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circonus_annotation - create an annotation in circonus
New in version 2.0.
Synopsis
- Create an annotation event with a given category, title and description. Optionally start, end or durations can be provided
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- requests (either >= 2.0.0 for Python 3, or >= 1.0.0 for Python 2)
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
api_key
required
|
Circonus API key
|
|
category
required
|
Annotation Category
|
|
description
required
|
Description of annotation
|
|
duration | Default:
0
|
Duration in seconds of annotation
|
start | Default:
"I(now)"
|
Unix timestamp of event start
|
stop | Default:
"I(now) + I(duration)"
|
Unix timestamp of event end
|
title
required
|
Title of annotation
|
Notes
Note
- Check mode isn’t supported.
Examples
# Create a simple annotation event with a source, defaults to start and end time of now
- circonus_annotation:
api_key: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
title: App Config Change
description: This is a detailed description of the config change
category: This category groups like annotations
# Create an annotation with a duration of 5 minutes and a default start time of now
- circonus_annotation:
api_key: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
title: App Config Change
description: This is a detailed description of the config change
category: This category groups like annotations
duration: 300
# Create an annotation with a start_time and end_time
- circonus_annotation:
api_key: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
title: App Config Change
description: This is a detailed description of the config change
category: This category groups like annotations
start_time: 1395940006
end_time: 1395954407
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key | Returned | Description | |
---|---|---|---|
annotation
complex
|
success |
details about the created annotation
|
|
_cid
string
|
success |
annotation identifier
Sample:
/annotation/100000
|
|
_created
int
|
success |
creation timestamp
Sample:
1502236928
|
|
_last_modified
int
|
success |
last modification timestamp
Sample:
1502236928
|
|
_last_modified_by
string
|
success |
last modified by
Sample:
/user/1000
|
|
category
string
|
success |
category of the created annotation
Sample:
alerts
|
|
title
string
|
success |
title of the created annotation
Sample:
WARNING
|
|
description
string
|
success |
description of the created annotation
Sample:
Host is down.
|
|
start
int
|
success |
timestamp, since annotation applies
Sample:
Host is down.
|
|
stop
string
|
success |
timestamp, since annotation ends
Sample:
Host is down.
|
|
rel_metrics
list
|
success |
Array of metrics related to this annotation, each metrics is a string.
Sample:
['54321_kbps']
|
Status
This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.
Maintenance
This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.
For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.
Author
- Nick Harring (@NickatEpic)
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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