netscaler_cs_policy – Manage content switching policy

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netscaler_cs_policy – Manage content switching policy

New in version 2.4.


Synopsis

  • Manage content switching policy.
  • This module is intended to run either on the ansible control node or a bastion (jumpserver) with access to the actual netscaler instance.

Requirements

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

  • nitro python sdk

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

action

-

Content switching action that names the target load balancing virtual server to which the traffic is switched.

domain

-

The domain name. The string value can range to 63 characters.

Minimum length = 1

nitro_pass

- / required

The password with which to authenticate to the netscaler node.

nitro_protocol

-

  • http

  • https

Which protocol to use when accessing the nitro API objects.

nitro_timeout

-

Default:

310

Time in seconds until a timeout error is thrown when establishing a new session with Netscaler

nitro_user

- / required

The username with which to authenticate to the netscaler node.

nsip

- / required

The ip address of the netscaler appliance where the nitro API calls will be made.

The port can be specified with the colon (:). E.g. 192.168.1.1:555.

policyname

-

Name for the content switching policy. Must begin with an ASCII alphanumeric or underscore _ character, and must contain only ASCII alphanumeric, underscore, hash #, period ., space , colon :, at sign @, equal sign =, and hyphen - characters. Cannot be changed after a policy is created.

The following requirement applies only to the NetScaler CLI:

If the name includes one or more spaces, enclose the name in double or single quotation marks (for example, my policy or my policy).

Minimum length = 1

rule

-

Expression, or name of a named expression, against which traffic is evaluated. Written in the classic or default syntax.

Note:

Maximum length of a string literal in the expression is 255 characters. A longer string can be split into smaller strings of up to 255 characters each, and the smaller strings concatenated with the + operator. For example, you can create a 500-character string as follows: '"" + ""'

save_config

boolean

  • no
  • yes

If true the module will save the configuration on the netscaler node if it makes any changes.

The module will not save the configuration on the netscaler node if it made no changes.

state

-

  • present

  • absent

The state of the resource being configured by the module on the netscaler node.

When present the resource will be created if needed and configured according to the module's parameters.

When absent the resource will be deleted from the netscaler node.

url

-

URL string that is matched with the URL of a request. Can contain a wildcard character. Specify the string value in the following format: [[prefix] [*]] [.suffix].

Minimum length = 1

Maximum length = 208

validate_certs

-

Default:

"yes"

If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.



Notes

Note


Examples

- name: Create url cs policy
  delegate_to: localhost
  netscaler_cs_policy:
    nsip: 172.18.0.2
    nitro_user: nsroot
    nitro_pass: nsroot
    validate_certs: no

    state: present

    policyname: policy_1
    url: /example/

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description

diff

dictionary

failure

List of differences between the actual configured object and the configuration specified in the module


Sample:

{'url': 'difference. ours: (str) example1 other: (str) /example1'}

loglines

list

always

list of logged messages by the module


Sample:

['message 1', 'message 2']

msg

string

failure

Message detailing the failure reason


Sample:

Could not load nitro python sdk




Status

Authors

  • George Nikolopoulos (@giorgos-nikolopoulos)

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