rax_mon_alarm – Create or delete a Rackspace Cloud Monitoring alarm¶
Synopsis¶
- Create or delete a Rackspace Cloud Monitoring alarm that associates an existing rax_mon_entity, rax_mon_check, and rax_mon_notification_plan with criteria that specify what conditions will trigger which levels of notifications. Rackspace monitoring module flow | rax_mon_entity -> rax_mon_check -> rax_mon_notification -> rax_mon_notification_plan -> rax_mon_alarm
Requirements¶
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- python >= 2.6
- pyrax
Parameters¶
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
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api_key
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Rackspace API key, overrides credentials.
aliases: password |
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auth_endpoint
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Default: "https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/"
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The URI of the authentication service.
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check_id
-
/ required
|
ID of the check that should be alerted on. May be acquired by registering the value of a rax_mon_check task.
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credentials
-
|
File to find the Rackspace credentials in. Ignored if api_key and username are provided.
aliases: creds_file |
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criteria
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Alarm DSL that describes alerting conditions and their output states. Must be between 1 and 16384 characters long. See http://docs.rackspace.com/cm/api/v1.0/cm-devguide/content/alerts-language.html for a reference on the alerting language.
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disabled
boolean
|
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If yes, create this alarm, but leave it in an inactive state. Defaults to no.
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entity_id
-
/ required
|
ID of the entity this alarm is attached to. May be acquired by registering the value of a rax_mon_entity task.
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env
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Environment as configured in ~/.pyrax.cfg, see https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#pyrax-configuration.
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identity_type
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Default: "rackspace"
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Authentication mechanism to use, such as rackspace or keystone.
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label
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/ required
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Friendly name for this alarm, used to achieve idempotence. Must be a String between 1 and 255 characters long.
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metadata
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Arbitrary key/value pairs to accompany the alarm. Must be a hash of String keys and values between 1 and 255 characters long.
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notification_plan_id
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/ required
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ID of the notification plan to trigger if this alarm fires. May be acquired by registering the value of a rax_mon_notification_plan task.
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region
-
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Default: "DFW"
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Region to create an instance in.
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state
-
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Ensure that the alarm with this
label exists or does not exist. |
tenant_id
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The tenant ID used for authentication.
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tenant_name
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The tenant name used for authentication.
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username
-
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Rackspace username, overrides credentials.
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validate_certs
boolean
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Whether or not to require SSL validation of API endpoints.
aliases: verify_ssl |
Notes¶
Note
- The following environment variables can be used,
RAX_USERNAME
,RAX_API_KEY
,RAX_CREDS_FILE
,RAX_CREDENTIALS
,RAX_REGION
. RAX_CREDENTIALS
andRAX_CREDS_FILE
points to a credentials file appropriate for pyrax. See https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#authenticatingRAX_USERNAME
andRAX_API_KEY
obviate the use of a credentials fileRAX_REGION
defines a Rackspace Public Cloud region (DFW, ORD, LON, …)
Examples¶
- name: Alarm example
gather_facts: False
hosts: local
connection: local
tasks:
- name: Ensure that a specific alarm exists.
rax_mon_alarm:
credentials: ~/.rax_pub
state: present
label: uhoh
entity_id: "{{ the_entity['entity']['id'] }}"
check_id: "{{ the_check['check']['id'] }}"
notification_plan_id: "{{ defcon1['notification_plan']['id'] }}"
criteria: >
if (rate(metric['average']) > 10) {
return new AlarmStatus(WARNING);
}
return new AlarmStatus(OK);
register: the_alarm
Status¶
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors¶
- Ash Wilson (@smashwilson)
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