ansible / ansible.builtin / v2.3.3.0-1 / module / consul_session manipulate consul sessions | "added in version" 2.0 of ansible.builtin" Authors: Steve Gargan @sgargan preview | supported by communityansible.builtin.consul_session (v2.3.3.0-1) — module
pip
Install with pip install ansible==2.3.3.0.post1
allows the addition, modification and deletion of sessions in a consul cluster. These sessions can then be used in conjunction with key value pairs to implement distributed locks. In depth documentation for working with sessions can be found here http://www.consul.io/docs/internals/sessions.html
- name: register basic session with consul consul_session: name: session1
- name: register a session with an existing check consul_session: name: session_with_check checks: - existing_check_name
- name: register a session with lock_delay consul_session: name: session_with_delay delay: 20s
- name: retrieve info about session by id consul_session: id=session_id state=info
- name: retrieve active sessions consul_session: state=list
host: default: localhost description: - host of the consul agent defaults to localhost required: false name: default: None description: - the name that should be associated with the session. This is opaque to Consul and not required. required: false node: default: None description: - the name of the node that with which the session will be associated. by default this is the name of the agent. required: false port: default: 8500 description: - the port on which the consul agent is running required: false delay: default: 15 description: - the optional lock delay that can be attached to the session when it is created. Locks for invalidated sessions ar blocked from being acquired until this delay has expired. Durations are in seconds required: false state: choices: - present - absent - info - node - list default: present description: - whether the session should be present i.e. created if it doesn't exist, or absent, removed if present. If created, the ID for the session is returned in the output. If absent, the name or ID is required to remove the session. Info for a single session, all the sessions for a node or all available sessions can be retrieved by specifying info, node or list for the state; for node or info, the node name or session id is required as parameter. required: false checks: default: None description: - a list of checks that will be used to verify the session health. If all the checks fail, the session will be invalidated and any locks associated with the session will be release and can be acquired once the associated lock delay has expired. required: false scheme: default: http description: - the protocol scheme on which the consul agent is running required: false version_added: '2.1' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin behavior: default: release description: - "the optional behavior that can be attached to the session when it is created. This\ \ can be set to either \u2018release\u2019 or \u2018delete\u2019. This controls\ \ the behavior when a session is invalidated." required: false version_added: '2.2' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin datacenter: default: None description: - name of the datacenter in which the session exists or should be created. required: false validate_certs: default: true description: - whether to verify the tls certificate of the consul agent required: false version_added: '2.1' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin