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avi_alertconfig – Module for setup of AlertConfig Avi RESTful Object
New in version 2.4.
Synopsis
- This module is used to configure AlertConfig object
 - more examples at https://github.com/avinetworks/devops
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- avisdk
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| action_group_ref
        
        -
         | 
      
        
        The alert config will trigger the selected alert action, which can send notifications and execute a controlscript.
        
       
        It is a reference to an object of type actiongroupconfig.
         | 
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| alert_rule
        
        - / required
         | 
      
        
        List of filters matching on events or client logs used for triggering alerts.
         | 
     |
| 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.
         | 
     
| autoscale_alert
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        This alert config applies to auto scale alerts.
         | 
     
| avi_api_patch_op
        
        -
        
       
        added in 2.5
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Patch operation to use when using avi_api_update_method as patch.
         | 
     
| avi_api_update_method
        
        -
        
       
        added in 2.5
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        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.
         | 
     |
| category
        
        - / required
         | 
      
        
        Determines whether an alert is raised immediately when event occurs (realtime) or after specified number of events occurs within rolling time
        
       
        window.
        
       
        Enum options - REALTIME, ROLLINGWINDOW, WATERMARK.
        
       
        Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as REALTIME.
         | 
     |
| controller
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        ""
         | 
      
        
        IP address or hostname of the controller. The default value is the environment variable  AVI_CONTROLLER.
        | 
     
| description
        
        -
         | 
      
        
        A custom description field.
         | 
     |
| enabled
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable or disable this alert config from generating new alerts.
        
       
        Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as True.
         | 
     
| expiry_time
        
        -
         | 
      
        
        An alert is expired and deleted after the expiry time has elapsed.
        
       
        The original event triggering the alert remains in the event's log.
        
       
        Allowed values are 1-31536000.
        
       
        Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 86400.
        
       
        Units(SEC).
         | 
     |
| name
        
        - / required
         | 
      
        
        Name of the alert configuration.
         | 
     |
| obj_uuid
        
        -
         | 
      
        
        Uuid of the resource for which alert was raised.
         | 
     |
| object_type
        
        -
         | 
      
        
        The object type to which the alert config is associated with.
        
       
        Valid object types are - virtual service, pool, service engine.
        
       
        Enum options - VIRTUALSERVICE, POOL, HEALTHMONITOR, NETWORKPROFILE, APPLICATIONPROFILE, HTTPPOLICYSET, DNSPOLICY, IPADDRGROUP, STRINGGROUP,
        
       
        SSLPROFILE, SSLKEYANDCERTIFICATE, NETWORKSECURITYPOLICY, APPLICATIONPERSISTENCEPROFILE, ANALYTICSPROFILE, VSDATASCRIPTSET, TENANT, PKIPROFILE,
        
       
        AUTHPROFILE, CLOUD, SERVERAUTOSCALEPOLICY, AUTOSCALELAUNCHCONFIG, MICROSERVICEGROUP, IPAMPROFILE, HARDWARESECURITYMODULEGROUP, POOLGROUP,
        
       
        PRIORITYLABELS, POOLGROUPDEPLOYMENTPOLICY, GSLBSERVICE, GSLBSERVICERUNTIME, SCHEDULER, GSLBGEODBPROFILE, GSLBAPPLICATIONPERSISTENCEPROFILE,
        
       
        TRAFFICCLONEPROFILE, VSVIP, WAFPOLICY, WAFPROFILE, ERRORPAGEPROFILE, ERRORPAGEBODY, L4POLICYSET, SERVICEENGINE, DEBUGSERVICEENGINE,
        
       
        DEBUGCONTROLLER, DEBUGVIRTUALSERVICE, SERVICEENGINEGROUP, SEPROPERTIES, NETWORK, CONTROLLERNODE, CONTROLLERPROPERTIES, SYSTEMCONFIGURATION,
        
       
        VRFCONTEXT, USER, ALERTCONFIG, ALERTSYSLOGCONFIG, ALERTEMAILCONFIG, ALERTTYPECONFIG, APPLICATION, ROLE, CLOUDPROPERTIES, SNMPTRAPPROFILE,
        
       
        ACTIONGROUPPROFILE, MICROSERVICE, ALERTPARAMS, ACTIONGROUPCONFIG, CLOUDCONNECTORUSER, GSLB, GSLBDNSUPDATE, GSLBSITEOPS, GLBMGRWARMSTART,
        
       
        IPAMDNSRECORD, GSLBDNSGSSTATUS, GSLBDNSGEOFILEOPS, GSLBDNSGEOUPDATE, GSLBDNSGEOCLUSTEROPS, GSLBDNSCLEANUP, GSLBSITEOPSRESYNC, TCPSTATRUNTIME,
        
       
        UDPSTATRUNTIME, IPSTATRUNTIME, ARPSTATRUNTIME, MBSTATRUNTIME, IPSTKQSTATSRUNTIME, MALLOCSTATRUNTIME, SHMALLOCSTATRUNTIME, CPUUSAGERUNTIME,
        
       
        L7GLOBALSTATSRUNTIME, L7VIRTUALSERVICESTATSRUNTIME, SEAGENTVNICDBRUNTIME, SEAGENTGRAPHDBRUNTIME, SEAGENTSTATERUNTIME, INTERFACERUNTIME,
        
       
        ARPTABLERUNTIME, DISPATCHERSTATRUNTIME, DISPATCHERSTATCLEARRUNTIME, DISPATCHERTABLEDUMPRUNTIME, DISPATCHERREMOTETIMERLISTDUMPRUNTIME,
        
       
        METRICSAGENTMESSAGE, HEALTHMONITORSTATRUNTIME, METRICSENTITYRUNTIME, PERSISTENCEINTERNAL, HTTPPOLICYSETINTERNAL, DNSPOLICYINTERNAL,
        
       
        CONNECTIONDUMPRUNTIME, SHAREDDBSTATS, SHAREDDBSTATSCLEAR, ICMPSTATRUNTIME, ROUTETABLERUNTIME, VIRTUALMACHINE, POOLSERVER, SEVSLIST,
        
       
        MEMINFORUNTIME, RTERINGSTATRUNTIME, ALGOSTATRUNTIME, HEALTHMONITORRUNTIME, CPUSTATRUNTIME, SEVM, HOST, PORTGROUP, CLUSTER, DATACENTER, VCENTER,
        
       
        HTTPPOLICYSETSTATS, DNSPOLICYSTATS, METRICSSESTATS, RATELIMITERSTATRUNTIME, NETWORKSECURITYPOLICYSTATS, TCPCONNRUNTIME, POOLSTATS,
        
       
        CONNPOOLINTERNAL, CONNPOOLSTATS, VSHASHSHOWRUNTIME, SELOGSTATSRUNTIME, NETWORKSECURITYPOLICYDETAIL, LICENSERUNTIME, SERVERRUNTIME,
        
       
        METRICSRUNTIMESUMMARY, METRICSRUNTIMEDETAIL, DISPATCHERSEHMPROBETEMPDISABLERUNTIME, POOLDEBUG, VSLOGMGRMAP, SERUMINSERTIONSTATS, HTTPCACHE,
        
       
        HTTPCACHESTATS, SEDOSSTATRUNTIME, VSDOSSTATRUNTIME, SERVERUPDATEREQ, VSSCALEOUTLIST, SEMEMDISTRUNTIME, TCPCONNRUNTIMEDETAIL, SEUPGRADESTATUS,
        
       
        SEUPGRADEPREVIEW, SEFAULTINJECTEXHAUSTM, SEFAULTINJECTEXHAUSTMCL, SEFAULTINJECTEXHAUSTMCLSMALL, SEFAULTINJECTEXHAUSTCONN, SEHEADLESSONLINEREQ,
        
       
        SEUPGRADE, SEUPGRADESTATUSDETAIL, SERESERVEDVS, SERESERVEDVSCLEAR, VSCANDIDATESEHOSTLIST, SEGROUPUPGRADE, REBALANCE, SEGROUPREBALANCE,
        
       
        SEAUTHSTATSRUNTIME, AUTOSCALESTATE, VIRTUALSERVICEAUTHSTATS, NETWORKSECURITYPOLICYDOS, KEYVALINTERNAL, KEYVALSUMMARYINTERNAL,
        
       
        SERVERSTATEUPDATEINFO, CLTRACKINTERNAL, CLTRACKSUMMARYINTERNAL, MICROSERVICERUNTIME, SEMICROSERVICE, VIRTUALSERVICEANALYSIS, CLIENTINTERNAL,
        
       
        CLIENTSUMMARYINTERNAL, MICROSERVICEGROUPRUNTIME, BGPRUNTIME, REQUESTQUEUERUNTIME, MIGRATEALL, MIGRATEALLSTATUSSUMMARY, MIGRATEALLSTATUSDETAIL,
        
       
        INTERFACESUMMARYRUNTIME, INTERFACELACPRUNTIME, DNSTABLE, GSLBSERVICEDETAIL, GSLBSERVICEINTERNAL, GSLBSERVICEHMONSTAT, SETROLESREQUEST,
        
       
        TRAFFICCLONERUNTIME, GEOLOCATIONINFO, SEVSHBSTATRUNTIME, GEODBINTERNAL, GSLBSITEINTERNAL, WAFSTATS, USERDEFINEDDATASCRIPTCOUNTERS, LLDPRUNTIME,
        
       
        VSESSHARINGPOOL, SEVSSPLACEMENT, L4POLICYSETSTATS, L4POLICYSETINTERNAL, SERESOURCEPROTO, SECONSUMERPROTO, SECREATEPENDINGPROTO, PLACEMENTSTATS,
        
       
        SEVIPPROTO, RMVRFPROTO, VCENTERMAP, VIMGRVCENTERRUNTIME, INTERESTEDVMS, INTERESTEDHOSTS, VCENTERSUPPORTEDCOUNTERS, ENTITYCOUNTERS,
        
       
        TRANSACTIONSTATS, SEVMCREATEPROGRESS, PLACEMENTSTATUS, VISUBFOLDERS, VIDATASTORE, VIHOSTRESOURCES, CLOUDCONNECTOR, VINETWORKSUBNETVMS,
        
       
        VIDATASTORECONTENTS, VIMGRVCENTERCLOUDRUNTIME, VIVCENTERPORTGROUPS, VIVCENTERDATACENTERS, VIMGRHOSTRUNTIME, PLACEMENTGLOBALS, APICCONFIGURATION,
        
       
        CIFTABLE, APICTRANSACTION, VIRTUALSERVICESTATEDBCACHESUMMARY, POOLSTATEDBCACHESUMMARY, SERVERSTATEDBCACHESUMMARY, APICAGENTINTERNAL,
        
       
        APICTRANSACTIONFLAP, APICGRAPHINSTANCES, APICEPGS, APICEPGEPS, APICDEVICEPKGVER, APICTENANTS, APICVMMDOMAINS, NSXCONFIGURATION, NSXSGTABLE,
        
       
        NSXAGENTINTERNAL, NSXSGINFO, NSXSGIPS, NSXAGENTINTERNALCLI, MAXOBJECTS.
         | 
     |
| password
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        ""
         | 
      
        
        Password of Avi user in Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable  AVI_PASSWORD.
        | 
     
| recommendation
        
        -
         | 
      
        
        Recommendation of alertconfig.
         | 
     |
| rolling_window
        
        -
         | 
      
        
        Only if the number of events is reached or exceeded within the time window will an alert be generated.
        
       
        Allowed values are 1-31536000.
        
       
        Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 300.
        
       
        Units(SEC).
         | 
     |
| source
        
        - / required
         | 
      
        
        Signifies system events or the type of client logsused in this alert configuration.
        
       
        Enum options - CONN_LOGS, APP_LOGS, EVENT_LOGS, METRICS.
         | 
     |
| state
        
        -
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        The state that should be applied on the entity.
         | 
     
| summary
        
        -
         | 
      
        
        Summary of reason why alert is generated.
         | 
     |
| 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.
         | 
     
| threshold
        
        -
         | 
      
        
        An alert is created only when the number of events meets or exceeds this number within the chosen time frame.
        
       
        Allowed values are 1-65536.
        
       
        Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 1.
         | 
     |
| throttle
        
        -
         | 
      
        
        Alerts are suppressed (throttled) for this duration of time since the last alert was raised for this alert config.
        
       
        Allowed values are 0-31536000.
        
       
        Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 600.
        
       
        Units(SEC).
         | 
     |
| 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
        
        -
         | 
      
        
        Unique object identifier of the object.
         | 
     
Notes
Note
- For more information on using Ansible to manage Avi Network devices see https://www.ansible.com/ansible-avi-networks.
 
Examples
- name: Example to create AlertConfig object
  avi_alertconfig:
    controller: 10.10.25.42
    username: admin
    password: something
    state: present
    name: sample_alertconfig
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| obj
        
        dictionary
         | 
      success, changed | 
        
        AlertConfig (api/alertconfig) object
          | 
     
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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