avi_alertconfig – Module for setup of AlertConfig Avi RESTful Object — Ansible Documentation

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# avi_alertconfig – Module for setup of AlertConfig Avi RESTful Object

New in version 2.4.

- Synopsis
- Requirements
- Parameters
- Notes
- Examples
- Return Values
- Status

## 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.
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 | Choices: no yes | This alert config applies to auto scale alerts.
avi_api_patch_op - added in 2.5 | Choices: add replace delete | Patch operation to use when using avi_api_update_method as patch.
avi_api_update_method - added in 2.5 | Choices: put ← patch | 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.
| api_version - | Default: "16.4.4" | Avi controller version
| controller - |  | Avi controller IP or SQDN
| csrftoken - |  | Avi controller API csrftoken to reuse existing session with session id
| password - |  | Avi controller password
| port - |  | Avi controller port
| session_id - |  | Avi controller API session id to reuse existing session with csrftoken
| tenant - | Default: "admin" | Avi controller tenant
| tenant_uuid - |  | Avi controller tenant UUID
| timeout - | Default: 300 | Avi controller request timeout
| token - |  | Avi controller API token
| username - |  | Avi controller username
avi_disable_session_cache_as_fact boolean added in 2.6 | Choices: no yes | It disables avi session information to be cached as a fact.
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 | Choices: no yes | 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.
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, 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.
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.
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 - | Choices: absent present ← | 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.
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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