netscaler.adc.responderaction module – Configuration for responder action 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.responderaction.

New in netscaler.adc 2.0.0

Synopsis

  • Configuration for responder action 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"

bypasssafetycheck

string

Bypass the safety check, allowing potentially unsafe expressions. An unsafe expression in a response is one that contains references to request elements that might not be present in all requests. If a response refers to a missing request element, an empty string is used instead.

Choices:

  • "YES"

  • "NO"

comment

any

Comment. Any type of information about this responder action.

headers

any

One or more headers to insert into the HTTP response. Each header is specified as “name(expr)”, where expr is an expression that is evaluated at runtime to provide the value for the named header. You can configure a maximum of eight headers for a responder action.

htmlpage

string

For respondwithhtmlpage policies, name of the HTML page object to use as the response. You must first import the page object.

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.

name

any

Name for the responder action. Must begin with a letter, number, or the underscore character (_), and must contain only letters, numbers, and the hyphen (-), period (.) hash (#), space ( ), at (@), equals (=), colon (:), and underscore characters. Can be changed after the responder policy is added.

The following requirement applies only to the Citrix ADC CLI:

If the name includes one or more spaces, enclose the name in double or single quotation marks (for example, “my responder action” or ‘my responder action’).

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

newname

string

New name for the responder action.

Must begin with a letter, number, or the underscore character (_), and must contain only letters, numbers, and the hyphen (-), period (.) hash (#), space ( ), at (@), equals (=), colon (:), and underscore characters.

The following requirement applies only to the Citrix ADC CLI:

If the name includes one or more spaces, enclose the name in double or single quotation marks (for example, “my responder action” or my responder action’).

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.

reasonphrase

any

Expression specifying the reason phrase of the HTTP response. The reason phrase may be a string literal with quotes or a PI expression. For example: “Invalid URL: “ + HTTP.REQ.URL

responsestatuscode

any

HTTP response status code, for example 200, 302, 404, etc. The default value for the redirect action type is 302 and for respondwithhtmlpage is 200

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"

target

string

Expression specifying what to respond with. Typically a URL for redirect policies or a default-syntax expression. In addition to Citrix ADC default-syntax expressions that refer to information in the request, a stringbuilder expression can contain text and HTML, and simple escape codes that define new lines and paragraphs. Enclose each stringbuilder expression element (either a Citrix ADC default-syntax expression or a string) in double quotation marks. Use the plus (+) character to join the elements.

Examples:

  1. Respondwith expression that sends an HTTP 1.1 200 OK response:

“HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n\r\n”

  1. Redirect expression that redirects user to the specified web host and appends the request URL to the redirect.

“http://backupsite2.com” + HTTP.REQ.URL

  1. Respondwith expression that sends an HTTP 1.1 404 Not Found response with the request URL included in the response:

“HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found\r\n\r\n”+ “HTTP.REQ.URL.HTTP_URL_SAFE” + “does not exist on the web server.”

The following requirement applies only to the Citrix ADC CLI:

Enclose the entire expression in single quotation marks. (Citrix ADC expression elements should be included inside the single quotation marks for the entire expression, but do not need to be enclosed in double quotation marks.)

type

string

Type of responder action. Available settings function as follows:

* respondwith <target> - Respond to the request with the expression specified as the target.

* respondwithhtmlpage - Respond to the request with the uploaded HTML page object specified as the target.

* redirect - Redirect the request to the URL specified as the target.

* sqlresponse_ok - Send an SQL OK response.

* sqlresponse_error - Send an SQL ERROR response.

Choices:

  • "noop"

  • "respondwith"

  • "redirect"

  • "respondwithhtmlpage"

  • "sqlresponse_ok"

  • "sqlresponse_error"

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)