category_facts - Facts about category tag elements in the SMC¶

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis
Requirements (on host that executes module)
Options
Examples
Return Values
Notes
- Author
- Status

Synopsis ¶

Category tags can be added to most elements in the SMC to identify elements and for grouping purposes.

Requirements (on host that executes module)¶

smc-python

Options ¶

parameter required default choices comments

case_sensitive

no

True

Whether to do a case sensitive match on the filter specified

exact_match

no

Whether to do an exact match on the filter specified

filter

no

*

String value to match against when making query. Matches all if not specified. A filter will attempt to find a match in the name, primary key field or comment field of a given record.

limit

no

10

Limit the number of results. Set to 0 to remove limit.

smc_address

no

FQDN with port of SMC. The default value is the environment variable SMC_ADDRESS

smc_alt_filepath

no

Provide an alternate path location to read the credentials from. File is expected to be stored in ~.smcrc. If provided, url and api_key settings are not required and will be ignored.

smc_api_key

no

API key for api client. The default value is the environment variable SMC_API_KEY Required if url

smc_api_version

no

Optional API version to connect to. If none is provided, the latest SMC version API will be used based on the Management Center version. Can be set though the environment variable SMC_API_VERSION

smc_domain

no

Optional domain to log in to. If no domain is provided, 'Shared Domain' is used. Can be set throuh the environment variable SMC_DOMAIN

smc_extra_args

no

Extra arguments to pass to login constructor. These are generally only used if specifically requested by support personnel.

**Dictionary object smc_extra_args**
parameter	required	default	choices	comments
verify	no	True	yes no	Is the connection to SMC is HTTPS, you can set this to True, or provide a path to a client certificate to verify the SMC SSL certificate. You can also explicitly set this to False.

smc_logging

no

Optionally enable SMC API logging to a file

**Dictionary object smc_logging**
parameter	required	default	choices	comments
path	yes			Full path to the log file
level	no			Log level as specified by the standard python logging library, in int format. Default setting is logging.DEBUG.

smc_timeout

no

Optional timeout for connections to the SMC. Can be set through environment SMC_TIMEOUT

Examples ¶

- name: Return all categories
    category_facts:

- name: Return all categories and references for categories containing 'smc'
    category_facts:
      limit: 5
      filter: smc

- name: Return category information matching 'smc-python'.
    category_facts:
      limit: 1
      filter: smc-python
      exact_match: yes
      case_sensitive: yes

Return Values ¶

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

name	description	returned	type	sample
categories	Return categories and references using 'smc' as filter	always	list	[{'comment': None, 'references': [{'type': 'host', 'name': '172.18.1.135'}], 'type': 'category_tag', 'name': 'smc-python'}]

Notes ¶

Note

If a filter is not used in the query, this will return all results for the element type specified. The return data in this case will only contain the metadata for the element which will be name and type. To get detailed information about an element, use a filter. When using filters on network or service elements, the filter value will search the element fields, for example, you could use a filter of ‘1.1.1.1’ when searching for hosts and all hosts with this IP will be returned. The same applies for services. If you are unsure of the service name but know the port you require, your filter can be by port.

Author ¶

David LePage (@gabstopper)

Status ¶

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.