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community.network.avi_alertconfig – Module for setup of AlertConfig Avi RESTful Object
Note
This plugin is part of the community.network collection (version 3.0.0).
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.network.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.network.avi_alertconfig.
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
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        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
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        List of filters matching on events or client logs used for triggering alerts.
         | 
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| api_context
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Avi API context that includes current session ID and CSRF Token.
        
       
        This allows user to perform single login and re-use the session.
         | 
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| 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
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Patch operation to use when using avi_api_update_method as patch.
         | 
     |
| avi_api_update_method
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Default method for object update is HTTP PUT.
        
       
        Setting to patch will override that behavior to use HTTP PATCH.
         | 
     |
| avi_credentials
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Avi Credentials dictionary which can be used in lieu of enumerating Avi Controller login details.
         | 
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| api_version
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "16.4.4"
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller version
         | 
     |
| controller
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller IP or SQDN
         | 
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| csrftoken
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller API csrftoken to reuse existing session with session id
         | 
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| password
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller password
         | 
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| port
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller port
         | 
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| session_id
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller API session id to reuse existing session with csrftoken
         | 
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| tenant
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "admin"
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller tenant
         | 
     |
| tenant_uuid
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller tenant UUID
         | 
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| timeout
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        300
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller request timeout
         | 
     |
| token
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller API token
         | 
     ||
| username
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller username
         | 
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| avi_disable_session_cache_as_fact
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        It disables avi session information to be cached as a fact.
         | 
     |
| category
        
        string / 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.
         | 
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| controller
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        ""
         | 
      
        
        IP address or hostname of the controller. The default value is the environment variable  AVI_CONTROLLER.
        | 
     |
| description
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        A custom description field.
         | 
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| 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
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        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.
         | 
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| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Name of the alert configuration.
         | 
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| obj_uuid
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Uuid of the resource for which alert was raised.
         | 
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| object_type
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        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, SECURITYPOLICY, 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,
        
       
        GSLBSERVICERUNTIMEBATCH, WAFPOLICYPSMGROUP, PINGACCESSAGENT, SERVICEENGINEPOLICY, NATPOLICY, SSOPOLICY, PROTOCOLPARSER, 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,
        
       
        IPAMDNSPROVIDERPROFILE, 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, NDTABLERUNTIME, IP6STATRUNTIME, ICMP6STATRUNTIME, SEVSSPLACEMENT, L4POLICYSETSTATS, L4POLICYSETINTERNAL, BGPDEBUGINFO, SHARD,
        
       
        CPUSTATRUNTIMEDETAIL, SEASSERTSTATRUNTIME, SEFAULTINJECTINFRA, SEAGENTASSERTSTATRUNTIME, SEDATASTORESTATUS, DIFFQUEUESTATUS, IP6ROUTETABLERUNTIME,
        
       
        SECURITYMGRSTATE, VIRTUALSERVICESESCALEOUTSTATUS, SHARDSERVERSTATUS, SEAGENTSHARDCLIENTRESOURCEMAP, SEAGENTCONSISTENTHASH, SEAGENTVNICDBHISTORY,
        
       
        SEAGENTSHARDCLIENTAPPMAP, SEAGENTSHARDCLIENTEVENTHISTORY, SENATSTATRUNTIME, SENATFLOWRUNTIME, 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.
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| password
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        ""
         | 
      
        
        Password of Avi user in Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable  AVI_PASSWORD.
        | 
     |
| recommendation
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Recommendation of alertconfig.
         | 
     ||
| rolling_window
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        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.
         | 
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| source
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Signifies system events or the type of client logsused in this alert configuration.
        
       
        Enum options - CONN_LOGS, APP_LOGS, EVENT_LOGS, METRICS.
         | 
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| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        The state that should be applied on the entity.
         | 
     |
| summary
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Summary of reason why alert is generated.
         | 
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| tenant
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "admin"
         | 
      
        
        Name of tenant used for all Avi API calls and context of object.
         | 
     |
| tenant_ref
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        It is a reference to an object of type tenant.
         | 
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| tenant_uuid
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        ""
         | 
      
        
        UUID of tenant used for all Avi API calls and context of object.
         | 
     |
| threshold
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        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.
         | 
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| throttle
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        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.
         | 
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| url
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        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
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Unique object identifier of the object.
         | 
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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
  community.network.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
          | 
     
Authors
- Gaurav Rastogi (@grastogi23) <grastogi@avinetworks.com>
 
© 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/network/avi_alertconfig_module.html