{"id":1114,"date":"2023-03-10T14:03:21","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T13:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/?p=1114"},"modified":"2023-10-13T05:40:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T04:40:11","slug":"aci-as-code-with-terraform-and-gitlab-cicd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/aci-as-code-with-terraform-and-gitlab-cicd\/","title":{"rendered":"ACI as Code with Terraform and GitLab CI\/CD"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1114\" class=\"elementor elementor-1114\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c46d582 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c46d582\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 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.elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Introduction<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0725212 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0725212\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>In my previous blog articles, I have been talking about how to set up:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/gitlab-as-a-terraform-state-file-backend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>GITLAB AS A TERRAFORM STATE FILE BACKEND<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/gitlab-ci-cd-pipeline-to-build-your-own-docker-container-and-upload-to-your-own-registry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GITLAB CI\/CD PIPELINE TO BUILD YOUR OWN DOCKER CONTAINER AND UPLOAD TO YOUR OWN REGISTRY<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Make sure to check that out before reading this blog post \ud83d\ude09<\/p><p>In this blog post, I will continue the story and describe how I create a pipeline to configure an ACI environment using <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.hashicorp.com\/terraform\/intro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terraform<\/a> by leveraging GitLab as a Docker registry and Terraform state file backend.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3397ca5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3397ca5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Requirements<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32bb899 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32bb899\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I assume the following prerequisite as given:<\/p><ul><li>GitLab server with SSL certificates<\/li><li>A Docker and a Shell runner are deployed<\/li><li>Docker containers can be uploaded to the embedded Docker registry\u00a0<\/li><li>Terraform state file can be stored in GitLab<\/li><li>Environment and variables are configured in GitLab<\/li><li>APIC simulator<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-093ce26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"093ce26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I am using the following Dockerfile where Terraform will be installed:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-958a90e elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"958a90e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-markup line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-markup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>FROM ubuntu:22.04 \n\nRUN apt-get update && \\\n  apt-get install -y gnupg software-properties-common curl gcc python3.11 python3-pip git && \\\n  curl -fsSL https:\/\/apt.releases.hashicorp.com\/gpg | apt-key add - && \\\n  apt-add-repository \"deb [arch=amd64] 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readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-markup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>docker (Folder)\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 aci (Folder)\n    \u2514\u2500\u2500 Dockerfile (File)<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30c9261 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30c9261\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Set up the Terrafrom environment<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8cacd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8cacd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Create the following folder structure under your project repository:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94c4711 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"94c4711\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-okaidia  \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-markup \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-markup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>terraform (Folder)\n \u2514\u2500\u2500 data (Folder)\n    \u2514\u2500\u2500 tenant_DEV.yaml (File)\n \u2514\u2500\u2500 defaults (Folder)\n    \u2514\u2500\u2500 defaults.yaml (File) \n \u2514\u2500\u2500 modules (Folder)\n    \u2514\u2500\u2500 modules.yaml (File) \n \u2514\u2500\u2500 init_file.sh (File)\n \u2514\u2500\u2500 main.tf (File) <\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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class=\"elementor-alert-description\">This file is just used as an example. Feel free to modify or create multiple tenant_xyz.yaml files in your data folder<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"elementor-alert-dismiss\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\">&times;<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Dismiss this alert.<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a33ed66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a33ed66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Copy the following content in your\u00a0<strong> init_file.sh: <\/strong>The init_file is a shell script that sets the environment to use the \u201chttp\u201d backend provided by GitLab to store the file. It actually defines the variables that you set before in the environment and uses the Username and API Token.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f8aae1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"6f8aae1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-bash line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-bash\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>#! \/bin\/bash\nTF_USERNAME=${TF_USERNAME} \\\nTF_PASSWORD=${TF_PASSWORD} \\\nTF_ADDRESS=\"${CI_SERVER_URL}\/api\/v4\/projects\/${CI_PROJECT_ID}\/terraform\/state\/terraform_statefile\" \\\n\nterraform init \\\n  -backend-config=address=${TF_ADDRESS} \\\n  -backend-config=lock_address=${TF_ADDRESS}\/lock \\\n  -backend-config=unlock_address=${TF_ADDRESS}\/lock \\\n  -backend-config=username=${TF_USERNAME} \\\n  -backend-config=password=${TF_PASSWORD} \\\n  -backend-config=lock_method=POST \\\n  -backend-config=unlock_method=DELETE \\\n  -backend-config=retry_wait_min=5<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90d18d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90d18d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Copy the following content in your<strong> main.tf:<\/strong>\u00a0Configures the modules that we are using to configure the infrastructure.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dceb8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"5dceb8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-bash line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-bash\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>terraform {\n  required_providers {\n    aci = {\n      source  = \"CiscoDevNet\/aci\"\n      version = \">= 2.6.0\"\n    }\n    utils = {\n      source  = \"netascode\/utils\"\n      version = \">= 0.2.4\"\n    }\n  }\n}\n\nterraform {\n  backend \"http\" {\n  }\n}\n\nprovider \"aci\" {\n}\n\nlocals {\n  model = yamldecode(data.utils_yaml_merge.model.output)\n}\n\ndata \"utils_yaml_merge\" \"model\" {\n  input = concat([for file in fileset(path.module, \"data\/*.yaml\") : file(file)], [file(\"${path.module}\/defaults\/defaults.yaml\"), file(\"${path.module}\/modules\/modules.yaml\")])\n}\n\nmodule \"tenant\" {\n  source  = \"netascode\/nac-tenant\/aci\"\n  version = \">= 0.4.1\"\n\n  for_each    = toset([for tenant in lookup(local.model.apic, \"tenants\", {}) : tenant.name])\n  model       = local.model\n  tenant_name = each.value\n} <\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c18824 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2c18824\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Set up the pipeline<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82ad958 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"82ad958\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The following pipeline will include the following stages:<\/p><ul><li>Build (Build the Docker container and upload it to the Docker registry)<\/li><li>Validate (execute terraform validate)<\/li><li>Plan (execute terraform plan)<\/li><li>Apply (execute terraform apply: manual)<\/li><li>Destroy (execute terraform destroy: manual)<\/li><\/ul><p>In this pipeline, caches are also used to download the Terraform modules only once and reuse them in the following stages. This will significantly reduce the time of execution per job.\u00a0<\/p><p>A cache is one or more files a job downloads and saves. Subsequent jobs that use the same cache don\u2019t have to download the files again, so they execute more quickly.<\/p><ul><li>Define cache per job by using the\u00a0<code class=\"highlighter-rouge\">cache<\/code>\u00a0keyword. Otherwise it is disabled.<\/li><li>Subsequent pipelines can use the cache.<\/li><li>Subsequent jobs in the same pipeline can use the cache, if the dependencies are identical.<\/li><li>Different projects cannot share the cache.<\/li><\/ul><p>Read more here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gitlab.com\/ee\/ci\/caching\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/docs.gitlab.com\/ee\/ci\/caching\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-19b95e9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"19b95e9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-930489c\" data-id=\"930489c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbaf56c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cbaf56c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Overhead in your pipeline creates unwanted time to wait for the execution: Nobody wants that!\u00a0<\/p><p>Make sure to optimize the pipeline as much as possible. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f680.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude80\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f4c12ae\" data-id=\"f4c12ae\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a729f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4a729f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/long_pipeline.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1443\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41c8958 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"41c8958\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-bash line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-bash\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>variables:\n  IMAGE_NAME_ACI: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE\/aci  \n  IMAGE_TAG_ACI: \"1.0\"\n  TF_ROOT: ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}\/terraform\n\n.dependencies_cache:\n  cache:\n    key: \"${TF_ROOT}\"\n    paths:\n      - \"${TF_ROOT}\/.terraform\"\n    policy: pull\n\nstages:\n  - build\n  - validate\n  - plan\n  - apply\n  - destroy\n\nbuild_image:\n  stage: build\n  tags:\n    - shell-runner\n  script:\n    - docker build -t $IMAGE_NAME_ACI:$IMAGE_TAG_ACI docker\/aci\/.\n\npush_image:\n  stage: build\n  needs:\n    - build_image\n  tags:\n    - shell-runner\n  before_script:\n    - docker login -u $CI_REGISTRY_USER -p $CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD $CI_REGISTRY\n  script:\n    - docker push $IMAGE_NAME_DNAC:$IMAGE_TAG_DNAC\n    - docker push $IMAGE_NAME_ACI:$IMAGE_TAG_ACI\n\nvalidate:\n  needs:\n    - push_image\n  stage: validate\n  image: $IMAGE_NAME_ACI:$IMAGE_TAG_ACI\n  environment: ACI\n  tags:\n    - docker-runner\n  extends: .dependencies_cache\n  cache:\n    policy: pull-push\n  before_script:\n    - cd terraform\n  script:\n      - chmod +x init_file.sh\n      - .\/init_file.sh\n      - terraform validate\n\nplan:\n  needs:\n    - validate\n  stage: plan\n  image: $IMAGE_NAME_ACI:$IMAGE_TAG_ACI\n  environment: ACI\n  tags:\n    - docker-runner\n  extends: .dependencies_cache\n  before_script:\n    - cd terraform\n  script:\n      - chmod +x init_file.sh\n      - .\/init_file.sh\n      - terraform plan -out=.\/output.tfplan\n      - terraform show -no-color -json output.tfplan > plan.json\n  artifacts:\n    paths:\n      - ${TF_ROOT}\/plan.json\n\napply:\n  needs:\n    - plan\n  stage: apply\n  image: $IMAGE_NAME_ACI:$IMAGE_TAG_ACI\n  environment: ACI\n  tags:\n    - docker-runner\n  extends: .dependencies_cache\n  before_script:\n    - cd terraform\n  script:\n      - chmod +x init_file.sh\n      - .\/init_file.sh     \n      - terraform apply\n  when: manual\n\ndestroy:\n  stage: destroy\n  image: $IMAGE_NAME_ACI:$IMAGE_TAG_ACI\n  environment: ACI\n  tags:\n    - docker-runner\n  extends: .dependencies_cache\n  before_script:\n    - cd terraform\n  script:\n      - chmod +x init_file.sh\n      - .\/init_file.sh     \n      - terraform destroy\n  when: manual <\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-183c4e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"183c4e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Run and validate the pipeline<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-747c0b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"747c0b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Check the config in your APIC, before you apply the changes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77746fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"77746fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_001.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTQzNiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cDpcL1wvMTkyLjE2OC4xLjIxMzo4MDg4XC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wM1wvQUNJX2FzX0NvZGVfd2l0aF9HaXRMYWJfQ0lDRF9waXBlbGluZV8wMDEucG5nIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"327\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_001-1024x418.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1436\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_001-1024x418.png 1024w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_001-300x123.png 300w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_001-768x314.png 768w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_001-1536x628.png 1536w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_001.png 1581w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c42458 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c42458\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Execute the pipeline and the <strong>plan<\/strong> stage execution. 22 new objects will be created.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb3ff70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bb3ff70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_002.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTQ0MCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cDpcL1wvMTkyLjE2OC4xLjIxMzo4MDg4XC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wM1wvQUNJX2FzX0NvZGVfd2l0aF9HaXRMYWJfQ0lDRF9waXBlbGluZV8wMDIucG5nIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"329\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_002-1024x421.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1440\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_002-1024x421.png 1024w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_002-300x123.png 300w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_002-768x316.png 768w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_002-1536x631.png 1536w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_002.png 1565w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1bcf0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e1bcf0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As the stage <strong>apply<\/strong> is set to manual, run the stage.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-567c85c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"567c85c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_003.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTQzNywidXJsIjoiaHR0cDpcL1wvMTkyLjE2OC4xLjIxMzo4MDg4XC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wM1wvQUNJX2FzX0NvZGVfd2l0aF9HaXRMYWJfQ0lDRF9waXBlbGluZV8wMDMucG5nIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"327\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_003-1024x419.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1437\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_003-1024x419.png 1024w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_003-300x123.png 300w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_003-768x314.png 768w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_003-1536x629.png 1536w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_003.png 1566w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e528bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e528bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Validate if the tenant DEV has been created with all the defined objects:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ed771a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6ed771a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_004.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTQzOSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cDpcL1wvMTkyLjE2OC4xLjIxMzo4MDg4XC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wM1wvQUNJX2FzX0NvZGVfd2l0aF9HaXRMYWJfQ0lDRF9waXBlbGluZV8wMDQucG5nIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"325\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_004-1024x416.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1439\" alt=\"ACI as Code with GitLab CICD pipeline\" 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http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_005-768x313.png 768w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_005-1536x625.png 1536w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_005.png 1580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fd7960 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8fd7960\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you want, execute the <strong>destroy<\/strong> stage in order to revert all the changes that have been previously applied.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-396f4d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"396f4d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_006.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTQ0NCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cDpcL1wvMTkyLjE2OC4xLjIxMzo4MDg4XC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wM1wvQUNJX2FzX0NvZGVfd2l0aF9HaXRMYWJfQ0lDRF9waXBlbGluZV8wMDYucG5nIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"327\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_006-1024x419.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1444\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_006-1024x419.png 1024w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_006-300x123.png 300w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_006-768x314.png 768w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_006-1536x628.png 1536w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ACI_as_Code_with_GitLab_CICD_pipeline_006.png 1565w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c271ff0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c271ff0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">References<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6956ff4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6956ff4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This repository uses a very simple use case which I was using in the above article: <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/netascode\/nac-aci-simple-example\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/github.com\/netascode\/nac-aci-simple-example<\/a><\/p><p>For a more complex deployment, I highly recommend checkout the following example: <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/netascode\/nac-aci-comprehensive-example\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/github.com\/netascode\/nac-aci-comprehensive-example<\/a><\/p><p>Also, check out the official documentation from Cisco:<br \/><a 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