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Clarify gather_facts and highlight important lines

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@ -109,11 +109,27 @@ As originally designed, Ansible modules are shipped to and run on the remote tar
For this very reason, the modules need to run on the local Ansible controller (or are delegated to another system that *can* connect to the APIC). For this very reason, the modules need to run on the local Ansible controller (or are delegated to another system that *can* connect to the APIC).
Gathering facts
```````````````
Because we run the modules on the Ansible controller gathering facts will not work. That is why when using these ACI modules it is mandatory to disable facts gathering. You can do this globally in your ``ansible.cfg`` or by adding ``gather_facts: no`` to every play.
.. code-block:: yaml
:emphasize-lines: 3
- name: Another play in my playbook
hosts: my-apic-1
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- name: Create a tenant
aci_tenant:
...
Delegating to localhost Delegating to localhost
``````````````````````` ```````````````````````
So let us assume we have our target configured in the inventory using the FQDN name as the ``ansible_host`` value, as shown below. So let us assume we have our target configured in the inventory using the FQDN name as the ``ansible_host`` value, as shown below.
.. code-block:: yaml .. code-block:: yaml
:emphasize-lines: 3
apics: apics:
my-apic-1: my-apic-1:
@ -124,6 +140,7 @@ So let us assume we have our target configured in the inventory using the FQDN n
One way to set this up is to add to every task the directive: ``delegate_to: localhost``. One way to set this up is to add to every task the directive: ``delegate_to: localhost``.
.. code-block:: yaml .. code-block:: yaml
:emphasize-lines: 8
- name: Query all tenants - name: Query all tenants
aci_tenant: aci_tenant:
@ -145,6 +162,7 @@ Another option frequently used, is to tie the ``local`` connection method to thi
In this case the inventory may look like this: In this case the inventory may look like this:
.. code-block:: yaml .. code-block:: yaml
:emphasize-lines: 6
apics: apics:
my-apic-1: my-apic-1:
@ -343,6 +361,7 @@ Use signature-based authentication with Ansible
You need the following parameters with your ACI module(s) for it to work: You need the following parameters with your ACI module(s) for it to work:
.. code-block:: yaml .. code-block:: yaml
:emphasize-lines: 2,3
username: admin username: admin
private_key: pki/admin.key private_key: pki/admin.key
@ -498,7 +517,6 @@ The below example waits until the cluster is fully-fit. In this example you know
infrawinode.imdata[0].infraWiNode.attributes.health == 'fully-fit' and infrawinode.imdata[0].infraWiNode.attributes.health == 'fully-fit' and
infrawinode.imdata[1].infraWiNode.attributes.health == 'fully-fit' and infrawinode.imdata[1].infraWiNode.attributes.health == 'fully-fit' and
infrawinode.imdata[2].infraWiNode.attributes.health == 'fully-fit' infrawinode.imdata[2].infraWiNode.attributes.health == 'fully-fit'
# all(apic.infraWiNode.attributes.health == 'fully-fit' for apic in infrawinode.imdata)
retries: 30 retries: 30
delay: 30 delay: 30