clc_alert_policy - Create or Delete Alert Policies at CenturyLink Cloud.

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis

Requirements

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

  • python = 2.7
  • requests >= 2.5.0
  • clc-sdk

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
alert_recipients
A list of recipient email ids to notify the alert. This is required for state 'present'
alias
required
The alias of your CLC Account
duration
The length of time in minutes that the condition must exceed the threshold. This is required for state 'present'
id
The alert policy id. This is mutually exclusive with name
metric
    Choices:
  • cpu
  • memory
  • disk
The metric on which to measure the condition that will trigger the alert. This is required for state 'present'
name
The name of the alert policy. This is mutually exclusive with id
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Whether to create or delete the policy.
threshold
The threshold that will trigger the alert when the metric equals or exceeds it. This is required for state 'present' This number represents a percentage and must be a value between 5.0 - 95.0 that is a multiple of 5.0

Notes

Note

  • To use this module, it is required to set the below environment variables which enables access to the Centurylink Cloud - CLC_V2_API_USERNAME, the account login id for the centurylink cloud - CLC_V2_API_PASSWORD, the account password for the centurylink cloud
  • Alternatively, the module accepts the API token and account alias. The API token can be generated using the CLC account login and password via the HTTP api call @ https://api.ctl.io/v2/authentication/login - CLC_V2_API_TOKEN, the API token generated from https://api.ctl.io/v2/authentication/login - CLC_ACCT_ALIAS, the account alias associated with the centurylink cloud
  • Users can set CLC_V2_API_URL to specify an endpoint for pointing to a different CLC environment.

Examples

# Note - You must set the CLC_V2_API_USERNAME And CLC_V2_API_PASSWD Environment variables before running these examples

---
- name: Create Alert Policy Example
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: False
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Create an Alert Policy for disk above 80% for 5 minutes
      clc_alert_policy:
        alias: wfad
        name: 'alert for disk > 80%'
        alert_recipients:
            - [email protected]
            - [email protected]
        metric: 'disk'
        duration: '00:05:00'
        threshold: 80
        state: present
      register: policy

    - name: debug
      debug: var=policy

---
- name: Delete Alert Policy Example
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: False
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Delete an Alert Policy
      clc_alert_policy:
        alias: wfad
        name: 'alert for disk > 80%'
        state: absent
      register: policy

    - name: debug
      debug: var=policy

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
policy
dict
 success
The alert policy information

Sample:
{'name': 'test_alert', 'actions': [{'action': 'email', 'settings': {'recipients': ['[email protected]', '[email protected]']}}], 'id': 'ba54ac54a60d4a4f1ed6d48c1ce240a7', 'links': [{'href': '/v2/alertPolicies/alias/ba54ac54a60d4a4fb1d6d48c1ce240a7', 'verbs': ['GET', 'DELETE', 'PUT'], 'rel': 'self'}], 'triggers': [{'duration': '00:05:00', 'threshold': 80.0, 'metric': 'disk'}]}


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

  • CLC Runner (@clc-runner)

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