NAME

Net::Cisco::ACS::IdentityGroup - Access Cisco ACS functionality through REST API - IdentityGroup (usergroup) fields

SYNOPSIS

	use Net::Cisco::ACS;
	use Net::Cisco::ACS::IdentityGroup;
	
	my $acs = Net::Cisco::ACS->new(hostname => '10.0.0.1', username => 'acsadmin', password => 'testPassword');
	my $identitygroup = Net::Cisco::ACS::IdentityGroup->new("name"=>"All Groups:MilleniumCrew","description"=>"Han, Chewie, Finn and Rey");

	my %identitygroups = $acs->identitygroups;
	# Retrieve all identitygroups from ACS
	# Returns hash with name / Net::Cisco::ACS::IdentityGroup pairs
	
	print $acs->identitygroups->{"All Groups"}->toXML;
	# Dump in XML format (used by ACS for API calls)
	
	my $identitygroup = $acs->identitygroups("name","All Groups");
	# Faster call to request specific identity group information by name

	my $identitygroup = $acs->identitygroups("id","150");
	# Faster call to request specific identity group information by ID (assigned by ACS, present in Net::Cisco::ACS::IdentityGroup)
  
  	$identitygroup->id(0); # Required for new record!
	my $id = $acs->create($identitygroup);
	# Create new identity group based on Net::Cisco::ACS::IdentityGroup instance
	# Return value is ID generated by ACS
	print "Record ID is $id" if $id;
	print $Net::Cisco::ACS::ERROR unless $id;
	# $Net::Cisco::ACS::ERROR contains details about failure

	my $id = $acs->update($identitygroup);
	# Update existing identitygroup based on Net::Cisco::ACS::IdentityGroup instance
	# Return value is ID generated by ACS
	print "Record ID is $id" if $id;
	print $Net::Cisco::ACS::ERROR unless $id;
	# $Net::Cisco::ACS::ERROR contains details about failure

	$acs->delete($identitygroup);
	# Delete existing identity group based on Net::Cisco::ACS::IdentityGroup instance
  

DESCRIPTION

The Net::Cisco::ACS::IdentityGroup class holds all the user group relevant information from Cisco ACS 5.x. See also the identitygroup method in Net::Cisco::ACS::User.

USAGE

All calls are typically handled through an instance of the Net::Cisco::ACS class. Net::Cisco::ACS::User acts as a container for user related information.

new

Class constructor. Returns object of Net::Cisco::ACS::IdentityGroup on succes. The following fields can be set / retrieved:

description =item name =item id

Formatting rules may be in place & enforced by Cisco ACS.

description

The identity group description.

name

The identity group name. This is a required value in the constructor but can be redefined afterwards. This value typically starts with All Groups as a parent group.

id

Cisco ACS generates a unique ID for each User record. This field cannot be updated within ACS but is used for reference. Set to 0 when creating a new record or when duplicating an existing identitygroup.

toXML

Dump the record in ACS accept XML formatting (without header).

header

Generate the correct XML header. Takes output of toXML as argument.

BUGS

None so far

SUPPORT

None so far :)

AUTHOR

Hendrik Van Belleghem
CPAN ID: BEATNIK
hendrik.vanbelleghem@gmail.com

COPYRIGHT

This program is free software licensed under the...

The General Public License (GPL)
Version 2, June 1991

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.

SEE ALSO

perl(1).