rax_mon_notification_plan - Create or delete a Rackspace Cloud Monitoring notification plan.¶

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis
- Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Status
Maintenance
- Author

Synopsis ¶

Create or delete a Rackspace Cloud Monitoring notification plan by associating existing rax_mon_notifications with severity levels. 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.
credentials		File to find the Rackspace credentials in. Ignored if api_key and username are provided. aliases: creds_file
critical_state		Notification list to use when the alarm state is CRITICAL. Must be an array of valid rax_mon_notification ids.
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 friendly name for this notification plan. String between 1 and 255 characters long.
ok_state		Notification list to use when the alarm state is OK. Must be an array of valid rax_mon_notification ids.
region	Default: DFW	Region to create an instance in.
state	Choices: present absent	Ensure that the notification plan with this `label` exists or does not exist.
tenant_id (added in 1.5)		The tenant ID used for authentication.
tenant_name (added in 1.5)		The tenant name used for authentication.
username		Rackspace username, overrides credentials.
verify_ssl (added in 1.5)		Whether or not to require SSL validation of API endpoints.
warning_state		Notification list to use when the alarm state is WARNING. Must be an array of valid rax_mon_notification ids.

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: Example notification plan
  gather_facts: False
  hosts: local
  connection: local
  tasks:
  - name: Establish who gets called when.
    rax_mon_notification_plan:
      credentials: ~/.rax_pub
      state: present
      label: defcon1
      critical_state:
      - "{{ everyone['notification']['id'] }}"
      warning_state:
      - "{{ opsfloor['notification']['id'] }}"
    register: defcon1

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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