create_rack.yml

# ======= How to run standalone:
# boburciu@WX-5CG020BDT2: ~$ cd ~/netbox-ansible-automation
# boburciu@WX-5CG020BDT2:~/netbox-ansible-automation$ ansible-playbook -i ./hosts -v create_rack.yml -e 'rack_role_color="08DFC0"'
# boburciu@WX-5CG020BDT2:~/netbox-ansible-automation$ ansible-playbook -i ./hosts -v create_rack.yml -e 'external_vars="../parse_excel_servers/external_vars_CZ00CHASSIS1.yml"'

- name: Create rack group, rack role and assign to rack
  connection: local
  hosts: docker_netbox_19216820023
  gather_facts: False
  collections:
    - netbox.netbox 
  tasks:
    # - include_vars: external_vars.yml  
    - include_vars: '{{external_vars}}'        

   # Create first a rack group, a rack role and add the afterwards created rack to these
    - name: Create rack group within Netbox with only required information
      netbox_rack_group:
        netbox_url: '{{ url_var }}'
        netbox_token: '{{ token_var }}'
        data:
          name: '{{ rack_group_name }}'
          site: '{{ rack_site }}'  # needs to exist prior
        state: present    

    - name: Create rack role within Netbox with only required information
      netbox_rack_role:
        netbox_url: '{{ url_var }}'
        netbox_token: '{{ token_var }}'
        data:
          name: '{{ rack_role_name }}'
          color: '{{ rack_role_color }}'
        state: present

    - name: Create rack 
      netbox_rack:
        netbox_url: '{{ url_var }}'
        netbox_token: '{{ token_var }}'
        data:
          name: '{{ rack_name }}'
          rack_group: '{{ rack_group_name }}' 
          rack_role: '{{ rack_role_name }}'
          site: '{{ rack_site }}'
          desc_units: '{{ rack_desc_units }}'
          outer_unit: '{{ rack_outer_unit }}'
          outer_width: '{{ rack_outer_width }}'
          outer_depth: '{{ rack_outer_depth }}'
          type: '{{ rack_type }}'
          u_height: '{{ rack_u_height }}'
          width: '{{ rack_width }}'
          serial: '{{ rack_serial }}'
          facility_id: '{{ rack_facility_id }}'
          comments: '{{ rack_comments }}'
        state: present

    # - name:  Obtain all racks
    #   debug: 
    #     msg: '{{ item }}'  
    #   # debug: 
    #   #   msg: >      
    #   #     "{{ item.value.name }}"

    #   loop: "{{ query('netbox.netbox.nb_lookup', 'racks', 
    #                 api_endpoint=url_var,
    #                 token=token_var) }}"