avi_healthmonitor - Module for setup of HealthMonitor Avi RESTful Object

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • avisdk

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
api_context
(added in 2.5)
Avi API context that includes current session ID and CSRF Token.
This allows user to perform single login and re-use the session.
api_version Default:
"16.4.4"
Avi API version of to use for Avi API and objects.
avi_api_patch_op
(added in 2.5)
    Choices:
  • add
  • replace
  • delete
Patch operation to use when using avi_api_update_method as patch.
avi_api_update_method
(added in 2.5)
    Choices:
  • put ←
  • patch
Default method for object update is HTTP PUT.
Setting to patch will override that behavior to use HTTP PATCH.
avi_credentials
(added in 2.5)
Avi Credentials dictionary which can be used in lieu of enumerating Avi Controller login details.
controller Default:
""
IP address or hostname of the controller. The default value is the environment variable AVI_CONTROLLER.
description
User defined description for the object.
dns_monitor
Healthmonitordns settings for healthmonitor.
external_monitor
Healthmonitorexternal settings for healthmonitor.
failed_checks
Number of continuous failed health checks before the server is marked down.
Allowed values are 1-50.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 2.
http_monitor
Healthmonitorhttp settings for healthmonitor.
https_monitor
Healthmonitorhttp settings for healthmonitor.
is_federated
bool

(added in 2.4)
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
This field describes the object's replication scope.
If the field is set to false, then the object is visible within the controller-cluster and its associated service-engines.
If the field is set to true, then the object is replicated across the federation.
Field introduced in 17.1.3.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
monitor_port
Use this port instead of the port defined for the server in the pool.
If the monitor succeeds to this port, the load balanced traffic will still be sent to the port of the server defined within the pool.
Allowed values are 1-65535.
Special values are 0 - 'use server port'.
name
required
A user friendly name for this health monitor.
password Default:
""
Password of Avi user in Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable AVI_PASSWORD.
receive_timeout
A valid response from the server is expected within the receive timeout window.
This timeout must be less than the send interval.
If server status is regularly flapping up and down, consider increasing this value.
Allowed values are 1-2400.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 4.
Units(SEC).
send_interval
Frequency, in seconds, that monitors are sent to a server.
Allowed values are 1-3600.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 10.
Units(SEC).
state
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
The state that should be applied on the entity.
successful_checks
Number of continuous successful health checks before server is marked up.
Allowed values are 1-50.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 2.
tcp_monitor
Healthmonitortcp settings for healthmonitor.
tenant Default:
"admin"
Name of tenant used for all Avi API calls and context of object.
tenant_ref
It is a reference to an object of type tenant.
tenant_uuid Default:
""
UUID of tenant used for all Avi API calls and context of object.
type
required
Type of the health monitor.
Enum options - HEALTH_MONITOR_PING, HEALTH_MONITOR_TCP, HEALTH_MONITOR_HTTP, HEALTH_MONITOR_HTTPS, HEALTH_MONITOR_EXTERNAL, HEALTH_MONITOR_UDP,
HEALTH_MONITOR_DNS, HEALTH_MONITOR_GSLB.
udp_monitor
Healthmonitorudp settings for healthmonitor.
url
Avi controller URL of the object.
username Default:
""
Username used for accessing Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable AVI_USERNAME.
uuid
Uuid of the health monitor.

Notes

Note

Examples

- name: Create a HTTPS health monitor
  avi_healthmonitor:
    controller: 10.10.27.90
    username: admin
    password: AviNetworks123!
    https_monitor:
      http_request: HEAD / HTTP/1.0
      http_response_code:
        - HTTP_2XX
        - HTTP_3XX
    receive_timeout: 4
    failed_checks: 3
    send_interval: 10
    successful_checks: 3
    type: HEALTH_MONITOR_HTTPS
    name: MyWebsite-HTTPS

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
obj
dict
 success, changed
HealthMonitor (api/healthmonitor) object


Status

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

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

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