netscaler_cs_action – Manage content switching actions
- Manage content switching actions
- This module is intended to run either on the ansible  control node or a bastion (jumpserver) with access to the actual netscaler instance
 
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
 
    
        | Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
                
                                                            | comment 
                    -
                                                                 |  | Comments associated with this cs action. | 
                            
                                                            | name 
                    -
                                                                 |  | Name for the content switching action. Must begin with an ASCII alphanumeric or underscore _character, and must contain only ASCII alphanumeric, underscore_, hash#, period., space , colon:, at sign@, equal sign=, and hyphen-characters. Can be changed after the content switching action is created. | 
                            
                                                            | nitro_pass 
                    string
                                             / required                     |  | The password with which to authenticate to the netscaler node. | 
                            
                                                            | nitro_protocol 
                    string
                                                                 |  | Which protocol to use when accessing the nitro API objects. | 
                            
                                                            | nitro_timeout 
                    float
                                                                 | Default: 
 310 | Time in seconds until a timeout error is thrown when establishing a new session with Netscaler | 
                            
                                                            | nitro_user 
                    string
                                             / required                     |  | The username with which to authenticate to the netscaler node. | 
                            
                                                            | nsip 
                    string
                                             / required                     |  | The ip address of the netscaler appliance where the nitro API calls will be made. The port can be specified with the colon (:). E.g. 192.168.1.1:555. | 
                            
                                                            | save_config 
                    boolean
                                                                 |  | If yesthe module will save the configuration on the netscaler node if it makes any changes. The module will not save the configuration on the netscaler node if it made no changes. | 
                            
                                                            | state 
                    string
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            absentpresent ← | The state of the resource being configured by the module on the netscaler node. When present the resource will be created if needed and configured according to the module's parameters. When absent the resource will be deleted from the netscaler node. | 
                            
                                                            | targetlbvserver 
                    -
                                                                 |  | Name of the load balancing virtual server to which the content is switched. | 
                            
                                                            | targetvserver 
                    -
                                                                 |  | Name of the VPN virtual server to which the content is switched. | 
                            
                                                            | targetvserverexpr 
                    -
                                                                 |  | Information about this content switching action. | 
                            
                                                            | validate_certs 
                    boolean
                                                                 |  | If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. | 
                    
 
# lb_vserver_1 must have been already created with the netscaler_lb_vserver module
- name: Configure netscaler content switching action
  delegate_to: localhost
  netscaler_cs_action:
      nsip: 172.18.0.2
      nitro_user: nsroot
      nitro_pass: nsroot
      validate_certs: no
      state: present
      name: action-1
      targetlbvserver: lb_vserver_1
 
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
    
        | Key | Returned | Description | 
                
                            | diff 
                  dictionary
                                       | failure | List of differences between the actual configured object and the configuration specified in the module 
 Sample: { 'targetlbvserver': 'difference. ours: (str) server1 other: (str) server2' } | 
                            
                            | loglines 
                  list
                                       | always | list of logged messages by the module 
 Sample: ['message 1', 'message 2'] | 
                            
                            | msg 
                  string
                                       | failure | Message detailing the failure reason 
 Sample: Action does not exist | 
                    
 
Authors
- George Nikolopoulos (@giorgos-nikolopoulos)
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