manageiq_alerts – Configuration of alerts in ManageIQ

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

  • The manageiq_alerts module supports adding, updating and deleting alerts in ManageIQ.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
description
-
The unique alert description in ManageIQ.
Required when state is "absent" or "present".
enabled
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Enable or disable the alert. Required if state is "present".
expression
-
The alert expression for ManageIQ.
Can either be in the "Miq Expression" format or the "Hash Expression format".
Required if state is "present".
expression_type
-
    Choices:
  • hash ←
  • miq
Expression type.
manageiq_connection
- / required
ManageIQ connection configuration information.
ca_bundle_path
-
The path to a CA bundle file or directory with certificates. defaults to None.
password
-
ManageIQ password. MIQ_PASSWORD env var if set. otherwise, required if no token is passed in.
token
-
ManageIQ token. MIQ_TOKEN env var if set. otherwise, required if no username or password is passed in.
url
- / required
ManageIQ environment url. MIQ_URL env var if set. otherwise, it is required to pass it.
username
-
ManageIQ username. MIQ_USERNAME env var if set. otherwise, required if no token is passed in.
verify_ssl
-
Default:
"yes"
Whether SSL certificates should be verified for HTTPS requests. defaults to True.
options
-
Additional alert options, such as notification type and frequency
resource_type
-
    Choices:
  • Vm
  • ContainerNode
  • MiqServer
  • Host
  • Storage
  • EmsCluster
  • ExtManagementSystem
  • MiddlewareServer
The entity type for the alert in ManageIQ. Required when state is "present".
state
-
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
absent - alert should not exist,
present - alert should exist,

Examples

- name: Add an alert with a "hash expression" to ManageIQ
  manageiq_alerts:
    state: present
    description: Test Alert 01
    options:
      notifications:
        email:
          to: ["[email protected]"]
          from: "[email protected]"
    resource_type: ContainerNode
    expression:
        eval_method: hostd_log_threshold
        mode: internal
        options: {}
    enabled: true
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      verify_ssl: False

- name: Add an alert with a "miq expression" to ManageIQ
  manageiq_alerts:
    state: present
    description: Test Alert 02
    options:
      notifications:
        email:
          to: ["[email protected]"]
          from: "[email protected]"
    resource_type: Vm
    expression_type: miq
    expression:
        and:
          - CONTAINS:
              tag: Vm.managed-environment
              value: prod
          - not:
            CONTAINS:
              tag: Vm.host.managed-environment
              value: prod
    enabled: true
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      verify_ssl: False

- name: Delete an alert from ManageIQ
  manageiq_alerts:
    state: absent
    description: Test Alert 01
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      verify_ssl: False

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