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rax_mon_notification_plan - Create or delete a Rackspace Cloud Monitoring notification plan.
New in version 2.0.
Synopsis
- Create or delete a Rackspace Cloud Monitoring notification plan by associating existing rax_mon_notifications with severity levels. Rackspace monitoring module flow | rax_mon_entity -> rax_mon_check -> rax_mon_notification -> rax_mon_notification_plan -> rax_mon_alarm
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- python >= 2.6
 - pyrax
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| api_key | 
        
        Rackspace API key, overrides credentials.
        
       aliases: password  | 
     |
| auth_endpoint  
        (added in 1.5)
         | 
      Default: 
        "https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/"
         | 
      
        
        The URI of the authentication service.
         | 
     
| credentials | 
        
        File to find the Rackspace credentials in. Ignored if api_key and username are provided.
        
       aliases: creds_file  | 
     |
| critical_state | 
        
        Notification list to use when the alarm state is CRITICAL. Must be an array of valid rax_mon_notification ids.
         | 
     |
| env  
        (added in 1.5)
         | 
      
        
        Environment as configured in ~/.pyrax.cfg, see https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#pyrax-configuration.
         | 
     |
| identity_type  
        (added in 1.5)
         | 
      Default: 
        "rackspace"
         | 
      
        
        Authentication mechanism to use, such as rackspace or keystone.
         | 
     
| label  
        required
         | 
      
        
        Defines a friendly name for this notification plan. String between 1 and 255 characters long.
         | 
     |
| ok_state | 
        
        Notification list to use when the alarm state is OK. Must be an array of valid rax_mon_notification ids.
         | 
     |
| region | Default: 
        "DFW"
         | 
      
        
        Region to create an instance in.
         | 
     
| state | 
       
  | 
      
        
        Ensure that the notification plan with this  label exists or does not exist.
        | 
     
| tenant_id  
        (added in 1.5)
         | 
      
        
        The tenant ID used for authentication.
         | 
     |
| tenant_name  
        (added in 1.5)
         | 
      
        
        The tenant name used for authentication.
         | 
     |
| username | 
        
        Rackspace username, overrides credentials.
         | 
     |
| verify_ssl  
        (added in 1.5)
         | 
      
        
        Whether or not to require SSL validation of API endpoints.
         | 
     |
| warning_state | 
        
        Notification list to use when the alarm state is WARNING. Must be an array of valid rax_mon_notification ids.
         | 
     
Notes
Note
- The following environment variables can be used, 
RAX_USERNAME,RAX_API_KEY,RAX_CREDS_FILE,RAX_CREDENTIALS,RAX_REGION. RAX_CREDENTIALSandRAX_CREDS_FILEpoints to a credentials file appropriate for pyrax. See https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#authenticatingRAX_USERNAMEandRAX_API_KEYobviate the use of a credentials fileRAX_REGIONdefines a Rackspace Public Cloud region (DFW, ORD, LON, …)
Examples
- name: Example notification plan
  gather_facts: False
  hosts: local
  connection: local
  tasks:
  - name: Establish who gets called when.
    rax_mon_notification_plan:
      credentials: ~/.rax_pub
      state: present
      label: defcon1
      critical_state:
      - "{{ everyone['notification']['id'] }}"
      warning_state:
      - "{{ opsfloor['notification']['id'] }}"
    register: defcon1
  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
- Ash Wilson
 
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