# os_port_info – Retrieve information about ports within OpenStack

- Synopsis
- Requirements
- Parameters
- Notes
- Examples
- Return Values
- Status

## Synopsis

- Retrieve information about ports from OpenStack.
- This module was called `os_port_facts` before Ansible 2.9, returning `ansible_facts`. Note that the os_port_info module no longer returns `ansible_facts`!

Aliases: os_port_facts

## Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

- openstacksdk
- openstacksdk >= 0.12.0
- python >= 2.7

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
api_timeout integer |  | How long should the socket layer wait before timing out for API calls. If this is omitted, nothing will be passed to the requests library.

auth
dictionary

Dictionary containing auth information as needed by the cloud's auth plugin strategy. For the default password plugin, this would contain auth_url, username, password, project_name and any information about domains (for example, os_user_domain_name or os_project_domain_name) if the cloud supports them. For other plugins, this param will need to contain whatever parameters that auth plugin requires. This parameter is not needed if a named cloud is provided or OpenStack OS_* environment variables are present.

auth_type string |  | Name of the auth plugin to use. If the cloud uses something other than password authentication, the name of the plugin should be indicated here and the contents of the auth parameter should be updated accordingly.
availability_zone - |  | Ignored. Present for backwards compatibility
ca_cert string |  | A path to a CA Cert bundle that can be used as part of verifying SSL API requests. aliases: cacert
client_cert string |  | A path to a client certificate to use as part of the SSL transaction. aliases: cert
client_key string |  | A path to a client key to use as part of the SSL transaction. aliases: key

cloud
raw

Named cloud or cloud config to operate against. If cloud is a string, it references a named cloud config as defined in an OpenStack clouds.yaml file. Provides default values for auth and auth_type. This parameter is not needed if auth is provided or if OpenStack OS_* environment variables are present. If cloud is a dict, it contains a complete cloud configuration like would be in a section of clouds.yaml.

filters - |  | A dictionary of meta data to use for further filtering. Elements of this dictionary will be matched against the returned port dictionaries. Matching is currently limited to strings within the port dictionary, or strings within nested dictionaries.

interface
string

Choices:
- admin
- internal
- public ←

Endpoint URL type to fetch from the service catalog.
aliases: endpoint_type

port - |  | Unique name or ID of a port.
region_name string |  | Name of the region.
timeout integer | Default: 180 | How long should ansible wait for the requested resource.

validate_certs
boolean

Choices:
- no ←
- yes

Whether or not SSL API requests should be verified.
Before Ansible 2.3 this defaulted to `yes`.
aliases: verify

wait
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes ←

Should ansible wait until the requested resource is complete.

## Notes

Note

- The standard OpenStack environment variables, such as `OS_USERNAME` may be used instead of providing explicit values.
- Auth information is driven by openstacksdk, which means that values can come from a yaml config file in /etc/ansible/openstack.yaml, /etc/openstack/clouds.yaml or ~/.config/openstack/clouds.yaml, then from standard environment variables, then finally by explicit parameters in plays. More information can be found at https://docs.openstack.org/openstacksdk/

## Examples

    # Gather information about all ports
    - os_port_info:
        cloud: mycloud
      register: result

    - debug:
        msg: "{{ result.openstack_ports }}"

    # Gather information about a single port
    - os_port_info:
        cloud: mycloud
        port: 6140317d-e676-31e1-8a4a-b1913814a471

    # Gather information about all ports that have device_id set to a specific value
    # and with a status of ACTIVE.
    - os_port_info:
        cloud: mycloud
        filters:
          device_id: 1038a010-3a37-4a9d-82ea-652f1da36597
          status: ACTIVE

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
openstack_ports complex | always, but can be null | List of port dictionaries. A subset of the dictionary keys listed below may be returned, depending on your cloud provider.
| admin_state_up boolean | success | The administrative state of the router, which is up (true) or down (false). Sample: True
| allowed_address_pairs list | success | A set of zero or more allowed address pairs. An address pair consists of an IP address and MAC address.
| binding:host_id string | success | The UUID of the host where the port is allocated. Sample: b4bd682d-234a-4091-aa5b-4b025a6a7759
| binding:profile dictionary | success | A dictionary the enables the application running on the host to pass and receive VIF port-specific information to the plug-in.
| binding:vif_details dictionary | success | A dictionary that enables the application to pass information about functions that the Networking API provides. Sample: {'port_filter': True}
| binding:vif_type dictionary | success | The VIF type for the port. Sample: ovs
| binding:vnic_type string | success | The virtual network interface card (vNIC) type that is bound to the neutron port. Sample: normal
| device_id string | success | The UUID of the device that uses this port. Sample: b4bd682d-234a-4091-aa5b-4b025a6a7759
| device_owner string | success | The UUID of the entity that uses this port. Sample: network:router_interface
| dns_assignment list | success | DNS assignment information.
| dns_name string | success | DNS name
| extra_dhcp_opts list | success | A set of zero or more extra DHCP option pairs. An option pair consists of an option value and name.
| fixed_ips list | success | The IP addresses for the port. Includes the IP address and UUID of the subnet.
| id string | success | The UUID of the port. Sample: 3ec25c97-7052-4ab8-a8ba-92faf84148de
| ip_address string | success | The IP address. Sample: 127.0.0.1
| mac_address string | success | The MAC address. Sample: 00:00:5E:00:53:42
| name string | success | The port name. Sample: port_name
| network_id string | success | The UUID of the attached network. Sample: dd1ede4f-3952-4131-aab6-3b8902268c7d
| port_security_enabled boolean | success | The port security status. The status is enabled (true) or disabled (false).
| security_groups list | success | The UUIDs of any attached security groups.
| status string | success | The port status. Sample: ACTIVE
| tenant_id string | success | The UUID of the tenant who owns the network. Sample: 51fce036d7984ba6af4f6c849f65ef00

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- David Shrewsbury (@Shrews)

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