circonus_annotation - create an annotation in circonus

Synopsis

Create an annotation event with a given category, title and description. Optionally start, end or durations can be provided

Requirements (on host that executes module)

• urllib3
• requests
• time

Options

Examples

# Create a simple annotation event with a source, defaults to start and end time of now
- circonus_annotation:
    api_key: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    title: 'App Config Change'
    description: 'This is a detailed description of the config change'
    category: 'This category groups like annotations'
# Create an annotation with a duration of 5 minutes and a default start time of now
- circonus_annotation:
    api_key: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    title: 'App Config Change'
    description: 'This is a detailed description of the config change'
    category: 'This category groups like annotations'
    duration: 300
# Create an annotation with a start_time and end_time
- circonus_annotation:
    api_key: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    title: 'App Config Change'
    description: 'This is a detailed description of the config change'
    category: 'This category groups like annotations'
    start_time: 1395940006
    end_time: 1395954407

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