Month: May 2019

Convert your code easily with APIC Rest Python Adapter (arya)

2019-05-24

Arya is a tool to translate an XML or JSON to Python. Arya will convert your input and use the Cisco sdk COBRA.

Generate the code with arya :

arya -f tenant.xml
 !/usr/bin/env python
 '''
 Autogenerated code using arya
 Original Object Document Input:
 
 
 '''
 raise RuntimeError('Please review the auto generated code before ' +
                     'executing the output. Some placeholders will ' +
                     'need to be changed')
 list of packages that should be imported for this code to work
 import cobra.mit.access
 import cobra.mit.naming
 import cobra.mit.request
 import cobra.mit.session
 import cobra.model.fv
 import cobra.model.vns
 from cobra.internal.codec.xmlcodec import toXMLStr
 log into an APIC and create a directory object
 ls = cobra.mit.session.LoginSession('https://1.1.1.1', 'admin', 'password')
 md = cobra.mit.access.MoDirectory(ls)
 md.login()
 the top level object on which operations will be made
 Confirm the dn below is for your top dn
 topDn = cobra.mit.naming.Dn.fromString('uni/tn-aaaaaaaa-tn')
 topParentDn = topDn.getParent()
 topMo = md.lookupByDn(topParentDn)
 build the request using cobra syntax
 fvTenant = cobra.model.fv.Tenant(topMo, ownerKey='', name='aaaaaaaa-tn', descr='', nameAlias='', ownerTag='')
 vnsSvcCont = cobra.model.vns.SvcCont(fvTenant)
 fvRsTenantMonPol = cobra.model.fv.RsTenantMonPol(fvTenant, tnMonEPGPolName='')
 commit the generated code to APIC
 print toXMLStr(topMo)
 c = cobra.mit.request.ConfigRequest()
 c.addMo(topMo)
 md.commit(c)

How to program Cisco ACI with Ansible and Docker

2019-05-24

Ansible guide : https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/scenario_guides/guide_aci.html

I create a docker container with ansible, python and the demo from github.

git clone https://github.com/CiscoDevNet/aci-learning-labs-code-samples 
cd aci-learning-labs-code-samples

docker image with ansible and python: 

docker pull zednetwork/aci-ansible2-4

New version with ansible 2.8.2 using debian 10.

docker pull zednetwork/aci-ansible.2-8-2

Docker Compose example:

version: "3" 
services:
  ansible:
    image: zednetwork/aci-ansible2-4
    tty: true
    stdin_open: true

Start the container and connect to it:

docker-compose up -d 
Creating network "aci-ansible_default" with the default driver

Pulling ansible (zednetwork/aci-ansible2-4:)…

latest: Pulling from zednetwork/aci-ansible2-4

22dbe790f715: Downloading [>                                                  ]  465.6kB/45.34 MBf88405a685: Pulling fs layer

22dbe790f715: Downloading [=>                                                 <..>
22dbe790f715: Pull complete
3bf88405a685: Pull complete
Creating aci-ansible_ansible_1 … done

Check container

# docker images
 REPOSITORY                  TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             SIZE
 zednetwork/aci-ansible2-4   latest              ff17ed37f691        34 minutes ago      659MB

# docker ps
 CONTAINER ID        IMAGE                       COMMAND             CREATED              STATUS              PORTS               NAMES
 53993071ffa9        zednetwork/aci-ansible2-4   "bash"              About a minute ago   Up About a minute                       aci-ansible_ansible_1

Connect to the container. Use the Container ID above.

# docker exec -it 53993071ffa9 /bin/bash
root@53993071ffa9:/#

This container already contains an example from devnet.cisco.com ( https://developer.cisco.com/docs/aci/#ansible). This example uses a public ACI Fabric.

We can use the first playbook to create a tenant on the ACI Fabric. The fabric credential is on the inventory file.

root@53993071ffa9:~/aci_ansible_learning_labs_code_samples/intro_module# cat inventory
 [apic:vars]
 username=admin
 password=ciscopsdt
 ansible_python_interpreter="/usr/bin/env python"
 [apic]
 sandboxapicdc.cisco.com

You can connect directly to the fabric and verify if your tenant is present. https://sandboxapicdc.cisco.com/ 

root@53993071ffa9:~/aci_ansible_learning_labs_code_samples/intro_module# ansible-playbook -i inventory 01_aci_tenant_pb.yml
 What would you like to name your Tenant?: MyFirstTenant-tn
 PLAY [ENSURE APPLICATION CONFIGURATION EXISTS] 
 TASK [ENSURE APPLICATIONS TENANT EXISTS] 
 changed: [sandboxapicdc.cisco.com]
 PLAY RECAP 
 sandboxapicdc.cisco.com    : ok=1    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0

Go to ACI > Tenants

You can delete your tenant with another playbook

root@53993071ffa9:~/aci_ansible_learning_labs_code_samples/intro_module# ansible-playbook -i inventory 01-1_aci_tenant_pb.yml
 What would you like to name your Tenant?: MyFirstTenant-tn
 PLAY [ENSURE APPLICATION CONFIGURATION EXISTS] 
 TASK [ENSURE APPLICATIONS TENANT EXISTS] 
 changed: [sandboxapicdc.cisco.com]
 PLAY RECAP 
 sandboxapicdc.cisco.com    : ok=1    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0

Other example to list all tenants:

# cat listTenants.yml
---
- name: ENSURE APPLICATION CONFIGURATION EXISTS
  hosts: apic
  connection: local
  gather_facts: False
  
  tasks:

    - name: List all tenants
        aci_tenant:
        host: "{{ ansible_host }}"
        username: "{{ username }}"
        password: "{{ password }}"
        state: "query"
      validate_certs: False 

# ansible-playbook -i inventory listTenants.yml -vvv