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community.mongodb.mongodb_monitoring – Manages the free monitoring feature.
Note
This plugin is part of the community.mongodb collection (version 1.3.1).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.mongodb.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.mongodb.mongodb_monitoring.
New in version 1.3.0: of community.mongodb
Synopsis
- Manages the free monitoring feature.
 - Optionally return the monitoring url.
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- pymongo
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| auth_mechanism
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Authentication type.
         | 
     
| connection_options
        
        list / elements=raw
         | 
      
        
        Additional connection options.
        
       
        Supply as a list of dicts or strings containing key value pairs seperated with '='.
         | 
     |
| login_database
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "admin"
         | 
      
        
        The database where login credentials are stored.
         | 
     
| login_host
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "localhost"
         | 
      
        
        The host running MongoDB instance to login to.
         | 
     
| login_password
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The password used to authenticate with.
        
       
        Required when login_user is specified.
         | 
     |
| login_port
        
        integer
         | 
      Default: 
        27017
         | 
      
        
        The MongoDB server port to login to.
         | 
     
| login_user
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The MongoDB user to login with.
        
       
        Required when login_password is specified.
         | 
     |
| return_url
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        When true return the monitoring url if available.
         | 
     
| ssl
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Whether to use an SSL connection when connecting to the database.
         | 
     
| ssl_ca_certs
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The ssl_ca_certs option takes a path to a CA file.
         | 
     |
| ssl_cert_reqs
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Specifies whether a certificate is required from the other side of the connection, and whether it will be validated if provided.
         | 
     
| ssl_certfile
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Present a client certificate using the ssl_certfile option.
         | 
     |
| ssl_crlfile
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The ssl_crlfile option takes a path to a CRL file.
         | 
     |
| ssl_keyfile
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Private key for the client certificate.
         | 
     |
| ssl_pem_passphrase
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Passphrase to decrypt encrypted private keys.
         | 
     |
| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Manage the free monitoring feature.
         | 
     
Notes
Note
- Requires the pymongo Python package on the remote host, version 2.4.2+. This can be installed using pip or the OS package manager. @see http://api.mongodb.org/python/current/installation.html
 
Examples
- name: Enable monitoring
  community.mongodb.mongodb_monitoring:
    state: "started"
- name: Disable monitoring
  community.mongodb.mongodb_monitoring:
    state: "stopped"
- name: Enable monitoring and return the monitoring url
  community.mongodb_monitoring:
    state: "started"
    return_url: "yes"
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| changed
        
        boolean
         | 
      success | 
        
        Whether the monitoring status changed.
          | 
     
| failed
        
        boolean
         | 
      failed | 
        
        If something went wrong
          | 
     
| msg
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        A short description of what happened.
          | 
     
| url
        
        string
         | 
      When requested and available. | 
        
        The MongoDB instance Monitoring url.
          | 
     
Authors
- Rhys rhyscampbell (rhysmeister)
 
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/mongodb/mongodb_monitoring_module.html