# avi_vsvip – Module for setup of VsVip Avi RESTful Object

New in version 2.4.

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

## Synopsis

- This module is used to configure VsVip 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.

cloud_ref - |  | It is a reference to an object of type cloud. Field introduced in 17.1.1.
controller string | Default: "" | IP address or hostname of the controller. The default value is the environment variable `AVI_CONTROLLER`.
dns_info - |  | Service discovery specific data including fully qualified domain name, type and time-to-live of the dns record. Field introduced in 17.1.1.

east_west_placement
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes

Force placement on all service engines in the service engine group (container clouds only).
Field introduced in 17.1.1.
Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as False.

name - / required |  | Name for the vsvip object. Field introduced in 17.1.1.
password string | Default: "" | Password of Avi user in Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable `AVI_PASSWORD`.

state
-

Choices:
- absent
- present ←

The state that should be applied on the entity.

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. Field introduced in 17.1.1.
tenant_uuid string | Default: "" | UUID of tenant used for all Avi API calls and context of object.
url - |  | Avi controller URL of the object.

use_standard_alb
boolean
added in 2.9

Choices:
- no
- yes

This overrides the cloud level default and needs to match the se group value in which it will be used if the se group use_standard_alb value is
set.
This is only used when fip is used for vs on azure cloud.
Field introduced in 18.2.3.

username string | Default: "" | Username used for accessing Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable `AVI_USERNAME`.
uuid - |  | Uuid of the vsvip object. Field introduced in 17.1.1.
vip - |  | List of virtual service ips and other shareable entities. Field introduced in 17.1.1.
vrf_context_ref - |  | Virtual routing context that the virtual service is bound to. This is used to provide the isolation of the set of networks the application is attached to. It is a reference to an object of type vrfcontext. Field introduced in 17.1.1.
vsvip_cloud_config_cksum - added in 2.9 |  | Checksum of cloud configuration for vsvip. Internally set by cloud connector. Field introduced in 17.2.9, 18.1.2.

## Notes

Note

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

## Examples

    - name: Example to create VsVip object
      avi_vsvip:
        controller: 10.10.25.42
        username: admin
        password: something
        state: present
        name: sample_vsvip

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
obj dictionary | success, changed | VsVip (api/vsvip) 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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