# aci_contract_subject – Manage initial Contract Subjects (vz:Subj)

New in version 2.4.

- Synopsis

- Parameters

- Notes

- See Also

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- Manage initial Contract Subjects on Cisco ACI fabrics.

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
certificate_name string |  | The X.509 certificate name attached to the APIC AAA user used for signature-based authentication. If a `private_key` filename was provided, this defaults to the `private_key` basename, without extension. If PEM-formatted content was provided for `private_key`, this defaults to the `username` value. aliases: cert_name

consumer_match
string

Choices:
- all
- at_least_one
- at_most_one
- none

The match criteria across consumers.
The APIC defaults to `at_least_one` when unset during creation.

contract string |  | The name of the Contract. aliases: contract_name
description string |  | Description for the contract subject. aliases: descr

dscp
string

Choices:
- AF11
- AF12
- AF13
- AF21
- AF22
- AF23
- AF31
- AF32
- AF33
- AF41
- AF42
- AF43
- CS0
- CS1
- CS2
- CS3
- CS4
- CS5
- CS6
- CS7
- EF
- VA
- unspecified

The target DSCP.
The APIC defaults to `unspecified` when unset during creation.
aliases: target

host string / required |  | IP Address or hostname of APIC resolvable by Ansible control host. aliases: hostname

output_level
string

Choices:
- debug
- info
- normal ←

Influence the output of this ACI module.
`normal` means the standard output, incl. `current` dict
`info` adds informational output, incl. `previous`, `proposed` and `sent` dicts
`debug` adds debugging output, incl. `filter_string`, `method`, `response`, `status` and `url` information

password string / required |  | The password to use for authentication. This option is mutual exclusive with `private_key`. If `private_key` is provided too, it will be used instead.
port integer |  | Port number to be used for REST connection. The default value depends on parameter `use_ssl`.

priority
string

Choices:
- level1
- level2
- level3
- unspecified

The QoS class.
The APIC defaults to `unspecified` when unset during creation.

private_key string / required |  | Either a PEM-formatted private key file or the private key content used for signature-based authentication. This value also influences the default `certificate_name` that is used. This option is mutual exclusive with `password`. If `password` is provided too, it will be ignored. aliases: cert_key

provider_match
string

Choices:
- all
- at_least_one
- at_most_one
- none

The match criteria across providers.
The APIC defaults to `at_least_one` when unset during creation.

reverse_filter
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes

Determines if the APIC should reverse the src and dst ports to allow the return traffic back, since ACI is stateless filter.
The APIC defaults to `yes` when unset during creation.

state
string

Choices:
- absent
- present ←
- query

Use `present` or `absent` for adding or removing.
Use `query` for listing an object or multiple objects.

subject string |  | The contract subject name. aliases: contract_subject, name, subject_name
tenant string |  | The name of the tenant. aliases: tenant_name
timeout integer | Default: 30 | The socket level timeout in seconds.

use_proxy
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes ←

If `no`, it will not use a proxy, even if one is defined in an environment variable on the target hosts.

use_ssl
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes ←

If `no`, an HTTP connection will be used instead of the default HTTPS connection.

username string | Default: "admin" | The username to use for authentication. aliases: user

validate_certs
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes ←

If `no`, SSL certificates will not be validated.
This should only set to `no` when used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

## Notes

Note

- The `tenant` and `contract` used must exist before using this module in your playbook. The aci_tenant and aci_contract modules can be used for this.

## See Also

See also

aci_contract – Manage contract resources (vz:BrCP)

  The official documentation on the aci_contract module.

aci_tenant – Manage tenants (fv:Tenant)

  The official documentation on the aci_tenant module.

APIC Management Information Model reference

  More information about the internal APIC class vz:Subj.

Cisco ACI Guide

  Detailed information on how to manage your ACI infrastructure using Ansible.

Developing Cisco ACI modules

  Detailed guide on how to write your own Cisco ACI modules to contribute.

## Examples

    - name: Add a new contract subject
      aci_contract_subject:
        host: apic
        username: admin
        password: SomeSecretPassword
        tenant: production
        contract: web_to_db
        subject: default
        description: test
        reverse_filter: yes
        priority: level1
        dscp: unspecified
        state: present
      register: query_result

    - name: Remove a contract subject
      aci_contract_subject:
        host: apic
        username: admin
        password: SomeSecretPassword
        tenant: production
        contract: web_to_db
        subject: default
        state: absent
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Query a contract subject
      aci_contract_subject:
        host: apic
        username: admin
        password: SomeSecretPassword
        tenant: production
        contract: web_to_db
        subject: default
        state: query
      delegate_to: localhost
      register: query_result

    - name: Query all contract subjects
      aci_contract_subject:
        host: apic
        username: admin
        password: SomeSecretPassword
        state: query
      delegate_to: localhost
      register: query_result

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
current list | success | The existing configuration from the APIC after the module has finished Sample: [{'fvTenant': {'attributes': {'descr': 'Production environment', 'dn': 'uni/tn-production', 'name': 'production', 'nameAlias': '', 'ownerKey': '', 'ownerTag': ''}}}]
error dictionary | failure | The error information as returned from the APIC Sample: {'code': '122', 'text': 'unknown managed object class foo'}
filter_string string | failure or debug | The filter string used for the request Sample: ?rsp-prop-include=config-only
method string | failure or debug | The HTTP method used for the request to the APIC Sample: POST
previous list | info | The original configuration from the APIC before the module has started Sample: [{'fvTenant': {'attributes': {'descr': 'Production', 'dn': 'uni/tn-production', 'name': 'production', 'nameAlias': '', 'ownerKey': '', 'ownerTag': ''}}}]
proposed dictionary | info | The assembled configuration from the user-provided parameters Sample: {'fvTenant': {'attributes': {'descr': 'Production environment', 'name': 'production'}}}
raw string | parse error | The raw output returned by the APIC REST API (xml or json) Sample: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><imdata totalCount="1"><error code="122" text="unknown managed object class foo"/></imdata>
response string | failure or debug | The HTTP response from the APIC Sample: OK (30 bytes)
sent list | info | The actual/minimal configuration pushed to the APIC Sample: {'fvTenant': {'attributes': {'descr': 'Production environment'}}}
status integer | failure or debug | The HTTP status from the APIC Sample: 200
url string | failure or debug | The HTTP url used for the request to the APIC Sample: https://10.11.12.13/api/mo/uni/tn-production.json

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

- This module is maintained by an Ansible Partner. [certified]

### Authors

- Swetha Chunduri (@schunduri)

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