community.network.avi_applicationpersistenceprofile module – Module for setup of ApplicationPersistenceProfile Avi RESTful Object

Note

This module is part of the community.network collection (version 4.0.2).

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. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

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

Synopsis

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"

string

Specifies the application cookie persistence profile parameters.

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

Default: ""

password

string

Avi controller password

port

string

Avi controller port

session_id

string

Avi controller API session id to reuse existing session with csrftoken

Default: ""

tenant

string

Avi controller tenant

Default: "admin"

tenant_uuid

string

Avi controller tenant UUID

Default: ""

timeout

string

Avi controller request timeout

Default: 300

token

string

Avi controller API token

Default: ""

username

string

Avi controller username

avi_disable_session_cache_as_fact

boolean

It disables avi session information to be cached as a fact.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

controller

string

IP address or hostname of the controller. The default value is the environment variable AVI_CONTROLLER.

description

string

User defined description for the object.

hdr_persistence_profile

string

Specifies the custom http header persistence profile parameters.

string

Specifies the http cookie persistence profile parameters.

ip_persistence_profile

string

Specifies the client ip persistence profile parameters.

is_federated

boolean

This field describes the object’s replication scope.

If the field is set to false, then the object is visible within the controller-cluster and its associated service-engines.

If the field is set to true, then the object is replicated across the federation.

Field introduced in 17.1.3.

Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

name

string / required

A user-friendly name for the persistence profile.

password

string

Password of Avi user in Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable AVI_PASSWORD.

persistence_type

string / required

Method used to persist clients to the same server for a duration of time or a session.

Enum options - PERSISTENCE_TYPE_CLIENT_IP_ADDRESS, PERSISTENCE_TYPE_HTTP_COOKIE, PERSISTENCE_TYPE_TLS, PERSISTENCE_TYPE_CLIENT_IPV6_ADDRESS,

PERSISTENCE_TYPE_CUSTOM_HTTP_HEADER, PERSISTENCE_TYPE_APP_COOKIE, PERSISTENCE_TYPE_GSLB_SITE.

Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as PERSISTENCE_TYPE_CLIENT_IP_ADDRESS.

server_hm_down_recovery

string

Specifies behavior when a persistent server has been marked down by a health monitor.

Enum options - HM_DOWN_PICK_NEW_SERVER, HM_DOWN_ABORT_CONNECTION, HM_DOWN_CONTINUE_PERSISTENT_SERVER.

Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as HM_DOWN_PICK_NEW_SERVER.

state

string

The state that should be applied on the entity.

Choices:

  • "absent"

  • "present" ← (default)

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.

uuid

string

Uuid of the persistence profile.

Notes

Note

Examples

- name: Create an Application Persistence setting using http cookie.
  community.network.avi_applicationpersistenceprofile:
    controller: '{{ controller }}'
    username: '{{ username }}'
    password: '{{ password }}'
    http_cookie_persistence_profile:
      always_send_cookie: false
      cookie_name: My-HTTP
      key:
      - aes_key: ShYGZdMks8j6Bpvm2sCvaXWzvXms2Z9ob+TTjRy46lQ=
        name: c1276819-550c-4adf-912d-59efa5fd7269
      - aes_key: OGsyVk84VCtyMENFOW0rMnRXVnNrb0RzdG5mT29oamJRb0dlbHZVSjR1az0=
        name: a080de57-77c3-4580-a3ea-e7a6493c14fd
      - aes_key: UVN0cU9HWmFUM2xOUzBVcmVXaHFXbnBLVUUxMU1VSktSVU5HWjJOWmVFMTBUMUV4UmxsNk4xQmFZejA9
        name: 60478846-33c6-484d-868d-bbc324fce4a5
      timeout: 15
    name: My-HTTP-Cookie
    persistence_type: PERSISTENCE_TYPE_HTTP_COOKIE
    server_hm_down_recovery: HM_DOWN_PICK_NEW_SERVER
    tenant_ref: Demo

Return Values

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

Key

Description

obj

dictionary

ApplicationPersistenceProfile (api/applicationpersistenceprofile) object

Returned: success, changed

Authors

  • Gaurav Rastogi (@grastogi23)