community.network.avi_gslbservice – Module for setup of GslbService Avi RESTful Object

Note

This plugin is part of the community.network collection (version 2.1.1).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.network.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.network.avi_gslbservice.

Synopsis

Requirements

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

  • avisdk

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
api_context
dictionary
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
string
Default:
"16.4.4"
Avi API version of to use for Avi API and objects.
application_persistence_profile_ref
string
The federated application persistence associated with gslbservice site persistence functionality.
It is a reference to an object of type applicationpersistenceprofile.
Field introduced in 17.2.1.
avi_api_patch_op
string
    Choices:
  • add
  • replace
  • delete
Patch operation to use when using avi_api_update_method as patch.
avi_api_update_method
string
    Choices:
  • put ←
  • patch
Default method for object update is HTTP PUT.
Setting to patch will override that behavior to use HTTP PATCH.
avi_credentials
dictionary
Avi Credentials dictionary which can be used in lieu of enumerating Avi Controller login details.
api_version
string
Default:
"16.4.4"
Avi controller version
controller
string
Avi controller IP or SQDN
csrftoken
string
Avi controller API csrftoken to reuse existing session with session id
password
string
Avi controller password
port
string
Avi controller port
session_id
string
Avi controller API session id to reuse existing session with csrftoken
tenant
string
Default:
"admin"
Avi controller tenant
tenant_uuid
string
Avi controller tenant UUID
timeout
string
Default:
300
Avi controller request timeout
token
string
Avi controller API token
username
string
Avi controller username
avi_disable_session_cache_as_fact
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
It disables avi session information to be cached as a fact.
controller
string
Default:
""
IP address or hostname of the controller. The default value is the environment variable AVI_CONTROLLER.
controller_health_status_enabled
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Gs member's overall health status is derived based on a combination of controller and datapath health-status inputs.
Note that the datapath status is determined by the association of health monitor profiles.
Only the controller provided status is determined through this configuration.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as True.
created_by
string
Creator name.
Field introduced in 17.1.2.
description
string
User defined description for the object.
domain_names
string
Fully qualified domain name of the gslb service.
down_response
string
Response to the client query when the gslb service is down.
enabled
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Enable or disable the gslb service.
If the gslb service is enabled, then the vips are sent in the dns responses based on reachability and configured algorithm.
If the gslb service is disabled, then the vips are no longer available in the dns response.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as True.
groups
string
Select list of pools belonging to this gslb service.
health_monitor_refs
string
Verify vs health by applying one or more health monitors.
Active monitors generate synthetic traffic from dns service engine and to mark a vs up or down based on the response.
It is a reference to an object of type healthmonitor.
health_monitor_scope
string
Health monitor probe can be executed for all the members or it can be executed only for third-party members.
This operational mode is useful to reduce the number of health monitor probes in case of a hybrid scenario.
In such a case, avi members can have controller derived status while non-avi members can be probed by via health monitor probes in dataplane.
Enum options - GSLB_SERVICE_HEALTH_MONITOR_ALL_MEMBERS, GSLB_SERVICE_HEALTH_MONITOR_ONLY_NON_AVI_MEMBERS.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as GSLB_SERVICE_HEALTH_MONITOR_ALL_MEMBERS.
hm_off
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
This field is an internal field and is used in se.
Field introduced in 18.2.2.
is_federated
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
This field indicates that this object is replicated across gslb federation.
Field introduced in 17.1.3.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as True.
min_members
string
The minimum number of members to distribute traffic to.
Allowed values are 1-65535.
Special values are 0 - 'disable'.
Field introduced in 17.2.4.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 0.
name
string / required
Name for the gslb service.
num_dns_ip
string
Number of ip addresses of this gslb service to be returned by the dns service.
Enter 0 to return all ip addresses.
Allowed values are 1-20.
Special values are 0- 'return all ip addresses'.
password
string
Default:
""
Password of Avi user in Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable AVI_PASSWORD.
pool_algorithm
string
The load balancing algorithm will pick a gslb pool within the gslb service list of available pools.
Enum options - GSLB_SERVICE_ALGORITHM_PRIORITY, GSLB_SERVICE_ALGORITHM_GEO.
Field introduced in 17.2.3.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as GSLB_SERVICE_ALGORITHM_PRIORITY.
site_persistence_enabled
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Enable site-persistence for the gslbservice.
Field introduced in 17.2.1.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
state
string
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
The state that should be applied on the entity.
tenant
string
Default:
"admin"
Name of tenant used for all Avi API calls and context of object.
tenant_ref
string
It is a reference to an object of type tenant.
tenant_uuid
string
Default:
""
UUID of tenant used for all Avi API calls and context of object.
ttl
string
Ttl value (in seconds) for records served for this gslb service by the dns service.
Allowed values are 0-86400.
url
string
Avi controller URL of the object.
use_edns_client_subnet
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Use the client ip subnet from the edns option as source ipaddress for client geo-location and consistent hash algorithm.
Default is true.
Field introduced in 17.1.1.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as True.
username
string
Default:
""
Username used for accessing Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable AVI_USERNAME.
uuid
string
Uuid of the gslb service.
wildcard_match
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Enable wild-card match of fqdn if an exact match is not found in the dns table, the longest match is chosen by wild-carding the fqdn in the dns
request.
Default is false.
Field introduced in 17.1.1.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.

Notes

Note

Examples

- name: Example to create GslbService object
  community.network.avi_gslbservice:
    controller: 10.10.25.42
    username: admin
    password: something
    state: present
    name: sample_gslbservice

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
obj
dictionary
success, changed
GslbService (api/gslbservice) object


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