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skydive – Query Skydive objects

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

  • Uses the Skydive python REST client to return the queried object from Skydive network analyzer.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the local master node that executes this lookup.

  • skydive-client

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Configuration Comments
filter
-
a dict object that is used to filter the return objects
provider
-
A dict object containing connection details.
endpoint
- / required
Specifies the hostname/address along with the port as localhost:8082for connecting to the remote instance of SKYDIVE client over the REST API.
insecure
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Ignore SSL certification verification.
password
-
Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote instance of SKYDIVE client.
ssl
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Specifies the ssl parameter that decides if the connection type shall be http or https.
user
-
Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote instance of SKYDIVE client.

Notes

Note

  • This module must be run locally, which can be achieved by specifying connection: local.

Examples

- name: return skydive metdata if present based on Name
  set_fact:
    skydive_meta: >-
        {{ lookup('skydive', filter={'query': "G.V().Has('Name', 'sumit-VirtualBox')"}) }}

- name: return all the skydive metdata having parameter Name
  set_fact:
    skydive: >-
        {{ lookup('skydive', filter={'query': "G.V().Has('Name')"},
                      provider={'endpoint': 'localhost:8082', 'username': 'admin', 'password': 'password'}) }}

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
_list
list
always
The list of queried object metadata


Status

Authors

  • UNKNOWN

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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/plugins/lookup/skydive.html