Hi,
yes, you can automate everything in ACI. In my opinion it takes a lot of effort to find the right objects, parameters and connections but basically it's all out there, publicly available. You just have to find and make sense of it ;)
E.g. this lets you create a VLAN-Pool via Python:
import cobra.mit.access
import cobra.mit.session
import cobra.mit.request
import cobra.model.fvns
# log into APIC and create a directory object
authentication = cobra.mit.session.LoginSession(URL, USER, PASSWORD)
mySession = cobra.mit.access.MoDirectory(authentication)
mySession.login()
# create VLAN Pool with VLAN 123
fabric = mySession.lookupByDn('uni/infra')
vlanpool = cobra.model.fvns.VlanInstP(parentMoOrDn=fabric, allocMode='static', name='TestPool')
vlans = cobra.model.fvns.EncapBlk(parentMoOrDn=vlanpool, from_='vlan-123', to='vlan-123')
# commit changes to fabric
request = cobra.mit.request.ConfigRequest()
request.addMo(vlanpool)
mySession.commit(request)
I'm not a developer so this might not be the best way to do it, but the message is: It can be done!
The online documentation is helpful (https://solutionpartner.cisco.com/media/apicDcPythonAPI_v0.1/index.html), Visore (the Object Store Browser) gives useful hints and the API Documentation on the APIC can also lead you the way.
Regards,
Nik
