netscaler_server - Manage server configuration

New in version 2.4.0.

Synopsis

  • Manage server entities configuration.
  • This module is intended to run either on the ansible control node or a bastion (jumpserver) with access to the actual netscaler instance.

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • nitro python sdk

Options

parameter required default choices comments
comment
 no
Any information about the server.
disabled
 no
  • yes
  • no
When set to true the server state will be set to disabled.
When set to false the server state will be set to enabled.
Note that due to limitations of the underlying NITRO API a disabled state change alone does not cause the module result to report a changed status.
domain
 no
Domain name of the server. For a domain based configuration, you must create the server first.
Minimum length = 1
domainresolveretry
 no 5
Time, in seconds, for which the NetScaler appliance must wait, after DNS resolution fails, before sending the next DNS query to resolve the domain name.
Minimum value = 5
Maximum value = 20939
ipaddress
 no
IPv4 or IPv6 address of the server. If you create an IP address based server, you can specify the name of the server, instead of its IP address, when creating a service. Note: If you do not create a server entry, the server IP address that you enter when you create a service becomes the name of the server.
ipv6address
 no
  • yes
  • no
Support IPv6 addressing mode. If you configure a server with the IPv6 addressing mode, you cannot use the server in the IPv4 addressing mode.
name
 no
Name for the server.
Must begin with an ASCII alphabetic or underscore _ character, and must contain only ASCII alphanumeric, underscore _, hash #, period ., space , colon :, at @, equals =, and hyphen - characters.
Can be changed after the name is created.
Minimum length = 1
nitro_pass
 yes
The password with which to authenticate to the netscaler node.
nitro_protocol
 no http
  • http
  • https
Which protocol to use when accessing the nitro API objects.
nitro_timeout
 no 310
Time in seconds until a timeout error is thrown when establishing a new session with Netscaler
nitro_user
 yes
The username with which to authenticate to the netscaler node.
nsip
 yes
The ip address of the netscaler appliance where the nitro API calls will be made.
The port can be specified with the colon (:). E.g. 192.168.1.1:555.
save_config
 no True
  • yes
  • no
If true the module will save the configuration on the netscaler node if it makes any changes.
The module will not save the configuration on the netscaler node if it made no changes.
state
 no present
  • present
  • absent
The state of the resource being configured by the module on the netscaler node.
When present the resource will be created if needed and configured according to the module's parameters.
When absent the resource will be deleted from the netscaler node.
td
 no
Integer value that uniquely identifies the traffic domain in which you want to configure the entity. If you do not specify an ID, the entity becomes part of the default traffic domain, which has an ID of 0.
Minimum value = 0
Maximum value = 4094
translationip
 no
IP address used to transform the server's DNS-resolved IP address.
translationmask
 no
The netmask of the translation ip.
validate_certs
 no yes
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Examples

- name: Setup server
  delegate_to: localhost
  netscaler_server:
      nsip: 172.18.0.2
      nitro_user: nsroot
      nitro_pass: nsroot

      state: present

      name: server-1
      ipaddress: 192.168.1.1

Return Values

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

name description returned type sample
diff
List of differences between the actual configured object and the configuration specified in the module
 failure dict {'targetlbvserver': 'difference. ours: (str) server1 other: (str) server2'}
loglines
list of logged messages by the module
 always list ['message 1', 'message 2']
msg
Message detailing the failure reason
 failure str Action does not exist

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.4/netscaler_server_module.html