netbox.netbox.netbox_ipam_role module – Creates or removes ipam roles from NetBox

Note

This module is part of the netbox.netbox collection (version 3.17.0).

It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

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

To use it in a playbook, specify: netbox.netbox.netbox_ipam_role.

New in netbox.netbox 0.1.0

Synopsis

  • Creates or removes ipam roles from NetBox

Requirements

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

  • pynetbox

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

cert

Certificate path

data

Defines the ipam role configuration

Must exist in NetBox

description

The description of the ipam role

name

Name of the ipam role to be created

slug

The slugified version of the name or custom slug.

This is auto-generated following NetBox rules if not provided

The tags to add/update

weight

The weight of the ipam role to be created

netbox_token

The NetBox API token.

netbox_url

The URL of the NetBox instance.

Must be accessible by the Ansible control host.

query_params

This can be used to override the specified values in ALLOWED_QUERY_PARAMS that are defined

in plugins/module_utils/netbox_utils.py and provides control to users on what may make

an object unique in their environment.

state

validate_certs

If no, SSL certificates will not be validated.

This should only be used on personally controlled sites using a self-signed certificates.

:ansible-option-default-bold:`Default:` :ansible-option-default:`true`

Notes

Note

  • Tags should be defined as a YAML list

  • This should be ran with connection local and hosts localhost

Examples

- name: "Test NetBox module"
  connection: local
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: False
  tasks:
    - name: Create ipam role within NetBox with only required information
      netbox.netbox.netbox_ipam_role:
        netbox_url: http://netbox.local
        netbox_token: thisIsMyToken
        data:
          name: Test IPAM Role
        state: present

    - name: Delete ipam role within netbox
      netbox.netbox.netbox_ipam_role:
        netbox_url: http://netbox.local
        netbox_token: thisIsMyToken
        data:
          name: Test IPAM Role
        state: absent

Return Values

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

Key

Description

msg

Message indicating failure or info about what has been achieved

:ansible-option-returned-bold:`Returned:` always

role

Serialized object as created or already existent within NetBox

:ansible-option-returned-bold:`Returned:` on creation

Authors

  • Mikhail Yohman (@FragmentedPacket)