community / community.general / 8.5.0 / module / rax_mon_check
Removed in 9.0.0
Reason:This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax. | Alternative:Use the Openstack modules instead.
Create or delete a Rackspace Cloud Monitoring check for an existing entity.
Authors: Ash Wilson (@smashwilson)
Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.general:==8.5.0
collections: - name: community.general version: 8.5.0
Create or delete a Rackspace Cloud Monitoring check associated with an existing rax_mon_entity. A check is a specific test or measurement that is performed, possibly from different monitoring zones, on the systems you monitor. Rackspace monitoring module flow | rax_mon_entity -> *rax_mon_check* -> rax_mon_notification -> rax_mon_notification_plan -> rax_mon_alarm
- name: Create a monitoring check gather_facts: false hosts: local connection: local tasks: - name: Associate a check with an existing entity. community.general.rax_mon_check: credentials: ~/.rax_pub state: present entity_id: "{{ the_entity['entity']['id'] }}" label: the_check check_type: remote.ping monitoring_zones_poll: mziad,mzord,mzdfw details: count: 10 meta: hurf: durf register: the_check
env: description: - Environment as configured in C(~/.pyrax.cfg), see U(https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#pyrax-configuration). type: str label: description: - Defines a label for this check, between 1 and 64 characters long. required: true type: str state: choices: - present - absent default: present description: - Ensure that a check with this O(label) exists or does not exist. type: str period: description: - The number of seconds between each time the check is performed. Must be greater than the minimum period set on your account. type: int region: description: - Region to create an instance in. type: str api_key: aliases: - password description: - Rackspace API key, overrides O(credentials). type: str details: default: {} description: - Additional details specific to the check type. Must be a hash of strings between 1 and 255 characters long, or an array or object containing 0 to 256 items. type: dict timeout: description: - The number of seconds this check will wait when attempting to collect results. Must be less than the period. type: int disabled: default: false description: - If V(true), ensure the check is created, but don't actually use it yet. type: bool metadata: default: {} description: - Hash of arbitrary key-value pairs to accompany this check if it fires. Keys and values must be strings between 1 and 255 characters long. type: dict username: description: - Rackspace username, overrides O(credentials). type: str entity_id: description: - ID of the rax_mon_entity to target with this check. required: true type: str tenant_id: description: - The tenant ID used for authentication. type: str check_type: description: - The type of check to create. C(remote.) checks may be created on any rax_mon_entity. C(agent.) checks may only be created on rax_mon_entities that have a non-null C(agent_id). - 'Choices for this option are: - V(remote.dns) - V(remote.ftp-banner) - V(remote.http) - V(remote.imap-banner) - V(remote.mssql-banner) - V(remote.mysql-banner) - V(remote.ping) - V(remote.pop3-banner) - V(remote.postgresql-banner) - V(remote.smtp-banner) - V(remote.smtp) - V(remote.ssh) - V(remote.tcp) - V(remote.telnet-banner) - V(agent.filesystem) - V(agent.memory) - V(agent.load_average) - V(agent.cpu) - V(agent.disk) - V(agent.network) - V(agent.plugin) ' required: true type: str credentials: aliases: - creds_file description: - File to find the Rackspace credentials in. Ignored if O(api_key) and O(username) are provided. type: path tenant_name: description: - The tenant name used for authentication. type: str target_alias: description: - One of O(target_alias) and O(target_hostname) is required for remote.* checks, but prohibited for agent.* checks. Use the corresponding key in the entity's C(ip_addresses) hash to resolve an IP address to target. type: str auth_endpoint: description: - The URI of the authentication service. - If not specified will be set to U(https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/). type: str identity_type: default: rackspace description: - Authentication mechanism to use, such as rackspace or keystone. type: str validate_certs: aliases: - verify_ssl description: - Whether or not to require SSL validation of API endpoints. type: bool target_hostname: description: - One of O(target_hostname) and O(target_alias) is required for remote.* checks, but prohibited for agent.* checks. The hostname this check should target. Must be a valid IPv4, IPv6, or FQDN. type: str monitoring_zones_poll: description: - Comma-separated list of the names of the monitoring zones the check should run from. Available monitoring zones include mzdfw, mzhkg, mziad, mzlon, mzord and mzsyd. Required for remote.* checks; prohibited for agent.* checks. type: str