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a10_server - Manage A10 Networks AX/SoftAX/Thunder/vThunder devices

New in version 1.8.

Synopsis

Manage slb server objects on A10 Networks devices via aXAPI

Options

parameter required default choices comments
host
 yes
Hostname or IP of the A10 Networks device.
password
 yes
Password for the username account.
aliases: pass, pwd
server_ip
 no
SLB server IP address.
aliases: ip, address
server_name
 yes
SLB server name.
aliases: server
server_ports
 no
A list of ports to create for the server. Each list item should be a dictionary which specifies the port: and protocol:, but can also optionally specify the status:. See the examples below for details. This parameter is required when state is present.
server_status
 no enabled
  • enabled
  • disabled
SLB virtual server status.
aliases: status
state
 no present
  • present
  • absent
Create, update or remove slb server.
username
 yes
An account with administrator privileges.
aliases: user, admin
validate_certs
(added in 2.2)
 no yes
  • yes
  • no
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled devices using self-signed certificates.
write_config
(added in 2.2)
 no no
  • yes
  • no
If yes, any changes will cause a write of the running configuration to non-volatile memory. This will save all configuration changes, including those that may have been made manually or through other modules, so care should be taken when specifying yes.

Examples

# Create a new server
- a10_server:
    host: a10.mydomain.com
    username: myadmin
    password: mypassword
    server: test
    server_ip: 1.1.1.100
    server_ports:
      - port_num: 8080
        protocol: tcp
      - port_num: 8443
        protocol: TCP

Notes

Note

Requires A10 Networks aXAPI 2.1

This is an Extras Module

For more information on what this means please read Extras Modules

For help in developing on modules, should you be so inclined, please read Community Information & Contributing, developing_test_pr and Developing Modules.

© 2012–2016 Michael DeHaan
© 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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