Typing long variable names in the Cisco ACI CLI is slow and often leads to manual errors. In this 50-second video, I show you how to use CLI Aliases to create simple shortcuts for your most frequent ACI objects.
Summary
- The ACI CLI alias is not an ACI feature but a Linux feature inherited from the ACI iBash CLI.
- Two steps:
- 1)
leaf101# v1=Tenant1:VRF1<< no spaces - 2)
leaf101# show ip route vrf $v1
- 1)
- After the CLI session is closed, the alias will be deleted.
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