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community.network.avi_backupconfiguration module – Module for setup of BackupConfiguration Avi RESTful Object

Note

This module is part of the community.network collection (version 5.0.0).

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. 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_backupconfiguration.

Synopsis

• This module is used to configure BackupConfiguration 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"
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
aws_access_key string	Aws access key id. Field introduced in 18.2.3.
aws_bucket_id string	Aws bucket. Field introduced in 18.2.3.
aws_secret_access string	Aws secret access key. Field introduced in 18.2.3.
backup_file_prefix string	Prefix of the exported configuration file. Field introduced in 17.1.1.
backup_passphrase string	Passphrase of backup configuration.
controller string	IP address or hostname of the controller. The default value is the environment variable AVI_CONTROLLER.
maximum_backups_stored string	Rotate the backup files based on this count. Allowed values are 1-20. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 4.
name string / required	Name of backup configuration.
password string	Password of Avi user in Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable AVI_PASSWORD.
remote_directory string	Directory at remote destination with write permission for ssh user.
remote_hostname string	Remote destination.
save_local boolean	Local backup. Choices: false true
ssh_user_ref string	Access credentials for remote destination. It is a reference to an object of type cloudconnectoruser.
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: ""
upload_to_remote_host boolean	Remote backup. Choices: false true
upload_to_s3 boolean	Cloud backup. Field introduced in 18.2.3. Choices: false true
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	Unique object identifier of the object.

Notes

Note

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

Examples

- name: Example to create BackupConfiguration object
  community.network.avi_backupconfiguration:
    controller: 10.10.25.42
    username: admin
    password: something
    state: present
    name: sample_backupconfiguration

Return Values

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

Key	Description
obj dictionary	BackupConfiguration (api/backupconfiguration) object Returned: success, changed

Authors

• Gaurav Rastogi (@grastogi23)

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