netscaler.adc.inat module – Configuration for inbound nat resource.

Note

This module is part of the netscaler.adc collection (version 2.6.0).

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 netscaler.adc.

To use it in a playbook, specify: netscaler.adc.inat.

New in netscaler.adc 2.0.0

Synopsis

  • Configuration for inbound nat resource.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

api_path

string

Base NITRO API path.

Define only in case of an ADM service proxy call

Default: "nitro/v1/config"

connfailover

any

Synchronize connection information with the secondary appliance in a high availability (HA) pair. That is, synchronize all connection-related information for the INAT session

Choices:

  • "ENABLED"

  • "DISABLED"

ftp

any

Enable the FTP protocol on the server for transferring files between the client and the server.

Choices:

  • "ENABLED"

  • "DISABLED"

managed_netscaler_instance_id

string

added in netscaler.adc 2.6.0

The ID of the managed NetScaler instance to which NetScaler Console

has to configure as a proxy server.

Define only in case of an ADM service proxy call

managed_netscaler_instance_ip

string

added in netscaler.adc 2.6.0

The IP of the managed NetScaler instance to which NetScaler Console

has to configure as a proxy server.

Define only in case of an ADM service proxy call

managed_netscaler_instance_name

string

added in netscaler.adc 2.6.0

The name of the managed NetScaler instance to which NetScaler Console

has to configure as a proxy server.

Define only in case of an ADM service proxy call

managed_netscaler_instance_password

string

added in netscaler.adc 2.6.0

The password of the managed NetScaler instance.

Define only in case of an ADM service proxy call

In Settings > Administration > System Configurations > Basic Settings,

if you select Prompt Credentials for Instance Login,

ensure to configure username and password of a managed instance.

managed_netscaler_instance_username

string

added in netscaler.adc 2.6.0

The username of the managed NetScaler instance.

Define only in case of an ADM service proxy call

In Settings > Administration > System Configurations > Basic Settings,

if you select Prompt Credentials for Instance Login,

ensure to configure username and password of a managed instance.

mode

any

Stateless translation.

Choices:

  • "STATELESS"

name

any

Name for the Inbound NAT (INAT) entry. Leading character must be a number or letter. Other characters allowed, after the first character, are @ _ - . (period) : (colon) # and space ( ).

netscaler_console_as_proxy_server

boolean

added in netscaler.adc 2.6.0

The IP address of the NetScaler ADC appliance acting as a proxy server.

Define only in case of an ADM service proxy call

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

nitro_auth_token

string

The authentication token provided by a login operation.

nitro_pass

string

The password with which to authenticate to the NetScaler ADC node.

nitro_protocol

string

Which protocol to use when accessing the nitro API objects.

Choices:

  • "http"

  • "https" ← (default)

nitro_user

string

The username with which to authenticate to the NetScaler ADC node.

nsip

string / required

The ip address of the NetScaler ADC appliance where the nitro API calls will be made.

The port can be specified with the colon (:). E.g. 192.168.1.1:555.

privateip

string

IP address of the server to which the packet is sent by the Citrix ADC. Can be an IPv4 or IPv6 address.

proxyip

any

Unique IP address used as the source IP address in packets sent to the server. Must be a MIP or SNIP address.

publicip

string

Public IP address of packets received on the Citrix ADC. Can be aNetScaler-owned VIP or VIP6 address.

save_config

boolean

If true the module will save the configuration on the NetScaler ADC node if it makes any changes.

The module will not save the configuration on the NetScaler ADC node if it made no changes.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

state

string

The state of the resource being configured by the module on the NetScaler ADC node.

When present, the resource will be added/updated configured according to the module’s parameters.

When absent, the resource will be deleted from the NetScaler ADC node.

When unset, the resource will be unset on the NetScaler ADC node.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

  • "unset"

tcpproxy

any

Enable TCP proxy, which enables the Citrix ADC to optimize the RNAT TCP traffic by using Layer 4 features.

Choices:

  • "ENABLED"

  • "DISABLED"

td

float

Integer value that uniquely identifies the traffic domain in which you want to configure the entity. If you do not specify an ID, the entity becomes part of the default traffic domain, which has an ID of 0.

tftp

any

To enable/disable TFTP (Default DISABLED).

Choices:

  • "ENABLED"

  • "DISABLED"

useproxyport

any

Enable the Citrix ADC to proxy the source port of packets before sending the packets to the server.

Choices:

  • "ENABLED"

  • "DISABLED"

usip

any

Enable the Citrix ADC to retain the source IP address of packets before sending the packets to the server.

Choices:

  • "ON"

  • "OFF"

usnip

any

Enable the Citrix ADC to use a SNIP address as the source IP address of packets before sending the packets to the server.

Choices:

  • "ON"

  • "OFF"

validate_certs

boolean

If false, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

Notes

Note

Examples

Return Values

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

Key

Description

changed

boolean

Indicates if any change is made by the module

Returned: always

Sample: true

diff

dictionary

Dictionary of before and after changes

Returned: always

Sample: {"after": {"key2": "pqr"}, "before": {"key1": "xyz"}, "prepared": "changes done"}

diff_list

list / elements=string

List of differences between the actual configured object and the configuration specified in the module

Returned: when changed

Sample: ["Attribute `key1` differs. Desired: (<class 'str'>) XYZ. Existing: (<class 'str'>) PQR"]

failed

boolean

Indicates if the module failed or not

Returned: always

Sample: false

loglines

list / elements=string

list of logged messages by the module

Returned: always

Sample: ["message 1", "message 2"]

Authors

  • Sumanth Lingappa (@sumanth-lingappa)