community.network.avi_serviceenginegroup – Module for setup of ServiceEngineGroup 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_serviceenginegroup.

Synopsis

Requirements

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

  • avisdk

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
accelerated_networking
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Enable accelerated networking option for azure se.
Accelerated networking enables single root i/o virtualization (sr-iov) to a se vm.
This improves networking performance.
Field introduced in 17.2.14,18.1.5,18.2.1.
active_standby
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Service engines in active/standby mode for ha failover.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
additional_config_memory
string
Indicates the percent of config memory used for config updates.
Allowed values are 0-90.
Field deprecated in 18.1.2.
Field introduced in 18.1.1.
advertise_backend_networks
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Advertise reach-ability of backend server networks via adc through bgp for default gateway feature.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
aggressive_failure_detection
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Enable aggressive failover configuration for ha.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
algo
string
In compact placement, virtual services are placed on existing ses until max_vs_per_se limit is reached.
Enum options - PLACEMENT_ALGO_PACKED, PLACEMENT_ALGO_DISTRIBUTED.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as PLACEMENT_ALGO_PACKED.
allow_burst
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Allow ses to be created using burst license.
Field introduced in 17.2.5.
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.
app_cache_percent
string
A percent value of total se memory reserved for application caching.
This is an se bootup property and requires se restart.
Allowed values are 0 - 100.
Special values are 0- 'disable'.
Field introduced in 18.2.3.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 0.
app_learning_memory_percent
string
A percent value of total se memory reserved for application learning.
This is an se bootup property and requires se restart.
Allowed values are 0 - 10.
Field introduced in 18.2.3.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 0.
archive_shm_limit
string
Amount of se memory in gb until which shared memory is collected in core archive.
Field introduced in 17.1.3.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 8.
async_ssl
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Ssl handshakes will be handled by dedicated ssl threads.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
async_ssl_threads
string
Number of async ssl threads per se_dp.
Allowed values are 1-16.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 1.
auto_rebalance
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
If set, virtual services will be automatically migrated when load on an se is less than minimum or more than maximum thresholds.
Only alerts are generated when the auto_rebalance is not set.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
auto_rebalance_capacity_per_se
string
Capacities of se for auto rebalance for each criteria.
Field introduced in 17.2.4.
auto_rebalance_criteria
string
Set of criteria for se auto rebalance.
Enum options - SE_AUTO_REBALANCE_CPU, SE_AUTO_REBALANCE_PPS, SE_AUTO_REBALANCE_MBPS, SE_AUTO_REBALANCE_OPEN_CONNS, SE_AUTO_REBALANCE_CPS.
Field introduced in 17.2.3.
auto_rebalance_interval
string
Frequency of rebalance, if 'auto rebalance' is enabled.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 300.
auto_redistribute_active_standby_load
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Redistribution of virtual services from the takeover se to the replacement se can cause momentary traffic loss.
If the auto-redistribute load option is left in its default off state, any desired rebalancing requires calls to rest api.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
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.
bgp_state_update_interval
string
Bgp peer state update interval.
Allowed values are 5-100.
Field introduced in 17.2.14,18.1.5,18.2.1.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 10.
buffer_se
string
Excess service engine capacity provisioned for ha failover.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 1.
cloud_ref
string
It is a reference to an object of type cloud.
config_debugs_on_all_cores
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Enable config debugs on all cores of se.
Field introduced in 17.2.13,18.1.5,18.2.1.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
connection_memory_percentage
string
Percentage of memory for connection state.
This will come at the expense of memory used for http in-memory cache.
Allowed values are 10-90.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 50.
controller
string
Default:
""
IP address or hostname of the controller. The default value is the environment variable AVI_CONTROLLER.
cpu_reserve
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Boolean flag to set cpu_reserve.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
cpu_socket_affinity
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Allocate all the cpu cores for the service engine virtual machines on the same cpu socket.
Applicable only for vcenter cloud.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
custom_securitygroups_data
string
Custom security groups to be associated with data vnics for se instances in openstack and aws clouds.
Field introduced in 17.1.3.
custom_securitygroups_mgmt
string
Custom security groups to be associated with management vnic for se instances in openstack and aws clouds.
Field introduced in 17.1.3.
custom_tag
string
Custom tag will be used to create the tags for se instance in aws.
Note this is not the same as the prefix for se name.
data_network_id
string
Subnet used to spin up the data nic for service engines, used only for azure cloud.
Overrides the cloud level setting for service engine subnet.
Field introduced in 18.2.3.
datascript_timeout
string
Number of instructions before datascript times out.
Allowed values are 0-100000000.
Field introduced in 18.2.3.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 1000000.
dedicated_dispatcher_core
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Dedicate the core that handles packet receive/transmit from the network to just the dispatching function.
Don't use it for tcp/ip and ssl functions.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
description
string
User defined description for the object.
disable_avi_securitygroups
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
By default, avi creates and manages security groups along with custom sg provided by user.
Set this to true to disallow avi to create and manage new security groups.
Avi will only make use of custom security groups provided by user.
This option is only supported for aws cloud type.
Field introduced in 17.2.13,18.1.4,18.2.1.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
disable_csum_offloads
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Stop using tcp/udp and ip checksum offload features of nics.
Field introduced in 17.1.14, 17.2.5, 18.1.1.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
disable_gro
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Disable generic receive offload (gro) in dpdk poll-mode driver packet receive path.
Gro is on by default on nics that do not support lro (large receive offload) or do not gain performance boost from lro.
Field introduced in 17.2.5, 18.1.1.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as True.
disable_se_memory_check
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
If set, disable the config memory check done in service engine.
Field introduced in 18.1.2.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
disable_tso
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Disable tcp segmentation offload (tso) in dpdk poll-mode driver packet transmit path.
Tso is on by default on nics that support it.
Field introduced in 17.2.5, 18.1.1.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as True.
disk_per_se
string
Amount of disk space for each of the service engine virtual machines.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 10.
distribute_load_active_standby
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Use both the active and standby service engines for virtual service placement in the legacy active standby ha mode.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
distribute_queues
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Distributes queue ownership among cores so multiple cores handle dispatcher duties.
Field introduced in 17.2.8.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
enable_hsm_priming
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
(this is a beta feature).
Enable hsm key priming.
If enabled, key handles on the hsm will be synced to se before processing client connections.
Field introduced in 17.2.7, 18.1.1.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
enable_multi_lb
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Applicable only for azure cloud with basic sku lb.
If set, additional azure lbs will be automatically created if resources in existing lb are exhausted.
Field introduced in 17.2.10, 18.1.2.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
enable_routing
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Enable routing for this serviceenginegroup .
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
enable_vip_on_all_interfaces
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Enable vip on all interfaces of se.
Field introduced in 17.1.1.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as True.
enable_vmac
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Use virtual mac address for interfaces on which floating interface ips are placed.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
ephemeral_portrange_end
string
End local ephemeral port number for outbound connections.
Field introduced in 17.2.13, 18.1.5, 18.2.1.
ephemeral_portrange_start
string
Start local ephemeral port number for outbound connections.
Field introduced in 17.2.13, 18.1.5, 18.2.1.
extra_config_multiplier
string
Multiplier for extra config to support large vs/pool config.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 0.0.
extra_shared_config_memory
string
Extra config memory to support large geo db configuration.
Field introduced in 17.1.1.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 0.
floating_intf_ip
string
If serviceenginegroup is configured for legacy 1+1 active standby ha mode, floating ip's will be advertised only by the active se in the pair.
Virtual services in this group must be disabled/enabled for any changes to the floating ip's to take effect.
Only active se hosting vs tagged with active standby se 1 tag will advertise this floating ip when manual load distribution is enabled.
floating_intf_ip_se_2
string
If serviceenginegroup is configured for legacy 1+1 active standby ha mode, floating ip's will be advertised only by the active se in the pair.
Virtual services in this group must be disabled/enabled for any changes to the floating ip's to take effect.
Only active se hosting vs tagged with active standby se 2 tag will advertise this floating ip when manual load distribution is enabled.
flow_table_new_syn_max_entries
string
Maximum number of flow table entries that have not completed tcp three-way handshake yet.
Field introduced in 17.2.5.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 0.
free_list_size
string
Number of entries in the free list.
Field introduced in 17.2.10, 18.1.2.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 1024.
ha_mode
string
High availability mode for all the virtual services using this service engine group.
Enum options - HA_MODE_SHARED_PAIR, HA_MODE_SHARED, HA_MODE_LEGACY_ACTIVE_STANDBY.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as HA_MODE_SHARED.
hardwaresecuritymodulegroup_ref
string
It is a reference to an object of type hardwaresecuritymodulegroup.
heap_minimum_config_memory
string
Minimum required heap memory to apply any configuration.
Allowed values are 0-100.
Field introduced in 18.1.2.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 8.
hm_on_standby
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Enable active health monitoring from the standby se for all placed virtual services.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as True.
host_attribute_key
string
Key of a (key, value) pair identifying a label for a set of nodes usually in container clouds.
Needs to be specified together with host_attribute_value.
Ses can be configured differently including ha modes across different se groups.
May also be used for isolation between different classes of virtualservices.
Virtualservices' se group may be specified via annotations/labels.
A openshift/kubernetes namespace maybe annotated with a matching se group label as openshift.io/node-selector apptype=prod.
When multiple se groups are used in a cloud with host attributes specified,just a single se group can exist as a match-all se group without a
host_attribute_key.
host_attribute_value
string
Value of a (key, value) pair identifying a label for a set of nodes usually in container clouds.
Needs to be specified together with host_attribute_key.
host_gateway_monitor
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Enable the host gateway monitor when service engine is deployed as docker container.
Disabled by default.
Field introduced in 17.2.4.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
hypervisor
string
Override default hypervisor.
Enum options - DEFAULT, VMWARE_ESX, KVM, VMWARE_VSAN, XEN.
ignore_rtt_threshold
string
Ignore rtt samples if it is above threshold.
Field introduced in 17.1.6,17.2.2.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 5000.
ingress_access_data
string
Program se security group ingress rules to allow vip data access from remote cidr type.
Enum options - SG_INGRESS_ACCESS_NONE, SG_INGRESS_ACCESS_ALL, SG_INGRESS_ACCESS_VPC.
Field introduced in 17.1.5.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as SG_INGRESS_ACCESS_ALL.
ingress_access_mgmt
string
Program se security group ingress rules to allow ssh/icmp management access from remote cidr type.
Enum options - SG_INGRESS_ACCESS_NONE, SG_INGRESS_ACCESS_ALL, SG_INGRESS_ACCESS_VPC.
Field introduced in 17.1.5.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as SG_INGRESS_ACCESS_ALL.
instance_flavor
string
Instance/flavor name for se instance.
iptables
string
Iptables rules.
least_load_core_selection
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Select core with least load for new flow.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as True.
license_tier
string
Specifies the license tier which would be used.
This field by default inherits the value from cloud.
Enum options - ENTERPRISE_16, ENTERPRISE_18.
Field introduced in 17.2.5.
license_type
string
If no license type is specified then default license enforcement for the cloud type is chosen.
Enum options - LIC_BACKEND_SERVERS, LIC_SOCKETS, LIC_CORES, LIC_HOSTS, LIC_SE_BANDWIDTH, LIC_METERED_SE_BANDWIDTH.
Field introduced in 17.2.5.
log_disksz
string
Maximum disk capacity (in mb) to be allocated to an se.
This is exclusively used for debug and log data.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 10000.
max_cpu_usage
string
When cpu usage on an se exceeds this threshold, virtual services hosted on this se may be rebalanced to other ses to reduce load.
A new se may be created as part of this process.
Allowed values are 40-90.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 80.
max_memory_per_mempool
string
Max bytes that can be allocated in a single mempool.
Field introduced in 18.1.5.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 64.
max_public_ips_per_lb
string
Applicable to azure platform only.
Maximum number of public ips per azure lb.
Field introduced in 17.2.12, 18.1.2.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 30.
max_rules_per_lb
string
Applicable to azure platform only.
Maximum number of rules per azure lb.
Field introduced in 17.2.12, 18.1.2.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 150.
max_scaleout_per_vs
string
Maximum number of active service engines for the virtual service.
Allowed values are 1-64.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 4.
max_se
string
Maximum number of services engines in this group.
Allowed values are 0-1000.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 10.
max_vs_per_se
string
Maximum number of virtual services that can be placed on a single service engine.
East west virtual services are excluded from this limit.
Allowed values are 1-1000.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 10.
mem_reserve
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Boolean flag to set mem_reserve.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as True.
memory_for_config_update
string
Indicates the percent of memory reserved for config updates.
Allowed values are 0-100.
Field introduced in 18.1.2.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 15.
memory_per_se
string
Amount of memory for each of the service engine virtual machines.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 2048.
mgmt_network_ref
string
Management network to use for avi service engines.
It is a reference to an object of type network.
mgmt_subnet
string
Management subnet to use for avi service engines.
min_cpu_usage
string
When cpu usage on an se falls below the minimum threshold, virtual services hosted on the se may be consolidated onto other underutilized ses.
After consolidation, unused service engines may then be eligible for deletion.
Allowed values are 20-60.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 30.
min_scaleout_per_vs
string
Minimum number of active service engines for the virtual service.
Allowed values are 1-64.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 1.
min_se
string
Minimum number of services engines in this group (relevant for se autorebalance only).
Allowed values are 0-1000.
Field introduced in 17.2.13,18.1.3,18.2.1.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 1.
minimum_connection_memory
string
Indicates the percent of memory reserved for connections.
Allowed values are 0-100.
Field introduced in 18.1.2.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 20.
minimum_required_config_memory
string
Required available config memory to apply any configuration.
Allowed values are 0-90.
Field deprecated in 18.1.2.
Field introduced in 18.1.1.
n_log_streaming_threads
string
Number of threads to use for log streaming.
Allowed values are 1-100.
Field introduced in 17.2.12, 18.1.2.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 1.
name
string / required
Name of the object.
non_significant_log_throttle
string
This setting limits the number of non-significant logs generated per second per core on this se.
Default is 100 logs per second.
Set it to zero (0) to disable throttling.
Field introduced in 17.1.3.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 100.
num_dispatcher_cores
string
Number of dispatcher cores (0,1,2,4,8 or 16).
If set to 0, then number of dispatcher cores is deduced automatically.
Allowed values are 0,1,2,4,8,16.
Field introduced in 17.2.12, 18.1.3, 18.2.1.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 0.
num_flow_cores_sum_changes_to_ignore
string
Number of changes in num flow cores sum to ignore.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 8.
openstack_availability_zone
string
Field deprecated in 17.1.1.
openstack_availability_zones
string
Field introduced in 17.1.1.
openstack_mgmt_network_name
string
Avi management network name.
openstack_mgmt_network_uuid
string
Management network uuid.
os_reserved_memory
string
Amount of extra memory to be reserved for use by the operating system on a service engine.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 0.
password
string
Default:
""
Password of Avi user in Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable AVI_PASSWORD.
per_app
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Per-app se mode is designed for deploying dedicated load balancers per app (vs).
In this mode, each se is limited to a max of 2 vss.
Vcpus in per-app ses count towards licensing usage at 25% rate.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
placement_mode
string
If placement mode is 'auto', virtual services are automatically placed on service engines.
Enum options - PLACEMENT_MODE_AUTO.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as PLACEMENT_MODE_AUTO.
realtime_se_metrics
string
Enable or disable real time se metrics.
reboot_on_stop
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Reboot the system if the se is stopped.
Field introduced in 17.2.16,18.2.3.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
se_bandwidth_type
string
Select the se bandwidth for the bandwidth license.
Enum options - SE_BANDWIDTH_UNLIMITED, SE_BANDWIDTH_25M, SE_BANDWIDTH_200M, SE_BANDWIDTH_1000M, SE_BANDWIDTH_10000M.
Field introduced in 17.2.5.
se_deprovision_delay
string
Duration to preserve unused service engine virtual machines before deleting them.
If traffic to a virtual service were to spike up abruptly, this se would still be available to be utilized again rather than creating a new se.
If this value is set to 0, controller will never delete any ses and administrator has to manually cleanup unused ses.
Allowed values are 0-525600.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 120.
se_dos_profile
string
Dosthresholdprofile settings for serviceenginegroup.
se_dpdk_pmd
string
Determines if dpdk pool mode driver should be used or not 0 automatically determine based on hypervisor/nic type 1 unconditionally use dpdk
poll mode driver 2 don't use dpdk poll mode driver.
Allowed values are 0-2.
Field introduced in 18.1.3.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 0.
se_flow_probe_retries
string
Flow probe retry count if no replies are received.
Allowed values are 0-5.
Field introduced in 18.1.4, 18.2.1.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 2.
se_flow_probe_timer
string
Timeout in milliseconds for flow probe entries.
Allowed values are 10-200.
Field introduced in 18.1.4, 18.2.1.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 100.
se_ipc_udp_port
string
Udp port for se_dp ipc in docker bridge mode.
Field introduced in 17.1.2.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 1500.
se_name_prefix
string
Prefix to use for virtual machine name of service engines.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as Avi.
se_pcap_lookahead
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Enables lookahead mode of packet receive in pcap mode.
Introduced to overcome an issue with hv_netvsc driver.
Lookahead mode attempts to ensure that application and kernel's view of the receive rings are consistent.
Field introduced in 18.2.3.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
se_pcap_reinit_frequency
string
Frequency in seconds at which periodically a pcap reinit check is triggered.
May be used in conjunction with the configuration pcap_reinit_threshold.
(valid range 15 mins - 12 hours, 0 - disables).
Allowed values are 900-43200.
Special values are 0- 'disable'.
Field introduced in 17.2.13, 18.1.3, 18.2.1.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 0.
se_pcap_reinit_threshold
string
Threshold for input packet receive errors in pcap mode exceeding which a pcap reinit is triggered.
If not set, an unconditional reinit is performed.
This value is checked every pcap_reinit_frequency interval.
Field introduced in 17.2.13, 18.1.3, 18.2.1.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 0.
se_probe_port
string
Tcp port on se where echo service will be run.
Field introduced in 17.2.2.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 7.
se_remote_punt_udp_port
string
Udp port for punted packets in docker bridge mode.
Field introduced in 17.1.2.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 1501.
se_routing
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Enable routing via service engine datapath.
When disabled, routing is done by the linux kernel.
Ip routing needs to be enabled in service engine group for se routing to be effective.
Field introduced in 18.2.3.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as True.
se_sb_dedicated_core
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Sideband traffic will be handled by a dedicated core.
Field introduced in 16.5.2, 17.1.9, 17.2.3.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
se_sb_threads
string
Number of sideband threads per se.
Allowed values are 1-128.
Field introduced in 16.5.2, 17.1.9, 17.2.3.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 1.
se_thread_multiplier
string
Multiplier for se threads based on vcpu.
Allowed values are 1-10.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 1.
se_tracert_port_range
string
Traceroute port range.
Field introduced in 17.2.8.
se_tunnel_mode
string
Determines if dsr from secondary se is active or not 0 automatically determine based on hypervisor type.
1 disable dsr unconditionally.
2 enable dsr unconditionally.
Allowed values are 0-2.
Field introduced in 17.1.1.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 0.
se_tunnel_udp_port
string
Udp port for tunneled packets from secondary to primary se in docker bridge mode.
Field introduced in 17.1.3.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 1550.
se_udp_encap_ipc
string
Determines if se-se ipc messages are encapsulated in a udp header 0 automatically determine based on hypervisor type.
1 use udp encap unconditionally.
Allowed values are 0-1.
Field introduced in 17.1.2.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 0.
se_use_dpdk
string
Determines if dpdk library should be used or not 0 automatically determine based on hypervisor type 1 use dpdk if pcap is not enabled 2
don't use dpdk.
Allowed values are 0-2.
Field introduced in 18.1.3.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 0.
se_vs_hb_max_pkts_in_batch
string
Maximum number of aggregated vs heartbeat packets to send in a batch.
Allowed values are 1-256.
Field introduced in 17.1.1.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 64.
se_vs_hb_max_vs_in_pkt
string
Maximum number of virtualservices for which heartbeat messages are aggregated in one packet.
Allowed values are 1-1024.
Field introduced in 17.1.1.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 256.
self_se_election
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Enable ses to elect a primary amongst themselves in the absence of a connectivity to controller.
Field introduced in 18.1.2.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
service_ip6_subnets
string
Ipv6 subnets assigned to the se group.
Required for vs group placement.
Field introduced in 18.1.1.
service_ip_subnets
string
Subnets assigned to the se group.
Required for vs group placement.
Field introduced in 17.1.1.
shm_minimum_config_memory
string
Minimum required shared memory to apply any configuration.
Allowed values are 0-100.
Field introduced in 18.1.2.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 4.
significant_log_throttle
string
This setting limits the number of significant logs generated per second per core on this se.
Default is 100 logs per second.
Set it to zero (0) to disable throttling.
Field introduced in 17.1.3.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 100.
ssl_preprocess_sni_hostname
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
(beta) preprocess ssl client hello for sni hostname extension.if set to true, this will apply sni child's ssl protocol(s), if they are different
from sni parent's allowed ssl protocol(s).
Field introduced in 17.2.12, 18.1.3.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as True.
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.
udf_log_throttle
string
This setting limits the number of udf logs generated per second per core on this se.
Udf logs are generated due to the configured client log filters or the rules with logging enabled.
Default is 100 logs per second.
Set it to zero (0) to disable throttling.
Field introduced in 17.1.3.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 100.
url
string
Avi controller URL of the object.
use_standard_alb
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Use standard sku azure load balancer.
By default cloud level flag is set.
If not set, it inherits/uses the use_standard_alb flag from the cloud.
Field introduced in 18.2.3.
username
string
Default:
""
Username used for accessing Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable AVI_USERNAME.
uuid
string
Unique object identifier of the object.
vcenter_clusters
string
Vcenterclusters settings for serviceenginegroup.
vcenter_datastore_mode
string
Enum options - vcenter_datastore_any, vcenter_datastore_local, vcenter_datastore_shared.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as VCENTER_DATASTORE_ANY.
vcenter_datastores
string
List of vcenterdatastore.
vcenter_datastores_include
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Boolean flag to set vcenter_datastores_include.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
vcenter_folder
string
Folder to place all the service engine virtual machines in vcenter.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as AviSeFolder.
vcenter_hosts
string
Vcenterhosts settings for serviceenginegroup.
vcpus_per_se
string
Number of vcpus for each of the service engine virtual machines.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 1.
vip_asg
string
When vip_asg is set, vip configuration will be managed by avi.user will be able to configure vip_asg or vips individually at the time of create.
Field introduced in 17.2.12, 18.1.2.
vs_host_redundancy
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Ensure primary and secondary service engines are deployed on different physical hosts.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as True.
vs_scalein_timeout
string
Time to wait for the scaled in se to drain existing flows before marking the scalein done.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 30.
vs_scalein_timeout_for_upgrade
string
During se upgrade, time to wait for the scaled-in se to drain existing flows before marking the scalein done.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 30.
vs_scaleout_timeout
string
Time to wait for the scaled out se to become ready before marking the scaleout done.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 600.
vs_se_scaleout_additional_wait_time
string
Wait time for sending scaleout ready notification after virtual service is marked up.
In certain deployments, there may be an additional delay to accept traffic.
For example, for bgp, some time is needed for route advertisement.
Allowed values are 0-20.
Field introduced in 18.1.5,18.2.1.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 0.
vs_se_scaleout_ready_timeout
string
Timeout in seconds for service engine to sendscaleout ready notification of a virtual service.
Allowed values are 0-60.
Field introduced in 18.1.5,18.2.1.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 25.
vs_switchover_timeout
string
During se upgrade in a legacy active/standby segroup, time to wait for the new primary se to accept flows before marking the switchover done.
Field introduced in 17.2.13,18.1.4,18.2.1.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 300.
vss_placement
string
Parameters to place virtual services on only a subset of the cores of an se.
Field introduced in 17.2.5.
vss_placement_enabled
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
If set, virtual services will be placed on only a subset of the cores of an se.
Field introduced in 18.1.1.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
waf_learning_interval
string
Frequency with which se publishes waf learning.
Allowed values are 1-43200.
Field deprecated in 18.2.3.
Field introduced in 18.1.2.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 10.
waf_learning_memory
string
Amount of memory reserved on se for waf learning.
Cannot exceed 5% of se memory.
Field deprecated in 18.2.3.
Field introduced in 18.1.2.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 0.
waf_mempool
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Enable memory pool for waf.
Field introduced in 17.2.3.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as True.
waf_mempool_size
string
Memory pool size used for waf.
Field introduced in 17.2.3.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 64.

Notes

Note

Examples

- name: Example to create ServiceEngineGroup object
  community.network.avi_serviceenginegroup:
    controller: 10.10.25.42
    username: admin
    password: something
    state: present
    name: sample_serviceenginegroup

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
obj
dictionary
success, changed
ServiceEngineGroup (api/serviceenginegroup) object


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