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a10_server_axapi3 - Manage A10 Networks AX/SoftAX/Thunder/vThunder devices
New in version 2.3.
Synopsis
- Manage SLB (Server Load Balancer) server objects on A10 Networks devices via aXAPIv3.
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| client_cert | 
        
        PEM formatted certificate chain file to be used for SSL client authentication. This file can also include the key as well, and if the key is included,  client_key is not required.
        | 
     |
| client_key | 
        
        PEM formatted file that contains your private key to be used for SSL client authentication. If  client_cert contains both the certificate and key, this option is not required.
        | 
     |
| force  
        bool
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If  
       yes do not get a cached copy.
       aliases: thirsty  | 
     
| force_basic_auth  
        bool
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Credentials specified with url_username and url_password should be passed in HTTP Header.
         | 
     
| host  
        required
         | 
      
        
        Hostname or IP of the A10 Networks device.
         | 
     |
| http_agent | Default: 
        "ansible-httpget"
         | 
      
        
        Header to identify as, generally appears in web server logs.
         | 
     
| operation | 
       
  | 
      
        
        Create, Update or Remove SLB server. For create and update operation, we use the IP address and server name specified in the POST message. For delete operation, we use the server name in the request URI.
         | 
     
| password  
        required
         | 
      
        
        Password for the  
       username account.
       aliases: pass, pwd  | 
     |
| server_ip  
        required
         | 
      
        
        The SLB (Server Load Balancer) server IPv4 address.
        
       aliases: ip, address  | 
     |
| server_name  
        required
         | 
      
        
        The SLB (Server Load Balancer) server name.
        
       aliases: server  | 
     |
| server_ports | 
        
        A list of ports to create for the server. Each list item should be a dictionary which specifies the  
       port: and protocol:.
       aliases: port  | 
     |
| server_status | 
       
  | 
      
        
        The SLB (Server Load Balancer) virtual server status.
        
       aliases: action  | 
     
| url | 
        
        HTTP, HTTPS, or FTP URL in the form (http|https|ftp)://[user[:pass]]@host.domain[:port]/path
         | 
     |
| url_password | 
        
        The password for use in HTTP basic authentication.
        
       
        If the url_username parameter is not specified, the url_password parameter will not be used.
         | 
     |
| url_username | 
        
        The username for use in HTTP basic authentication.
        
       
        This parameter can be used without url_password for sites that allow empty passwords
         | 
     |
| use_proxy  
        bool
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If  no, it will not use a proxy, even if one is defined in an environment variable on the target hosts.
        | 
     
| username  
        required
         | 
      
        
        An account with administrator privileges.
        
       aliases: user, admin  | 
     |
| validate_certs  
        bool
         
        (added in 2.2)
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If  no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled devices using self-signed certificates.
        | 
     
| write_config  
        bool
         
        (added in 2.2)
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        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.
        | 
     
Notes
Note
- Requires A10 Networks aXAPI 2.1
 
Examples
# Create a new server
- a10_server:
    host: a10.mydomain.com
    username: myadmin
    password: mypassword
    server: test
    server_ip: 1.1.1.100
    validate_certs: false
    server_status: enable
    write_config: yes
    operation: create
    server_ports:
      - port-number: 8080
        protocol: tcp
        action: enable
      - port-number: 8443
        protocol: TCP
  Status
This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.
Maintenance
This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.
For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.
Author
- Eric Chou (@ericchou) based on previous work by Mischa Peters (@mischapeters)
 
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 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.6/modules/a10_server_axapi3_module.html