avi_healthmonitor – Module for setup of HealthMonitor Avi RESTful Object

Synopsis

Requirements

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

  • avisdk

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
api_context
dictionary
added in 2.5
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
Default:
"16.4.4"
Avi API version of to use for Avi API and objects.
avi_api_patch_op
-
added in 2.5
    Choices:
  • add
  • replace
  • delete
Patch operation to use when using avi_api_update_method as patch.
avi_api_update_method
-
added in 2.5
    Choices:
  • put ←
  • patch
Default method for object update is HTTP PUT.
Setting to patch will override that behavior to use HTTP PATCH.
avi_credentials
dictionary
added in 2.5
Avi Credentials dictionary which can be used in lieu of enumerating Avi Controller login details.
api_version
-
Default:
"16.4.4"
Avi controller version
controller
-
Avi controller IP or SQDN
csrftoken
-
Avi controller API csrftoken to reuse existing session with session id
password
-
Avi controller password
port
-
Avi controller port
session_id
-
Avi controller API session id to reuse existing session with csrftoken
tenant
-
Default:
"admin"
Avi controller tenant
tenant_uuid
-
Avi controller tenant UUID
timeout
-
Default:
300
Avi controller request timeout
token
-
Avi controller API token
username
-
Avi controller username
avi_disable_session_cache_as_fact
boolean
added in 2.6
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
It disables avi session information to be cached as a fact.
controller
string
Default:
""
IP address or hostname of the controller. The default value is the environment variable AVI_CONTROLLER.
description
-
User defined description for the object.
dns_monitor
-
Healthmonitordns settings for healthmonitor.
external_monitor
-
Healthmonitorexternal settings for healthmonitor.
failed_checks
-
Number of continuous failed health checks before the server is marked down.
Allowed values are 1-50.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 2.
http_monitor
-
Healthmonitorhttp settings for healthmonitor.
https_monitor
-
Healthmonitorhttp settings for healthmonitor.
is_federated
boolean
added in 2.4
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
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.
monitor_port
-
Use this port instead of the port defined for the server in the pool.
If the monitor succeeds to this port, the load balanced traffic will still be sent to the port of the server defined within the pool.
Allowed values are 1-65535.
Special values are 0 - 'use server port'.
name
- / required
A user friendly name for this health monitor.
password
string
Default:
""
Password of Avi user in Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable AVI_PASSWORD.
radius_monitor
-
added in 2.9
Health monitor for radius.
Field introduced in 18.2.3.
receive_timeout
-
A valid response from the server is expected within the receive timeout window.
This timeout must be less than the send interval.
If server status is regularly flapping up and down, consider increasing this value.
Allowed values are 1-2400.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 4.
send_interval
-
Frequency, in seconds, that monitors are sent to a server.
Allowed values are 1-3600.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 10.
sip_monitor
-
added in 2.9
Health monitor for sip.
Field introduced in 17.2.8, 18.1.3, 18.2.1.
state
-
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
The state that should be applied on the entity.
successful_checks
-
Number of continuous successful health checks before server is marked up.
Allowed values are 1-50.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 2.
tcp_monitor
-
Healthmonitortcp settings for healthmonitor.
tenant
string
Default:
"admin"
Name of tenant used for all Avi API calls and context of object.
tenant_ref
-
It is a reference to an object of type tenant.
tenant_uuid
string
Default:
""
UUID of tenant used for all Avi API calls and context of object.
type
- / required
Type of the health monitor.
Enum options - HEALTH_MONITOR_PING, HEALTH_MONITOR_TCP, HEALTH_MONITOR_HTTP, HEALTH_MONITOR_HTTPS, HEALTH_MONITOR_EXTERNAL, HEALTH_MONITOR_UDP,
HEALTH_MONITOR_DNS, HEALTH_MONITOR_GSLB, HEALTH_MONITOR_SIP, HEALTH_MONITOR_RADIUS.
udp_monitor
-
Healthmonitorudp settings for healthmonitor.
url
-
Avi controller URL of the object.
username
string
Default:
""
Username used for accessing Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable AVI_USERNAME.
uuid
-
Uuid of the health monitor.

Notes

Note

Examples

- name: Create a HTTPS health monitor
  avi_healthmonitor:
    controller: 10.10.27.90
    username: admin
    password: AviNetworks123!
    https_monitor:
      http_request: HEAD / HTTP/1.0
      http_response_code:
        - HTTP_2XX
        - HTTP_3XX
    receive_timeout: 4
    failed_checks: 3
    send_interval: 10
    successful_checks: 3
    type: HEALTH_MONITOR_HTTPS
    name: MyWebsite-HTTPS

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
obj
dictionary
success, changed
HealthMonitor (api/healthmonitor) object


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