avi_serviceenginegroup - Module for setup of ServiceEngineGroup Avi RESTful Object

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

Requirements

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

  • avisdk

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
active_standby
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Service engines in active/standby mode for ha failover.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
advertise_backend_networks
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Advertise reach-ability of backend server networks via adc through bgp for default gateway feature.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
aggressive_failure_detection
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Enable aggressive failover configuration for ha.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
algo
In compact placement, virtual services are placed on existing ses until max_vs_per_se limit is reached.
Enum options - PLACEMENT_ALGO_PACKED, PLACEMENT_ALGO_DISTRIBUTED.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as PLACEMENT_ALGO_PACKED.
allow_burst
bool

(added in 2.5)
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Allow ses to be created using burst license.
Field introduced in 17.2.5.
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.
archive_shm_limit
Amount of se memory in gb until which shared memory is collected in core archive.
Field introduced in 17.1.3.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 8.
Units(GB).
async_ssl
bool

(added in 2.4)
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Ssl handshakes will be handled by dedicated ssl threads.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
async_ssl_threads
(added in 2.4)
Number of async ssl threads per se_dp.
Allowed values are 1-16.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 1.
auto_rebalance
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
If set, virtual services will be automatically migrated when load on an se is less than minimum or more than maximum thresholds.
Only alerts are generated when the auto_rebalance is not set.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
auto_rebalance_capacity_per_se
(added in 2.5)
Capacities of se for auto rebalance for each criteria.
Field introduced in 17.2.4.
auto_rebalance_criteria
(added in 2.5)
Set of criteria for se auto rebalance.
Enum options - SE_AUTO_REBALANCE_CPU, SE_AUTO_REBALANCE_PPS, SE_AUTO_REBALANCE_MBPS, SE_AUTO_REBALANCE_OPEN_CONNS, SE_AUTO_REBALANCE_CPS.
Field introduced in 17.2.3.
auto_rebalance_interval
Frequency of rebalance, if 'auto rebalance' is enabled.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 300.
Units(SEC).
auto_redistribute_active_standby_load
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Redistribution of virtual services from the takeover se to the replacement se can cause momentary traffic loss.
If the auto-redistribute load option is left in its default off state, any desired rebalancing requires calls to rest api.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
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.
buffer_se
Excess service engine capacity provisioned for ha failover.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 1.
cloud_ref
It is a reference to an object of type cloud.
connection_memory_percentage
Percentage of memory for connection state.
This will come at the expense of memory used for http in-memory cache.
Allowed values are 10-90.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 50.
Units(PERCENT).
controller Default:
IP address or hostname of the controller. The default value is the environment variable AVI_CONTROLLER.
cpu_reserve
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Boolean flag to set cpu_reserve.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
cpu_socket_affinity
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Allocate all the cpu cores for the service engine virtual machines on the same cpu socket.
Applicable only for vcenter cloud.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
custom_securitygroups_data
Custom security groups to be associated with data vnics for se instances in openstack and aws clouds.
Field introduced in 17.1.3.
custom_securitygroups_mgmt
Custom security groups to be associated with management vnic for se instances in openstack and aws clouds.
Field introduced in 17.1.3.
custom_tag
Custom tag will be used to create the tags for se instance in aws.
Note this is not the same as the prefix for se name.
dedicated_dispatcher_core
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Dedicate the core that handles packet receive/transmit from the network to just the dispatching function.
Don't use it for tcp/ip and ssl functions.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
description
User defined description for the object.
disable_csum_offloads
bool

(added in 2.5)
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Stop using tcp/udp and ip checksum offload features of nics.
Field introduced in 17.1.14, 17.2.5.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
disable_gro
bool

(added in 2.5)
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Disable generic receive offload (gro) in dpdk poll-mode driver packet receive path.
Gro is on by default on nics that do not support lro (large receive offload) or do not gain performance boost from lro.
Field introduced in 17.2.5.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as True.
disable_tso
bool

(added in 2.5)
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Disable tcp segmentation offload (tso) in dpdk poll-mode driver packet transmit path.
Tso is on by default on nics that support it.
Field introduced in 17.2.5.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as True.
disk_per_se
Amount of disk space for each of the service engine virtual machines.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 10.
Units(GB).
distribute_load_active_standby
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Use both the active and standby service engines for virtual service placement in the legacy active standby ha mode.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
enable_hsm_priming
bool

(added in 2.6)
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
(this is a beta feature).
Enable hsm key priming.
If enabled, key handles on the hsm will be synced to se before processing client connections.
Field introduced in 17.2.7.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
enable_routing
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Enable routing for this serviceenginegroup .
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
enable_vip_on_all_interfaces
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Enable vip on all interfaces of se.
Field introduced in 17.1.1.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as True.
enable_vmac
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Use virtual mac address for interfaces on which floating interface ips are placed.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
extra_config_multiplier
Multiplier for extra config to support large vs/pool config.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 0.0.
extra_shared_config_memory
Extra config memory to support large geo db configuration.
Field introduced in 17.1.1.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 0.
Units(MB).
floating_intf_ip
If serviceenginegroup is configured for legacy 1+1 active standby ha mode, floating ip's will be advertised only by the active se in the pair.
Virtual services in this group must be disabled/enabled for any changes to the floating ip's to take effect.
Only active se hosting vs tagged with active standby se 1 tag will advertise this floating ip when manual load distribution is enabled.
floating_intf_ip_se_2
If serviceenginegroup is configured for legacy 1+1 active standby ha mode, floating ip's will be advertised only by the active se in the pair.
Virtual services in this group must be disabled/enabled for any changes to the floating ip's to take effect.
Only active se hosting vs tagged with active standby se 2 tag will advertise this floating ip when manual load distribution is enabled.
flow_table_new_syn_max_entries
(added in 2.5)
Maximum number of flow table entries that have not completed tcp three-way handshake yet.
Field introduced in 17.2.5.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 0.
ha_mode
High availability mode for all the virtual services using this service engine group.
Enum options - HA_MODE_SHARED_PAIR, HA_MODE_SHARED, HA_MODE_LEGACY_ACTIVE_STANDBY.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as HA_MODE_SHARED.
hardwaresecuritymodulegroup_ref
It is a reference to an object of type hardwaresecuritymodulegroup.
hm_on_standby
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Enable active health monitoring from the standby se for all placed virtual services.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as True.
host_attribute_key
Key of a (key, value) pair identifying a label for a set of nodes usually in container clouds.
Needs to be specified together with host_attribute_value.
Ses can be configured differently including ha modes across different se groups.
May also be used for isolation between different classes of virtualservices.
Virtualservices' se group may be specified via annotations/labels.
A openshift/kubernetes namespace maybe annotated with a matching se group label as openshift.io/node-selector apptype=prod.
When multiple se groups are used in a cloud with host attributes specified,just a single se group can exist as a match-all se group without a
host_attribute_key.
host_attribute_value
Value of a (key, value) pair identifying a label for a set of nodes usually in container clouds.
Needs to be specified together with host_attribute_key.
host_gateway_monitor
bool

(added in 2.5)
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Enable the host gateway monitor when service engine is deployed as docker container.
Disabled by default.
Field introduced in 17.2.4.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
hypervisor
Override default hypervisor.
Enum options - DEFAULT, VMWARE_ESX, KVM, VMWARE_VSAN, XEN.
ignore_rtt_threshold
(added in 2.5)
Ignore rtt samples if it is above threshold.
Field introduced in 17.1.6,17.2.2.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 5000.
Units(MILLISECONDS).
ingress_access_data
(added in 2.5)
Program se security group ingress rules to allow vip data access from remote cidr type.
Enum options - SG_INGRESS_ACCESS_NONE, SG_INGRESS_ACCESS_ALL, SG_INGRESS_ACCESS_VPC.
Field introduced in 17.1.5.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as SG_INGRESS_ACCESS_ALL.
ingress_access_mgmt
(added in 2.5)
Program se security group ingress rules to allow ssh/icmp management access from remote cidr type.
Enum options - SG_INGRESS_ACCESS_NONE, SG_INGRESS_ACCESS_ALL, SG_INGRESS_ACCESS_VPC.
Field introduced in 17.1.5.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as SG_INGRESS_ACCESS_ALL.
instance_flavor
Instance/flavor type for se instance.
iptables
Iptable rules.
least_load_core_selection
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Select core with least load for new flow.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as True.
license_tier
(added in 2.5)
Specifies the license tier which would be used.
This field by default inherits the value from cloud.
Enum options - ENTERPRISE_16, ENTERPRISE_18.
Field introduced in 17.2.5.
license_type
(added in 2.5)
If no license type is specified then default license enforcement for the cloud type is chosen.
Enum options - LIC_BACKEND_SERVERS, LIC_SOCKETS, LIC_CORES, LIC_HOSTS, LIC_SE_BANDWIDTH.
Field introduced in 17.2.5.
log_disksz
Maximum disk capacity (in mb) to be allocated to an se.
This is exclusively used for debug and log data.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 10000.
Units(MB).
max_cpu_usage
When cpu usage on an se exceeds this threshold, virtual services hosted on this se may be rebalanced to other ses to reduce load.
A new se may be created as part of this process.
Allowed values are 40-90.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 80.
Units(PERCENT).
max_scaleout_per_vs
Maximum number of active service engines for the virtual service.
Allowed values are 1-64.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 4.
max_se
Maximum number of services engines in this group.
Allowed values are 0-1000.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 10.
max_vs_per_se
Maximum number of virtual services that can be placed on a single service engine.
East west virtual services are excluded from this limit.
Allowed values are 1-1000.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 10.
mem_reserve
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Boolean flag to set mem_reserve.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as True.
memory_per_se
Amount of memory for each of the service engine virtual machines.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 2048.
mgmt_network_ref
Management network to use for avi service engines.
It is a reference to an object of type network.
mgmt_subnet
Management subnet to use for avi service engines.
min_cpu_usage
When cpu usage on an se falls below the minimum threshold, virtual services hosted on the se may be consolidated onto other underutilized ses.
After consolidation, unused service engines may then be eligible for deletion.
Allowed values are 20-60.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 30.
Units(PERCENT).
min_scaleout_per_vs
Minimum number of active service engines for the virtual service.
Allowed values are 1-64.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 1.
name
required
Name of the object.
non_significant_log_throttle
This setting limits the number of non-significant logs generated per second per core on this se.
Default is 100 logs per second.
Set it to zero (0) to disable throttling.
Field introduced in 17.1.3.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 100.
Units(PER_SECOND).
num_flow_cores_sum_changes_to_ignore
Number of changes in num flow cores sum to ignore.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 8.
openstack_availability_zone
Field deprecated in 17.1.1.
openstack_availability_zones
Field introduced in 17.1.1.
openstack_mgmt_network_name
Avi management network name.
openstack_mgmt_network_uuid
Management network uuid.
os_reserved_memory
Amount of extra memory to be reserved for use by the operating system on a service engine.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 0.
password Default:
Password of Avi user in Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable AVI_PASSWORD.
per_app
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Per-app se mode is designed for deploying dedicated load balancers per app (vs).
In this mode, each se is limited to a max of 2 vss.
Vcpus in per-app ses count towards licensing usage at 25% rate.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
placement_mode
If placement mode is 'auto', virtual services are automatically placed on service engines.
Enum options - PLACEMENT_MODE_AUTO.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as PLACEMENT_MODE_AUTO.
realtime_se_metrics
Enable or disable real time se metrics.
se_bandwidth_type
(added in 2.5)
Select the se bandwidth for the bandwidth license.
Enum options - SE_BANDWIDTH_UNLIMITED, SE_BANDWIDTH_25M, SE_BANDWIDTH_200M, SE_BANDWIDTH_1000M, SE_BANDWIDTH_10000M.
Field introduced in 17.2.5.
se_deprovision_delay
Duration to preserve unused service engine virtual machines before deleting them.
If traffic to a virtual service were to spike up abruptly, this se would still be available to be utilized again rather than creating a new se.
If this value is set to 0, controller will never delete any ses and administrator has to manually cleanup unused ses.
Allowed values are 0-525600.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 120.
Units(MIN).
se_dos_profile
Dosthresholdprofile settings for serviceenginegroup.
se_ipc_udp_port
(added in 2.4)
Udp port for se_dp ipc in docker bridge mode.
Field introduced in 17.1.2.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 1500.
se_name_prefix
Prefix to use for virtual machine name of service engines.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as Avi.
se_probe_port
(added in 2.5)
Tcp port on se where echo service will be run.
Field introduced in 17.2.2.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 7.
se_remote_punt_udp_port
(added in 2.4)
Udp port for punted packets in docker bridge mode.
Field introduced in 17.1.2.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 1501.
se_sb_dedicated_core
bool

(added in 2.5)
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Sideband traffic will be handled by a dedicated core.
Field introduced in 16.5.2, 17.1.9, 17.2.3.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
se_sb_threads
(added in 2.5)
Number of sideband threads per se.
Allowed values are 1-128.
Field introduced in 16.5.2, 17.1.9, 17.2.3.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 1.
se_thread_multiplier
Multiplier for se threads based on vcpu.
Allowed values are 1-10.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 1.
se_tunnel_mode
Determines if dsr from secondary se is active or not 0 automatically determine based on hypervisor type.
1 disable dsr unconditionally.
~[0,1] enable dsr unconditionally.
Field introduced in 17.1.1.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 0.
se_tunnel_udp_port
Udp port for tunneled packets from secondary to primary se in docker bridge mode.
Field introduced in 17.1.3.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 1550.
se_udp_encap_ipc
(added in 2.4)
Determines if se-se ipc messages are encapsulated in an udp header 0 automatically determine based on hypervisor type.
1 use udp encap unconditionally.
~[0,1] don't use udp encap.
Field introduced in 17.1.2.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 0.
se_vs_hb_max_pkts_in_batch
Maximum number of aggregated vs heartbeat packets to send in a batch.
Allowed values are 1-256.
Field introduced in 17.1.1.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 8.
se_vs_hb_max_vs_in_pkt
Maximum number of virtualservices for which heartbeat messages are aggregated in one packet.
Allowed values are 1-1024.
Field introduced in 17.1.1.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 256.
service_ip_subnets
Subnets assigned to the se group.
Required for vs group placement.
Field introduced in 17.1.1.
significant_log_throttle
This setting limits the number of significant logs generated per second per core on this se.
Default is 100 logs per second.
Set it to zero (0) to disable throttling.
Field introduced in 17.1.3.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 100.
Units(PER_SECOND).
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.
udf_log_throttle
This setting limits the number of udf logs generated per second per core on this se.
Udf logs are generated due to the configured client log filters or the rules with logging enabled.
Default is 100 logs per second.
Set it to zero (0) to disable throttling.
Field introduced in 17.1.3.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 100.
Units(PER_SECOND).
url
Avi controller URL of the object.
username Default:
Username used for accessing Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable AVI_USERNAME.
uuid
Unique object identifier of the object.
vcenter_clusters
Vcenterclusters settings for serviceenginegroup.
vcenter_datastore_mode
Enum options - vcenter_datastore_any, vcenter_datastore_local, vcenter_datastore_shared.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as VCENTER_DATASTORE_ANY.
vcenter_datastores
List of vcenterdatastore.
vcenter_datastores_include
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Boolean flag to set vcenter_datastores_include.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.
vcenter_folder
Folder to place all the service engine virtual machines in vcenter.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as AviSeFolder.
vcenter_hosts
Vcenterhosts settings for serviceenginegroup.
vcpus_per_se
Number of vcpus for each of the service engine virtual machines.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 1.
vs_host_redundancy
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Ensure primary and secondary service engines are deployed on different physical hosts.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as True.
vs_scalein_timeout
Time to wait for the scaled in se to drain existing flows before marking the scalein done.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 30.
Units(SEC).
vs_scalein_timeout_for_upgrade
During se upgrade, time to wait for the scaled-in se to drain existing flows before marking the scalein done.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 30.
Units(SEC).
vs_scaleout_timeout
Time to wait for the scaled out se to become ready before marking the scaleout done.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 30.
Units(SEC).
vss_placement
(added in 2.5)
If set, virtual services will be placed on only a subset of the cores of an se.
Field introduced in 17.2.5.
waf_mempool
bool

(added in 2.5)
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Enable memory pool for waf.
Field introduced in 17.2.3.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as True.
waf_mempool_size
(added in 2.5)
Memory pool size used for waf.
Field introduced in 17.2.3.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 64.
Units(KB).

Notes

Note

Examples

- name: Example to create ServiceEngineGroup object
  avi_serviceenginegroup:
    controller: 10.10.25.42
    username: admin
    password: something
    state: present
    name: sample_serviceenginegroup

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
obj
dict
 success, changed
ServiceEngineGroup (api/serviceenginegroup) object


Status

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

Maintenance

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