community.general.rax_mon_notification (0.1.4) — module

Create or delete a Rackspace Cloud Monitoring notification.

Authors: Ash Wilson (@smashwilson)

Install collection

Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.general:==0.1.4


Add to requirements.yml

  collections:
    - name: community.general
      version: 0.1.4

Description

Create or delete a Rackspace Cloud Monitoring notification that specifies a channel that can be used to communicate alarms, such as email, webhooks, or PagerDuty. Rackspace monitoring module flow | rax_mon_entity -> rax_mon_check -> *rax_mon_notification* -> rax_mon_notification_plan -> rax_mon_alarm


Requirements

Usage examples

  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Monitoring notification example
  gather_facts: False
  hosts: local
  connection: local
  tasks:
  - name: Email me when something goes wrong.
    rax_mon_entity:
      credentials: ~/.rax_pub
      label: omg
      type: email
      details:
        address: me@mailhost.com
    register: the_notification

Inputs

    
env:
    description:
    - Environment as configured in I(~/.pyrax.cfg), see U(https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#pyrax-configuration).

label:
    description:
    - Defines a friendly name for this notification. String between 1 and 255 characters
      long.
    required: true

state:
    choices:
    - present
    - absent
    description:
    - Ensure that the notification with this C(label) exists or does not exist.

region:
    default: DFW
    description:
    - Region to create an instance in.

api_key:
    aliases:
    - password
    description:
    - Rackspace API key, overrides I(credentials).

details:
    description:
    - Dictionary of key-value pairs used to initialize the notification. Required keys
      and meanings vary with notification type. See http://docs.rackspace.com/cm/api/v1.0/cm-devguide/content/
      service-notification-types-crud.html for details.
    required: true

username:
    description:
    - Rackspace username, overrides I(credentials).

tenant_id:
    description:
    - The tenant ID used for authentication.

credentials:
    aliases:
    - creds_file
    description:
    - File to find the Rackspace credentials in. Ignored if I(api_key) and I(username)
      are provided.

tenant_name:
    description:
    - The tenant name used for authentication.

auth_endpoint:
    default: https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/
    description:
    - The URI of the authentication service.

identity_type:
    default: rackspace
    description:
    - Authentication mechanism to use, such as rackspace or keystone.

validate_certs:
    aliases:
    - verify_ssl
    description:
    - Whether or not to require SSL validation of API endpoints.
    type: bool

notification_type:
    choices:
    - webhook
    - email
    - pagerduty
    description:
    - A supported notification type.
    required: true