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community.network.avi_httppolicyset – Module for setup of HTTPPolicySet 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_httppolicyset.
Synopsis
- This module is used to configure HTTPPolicySet 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.
         | 
     |
| cloud_config_cksum
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Checksum of cloud configuration for pool.
        
       
        Internally set by cloud connector.
         | 
     ||
| controller
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        ""
         | 
      
        
        IP address or hostname of the controller. The default value is the environment variable  AVI_CONTROLLER.
        | 
     |
| created_by
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Creator name.
         | 
     ||
| description
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        User defined description for the object.
         | 
     ||
| http_request_policy
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Http request policy for the virtual service.
         | 
     ||
| http_response_policy
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Http response policy for the virtual service.
         | 
     ||
| http_security_policy
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Http security policy for the virtual service.
         | 
     ||
| is_internal_policy
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Boolean flag to set is_internal_policy.
        
       
        Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
         | 
     |
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Name of the http policy set.
         | 
     ||
| password
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        ""
         | 
      
        
        Password of Avi user in Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable  AVI_PASSWORD.
        | 
     |
| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        The state that should be applied on the entity.
         | 
     |
| 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.
         | 
     |
| 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 http policy set.
         | 
     ||
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 HTTP Policy set two switch between testpool1 and testpool2
  community.network.avi_httppolicyset:
    controller: 10.10.27.90
    username: admin
    password: AviNetworks123!
    name: test-HTTP-Policy-Set
    tenant_ref: admin
    http_request_policy:
    rules:
      - index: 1
        enable: true
        name: test-test1
        match:
          path:
            match_case: INSENSITIVE
            match_str:
              - /test1
            match_criteria: EQUALS
        switching_action:
          action: HTTP_SWITCHING_SELECT_POOL
          status_code: HTTP_LOCAL_RESPONSE_STATUS_CODE_200
          pool_ref: "/api/pool?name=testpool1"
      - index: 2
        enable: true
        name: test-test2
        match:
          path:
            match_case: INSENSITIVE
            match_str:
              - /test2
            match_criteria: CONTAINS
        switching_action:
          action: HTTP_SWITCHING_SELECT_POOL
          status_code: HTTP_LOCAL_RESPONSE_STATUS_CODE_200
          pool_ref: "/api/pool?name=testpool2"
    is_internal_policy: false
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| obj
        
        dictionary
         | 
      success, changed | 
        
        HTTPPolicySet (api/httppolicyset) object
          | 
     
Authors
- Gaurav Rastogi (@grastogi23) <grastogi@avinetworks.com>
 
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/network/avi_httppolicyset_module.html