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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+ANSIBLE_METADATA = {
+ 'metadata_version': '1.1',
+ 'status': ['preview'],
+ 'supported_by': 'community'
+}
+
+DOCUMENTATION = r'''
+---
+module: aci_maintenance_policy
+short_description: Manage firmware maintenance policies
+version_added: '2.8'
+description:
+- Manage maintenance policies that defines behavior during an ACI upgrade.
+options:
+ name:
+ description:
+ - The name for the maintenance policy.
+ required: true
+ aliases: [ maintenance_policy ]
+ runmode:
+ description:
+ - Whether the system pauses on error or just continues through it.
+ choices: ['pauseOnlyOnFailures', 'pauseNever']
+ default: pauseOnlyOnFailures
+ graceful:
+ description:
+ - Whether the system will bring down the nodes gracefully during an upgrade, which reduces traffic lost.
+ - The APIC defaults to C(no) when unset during creation.
+ type: bool
+ scheduler:
+ description:
+ - The name of scheduler that is applied to the policy.
+ type: str
+ required: true
+ adminst:
+ description:
+ - Will trigger an immediate upgrade for nodes if adminst is set to triggered.
+ choices: [ triggered, untriggered ]
+ default: untriggered
+ ignoreCompat:
+ description:
+ - To check whether compatibility checks should be ignored
+ - The APIC defaults to C(no) when unset during creation.
+ type: bool
+ state:
+ description:
+ - Use C(present) or C(absent) for adding or removing.
+ - Use C(query) for listing an object or multiple objects.
+ choices: [ absent, present, query ]
+ default: present
+extends_documentation_fragment:
+- aci
+notes:
+- A scheduler is required for this module, which could have been created using the M(aci_scheduler) module or via the UI.
+author:
+- Steven Gerhart (@sgerhart)
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = r'''
+- name: Ensure maintenance policy is present
+ aci_maintenance_policy:
+ host: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
+ username: '{{ user }}'
+ password: '{{ pass }}'
+ validate_certs: no
+ name: maintenancePol1
+ scheduler: simpleScheduler
+ runmode: False
+ state: present
+'''
+
+RETURN = r'''
+current:
+ description: The existing configuration from the APIC after the module has finished
+ returned: success
+ type: list
+ sample:
+ [
+ {
+ "fvTenant": {
+ "attributes": {
+ "descr": "Production environment",
+ "dn": "uni/tn-production",
+ "name": "production",
+ "nameAlias": "",
+ "ownerKey": "",
+ "ownerTag": ""
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ ]
+error:
+ description: The error information as returned from the APIC
+ returned: failure
+ type: dict
+ sample:
+ {
+ "code": "122",
+ "text": "unknown managed object class foo"
+ }
+raw:
+ description: The raw output returned by the APIC REST API (xml or json)
+ returned: parse error
+ type: str
+ sample: '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><imdata totalCount="1"><error code="122" text="unknown managed object class foo"/></imdata>'
+sent:
+ description: The actual/minimal configuration pushed to the APIC
+ returned: info
+ type: list
+ sample:
+ {
+ "fvTenant": {
+ "attributes": {
+ "descr": "Production environment"
+ }
+ }
+ }
+previous:
+ description: The original configuration from the APIC before the module has started
+ returned: info
+ type: list
+ sample:
+ [
+ {
+ "fvTenant": {
+ "attributes": {
+ "descr": "Production",
+ "dn": "uni/tn-production",
+ "name": "production",
+ "nameAlias": "",
+ "ownerKey": "",
+ "ownerTag": ""
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ ]
+proposed:
+ description: The assembled configuration from the user-provided parameters
+ returned: info
+ type: dict
+ sample:
+ {
+ "fvTenant": {
+ "attributes": {
+ "descr": "Production environment",
+ "name": "production"
+ }
+ }
+ }
+filter_string:
+ description: The filter string used for the request
+ returned: failure or debug
+ type: str
+ sample: ?rsp-prop-include=config-only
+method:
+ description: The HTTP method used for the request to the APIC
+ returned: failure or debug
+ type: str
+ sample: POST
+response:
+ description: The HTTP response from the APIC
+ returned: failure or debug
+ type: str
+ sample: OK (30 bytes)
+status:
+ description: The HTTP status from the APIC
+ returned: failure or debug
+ type: int
+ sample: 200
+url:
+ description: The HTTP url used for the request to the APIC
+ returned: failure or debug
+ type: str
+ sample: https://10.11.12.13/api/mo/uni/tn-production.json
+'''
+
+
+from ansible.module_utils.network.aci.aci import ACIModule, aci_argument_spec
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+
+
+def main():
+ argument_spec = aci_argument_spec()
+ argument_spec.update(
+ name=dict(type='str', aliases=['maintenance_policy']), # Not required for querying all objects
+ runmode=dict(type='str', default='pauseOnlyOnFailures', choices=['pauseOnlyOnFailures', 'pauseNever']),
+ graceful=dict(type='bool'),
+ scheduler=dict(type='str'),
+ ignoreCompat=dict(type='bool'),
+ adminst=dict(type='str', default='untriggered', choices=['triggered', 'untriggered']),
+ state=dict(type='str', default='present', choices=['absent', 'present', 'query']),
+ )
+
+ module = AnsibleModule(
+ argument_spec=argument_spec,
+ supports_check_mode=True,
+ required_if=[
+ ['state', 'absent', ['name']],
+ ['state', 'present', ['name', 'scheduler']],
+ ],
+ )
+
+ aci = ACIModule(module)
+
+ state = module.params['state']
+ name = module.params['name']
+ runmode = module.params['runmode']
+ scheduler = module.params['scheduler']
+ adminst = module.params['adminst']
+ graceful = aci.boolean(module.params['graceful'])
+ ignoreCompat = aci.boolean(module.params['ignoreCompat'])
+
+ aci.construct_url(
+ root_class=dict(
+ aci_class='maintMaintP',
+ aci_rn='fabric/maintpol-{0}'.format(name),
+ target_filter={'name': name},
+ module_object=name,
+ ),
+ child_classes=['maintRsPolScheduler']
+
+ )
+
+ aci.get_existing()
+
+ if state == 'present':
+ aci.payload(
+ aci_class='maintMaintP',
+ class_config=dict(
+ name=name,
+ runMode=runmode,
+ graceful=graceful,
+ adminSt=adminst,
+ ignoreCompat=ignoreCompat,
+ ),
+ child_configs=[
+ dict(
+ maintRsPolScheduler=dict(
+ attributes=dict(
+ tnTrigSchedPName=scheduler,
+ ),
+ ),
+ ),
+ ],
+
+ )
+
+ aci.get_diff(aci_class='maintMaintP')
+
+ aci.post_config()
+
+ elif state == 'absent':
+ aci.delete_config()
+
+ aci.exit_json()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ main()