community.general.clc_alert_policy module – Create or Delete Alert Policies at CenturyLink Cloud

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 10.7.5).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.clc_alert_policy.

DEPRECATED 

Removed in:: version 11.0.0
Why:: Lumen Public Cloud (formerly known as CenturyLink Cloud) has gone End-of-Life in September 2023. See more at https://www.ctl.io/knowledge-base/release-notes/2023/lumen-public-cloud-platform-end-of-life-notice/?.
Alternative:: There is none.

Synopsis 

An Ansible module to Create or Delete Alert Policies at CenturyLink Cloud.

Requirements 

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

requests >= 2.5.0
clc-sdk

Parameters 

Parameter	Comments
alert_recipients list / elements=string	A list of recipient email IDs to notify the alert. This is required for `state=present`.
alias string / required	The alias of your CLC Account.
duration string	The length of time in minutes that the condition must exceed the threshold. This is required for `state=present`.
id string	The alert policy ID. This is mutually exclusive with `name`.
metric string	The metric on which to measure the condition that will trigger the alert. This is required for `state=present`. Choices: `"cpu"` `"memory"` `"disk"`
name string	The name of the alert policy. This is mutually exclusive with `id`.
state string	Whether to create or delete the policy. Choices: `"present"` ← (default) `"absent"`
threshold integer	The threshold that will trigger the alert when the metric equals or exceeds it. This is required for `state=present`. This number represents a percentage and must be a value between 5.0 - 95.0 that is a multiple of 5.0.

Attributes 

Attribute	Support	Description
check_mode	Support: full	Can run in `check_mode` and return changed status prediction without modifying target.
diff_mode	Support: none	Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in `check_mode`), when in diff mode.

Notes 

Note

To use this module, it is required to set the below environment variables which enables access to the Centurylink Cloud.
CLC_V2_API_USERNAME, the account login ID for the Centurylink Cloud.
CLC_V2_API_PASSWORD, the account password for the Centurylink Cloud.
Alternatively, the module accepts the API token and account alias. The API token can be generated using the CLC account login and password using the HTTP API call @ https://api.ctl.io/v2/authentication/login.
CLC_V2_API_TOKEN, the API token generated from https://api.ctl.io/v2/authentication/login.
CLC_ACCT_ALIAS, the account alias associated with the Centurylink Cloud.
Users can set CLC_V2_API_URL to specify an endpoint for pointing to a different CLC environment.

Examples 

- name: Create Alert Policy Example
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Create an Alert Policy for disk above 80% for 5 minutes
      community.general.clc_alert_policy:
        alias: wfad
        name: 'alert for disk > 80%'
        alert_recipients:
          - [email protected]
          - [email protected]
        metric: 'disk'
        duration: '00:05:00'
        threshold: 80
        state: present
      register: policy

    - name: Debug
      ansible.builtin.debug: var=policy

- name: Delete Alert Policy Example
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Delete an Alert Policy
      community.general.clc_alert_policy:
        alias: wfad
        name: 'alert for disk > 80%'
        state: absent
      register: policy

    - name: Debug
      ansible.builtin.debug: var=policy

Return Values 

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

Key

Description

policy

dictionary

The alert policy information.

Returned: success

Sample: {"actions": [{"action": "email", "settings": {"recipients": ["user1@domain.com", "user1@domain.com"]}}], "id": "ba54ac54a60d4a4f1ed6d48c1ce240a7", "links": [{"href": "/v2/alertPolicies/alias/ba54ac54a60d4a4fb1d6d48c1ce240a7", "rel": "self", "verbs": ["GET", "DELETE", "PUT"]}], "name": "test_alert", "triggers": [{"duration": "00:05:00", "metric": "disk", "threshold": 80.0}]}

community.general.clc_alert_policy module – Create or Delete Alert Policies at CenturyLink Cloud

DEPRECATED 

Synopsis 

Requirements 

Parameters 

Attributes 

Notes 

Examples 

Return Values 

Status 

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