clc_alert_policy – Create or Delete Alert Policies at CenturyLink Cloud¶

Synopsis
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Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status

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.

python = 2.7
requests >= 2.5.0
clc-sdk

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
alert_recipients -		A list of recipient email ids to notify the alert. This is required for state 'present'
alias - / required		The alias of your CLC Account
duration -		The length of time in minutes that the condition must exceed the threshold. This is required for state 'present'
id -		The alert policy id. This is mutually exclusive with name
metric -	Choices: cpu memory disk	The metric on which to measure the condition that will trigger the alert. This is required for state 'present'
name -		The name of the alert policy. This is mutually exclusive with id
state -	Choices: present ← absent	Whether to create or delete the policy.
threshold -		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

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 via 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 ¶

# Note - You must set the CLC_V2_API_USERNAME And CLC_V2_API_PASSWD Environment variables before running these 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
      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
      debug: var=policy

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

    - name: debug
      debug: var=policy

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
policy dictionary	success	The alert policy information Sample: {'actions': [{'action': 'email', 'settings': {'recipients': ['[email protected]', '[email protected]']}}], '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}]}

Status ¶

This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors¶

CLC Runner (@clc-runner)

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clc_alert_policy – Create or Delete Alert Policies at CenturyLink Cloud¶

Synopsis¶

Requirements¶

Parameters¶

Notes¶

Examples¶

Return Values¶

Status¶