community.general.manageiq_alert_profiles module – Configuration of alert profiles for ManageIQ

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 6.6.9).

It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.manageiq_alert_profiles.

Synopsis

  • The manageiq_alert_profiles module supports adding, updating and deleting alert profiles in ManageIQ.

Requirements

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

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

alerts

list / elements=string

List of alert descriptions to assign to this profile.

Required if state is “present”

manageiq_connection

dictionary

ManageIQ connection configuration information.

ca_cert

aliases: ca_bundle_path

string

The path to a CA bundle file or directory with certificates.

password

string

ManageIQ password. MIQ_PASSWORD environment variable if set. Otherwise, required if no token is passed in.

token

string

ManageIQ token. MIQ_TOKEN environment variable if set. Otherwise, required if no username or password is passed in.

url

string

ManageIQ environment URL. MIQ_URL environment variable if set. Otherwise, it is required to pass it.

username

string

ManageIQ username. MIQ_USERNAME environment variable if set. Otherwise, required if no token is passed in.

validate_certs

aliases: verify_ssl

boolean

Whether SSL certificates should be verified for HTTPS requests.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

name

string

The unique alert profile name in ManageIQ.

Required when state is “absent” or “present”.

notes

string

Optional notes for this profile

resource_type

string

The resource type for the alert profile in ManageIQ. Required when state is “present”.

Choices:

  • "Vm"

  • "ContainerNode"

  • "MiqServer"

  • "Host"

  • "Storage"

  • "EmsCluster"

  • "ExtManagementSystem"

  • "MiddlewareServer"

state

string

absent - alert profile should not exist,

present - alert profile should exist,

Choices:

  • "absent"

  • "present" ← (default)

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: none

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

diff_mode

Support: none

Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Examples

- name: Add an alert profile to ManageIQ
  community.general.manageiq_alert_profiles:
    state: present
    name: Test profile
    resource_type: ContainerNode
    alerts:
      - Test Alert 01
      - Test Alert 02
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      validate_certs: false  # only do this when you trust the network!

- name: Delete an alert profile from ManageIQ
  community.general.manageiq_alert_profiles:
    state: absent
    name: Test profile
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      validate_certs: false  # only do this when you trust the network!

Authors

  • Elad Alfassa (@elad661)