rax_mon_check - Create or delete a Rackspace Cloud Monitoring check for an existing entity.¶

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis
- Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Status
Maintenance
- Author

Synopsis ¶

Create or delete a Rackspace Cloud Monitoring check associated with an existing rax_mon_entity. A check is a specific test or measurement that is performed, possibly from different monitoring zones, on the systems you monitor. Rackspace monitoring module flow | rax_mon_entity -> rax_mon_check -> rax_mon_notification -> rax_mon_notification_plan -> rax_mon_alarm

Requirements ¶

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

python >= 2.6
pyrax

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
api_key		Rackspace API key, overrides credentials. aliases: password
auth_endpoint (added in 1.5)	Default: https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/	The URI of the authentication service.
check_type required	Choices: remote.dns remote.ftp-banner remote.http remote.imap-banner remote.mssql-banner remote.mysql-banner remote.ping remote.pop3-banner remote.postgresql-banner remote.smtp-banner remote.smtp remote.ssh remote.tcp remote.telnet-banner agent.filesystem agent.memory agent.load_average agent.cpu agent.disk agent.network agent.plugin	The type of check to create. `remote.` checks may be created on any rax_mon_entity. `agent.` checks may only be created on rax_mon_entities that have a non-null `agent_id`.
credentials		File to find the Rackspace credentials in. Ignored if api_key and username are provided. aliases: creds_file
details		Additional details specific to the check type. Must be a hash of strings between 1 and 255 characters long, or an array or object containing 0 to 256 items.
disabled bool	Choices: no yes	If "yes", ensure the check is created, but don't actually use it yet.
entity_id required		ID of the rax_mon_entity to target with this check.
env (added in 1.5)		Environment as configured in ~/.pyrax.cfg, see https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#pyrax-configuration.
identity_type (added in 1.5)	Default: rackspace	Authentication mechanism to use, such as rackspace or keystone.
label required		Defines a label for this check, between 1 and 64 characters long.
metadata		Hash of arbitrary key-value pairs to accompany this check if it fires. Keys and values must be strings between 1 and 255 characters long.
monitoring_zones_poll		Comma-separated list of the names of the monitoring zones the check should run from. Available monitoring zones include mzdfw, mzhkg, mziad, mzlon, mzord and mzsyd. Required for remote.* checks; prohibited for agent.* checks.
period		The number of seconds between each time the check is performed. Must be greater than the minimum period set on your account.
region	Default: DFW	Region to create an instance in.
state	Choices: present absent	Ensure that a check with this `label` exists or does not exist.
target_alias		One of `target_alias` and `target_hostname` is required for remote.* checks, but prohibited for agent.* checks. Use the corresponding key in the entity's `ip_addresses` hash to resolve an IP address to target.
target_hostname		One of `target_hostname` and `target_alias` is required for remote.* checks, but prohibited for agent.* checks. The hostname this check should target. Must be a valid IPv4, IPv6, or FQDN.
tenant_id (added in 1.5)		The tenant ID used for authentication.
tenant_name (added in 1.5)		The tenant name used for authentication.
timeout		The number of seconds this check will wait when attempting to collect results. Must be less than the period.
username		Rackspace username, overrides credentials.
verify_ssl (added in 1.5)		Whether or not to require SSL validation of API endpoints.

Notes ¶

Note

The following environment variables can be used, RAX_USERNAME, RAX_API_KEY, RAX_CREDS_FILE, RAX_CREDENTIALS, RAX_REGION.
RAX_CREDENTIALS and RAX_CREDS_FILE points to a credentials file appropriate for pyrax. See https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#authenticating
RAX_USERNAME and RAX_API_KEY obviate the use of a credentials file
RAX_REGION defines a Rackspace Public Cloud region (DFW, ORD, LON, ...)

Examples ¶

- name: Create a monitoring check
  gather_facts: False
  hosts: local
  connection: local
  tasks:
  - name: Associate a check with an existing entity.
    rax_mon_check:
      credentials: ~/.rax_pub
      state: present
      entity_id: "{{ the_entity['entity']['id'] }}"
      label: the_check
      check_type: remote.ping
      monitoring_zones_poll: mziad,mzord,mzdfw
      details:
        count: 10
      meta:
        hurf: durf
    register: the_check

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 ¶

Ash Wilson (@smashwilson)

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