bigmon_policy - Create and remove a bigmon out-of-band policy.

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis

  • Create and remove a bigmon out-of-band policy.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
access_token
Bigmon access token. If this isn't set, the environment variable BIGSWITCH_ACCESS_TOKEN is used.
action
    Choices:
  • forward ←
  • drop
  • flow-gen
Forward matching packets to delivery interfaces, Drop is for measure rate of matching packets, but do not forward to delivery interfaces, capture packets and write to a PCAP file, or enable NetFlow generation.
controller
required
The controller address.
delivery_packet_count Default:
0
Run policy until delivery_packet_count packets are delivered.
duration Default:
0
Run policy for duration duration or until delivery_packet_count packets are delivered, whichever comes first.
name
required
The name of the policy.
policy_description
Description of policy.
priority Default:
100
A priority associated with this policy. The higher priority policy takes precedence over a lower priority.
start_time Default:
ansible_date_time.iso8601
Date the policy becomes active
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Whether the policy should be present or absent.
validate_certs
    Choices:
  • yes ←
  • no
Default:
yes
If false, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled devices using self-signed certificates.

Examples

- name: policy to aggregate filter and deliver data center (DC) 1 traffic
  bigmon_policy:
    name: policy1
    policy_description: DC 1 traffic policy
    action: drop
    controller: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
    state: present
    validate_certs: false

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Author

  • Ted (@tedelhourani)

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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.5/modules/bigmon_policy_module.html