community.network.avi_api_session – Avi API Module
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_api_session
.
Synopsis
- This module can be used for calling any resources defined in Avi REST API. https://avinetworks.com/
- This module is useful for invoking HTTP Patch methods and accessing resources that do not have an REST object associated with them.
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_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 . | |
data string | HTTP body in YAML or JSON format. | ||
http_method string / required |
| Allowed HTTP methods for RESTful services and are supported by Avi Controller. | |
params string | Query parameters passed to the HTTP API. | ||
password string | Default: "" | Password of Avi user in Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable AVI_PASSWORD . | |
path string | Path for Avi API resource. For example, path: virtualservice will translate to api/virtualserivce . | ||
tenant string | Default: "admin" | Name of tenant used for all Avi API calls and context of object. | |
tenant_uuid string | Default: "" | UUID of tenant used for all Avi API calls and context of object. | |
timeout string | Default: 60 | Timeout (in seconds) for Avi API calls. | |
username string | Default: "" | Username used for accessing Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable AVI_USERNAME . |
Notes
Note
- For more information on using Ansible to manage Avi Network devices see https://www.ansible.com/ansible-avi-networks.
Examples
- name: Get Pool Information using avi_api_session community.network.avi_api_session: controller: "{{ controller }}" username: "{{ username }}" password: "{{ password }}" http_method: get path: pool params: name: "{{ pool_name }}" api_version: 16.4 register: pool_results - name: Patch Pool with list of servers community.network.avi_api_session: controller: "{{ controller }}" username: "{{ username }}" password: "{{ password }}" http_method: patch path: "{{ pool_path }}" api_version: 16.4 data: add: servers: - ip: addr: 10.10.10.10 type: V4 - ip: addr: 20.20.20.20 type: V4 register: updated_pool - name: Fetch Pool metrics bandwidth and connections rate community.network.avi_api_session: controller: "{{ controller }}" username: "{{ username }}" password: "{{ password }}" http_method: get path: analytics/metrics/pool api_version: 16.4 params: name: "{{ pool_name }}" metric_id: l4_server.avg_bandwidth,l4_server.avg_complete_conns step: 300 limit: 10 register: pool_metrics
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key | Returned | Description |
---|---|---|
obj dictionary | success, changed | Avi REST resource |
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_api_session_module.html