avi_api_session – Avi API Module

Synopsis

• This module can be used for calling any resources defined in Avi REST API. https://avinetworks.com/
• This module is useful for invoking HTTP Patch methods and accessing resources that do not have an REST object associated with them.

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_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.
data -			HTTP body in YAML or JSON format.
http_method - / required		Choices: get put post patch delete	Allowed HTTP methods for RESTful services and are supported by Avi Controller.
params -			Query parameters passed to the HTTP API.
password string		Default: ""	Password of Avi user in Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable AVI_PASSWORD.
path -			Path for Avi API resource. For example, path: virtualservice will translate to api/virtualserivce.
tenant string		Default: "admin"	Name of tenant used for all Avi API calls and context of object.
tenant_uuid string		Default: ""	UUID of tenant used for all Avi API calls and context of object.
timeout -		Default: 60	Timeout (in seconds) for Avi API calls.
username string		Default: ""	Username used for accessing Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable AVI_USERNAME.

Notes

Note

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

Examples

- name: Get Pool Information using avi_api_session
  avi_api_session:
    controller: "{{ controller }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    http_method: get
    path: pool
    params:
      name: "{{ pool_name }}"
    api_version: 16.4
  register: pool_results

- name: Patch Pool with list of servers
  avi_api_session:
    controller: "{{ controller }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    http_method: patch
    path: "{{ pool_path }}"
    api_version: 16.4
    data:
      add:
        servers:
          - ip:
              addr: 10.10.10.10
              type: V4
          - ip:
              addr: 20.20.20.20
              type: V4
  register: updated_pool

- name: Fetch Pool metrics bandwidth and connections rate
  avi_api_session:
    controller: "{{ controller }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    http_method: get
    path: analytics/metrics/pool
    api_version: 16.4
    params:
      name: "{{ pool_name }}"
      metric_id: l4_server.avg_bandwidth,l4_server.avg_complete_conns
      step: 300
      limit: 10
  register: pool_metrics

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
obj dictionary	success, changed	Avi REST resource

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Gaurav Rastogi (@grastogi23) <grastogi@avinetworks.com>

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