community.network.netscaler_nitro_request module – Issue Nitro API requests to a Netscaler instance.

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.

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

Synopsis

  • Issue Nitro API requests to a Netscaler instance.

  • This is intended to be a short hand for using the uri Ansible module to issue the raw HTTP requests directly.

  • It provides consistent return values and has no other dependencies apart from the base Ansible runtime environment.

  • This module is intended to run either on the Ansible control node or a bastion (jumpserver) with access to the actual Netscaler instance

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

action

string

The action to perform when the operation value is set to action.

Some common values for this parameter are enable, disable, rename.

args

string

A dictionary which defines the key arguments by which we will select the Nitro object to operate on.

It is required for the following operation values: get_by_args, 'delete_by_args'.

attributes

string

The attributes of the Nitro object we are operating on.

It is required for the following operation values: add, update, action.

expected_nitro_errorcode

string

A list of numeric values that signify that the operation was successful.

Default: [0]

filter

string

A dictionary which defines the filter with which to refine the Nitro objects returned by the get_filtered operation.

instance_id

string

The id of the target Netscaler instance when issuing a Nitro request through a MAS proxy.

instance_ip

string

The IP address of the target Netscaler instance when issuing a Nitro request through a MAS proxy.

instance_name

string

The name of the target Netscaler instance when issuing a Nitro request through a MAS proxy.

name

string

The name of the resource we are operating on.

It is required for the following operation values: update, get, delete.

nitro_auth_token

string

The authentication token provided by the mas_login operation. It is required when issuing Nitro API calls through a MAS proxy.

nitro_pass

string / required

The password with which to authenticate to the Netscaler node.

nitro_protocol

string

Which protocol to use when accessing the Nitro API objects.

Choices:

  • "http" ← (default)

  • "https"

nitro_user

string / required

The username with which to authenticate to the Netscaler node.

nsip

string

The IP address of the Netscaler or MAS instance where the Nitro API calls will be made.

The port can be specified with the colon :. E.g. 192.168.1.1:555.

operation

string

Define the Nitro operation that we want to perform.

Choices:

  • "add"

  • "update"

  • "get"

  • "get_by_args"

  • "get_filtered"

  • "get_all"

  • "delete"

  • "delete_by_args"

  • "count"

  • "mas_login"

  • "save_config"

  • "action"

resource

string

The type of resource we are operating on.

It is required for all operation values except mas_login and save_config.

validate_certs

boolean

If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

Examples

- name: Add a server
  delegate_to: localhost
  community.network.netscaler_nitro_request:
    nsip: "{{ nsip }}"
    nitro_user: "{{ nitro_user }}"
    nitro_pass: "{{ nitro_pass }}"
    operation: add
    resource: server
    name: test-server-1
    attributes:
      name: test-server-1
      ipaddress: 192.168.1.1

- name: Update server
  delegate_to: localhost
  community.network.netscaler_nitro_request:
    nsip: "{{ nsip }}"
    nitro_user: "{{ nitro_user }}"
    nitro_pass: "{{ nitro_pass }}"
    operation: update
    resource: server
    name: test-server-1
    attributes:
      name: test-server-1
      ipaddress: 192.168.1.2

- name: Get server
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: result
  community.network.netscaler_nitro_request:
    nsip: "{{ nsip }}"
    nitro_user: "{{ nitro_user }}"
    nitro_pass: "{{ nitro_pass }}"
    operation: get
    resource: server
    name: test-server-1

- name: Delete server
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: result
  community.network.netscaler_nitro_request:
    nsip: "{{ nsip }}"
    nitro_user: "{{ nitro_user }}"
    nitro_pass: "{{ nitro_pass }}"
    operation: delete
    resource: server
    name: test-server-1

- name: Rename server
  delegate_to: localhost
  community.network.netscaler_nitro_request:
    nsip: "{{ nsip }}"
    nitro_user: "{{ nitro_user }}"
    nitro_pass: "{{ nitro_pass }}"
    operation: action
    action: rename
    resource: server
    attributes:
      name: test-server-1
      newname: test-server-2

- name: Get server by args
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: result
  community.network.netscaler_nitro_request:
    nsip: "{{ nsip }}"
    nitro_user: "{{ nitro_user }}"
    nitro_pass: "{{ nitro_pass }}"
    operation: get_by_args
    resource: server
    args:
      name: test-server-1

- name: Get server by filter
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: result
  community.network.netscaler_nitro_request:
    nsip: "{{ nsip }}"
    nitro_user: "{{ nitro_user }}"
    nitro_pass: "{{ nitro_pass }}"
    operation: get_filtered
    resource: server
    filter:
      ipaddress: 192.168.1.2

# Doing a NITRO request through MAS.
# Requires to have an authentication token from the mas_login and used as the nitro_auth_token parameter
# Also nsip is the MAS address and the target Netscaler IP must be defined with instance_ip
# The rest of the task arguments remain the same as when issuing the NITRO request directly to a Netscaler instance.

- name: Do mas login
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: login_result
  community.network.netscaler_nitro_request:
    nsip: "{{ mas_ip }}"
    nitro_user: "{{ nitro_user }}"
    nitro_pass: "{{ nitro_pass }}"
    operation: mas_login

- name: Add resource through MAS proxy
  delegate_to: localhost
  community.network.netscaler_nitro_request:
    nsip: "{{ mas_ip }}"
    nitro_auth_token: "{{ login_result.nitro_auth_token }}"
    instance_ip: "{{ nsip }}"
    operation: add
    resource: server
    name: test-server-1
    attributes:
      name: test-server-1
      ipaddress: 192.168.1.7

Return Values

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

Key

Description

http_response_body

string

A string with the actual HTTP response body content if existent. If there is no HTTP response body it is an empty string.

Returned: always

Sample: "{ errorcode: 0, message: Done, severity: NONE }"

http_response_data

dictionary

A dictionary that contains all the HTTP response’s data.

Returned: always

Sample: "status: 200"

nitro_auth_token

string

The token returned by the mas_login operation when successful.

Returned: when applicable

Sample: "##E8D7D74DDBD907EE579E8BB8FF4529655F22227C1C82A34BFC93C9539D66"

nitro_errorcode

integer

A numeric value containing the return code of the NITRO operation. When 0 the operation is successful. Any non zero value indicates an error.

Returned: always

Sample: 0

nitro_message

string

A string containing a human readable explanation for the NITRO operation result.

Returned: always

Sample: "Success"

nitro_object

list / elements=string

The object returned from the NITRO operation. This is applicable to the various get operations which return an object.

Returned: when applicable

Sample: [{"ipaddress": "192.168.1.8", "ipv6address": "NO", "maxbandwidth": "0", "name": "test-server-1", "port": 0, "sp": "OFF", "state": "ENABLED"}]

nitro_severity

string

A string describing the severity of the NITRO operation error or NONE.

Returned: always

Sample: "NONE"

Authors

  • George Nikolopoulos (@giorgos-nikolopoulos)