ansible-apicem-dynamic-inventory

With this python script you can use Cisco APIC-EM as a dynamic inventory for ansible.
I want to mention that I used code snippets from the project ansible-apic-em, which contains an APIC-EM ansible module.
By contrast my project uses APIC-EM as a real dynamic inventory for ansible playbooks.

usage

1. Place the file apicem-dynamic-inventory.py in a folder at your ansible-project. For example the folder can be called "dynamic-inventory".
2. Edit the file and change the variables self.controllername, self.username and self.password to your own APIC-EM values.
3. Execute a playbook with APIC-EM as the dynamic inventory.

examples

The example playbook uses the ansible module ntc_show_command of the project ntc-ansible. Please consider that you need the module and the template-file for the command you are using (in this case show clock).

all devices

ansible-playbook regex.yml -i dynamic-inventory

limit to one location

ansible-playbook regex.yml -i dynamic-inventory --limit "mylocation"

limit to one device

ansible-playbook regex.yml -i dynamic-inventory --limit "mydevice"

returned variables

In this version the following variables are returned by the dynamic inventory as host variables:

• macAddress
• upTime
• bootDateTime
• location
• device_ip
• software

Following versions will also return platform as a variable. This would be useful for other ansible-modules like the ones from ntc-ansible.

miscellaneous

• this version doesnt return devices which have no location set in APIC-EM

license

This project is published with the MIT license. So feel free to use the code in your own projects.