# avi_healthmonitor – Module for setup of HealthMonitor Avi RESTful Object

- Synopsis
- Requirements
- Parameters
- Notes
- Examples
- Return Values
- Status

## Synopsis

- This module is used to configure HealthMonitor object
- more examples at https://github.com/avinetworks/devops

## Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

- avisdk

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
api_context dictionary added in 2.5 |  | Avi API context that includes current session ID and CSRF Token. This allows user to perform single login and re-use the session.
api_version string | Default: "16.4.4" | Avi API version of to use for Avi API and objects.

avi_api_patch_op
-
added in 2.5

Choices:
- add
- replace
- delete

Patch operation to use when using avi_api_update_method as patch.

avi_api_update_method
-
added in 2.5

Choices:
- put ←
- patch

Default method for object update is HTTP PUT.
Setting to patch will override that behavior to use HTTP PATCH.

avi_credentials dictionary added in 2.5 |  | Avi Credentials dictionary which can be used in lieu of enumerating Avi Controller login details.
| api_version - | Default: "16.4.4" | Avi controller version
| controller - |  | Avi controller IP or SQDN
| csrftoken - |  | Avi controller API csrftoken to reuse existing session with session id
| password - |  | Avi controller password
| port - |  | Avi controller port
| session_id - |  | Avi controller API session id to reuse existing session with csrftoken
| tenant - | Default: "admin" | Avi controller tenant
| tenant_uuid - |  | Avi controller tenant UUID
| timeout - | Default: 300 | Avi controller request timeout
| token - |  | Avi controller API token
| username - |  | Avi controller username

avi_disable_session_cache_as_fact
boolean
added in 2.6

Choices:
- no
- yes

It disables avi session information to be cached as a fact.

controller string | Default: "" | IP address or hostname of the controller. The default value is the environment variable `AVI_CONTROLLER`.
description - |  | User defined description for the object.
dns_monitor - |  | Healthmonitordns settings for healthmonitor.
external_monitor - |  | Healthmonitorexternal settings for healthmonitor.
failed_checks - |  | Number of continuous failed health checks before the server is marked down. Allowed values are 1-50. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 2.
http_monitor - |  | Healthmonitorhttp settings for healthmonitor.
https_monitor - |  | Healthmonitorhttp settings for healthmonitor.

is_federated
boolean
added in 2.4

Choices:
- no
- yes

This field describes the object's replication scope.
If the field is set to false, then the object is visible within the controller-cluster and its associated service-engines.
If the field is set to true, then the object is replicated across the federation.
Field introduced in 17.1.3.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.

monitor_port - |  | Use this port instead of the port defined for the server in the pool. If the monitor succeeds to this port, the load balanced traffic will still be sent to the port of the server defined within the pool. Allowed values are 1-65535. Special values are 0 - 'use server port'.
name - / required |  | A user friendly name for this health monitor.
password string | Default: "" | Password of Avi user in Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable `AVI_PASSWORD`.
radius_monitor - added in 2.9 |  | Health monitor for radius. Field introduced in 18.2.3.
receive_timeout - |  | A valid response from the server is expected within the receive timeout window. This timeout must be less than the send interval. If server status is regularly flapping up and down, consider increasing this value. Allowed values are 1-2400. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 4.
send_interval - |  | Frequency, in seconds, that monitors are sent to a server. Allowed values are 1-3600. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 10.
sip_monitor - added in 2.9 |  | Health monitor for sip. Field introduced in 17.2.8, 18.1.3, 18.2.1.

state
-

Choices:
- absent
- present ←

The state that should be applied on the entity.

successful_checks - |  | Number of continuous successful health checks before server is marked up. Allowed values are 1-50. Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 2.
tcp_monitor - |  | Healthmonitortcp settings for healthmonitor.
tenant string | Default: "admin" | Name of tenant used for all Avi API calls and context of object.
tenant_ref - |  | It is a reference to an object of type tenant.
tenant_uuid string | Default: "" | UUID of tenant used for all Avi API calls and context of object.
type - / required |  | Type of the health monitor. Enum options - HEALTH_MONITOR_PING, HEALTH_MONITOR_TCP, HEALTH_MONITOR_HTTP, HEALTH_MONITOR_HTTPS, HEALTH_MONITOR_EXTERNAL, HEALTH_MONITOR_UDP, HEALTH_MONITOR_DNS, HEALTH_MONITOR_GSLB, HEALTH_MONITOR_SIP, HEALTH_MONITOR_RADIUS.
udp_monitor - |  | Healthmonitorudp settings for healthmonitor.
url - |  | Avi controller URL of the object.
username string | Default: "" | Username used for accessing Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable `AVI_USERNAME`.
uuid - |  | Uuid of the health monitor.

## Notes

Note

- For more information on using Ansible to manage Avi Network devices see https://www.ansible.com/ansible-avi-networks.

## Examples

    - name: Create a HTTPS health monitor
      avi_healthmonitor:
        controller: 10.10.27.90
        username: admin
        password: AviNetworks123!
        https_monitor:
          http_request: HEAD / HTTP/1.0
          http_response_code:
            - HTTP_2XX
            - HTTP_3XX
        receive_timeout: 4
        failed_checks: 3
        send_interval: 10
        successful_checks: 3
        type: HEALTH_MONITOR_HTTPS
        name: MyWebsite-HTTPS

## Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
obj dictionary | success, changed | HealthMonitor (api/healthmonitor) object

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Gaurav Rastogi (@grastogi23) <grastogi@avinetworks.com>

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