avi_pool - Module for setup of Pool Avi RESTful Object¶

New in version 2.3.

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

Synopsis ¶

This module is used to configure Pool object
more examples at https://github.com/avinetworks/devops

Requirements ¶

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

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Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
a_pool		Name of container cloud application that constitutes a pool in a a-b pool configuration, if different from vs app.
ab_pool		A/b pool configuration.
ab_priority		Priority of this pool in a a-b pool pair. Internally used.
api_context (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	Default: 16.4.4	Avi API version of to use for Avi API and objects.
apic_epg_name		Synchronize cisco apic epg members with pool servers.
application_persistence_profile_ref		Persistence will ensure the same user sticks to the same server for a desired duration of time. It is a reference to an object of type applicationpersistenceprofile.
autoscale_launch_config_ref		If configured then avi will trigger orchestration of pool server creation and deletion. It is only supported for container clouds like mesos, opensift, kubernates, docker etc. It is a reference to an object of type autoscalelaunchconfig.
autoscale_networks		Network ids for the launch configuration.
autoscale_policy_ref		Reference to server autoscale policy. It is a reference to an object of type serverautoscalepolicy.
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 (added in 2.5)		Avi Credentials dictionary which can be used in lieu of enumerating Avi Controller login details.
capacity_estimation bool	Choices: no yes	Inline estimation of capacity of servers. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
capacity_estimation_ttfb_thresh		The maximum time-to-first-byte of a server. Allowed values are 1-5000. Special values are 0 - 'automatic'. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 0. Units(MILLISECONDS).
cloud_config_cksum		Checksum of cloud configuration for pool. Internally set by cloud connector.
cloud_ref		It is a reference to an object of type cloud.
connection_ramp_duration		Duration for which new connections will be gradually ramped up to a server recently brought online. Useful for lb algorithms that are least connection based. Allowed values are 1-300. Special values are 0 - 'immediate'. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 10. Units(MIN).
controller	Default:	IP address or hostname of the controller. The default value is the environment variable `AVI_CONTROLLER`.
created_by		Creator name.
default_server_port		Traffic sent to servers will use this destination server port unless overridden by the server's specific port attribute. The ssl checkbox enables avi to server encryption. Allowed values are 1-65535. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 80.
description		A description of the pool.
domain_name		Comma separated list of domain names which will be used to verify the common names or subject alternative names presented by server certificates. It is performed only when common name check host_check_enabled is enabled.
east_west bool	Choices: no yes	Inherited config from virtualservice.
enabled bool	Choices: no yes	Enable or disable the pool. Disabling will terminate all open connections and pause health monitors. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as True.
external_autoscale_groups		Names of external auto-scale groups for pool servers. Currently available only for aws and azure. Field introduced in 17.1.2.
fail_action		Enable an action - close connection, http redirect or local http response - when a pool failure happens. By default, a connection will be closed, in case the pool experiences a failure.
fewest_tasks_feedback_delay		Periodicity of feedback for fewest tasks server selection algorithm. Allowed values are 1-300. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 10. Units(SEC).
graceful_disable_timeout		Used to gracefully disable a server. Virtual service waits for the specified time before terminating the existing connections to the servers that are disabled. Allowed values are 1-7200. Special values are 0 - 'immediate', -1 - 'infinite'. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 1. Units(MIN).
gslb_sp_enabled bool (added in 2.5)	Choices: no yes	Indicates if the pool is a site-persistence pool. Field introduced in 17.2.1.
health_monitor_refs		Verify server health by applying one or more health monitors. Active monitors generate synthetic traffic from each service engine and mark a server up or down based on the response. The passive monitor listens only to client to server communication. It raises or lowers the ratio of traffic destined to a server based on successful responses. It is a reference to an object of type healthmonitor.
host_check_enabled bool	Choices: no yes	Enable common name check for server certificate. If enabled and no explicit domain name is specified, avi will use the incoming host header to do the match. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
inline_health_monitor bool	Choices: no yes	The passive monitor will monitor client to server connections and requests and adjust traffic load to servers based on successful responses. This may alter the expected behavior of the lb method, such as round robin. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as True.
ipaddrgroup_ref		Use list of servers from ip address group. It is a reference to an object of type ipaddrgroup.
lb_algorithm		The load balancing algorithm will pick a server within the pool's list of available servers. Enum options - LB_ALGORITHM_LEAST_CONNECTIONS, LB_ALGORITHM_ROUND_ROBIN, LB_ALGORITHM_FASTEST_RESPONSE, LB_ALGORITHM_CONSISTENT_HASH, LB_ALGORITHM_LEAST_LOAD, LB_ALGORITHM_FEWEST_SERVERS, LB_ALGORITHM_RANDOM, LB_ALGORITHM_FEWEST_TASKS, LB_ALGORITHM_NEAREST_SERVER, LB_ALGORITHM_CORE_AFFINITY. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as LB_ALGORITHM_LEAST_CONNECTIONS.
lb_algorithm_consistent_hash_hdr		Http header name to be used for the hash key.
lb_algorithm_core_nonaffinity (added in 2.4)		Degree of non-affinity for core afffinity based server selection. Allowed values are 1-65535. Field introduced in 17.1.3. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 2.
lb_algorithm_hash		Criteria used as a key for determining the hash between the client and server. Enum options - LB_ALGORITHM_CONSISTENT_HASH_SOURCE_IP_ADDRESS, LB_ALGORITHM_CONSISTENT_HASH_SOURCE_IP_ADDRESS_AND_PORT, LB_ALGORITHM_CONSISTENT_HASH_URI, LB_ALGORITHM_CONSISTENT_HASH_CUSTOM_HEADER, LB_ALGORITHM_CONSISTENT_HASH_CUSTOM_STRING. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as LB_ALGORITHM_CONSISTENT_HASH_SOURCE_IP_ADDRESS.
lookup_server_by_name bool (added in 2.5)	Choices: no yes	Allow server lookup by name. Field introduced in 17.1.11,17.2.4. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
max_concurrent_connections_per_server		The maximum number of concurrent connections allowed to each server within the pool. Note applied value will be no less than the number of service engines that the pool is placed on. If set to 0, no limit is applied. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 0.
max_conn_rate_per_server		Rate limit connections to each server.
name required		The name of the pool.
networks		(internal-use) networks designated as containing servers for this pool. The servers may be further narrowed down by a filter. This field is used internally by avi, not editable by the user.
nsx_securitygroup		A list of nsx service groups where the servers for the pool are created. Field introduced in 17.1.1.
password	Default:	Password of Avi user in Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable `AVI_PASSWORD`.
pki_profile_ref		Avi will validate the ssl certificate present by a server against the selected pki profile. It is a reference to an object of type pkiprofile.
placement_networks		Manually select the networks and subnets used to provide reachability to the pool's servers. Specify the subnet using the following syntax 10-1-1-0/24. Use static routes in vrf configuration when pool servers are not directly connected butroutable from the service engine.
prst_hdr_name		Header name for custom header persistence.
request_queue_depth		Minimum number of requests to be queued when pool is full. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 128.
request_queue_enabled bool	Choices: no yes	Enable request queue when pool is full. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
rewrite_host_header_to_server_name bool	Choices: no yes	Rewrite incoming host header to server name of the server to which the request is proxied. Enabling this feature rewrites host header for requests to all servers in the pool. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
rewrite_host_header_to_sni bool	Choices: no yes	If sni server name is specified, rewrite incoming host header to the sni server name. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
server_auto_scale bool	Choices: no yes	Server autoscale. Not used anymore. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
server_count		Number of server_count. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 0.
server_name		Fully qualified dns hostname which will be used in the tls sni extension in server connections if sni is enabled. If no value is specified, avi will use the incoming host header instead.
server_reselect		Server reselect configuration for http requests.
servers		The pool directs load balanced traffic to this list of destination servers. The servers can be configured by ip address, name, network or via ip address group.
sni_enabled bool	Choices: no yes	Enable tls sni for server connections. If disabled, avi will not send the sni extension as part of the handshake. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as True.
ssl_key_and_certificate_ref		Service engines will present a client ssl certificate to the server. It is a reference to an object of type sslkeyandcertificate.
ssl_profile_ref		When enabled, avi re-encrypts traffic to the backend servers. The specific ssl profile defines which ciphers and ssl versions will be supported. It is a reference to an object of type sslprofile.
state	Choices: absent present ←	The state that should be applied on the entity.
tenant	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	Default:	UUID of tenant used for all Avi API calls and context of object.
url		Avi controller URL of the object.
use_service_port bool	Choices: no yes	Do not translate the client's destination port when sending the connection to the server. The pool or servers specified service port will still be used for health monitoring. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
username	Default:	Username used for accessing Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable `AVI_USERNAME`.
uuid		Uuid of the pool.
vrf_ref		Virtual routing context that the pool is bound to. This is used to provide the isolation of the set of networks the pool is attached to. The pool inherits the virtual routing conext of the virtual service, and this field is used only internally, and is set by pb-transform. It is a reference to an object of type vrfcontext.

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 Pool with two servers and HTTP monitor
  avi_pool:
    controller: 10.10.1.20
    username: avi_user
    password: avi_password
    name: testpool1
    description: testpool1
    state: present
    health_monitor_refs:
        - '/api/healthmonitor?name=System-HTTP'
    servers:
        - ip:
            addr: 10.10.2.20
            type: V4
        - ip:
            addr: 10.10.2.21
            type: V4

- name: Patch pool with a single server using patch op and avi_credentials
  avi_pool:
    avi_api_update_method: patch
    avi_api_patch_op: delete
    avi_credentials: "{{avi_credentials}}"
    name: test-pool
    servers:
      - ip:
        addr: 10.90.64.13
        type: 'V4'
  register: pool
  when:
    - state | default("present") == "present"

Return Values ¶

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
obj dict	success, changed	Pool (api/pool) object

Status ¶

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

Maintenance ¶

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author ¶

Gaurav Rastogi (grastogi@avinetworks.com)

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