[FEATURE REQUEST]: Register modules within action_groups

[fa-elepape]

Summary

All (I think) modules within the collection use the same parameters when determining how and where to address the NetScaler instance:

• api_path
• nitro_auth_token
• nitro_pass
• nitro_protocol
• nitro_user
• nsip
• save_config
• validate_certs

Given the wide range of modules available, module_defaults is hardly usable, and specifying parameters everywhere is tiresome which makes environment variables the only viable solution (IMO). Registering the modules within an action group would make using module_defaults far easier.

Action groups aren't documented within the Collection Galaxy metadata structure documentation but within the Module defaults.

Issue Type

Feature Idea

Component Name

Describe alternatives you've considered

The environment variable works just fine, this Feature Request is an enhancement, not a blocker.

Additional Information

- name: NetScaler playbook
  module_defaults:
    groups/netscaler.adc.config:
      api_path: /prefix
      nitro_auth_token: !vault |
        ...
      nitro_user: me
      nsip: netscaler.example.com
      save_config: true
      validate_certs: true

  tasks:
  - netscaler.adc.server:
      domain: example.com
      name: example.com
  - netscaler.adc.servicegroup:
      servicegroupname: example.com
      servicetype: SSL
  - netscaler.adc.sslprofile:
      name: example
      ocspstapling: 'ENABLED'

[sumanth-lingappa]

Thank you for this enhancement-request. This is very much needed. I was exploring this as well.

[sumanth-lingappa]

Thank you for this enhancement @fa-elepape. I have added this functionality. Please expect this in the next release.

However, you can also download the unreleased latest netscaler.adc ansible collection directly from github

ansible-galaxy collection install "git+https://github.com/netscaler/ansible-collection-netscaleradc.git" --force

Refer https://github.com/netscaler/ansible-collection-netscaleradc?tab=readme-ov-file#via-github-to-have-the-latest-updated-which-are-yet-to-be-released-in-ansible-galaxy for more details