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rax_mon_entity - Create or delete a Rackspace Cloud Monitoring entity

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis

Create or delete a Rackspace Cloud Monitoring entity, which represents a device to monitor. Entities associate checks and alarms with a target system and provide a convenient, centralized place to store IP addresses. Rackspace monitoring module flow | rax_mon_entity -> rax_mon_check -> rax_mon_notification -> rax_mon_notification_plan -> rax_mon_alarm

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • python >= 2.6
  • pyrax

Options

parameter required default choices comments
agent_id
 no
Rackspace monitoring agent on the target device to which this entity is bound. Necessary to collect agent. rax_mon_checks against this entity.
api_key
 no
Rackspace API key, overrides credentials.
aliases: password
auth_endpoint
(added in 1.5)
 no https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/
The URI of the authentication service.
credentials
 no
File to find the Rackspace credentials in. Ignored if api_key and username are provided.
aliases: creds_file
env
(added in 1.5)
 no
identity_type
(added in 1.5)
 no rackspace
Authentication mechanism to use, such as rackspace or keystone.
label
 yes
Defines a name for this entity. Must be a non-empty string between 1 and 255 characters long.
metadata
 no
Hash of arbitrary name, value pairs that are passed to associated rax_mon_alarms. Names and values must all be between 1 and 255 characters long.
named_ip_addresses
 no
Hash of IP addresses that may be referenced by name by rax_mon_checks added to this entity. Must be a dictionary of with keys that are names between 1 and 64 characters long, and values that are valid IPv4 or IPv6 addresses.
region
 no DFW
Region to create an instance in.
state
 no
  • present
  • absent
Ensure that an entity with this name exists or does not exist.
tenant_id
(added in 1.5)
 no
The tenant ID used for authentication.
tenant_name
(added in 1.5)
 no
The tenant name used for authentication.
username
 no
Rackspace username, overrides credentials.
verify_ssl
(added in 1.5)
 no
Whether or not to require SSL validation of API endpoints.

Examples

- name: Entity example
  gather_facts: False
  hosts: local
  connection: local
  tasks:
  - name: Ensure an entity exists
    rax_mon_entity:
      credentials: ~/.rax_pub
      state: present
      label: my_entity
      named_ip_addresses:
        web_box: 192.0.2.4
        db_box: 192.0.2.5
      meta:
        hurf: durf
    register: the_entity

Notes

Note

The following environment variables can be used, RAX_USERNAME, RAX_API_KEY, RAX_CREDS_FILE, RAX_CREDENTIALS, RAX_REGION.

Note

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

Note

RAX_USERNAME and RAX_API_KEY obviate the use of a credentials file

Note

RAX_REGION defines a Rackspace Public Cloud region (DFW, ORD, LON, ...)

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.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/rax_mon_entity_module.html