community.general.apache2_mod_proxy – Set and/or get members’ attributes of an Apache httpd 2.4 mod_proxy balancer pool

• Synopsis
• Parameters
• Examples
• Return Values

Synopsis

• Set and/or get members’ attributes of an Apache httpd 2.4 mod_proxy balancer pool, using HTTP POST and GET requests. The httpd mod_proxy balancer-member status page has to be enabled and accessible, as this module relies on parsing this page. This module supports ansible check_mode, and requires BeautifulSoup python module.

Parameters

Examples

- name: Get all current balancer pool members attributes
  community.general.apache2_mod_proxy:
    balancer_vhost: 10.0.0.2

- name: Get a specific member attributes
  community.general.apache2_mod_proxy:
    balancer_vhost: myws.mydomain.org
    balancer_suffix: /lb/
    member_host: node1.myws.mydomain.org

# Enable all balancer pool members:
- name: Get attributes
  community.general.apache2_mod_proxy:
    balancer_vhost: '{{ myloadbalancer_host }}'
  register: result

- name: Enable all balancer pool members
  community.general.apache2_mod_proxy:
    balancer_vhost: '{{ myloadbalancer_host }}'
    member_host: '{{ item.host }}'
    state: present
  with_items: '{{ result.members }}'

# Gracefully disable a member from a loadbalancer node:
- name: Step 1
  community.general.apache2_mod_proxy:
    balancer_vhost: '{{ vhost_host }}'
    member_host: '{{ member.host }}'
    state: drained
  delegate_to: myloadbalancernode

- name: Step 2
  ansible.builtin.wait_for:
    host: '{{ member.host }}'
    port: '{{ member.port }}'
    state: drained
  delegate_to: myloadbalancernode

- name: Step 3
  community.general.apache2_mod_proxy:
    balancer_vhost: '{{ vhost_host }}'
    member_host: '{{ member.host }}'
    state: absent
  delegate_to: myloadbalancernode

Return Values

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

Authors

• Olivier Boukili (@oboukili)