vdirect_file - Uploads a new or updates an existing runnable file into Radware vDirect server¶

New in version 2.4.

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

Synopsis ¶

Uploads a new or updates an existing configuration template or workflow template into the Radware vDirect server. All parameters may be set as environment variables.

Requirements ¶

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

vdirect-client >= 4.1.1

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
file_name required		vDirect runnable file name to be uploaded. May be velocity configuration template (.vm) or workflow template zip file (.zip).
vdirect_http_port	Default: 2188	vDirect server HTTP port number, may be set as VDIRECT_HTTP_PORT environment variable.
vdirect_https_port	Default: 2189	vDirect server HTTPS port number, may be set as VDIRECT_HTTPS_PORT environment variable.
vdirect_ip required		Primary vDirect server IP address, may be set as VDIRECT_IP environment variable.
vdirect_password required		vDirect server password, may be set as VDIRECT_PASSWORD environment variable.
vdirect_secondary_ip		Secondary vDirect server IP address, may be set as VDIRECT_SECONDARY_IP environment variable.
vdirect_timeout	Default: 60	Amount of time to wait for async operation completion [seconds], may be set as VDIRECT_TIMEOUT environment variable.
vdirect_use_ssl bool	Choices: no yes ←	If `no`, an HTTP connection will be used instead of the default HTTPS connection, may be set as VDIRECT_HTTPS or VDIRECT_USE_SSL environment variable.
vdirect_user required		vDirect server username, may be set as VDIRECT_USER environment variable.
vdirect_validate_certs bool	Choices: no yes ←	If `no`, SSL certificates will not be validated, may be set as VDIRECT_VALIDATE_CERTS or VDIRECT_VERIFY environment variable. This should only set to `no` used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.
vdirect_wait bool	Choices: no yes ←	Wait for async operation to complete, may be set as VDIRECT_WAIT environment variable.

Notes ¶

Note

Requires the Radware vdirect-client Python package on the host. This is as easy as pip install vdirect-client

Examples ¶

- name: vdirect_file
  vdirect_file:
      vdirect_ip: 10.10.10.10
      vdirect_user: vDirect
      vdirect_password: radware
      file_name: /tmp/get_vlans.vm

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
result string	success	Message detailing upload result Sample: Workflow template created

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 ¶

Evgeny Fedoruk @ Radware LTD (@evgenyfedoruk)

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