* Make use of named links in documentation notes
Now that it is possible to name external links, we are making use of
this to make the documentation better.
* Add improvements to ACI documentation
* Disable QA for long line
* Add :menuselection: and :guilabel:
* Improve links on some modules
The Ansible ACI modules provide a user-friendly interface to managing your ACI environment using Ansible playbooks.
The Ansible ACI modules provide a user-friendly interface to managing your ACI environment using Ansible playbooks.
For instance ensuring that a specific tenant exists, is done using the following Ansible task:
For instance ensuring that a specific tenant exists, is done using the following Ansible task using module `aci_tenant <aci_tenant>`:
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..code-block:: yaml
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A complete list of existing ACI modules is available for `the latest stable release <http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/list_of_network_modules.html#aci>`_ as well as `the current development version <http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/modules/list_of_network_modules.html#aci>`_.
A complete list of existing ACI modules is available for `the latest stable release <http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/list_of_network_modules.html#aci>`_ as well as `the current development version <http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/modules/list_of_network_modules.html#aci>`_.
Querying ACI configuration
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A module can also be used to query a specific object.
..code-block:: yaml
- name: Query tenant customer-xyz
aci_tenant:
host: my-apic-1
username: admin
password: my-password
tenant: customer-xyz
state: query
Or query all objects.
..code-block:: yaml
- name: Query all tenants
aci_tenant:
host: my-apic-1
username: admin
password: my-password
state: query
register: all_tenants
After registering the return values of the `aci_tenant <aci_tenant>` task as shown above, you can access all tenant information from variable ``all_tenants``.
Common parameters
Common parameters
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The following values are always returned:
The following values are always returned:
current
current
The resulting state of the managed object.
The resulting state of the managed object, or results of your query.
The following values are returned when ``output_level: info``:
The following values are returned when ``output_level: info``:
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Password-based authentication
Password-based authentication
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If you want to logon using a username and password, you can use the following parameters with your ACI modules:
If you want to logon using a username and password, you can use the following parameters with your ACI modules:
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Perform the following steps:
Perform the following steps:
- Add the X.509 certificate to your ACI AAA local user at **ADMIN > AAA**
- Add the X.509 certificate to your ACI AAA local user at :guilabel:`ADMIN` » :guilabel:`AAA`
- Click **AAA Authentication**
- Click :guilabel:`AAA Authentication`
- Check that in the **Authentication** field the **Realm** field displays **Local**
- Check that in the :guilabel:`Authentication` field the :guilabel:`Realm` field displays :guilabel:`Local`
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