netbox.netbox.netbox_service module – Creates or removes service from NetBox

Note

This module is part of the netbox.netbox collection (version 3.17.0).

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

To use it in a playbook, specify: netbox.netbox.netbox_service.

New in netbox.netbox 0.1.5

Synopsis

  • Creates or removes service from NetBox

Requirements

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

  • pynetbox

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

cert

any

Certificate path

data

dictionary / required

Defines the service configuration

comments

string

added in netbox.netbox 3.10.0

Comments that may include additional information in regards to the service

custom_fields

dictionary

Must exist in NetBox and in key/value format

description

string

Service description

device

any

Specifies on which device the service is running

ipaddresses

any

Specifies which IPaddresses to associate with service.

name

string / required

Name of the region to be created

port

integer

Specifies which port used by service

ports

list / elements=integer

Specifies which ports used by service (NetBox 2.10 and newer)

protocol

any / required

Specifies which protocol used by service

tags

list / elements=any

What tags to add/update

virtual_machine

any

Specifies on which virtual machine the service is running

netbox_token

string / required

The NetBox API token.

netbox_url

string / required

The URL of the NetBox instance.

Must be accessible by the Ansible control host.

query_params

list / elements=string

This can be used to override the specified values in ALLOWED_QUERY_PARAMS that are defined

in plugins/module_utils/netbox_utils.py and provides control to users on what may make

an object unique in their environment.

state

string

The state of the object.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

validate_certs

any

If no, SSL certificates will not be validated.

This should only be used on personally controlled sites using a self-signed certificates.

Default: true

Notes

Note

  • This should be ran with connection local and hosts localhost

Examples

- name: "Create netbox service"
  connection: local
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: False

  tasks:
    - name: Create service
      netbox.netbox.netbox_service:
        netbox_url: http://netbox.local
        netbox_token: thisIsMyToken
        data:
          device: Test666
          name: node-exporter
          port: 9100
          protocol: TCP
          ipaddresses:
            - address: 127.0.0.1
          tags:
            - prometheus
        state: present

    - name: Delete service
      netbox.netbox.netbox_service:
        netbox_url: http://netbox.local
        netbox_token: thisIsMyToken
        data:
          device: Test666
          name: node-exporter
          port: 9100
          protocol: TCP
        state: absent

Authors

  • Kulakov Ilya (@TawR1024)