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community.network.avi_cloud module – Module for setup of Cloud Avi RESTful Object

Note

This module is part of the community.network collection (version 3.3.0).

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.network.

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

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values

Synopsis 

This module is used to configure Cloud object
more examples at https://github.com/avinetworks/devops

Requirements 

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

avisdk

Parameters 

Parameter	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	Avi API version of to use for Avi API and objects. Default: “16.4.4”
apic_configuration string	Apicconfiguration settings for cloud.
apic_mode boolean	Boolean flag to set apic_mode. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False. Choices: no yes
autoscale_polling_interval string	Cloudconnector polling interval for external autoscale groups. Field introduced in 18.2.2. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 60.
avi_api_patch_op string	Patch operation to use when using avi_api_update_method as patch. Choices: add replace delete
avi_api_update_method string	Default method for object update is HTTP PUT. Setting to patch will override that behavior to use HTTP PATCH. Choices: put ← (default) patch
avi_credentials dictionary	Avi Credentials dictionary which can be used in lieu of enumerating Avi Controller login details.
api_version string	Avi controller version Default: “16.4.4”
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	Avi controller tenant Default: “admin”
tenant_uuid string	Avi controller tenant UUID
timeout string	Avi controller request timeout Default: 300
token string	Avi controller API token
username string	Avi controller username
avi_disable_session_cache_as_fact boolean	It disables avi session information to be cached as a fact. Choices: no ← (default) yes
aws_configuration string	Awsconfiguration settings for cloud.
azure_configuration string	Field introduced in 17.2.1.
cloudstack_configuration string	Cloudstackconfiguration settings for cloud.
controller string	IP address or hostname of the controller. The default value is the environment variable `AVI_CONTROLLER`. Default: “”
custom_tags string	Custom tags for all avi created resources in the cloud infrastructure. Field introduced in 17.1.5.
dhcp_enabled boolean	Select the ip address management scheme. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False. Choices: no yes
dns_provider_ref string	Dns profile for the cloud. It is a reference to an object of type ipamdnsproviderprofile.
docker_configuration string	Dockerconfiguration settings for cloud.
east_west_dns_provider_ref string	Dns profile for east-west services. It is a reference to an object of type ipamdnsproviderprofile.
east_west_ipam_provider_ref string	Ipam profile for east-west services. Warning - please use virtual subnets in this ipam profile that do not conflict with the underlay networks or any overlay networks in the cluster. For example in aws and gcp, 169.254.0.0/16 is used for storing instance metadata. Hence, it should not be used in this profile. It is a reference to an object of type ipamdnsproviderprofile.
enable_vip_static_routes boolean	Use static routes for vip side network resolution during virtualservice placement. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False. Choices: no yes
gcp_configuration string	Google cloud platform configuration. Field introduced in 18.2.1.
ip6_autocfg_enabled boolean	Enable ipv6 auto configuration. Field introduced in 18.1.1. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False. Choices: no yes
ipam_provider_ref string	Ipam profile for the cloud. It is a reference to an object of type ipamdnsproviderprofile.
license_tier string	Specifies the default license tier which would be used by new se groups. This field by default inherits the value from system configuration. 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. The default mappings are container cloud is max ses, openstack and vmware is cores and linux it is sockets. Enum options - LIC_BACKEND_SERVERS, LIC_SOCKETS, LIC_CORES, LIC_HOSTS, LIC_SE_BANDWIDTH, LIC_METERED_SE_BANDWIDTH.
linuxserver_configuration string	Linuxserverconfiguration settings for cloud.
mesos_configuration string	Field deprecated in 18.2.2.
mtu string	Mtu setting for the cloud. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 1500.
name string / required	Name of the object.
nsx_configuration string	Configuration parameters for nsx manager. Field introduced in 17.1.1.
obj_name_prefix string	Default prefix for all automatically created objects in this cloud. This prefix can be overridden by the se-group template.
openstack_configuration string	Openstackconfiguration settings for cloud.
oshiftk8s_configuration string	Oshiftk8sconfiguration settings for cloud.
password string	Password of Avi user in Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable `AVI_PASSWORD`. Default: “”
prefer_static_routes boolean	Prefer static routes over interface routes during virtualservice placement. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False. Choices: no yes
proxy_configuration string	Proxyconfiguration settings for cloud.
rancher_configuration string	Rancherconfiguration settings for cloud.
state string	The state that should be applied on the entity. Choices: absent present ← (default)
state_based_dns_registration boolean	Dns records for vips are added/deleted based on the operational state of the vips. Field introduced in 17.1.12. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as True. Choices: no yes
tenant string	Name of tenant used for all Avi API calls and context of object. Default: “admin”
tenant_ref string	It is a reference to an object of type tenant.
tenant_uuid string	UUID of tenant used for all Avi API calls and context of object. Default: “”
url string	Avi controller URL of the object.
username string	Username used for accessing Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable `AVI_USERNAME`. Default: “”
uuid string	Unique object identifier of the object.
vca_configuration string	Vcloudairconfiguration settings for cloud.
vcenter_configuration string	Vcenterconfiguration settings for cloud.
vtype string / required	Cloud type. Enum options - CLOUD_NONE, CLOUD_VCENTER, CLOUD_OPENSTACK, CLOUD_AWS, CLOUD_VCA, CLOUD_APIC, CLOUD_MESOS, CLOUD_LINUXSERVER, CLOUD_DOCKER_UCP, CLOUD_RANCHER, CLOUD_OSHIFT_K8S, CLOUD_AZURE, CLOUD_GCP. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as CLOUD_NONE.

Notes 

Note

For more information on using Ansible to manage Avi Network devices see https://www.ansible.com/ansible-avi-networks.

Examples 

- name: Create a VMware cloud with write access mode
  community.network.avi_cloud:
    username: '{{ username }}'
    controller: '{{ controller }}'
    password: '{{ password }}'
    apic_mode: false
    dhcp_enabled: true
    enable_vip_static_routes: false
    license_type: LIC_CORES
    mtu: 1500
    name: vCenter Cloud
    prefer_static_routes: false
    tenant_ref: admin
    vcenter_configuration:
      datacenter_ref: /api/vimgrdcruntime/datacenter-2-10.10.20.100
      management_network: /api/vimgrnwruntime/dvportgroup-103-10.10.20.100
      password: password
      privilege: WRITE_ACCESS
      username: user
      vcenter_url: 10.10.20.100
    vtype: CLOUD_VCENTER

Return Values 

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

Key	Description
obj dictionary	Cloud (api/cloud) object Returned: success, changed

Authors

Gaurav Rastogi (@grastogi23)

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community.network.avi_cloud module – Module for setup of Cloud Avi RESTful Object

Synopsis

Requirements

Parameters

Notes

Examples

Return Values