avi_cloud – Module for setup of Cloud Avi RESTful Object

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avi_cloud – Module for setup of Cloud Avi RESTful Object

New in version 2.4.


Synopsis

Requirements

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

  • avisdk

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

api_context

dictionary

added in 2.5

Avi API context that includes current session ID and CSRF Token.

This allows user to perform single login and re-use the session.

api_version

string

Default:

"16.4.4"

Avi API version of to use for Avi API and objects.

apic_configuration

-

Apicconfiguration settings for cloud.

apic_mode

boolean

  • no
  • yes

Boolean flag to set apic_mode.

Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.

avi_api_patch_op

-

added in 2.5

  • add
  • replace
  • delete

Patch operation to use when using avi_api_update_method as patch.

avi_api_update_method

-

added in 2.5

  • put

  • patch

Default method for object update is HTTP PUT.

Setting to patch will override that behavior to use HTTP PATCH.

avi_credentials

dictionary

added in 2.5

Avi Credentials dictionary which can be used in lieu of enumerating Avi Controller login details.

aws_configuration

-

Awsconfiguration settings for cloud.

azure_configuration

-

added in 2.5

Field introduced in 17.2.1.

cloudstack_configuration

-

Cloudstackconfiguration settings for cloud.

controller

string

Default:

""

IP address or hostname of the controller. The default value is the environment variable AVI_CONTROLLER.

custom_tags

-

added in 2.5

Custom tags for all avi created resources in the cloud infrastructure.

Field introduced in 17.1.5.

dhcp_enabled

boolean

  • no
  • yes

Select the ip address management scheme.

Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.

dns_provider_ref

-

Dns profile for the cloud.

It is a reference to an object of type ipamdnsproviderprofile.

docker_configuration

-

Dockerconfiguration settings for cloud.

east_west_dns_provider_ref

-

Dns profile for east-west services.

It is a reference to an object of type ipamdnsproviderprofile.

east_west_ipam_provider_ref

-

Ipam profile for east-west services.

Warning - please use virtual subnets in this ipam profile that do not conflict with the underlay networks or any overlay networks in the cluster.

For example in aws and gcp, 169.254.0.0/16 is used for storing instance metadata.

Hence, it should not be used in this profile.

It is a reference to an object of type ipamdnsproviderprofile.

enable_vip_static_routes

boolean

  • no
  • yes

Use static routes for vip side network resolution during virtualservice placement.

Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.

ipam_provider_ref

-

Ipam profile for the cloud.

It is a reference to an object of type ipamdnsproviderprofile.

license_tier

-

added in 2.5

Specifies the default license tier which would be used by new se groups.

This field by default inherits the value from system configuration.

Enum options - ENTERPRISE_16, ENTERPRISE_18.

Field introduced in 17.2.5.

license_type

-

If no license type is specified then default license enforcement for the cloud type is chosen.

The default mappings are container cloud is max ses, openstack and vmware is cores and linux it is sockets.

Enum options - LIC_BACKEND_SERVERS, LIC_SOCKETS, LIC_CORES, LIC_HOSTS, LIC_SE_BANDWIDTH.

linuxserver_configuration

-

Linuxserverconfiguration settings for cloud.

mesos_configuration

-

Mesosconfiguration settings for cloud.

mtu

-

Mtu setting for the cloud.

Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 1500.

Units(BYTES).

name

- / required

Name of the object.

nsx_configuration

-

Configuration parameters for nsx manager.

Field introduced in 17.1.1.

obj_name_prefix

-

Default prefix for all automatically created objects in this cloud.

This prefix can be overridden by the se-group template.

openstack_configuration

-

Openstackconfiguration settings for cloud.

oshiftk8s_configuration

-

Oshiftk8sconfiguration settings for cloud.

password

string

Default:

""

Password of Avi user in Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable AVI_PASSWORD.

prefer_static_routes

boolean

  • no
  • yes

Prefer static routes over interface routes during virtualservice placement.

Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.

proxy_configuration

-

Proxyconfiguration settings for cloud.

rancher_configuration

-

Rancherconfiguration settings for cloud.

state

-

  • absent
  • present

The state that should be applied on the entity.

state_based_dns_registration

boolean

added in 2.5

  • no
  • yes

Dns records for vips are added/deleted based on the operational state of the vips.

Field introduced in 17.1.12.

Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as True.

tenant

string

Default:

"admin"

Name of tenant used for all Avi API calls and context of object.

tenant_ref

-

It is a reference to an object of type tenant.

tenant_uuid

string

Default:

""

UUID of tenant used for all Avi API calls and context of object.

url

-

Avi controller URL of the object.

username

string

Default:

""

Username used for accessing Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable AVI_USERNAME.

uuid

-

Unique object identifier of the object.

vca_configuration

-

Vcloudairconfiguration settings for cloud.

vcenter_configuration

-

Vcenterconfiguration settings for cloud.

vtype

- / required

Cloud type.

Enum options - CLOUD_NONE, CLOUD_VCENTER, CLOUD_OPENSTACK, CLOUD_AWS, CLOUD_VCA, CLOUD_APIC, CLOUD_MESOS, CLOUD_LINUXSERVER, CLOUD_DOCKER_UCP,

CLOUD_RANCHER, CLOUD_OSHIFT_K8S, CLOUD_AZURE.

Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as CLOUD_NONE.



Notes

Note


Examples

- name: Create a VMWare cloud with write access mode
  avi_cloud:
    username: '{{ username }}'
    controller: '{{ controller }}'
    password: '{{ password }}'
    apic_mode: false
    dhcp_enabled: true
    enable_vip_static_routes: false
    license_type: LIC_CORES
    mtu: 1500
    name: VCenter Cloud
    prefer_static_routes: false
    tenant_ref: admin
    vcenter_configuration:
      datacenter_ref: /api/vimgrdcruntime/datacenter-2-10.10.20.100
      management_network: /api/vimgrnwruntime/dvportgroup-103-10.10.20.100
      password: password
      privilege: WRITE_ACCESS
      username: user
      vcenter_url: 10.10.20.100
    vtype: CLOUD_VCENTER

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description

obj

dictionary

success, changed

Cloud (api/cloud) object





Status

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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