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community.network.avi_healthmonitor – Module for setup of HealthMonitor 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_healthmonitor.
Synopsis
- This module is used to configure HealthMonitor 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
         | 
     ||
| api_version
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "16.4.4"
         | 
      
        
        Avi API version of to use for Avi API and objects.
         | 
     |
| 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.
         | 
     ||
| api_version
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "16.4.4"
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller version
         | 
     |
| controller
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller IP or SQDN
         | 
     ||
| csrftoken
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller API csrftoken to reuse existing session with session id
         | 
     ||
| password
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller password
         | 
     ||
| port
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller port
         | 
     ||
| session_id
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller API session id to reuse existing session with csrftoken
         | 
     ||
| tenant
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "admin"
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller tenant
         | 
     |
| tenant_uuid
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller tenant UUID
         | 
     ||
| timeout
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        300
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller request timeout
         | 
     |
| token
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller API token
         | 
     ||
| username
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller username
         | 
     ||
| avi_disable_session_cache_as_fact
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        It disables avi session information to be cached as a fact.
         | 
     |
| controller
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        ""
         | 
      
        
        IP address or hostname of the controller. The default value is the environment variable  AVI_CONTROLLER.
        | 
     |
| description
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        User defined description for the object.
         | 
     ||
| dns_monitor
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Healthmonitordns settings for healthmonitor.
         | 
     ||
| external_monitor
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Healthmonitorexternal settings for healthmonitor.
         | 
     ||
| failed_checks
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Number of continuous failed health checks before the server is marked down.
        
       
        Allowed values are 1-50.
        
       
        Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 2.
         | 
     ||
| http_monitor
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Healthmonitorhttp settings for healthmonitor.
         | 
     ||
| https_monitor
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Healthmonitorhttp settings for healthmonitor.
         | 
     ||
| is_federated
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        This field describes the object's replication scope.
        
       
        If the field is set to false, then the object is visible within the controller-cluster and its associated service-engines.
        
       
        If the field is set to true, then the object is replicated across the federation.
        
       
        Field introduced in 17.1.3.
        
       
        Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
         | 
     |
| monitor_port
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Use this port instead of the port defined for the server in the pool.
        
       
        If the monitor succeeds to this port, the load balanced traffic will still be sent to the port of the server defined within the pool.
        
       
        Allowed values are 1-65535.
        
       
        Special values are 0 - 'use server port'.
         | 
     ||
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        A user friendly name for this health monitor.
         | 
     ||
| password
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        ""
         | 
      
        
        Password of Avi user in Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable  AVI_PASSWORD.
        | 
     |
| radius_monitor
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Health monitor for radius.
        
       
        Field introduced in 18.2.3.
         | 
     ||
| receive_timeout
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        A valid response from the server is expected within the receive timeout window.
        
       
        This timeout must be less than the send interval.
        
       
        If server status is regularly flapping up and down, consider increasing this value.
        
       
        Allowed values are 1-2400.
        
       
        Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 4.
         | 
     ||
| send_interval
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Frequency, in seconds, that monitors are sent to a server.
        
       
        Allowed values are 1-3600.
        
       
        Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 10.
         | 
     ||
| sip_monitor
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Health monitor for sip.
        
       
        Field introduced in 17.2.8, 18.1.3, 18.2.1.
         | 
     ||
| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        The state that should be applied on the entity.
         | 
     |
| successful_checks
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Number of continuous successful health checks before server is marked up.
        
       
        Allowed values are 1-50.
        
       
        Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 2.
         | 
     ||
| tcp_monitor
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Healthmonitortcp settings for healthmonitor.
         | 
     ||
| 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.
         | 
     ||
| tenant_uuid
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        ""
         | 
      
        
        UUID of tenant used for all Avi API calls and context of object.
         | 
     |
| type
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Type of the health monitor.
        
       
        Enum options - HEALTH_MONITOR_PING, HEALTH_MONITOR_TCP, HEALTH_MONITOR_HTTP, HEALTH_MONITOR_HTTPS, HEALTH_MONITOR_EXTERNAL, HEALTH_MONITOR_UDP,
        
       
        HEALTH_MONITOR_DNS, HEALTH_MONITOR_GSLB, HEALTH_MONITOR_SIP, HEALTH_MONITOR_RADIUS.
         | 
     ||
| udp_monitor
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Healthmonitorudp settings for healthmonitor.
         | 
     ||
| 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
         | 
      
        
        Uuid of the health monitor.
         | 
     ||
Notes
Note
- For more information on using Ansible to manage Avi Network devices see https://www.ansible.com/ansible-avi-networks.
 
Examples
- name: Create a HTTPS health monitor
  community.network.avi_healthmonitor:
    controller: 10.10.27.90
    username: admin
    password: AviNetworks123!
    https_monitor:
      http_request: HEAD / HTTP/1.0
      http_response_code:
        - HTTP_2XX
        - HTTP_3XX
    receive_timeout: 4
    failed_checks: 3
    send_interval: 10
    successful_checks: 3
    type: HEALTH_MONITOR_HTTPS
    name: MyWebsite-HTTPS
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| obj
        
        dictionary
         | 
      success, changed | 
        
        HealthMonitor (api/healthmonitor) 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_healthmonitor_module.html