Terraform ACI Provider - VMM Domain

[AJ Cruz]

I see the vmm domain resource requires:

provider_profile_dn = "${aci_provider_profile.example.id}"

For the life of me I can't find anything about aci_provider_profile

What is it? Where is it created? 

[msdaniluk · Accepted solution]

Hi,

The provider refers to the type of VMM you plan to deploy: vmware, microsoft, openstack etc.

Exmple for a vmware type of VMM domain:  comp/prov-VMware/dom-ACIvDS

The provider in this situation is comp/prov-VMware.

Stay safe,

Sergiu

[AJ Cruz]

Thanks that makes sense, their example:

aci_provider_profile.example.id

made me think it was something created in Terraform.

[msdaniluk]

Yep.  Definitely Terraform documentation is missing some examples.

Cheers,

Sergiu

[msdaniluk]

Hello again,

The list of all providers available in 4.2:

apic1# moquery -c compProv | grep dn
dn           : comp/prov-Redhat
dn           : comp/prov-VMware
dn           : comp/prov-OpenStack
dn           : comp/prov-CloudFoundry
dn           : comp/prov-Kubernetes
dn           : comp/prov-OpenShift
dn           : comp/prov-Microsoft

[AJ Cruz]

Don't know if it's a difference in code versions but on 4.2(3q) comp/prov-VMware didn't work. I had to use:
uni/vmmp-VMware

[alexandru.bogdan1]

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[msdaniluk]

Indeed, it seems there are 2 type of objects: "prov-Provider", is the configuration object which you configure in the Virtual Netowrking > VMM Domain section, while the "vmmp-Provider" is the object which is referenced in the EPG.

Not sure why this difference, but yeah :-)

Stay safe,

Sergiu