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a10_virtual_server – Manage A10 Networks AX/SoftAX/Thunder/vThunder devices’ virtual servers
Synopsis
- Manage SLB (Server Load Balancing) virtual server objects on A10 Networks devices via aXAPIv2.
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| client_cert
        
        path
         | 
      
        
        PEM formatted certificate chain file to be used for SSL client authentication.
        
       
        This file can also include the key as well, and if the key is included,  client_key is not required.
        | 
     |
| client_key
        
        path
         | 
      
        
        PEM formatted file that contains your private key to be used for SSL client authentication.
        
       
        If  client_cert contains both the certificate and key, this option is not required.
        | 
     |
| force
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If  
       yes do not get a cached copy.
       aliases: thirsty  | 
     
| force_basic_auth
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Credentials specified with url_username and url_password should be passed in HTTP Header.
         | 
     
| host
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Hostname or IP of the A10 Networks device.
         | 
     |
| http_agent
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "ansible-httpget"
         | 
      
        
        Header to identify as, generally appears in web server logs.
         | 
     
| partition
        
        -
        
       
        added in 2.3
         | 
      
        
        set active-partition
         | 
     |
| password
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Password for the  
       username account.
       aliases: pass, pwd  | 
     |
| state
        
        -
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If the specified virtual server should exist.
         | 
     
| url
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        HTTP, HTTPS, or FTP URL in the form (http|https|ftp)://[user[:pass]]@host.domain[:port]/path
         | 
     |
| url_password
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The password for use in HTTP basic authentication.
        
       
        If the url_username parameter is not specified, the url_password parameter will not be used.
         | 
     |
| url_username
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The username for use in HTTP basic authentication.
        
       
        This parameter can be used without url_password for sites that allow empty passwords
         | 
     |
| use_proxy
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If  no, it will not use a proxy, even if one is defined in an environment variable on the target hosts.
        | 
     
| username
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        An account with administrator privileges.
        
       aliases: admin, user  | 
     |
| validate_certs
        
        boolean
        
       
        added in 2.2
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If  no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled devices using self-signed certificates.
        | 
     
| virtual_server
        
        - / required
         | 
      
        
        The SLB (Server Load Balancing) virtual server name.
        
       aliases: vip, virtual  | 
     |
| virtual_server_ip
        
        -
         | 
      
        
        The SLB virtual server IPv4 address.
        
       aliases: ip, address  | 
     |
| virtual_server_ports
        
        -
         | 
      
        
        A list of ports to create for the virtual server. Each list item should be a dictionary which specifies the  port: and type:, but can also optionally specify the service_group: as well as the status:. See the examples below for details. This parameter is required when state is present.
        | 
     |
| virtual_server_status
        
        -
         | 
      
       
 
        "enable"
         | 
      
        
        The SLB virtual server status, such as enabled or disabled.
        
       aliases: status  | 
     
| write_config
        
        boolean
        
       
        added in 2.2
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If  yes, any changes will cause a write of the running configuration to non-volatile memory. This will save all configuration changes, including those that may have been made manually or through other modules, so care should be taken when specifying yes.
        | 
     
Notes
Note
- Requires A10 Networks aXAPI 2.1.
 - Requires A10 Networks aXAPI 2.1.
 
Examples
# Create a new virtual server
- a10_virtual_server:
    host: a10.mydomain.com
    username: myadmin
    password: mypassword
    partition: mypartition
    virtual_server: vserver1
    virtual_server_ip: 1.1.1.1
    virtual_server_ports:
      - port: 80
        protocol: TCP
        service_group: sg-80-tcp
      - port: 443
        protocol: HTTPS
        service_group: sg-443-https
      - port: 8080
        protocol: http
        status: disabled
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| content
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        the full info regarding the slb_virtual
         Sample:
        
       
        mynewvirtualserver
         | 
     
Status
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
 - This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
 
Authors
- Eric Chou (@ericchou) 2016, Mischa Peters (@mischapeters) 2014
 
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