
+existing:
+    description: k/v pairs of existing vrf
+    type: dict
+    sample: {"admin_state": "Up", "description": "Old test",
+            "vrf": "old_ntc"}
+end_state:
+    description: k/v pairs of vrf info after module execution
+    returned: always
+    type: dict
+    sample: {"admin_state": "Up", "description": "Test test",
+            "vrf": "ntc"}
+state:
+    description: state as sent in from the playbook
+    returned: always
+    type: string
+    sample: "present"
+commands:
+    description: command string sent to the device
+    returned: always
+    type: string
+    sample: "vrf context ntc ; no shutdown ; description Test test ;"
+changed:
+    description: check to see if a change was made on the device
+    returned: always
+    type: boolean
+    sample: true
+'''
+
+
+def execute_config_command(commands, module):
+    try:
+        module.configure(commands)
+    except ShellError, clie:
+        module.fail_json(msg='Error sending CLI commands',
+                         error=str(clie), commands=commands)
+
+
+def get_cli_body_ssh_vrf(command, response):
+    """Get response for when transport=cli.  This is kind of a hack and mainly
+    needed because these modules were originally written for NX-API.  And
+    not every command supports "| json" when using cli/ssh.  As such, we assume
+    if | json returns an XML string, it is a valid command, but that the
+    resource doesn't exist yet. Instead, the output will be a raw string
+    when using multiple |.
+    """
+    command_splitted = command.split('|')
+    if len(command_splitted) > 2:
+        body = response
+    elif 'xml' in response[0]:
+        body = []
+    else:
+        body = [json.loads(response[0])]
+    return body
+
+
+def execute_show(cmds, module, command_type=None):
+    try:
+        response = module.execute(cmds,
+            command_type=command_type) if command_type else module.execute(cmds)
+    except ShellError, clie:
+        module.fail_json(msg='Error sending {0}'.format(command),
+                         error=str(clie))
+    return response
+
+
+def execute_show_command(command, module, command_type='cli_show'):
+    if module.params['transport'] == 'cli':
+        command += ' | json'
+        cmds = [command]
+        response = execute_show(cmds, module)
+        body = get_cli_body_ssh_vrf(command, response)
+    elif module.params['transport'] == 'nxapi':
+        cmds = [command]
+        body = execute_show(cmds, module, command_type=command_type)
+
+    return body
+
+
+def apply_key_map(key_map, table):
+    new_dict = {}
+    for key, value in table.items():
+        new_key = key_map.get(key)
+        if new_key:
+            value = table.get(key)
+            if value:
+                new_dict[new_key] = str(value)
+            else:
+                new_dict[new_key] = value
+    return new_dict
+
+
+def get_commands_to_config_vrf(delta, vrf):
+    commands = []
+    for param, value in delta.iteritems():
+        command = ''
+        if param == 'description':
+            command = 'description {0}'.format(value)
+        elif param == 'admin_state':
+            if value.lower() == 'up':
+                command = 'no shutdown'
+            elif value.lower() == 'down':
+                command = 'shutdown'
+        if command:
+            commands.append(command)
+    if commands:
+        commands.insert(0, 'vrf context {0}'.format(vrf))
+    return commands
+
+
+def get_vrf_description(vrf, module):
+    cmd_type = 'cli_show_ascii'
+    command = ('show run section vrf | begin ^vrf\scontext\s{0} '
+               '| end ^vrf.*'.format(vrf))
+
+    description = ''
+    descr_regex = ".*description\s(?P<descr>[\S+\s]+).*"
+    body = execute_show_command(command, module, cmd_type)
+
+    try:
+        body = body[0]
+        splitted_body = body.split('\n')
+    except (AttributeError, IndexError):
+        return description
+
+    for element in splitted_body:
+        if 'description' in element:
+            match_description = re.match(descr_regex, element,
+                                         re.DOTALL)
+            group_description = match_description.groupdict()
+            description = group_description["descr"]
+
+    return description
+
+
+def get_vrf(vrf, module):
+    command = 'show vrf {0}'.format(vrf)
+    vrf_key = {
+        'vrf_name': 'vrf',
+        'vrf_state': 'admin_state'
+        }
+
+    body = execute_show_command(command, module)
+
+    try:
+        vrf_table = body[0]['TABLE_vrf']['ROW_vrf']
+    except (TypeError, IndexError):
+        return {}
+
+    parsed_vrf = apply_key_map(vrf_key, vrf_table)
+    parsed_vrf['description'] = get_vrf_description(
+                                    parsed_vrf['vrf'], module)
+
+    return parsed_vrf
+
+
+def main():
+    argument_spec = dict(
+            vrf=dict(required=True),
+            description=dict(default=None, required=False),
+            admin_state=dict(default='up', choices=['up', 'down'],
+                             required=False),
+            state=dict(default='present', choices=['present', 'absent'],
+                       required=False),
+    )
+    module = get_module(argument_spec=argument_spec,
+                        supports_check_mode=True)
+
+    vrf = module.params['vrf']
+    admin_state = module.params['admin_state'].lower()
+    description = module.params['description']
+    state = module.params['state']
+
+    if vrf == 'default':
+        module.fail_json(msg='cannot use default as name of a VRF')
+
+    existing = get_vrf(vrf, module)
+    args = dict(vrf=vrf, description=description,
+                admin_state=admin_state)
+
+    end_state = existing
+    changed = False
+    proposed = dict((k, v) for k, v in args.iteritems() if v is not None)
+
+    """Since 'admin_state' is either 'Up' or 'Down' from outputs,
+    we use the following to make sure right letter case is used so that delta
+    results will be consistent to the actual configuration."""
+    if existing:
+        module.exit_json(existing=existing)
+        if existing['admin_state'].lower() == admin_state:
+            proposed['admin_state'] = existing['admin_state']
+
+    delta = dict(set(proposed.iteritems()).difference(existing.iteritems()))
+    changed = False
+    end_state = existing
+    commands = []
+    if state == 'absent':
+        if existing:
+            command = ['no vrf context {0}'.format(vrf)]
+            commands.extend(command)
+
+    elif state == 'present':
+        if not existing:
+            command = get_commands_to_config_vrf(delta, vrf)
+            commands.extend(command)
+        elif delta:
+                command = get_commands_to_config_vrf(delta, vrf)
+                commands.extend(command)
+
+    if commands:
+        if module.check_mode:
+            module.exit_json(changed=True, commands=cmds)
+        else:
+            execute_config_command(commands, module)
+            changed = True
+            end_state = get_vrf(vrf, module)
+
+    results = {}
+    results['proposed'] = proposed
+    results['existing'] = existing
+    results['end_state'] = end_state
+    results['state'] = state
+    results['updates'] = commands
+    results['changed'] = changed
+
+    module.exit_json(**results)
+
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
+from ansible.module_utils.urls import *
+from ansible.module_utils.shell import *
+from ansible.module_utils.netcfg import *
+from ansible.module_utils.nxos import *
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
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