previews

Creates, updates, deletes, gets or lists a previews resource.

Overview

Name	previews
Type	Resource
Id	cloudflare.load_balancers.previews

Fields

The following fields are returned by SELECT queries:

get

Preview Result response.

Name	Datatype	Description
errors	array
messages	array
result	object	Resulting health data from a preview operation.
success	boolean	Whether the API call was successful. (true)

Methods

The following methods are available for this resource:

Name	Accessible by	Required Params	Optional Params	Description
get	select	preview_id, account_id		Get the result of a previous preview operation using the provided preview_id.
create	insert	monitor_id, account_id		Preview pools using the specified monitor with provided monitor details. The returned preview_id can be used in the preview endpoint to retrieve the results.

Parameters

Parameters can be passed in the WHERE clause of a query. Check the Methods section to see which parameters are required or optional for each operation.

Name	Datatype	Description
account_id	string	The Cloudflare account ID.
monitor_id	string	The Load Balancer monitor ID.
preview_id	string

SELECT examples

get

Get the result of a previous preview operation using the provided preview_id.

SELECT
errors,
messages,
result,
success
FROM cloudflare.load_balancers.previews
WHERE preview_id = '{{ preview_id }}' -- required
AND account_id = '{{ account_id }}' -- required
;

INSERT examples

create

Preview pools using the specified monitor with provided monitor details. The returned preview_id can be used in the preview endpoint to retrieve the results.

INSERT INTO cloudflare.load_balancers.previews (
allow_insecure,
consecutive_down,
consecutive_up,
description,
expected_body,
expected_codes,
follow_redirects,
header,
interval,
method,
path,
port,
probe_zone,
retries,
timeout,
type,
monitor_id,
account_id
)
SELECT 
{{ allow_insecure }},
{{ consecutive_down }},
{{ consecutive_up }},
'{{ description }}',
'{{ expected_body }}',
'{{ expected_codes }}',
{{ follow_redirects }},
'{{ header }}',
{{ interval }},
'{{ method }}',
'{{ path }}',
{{ port }},
'{{ probe_zone }}',
{{ retries }},
{{ timeout }},
'{{ type }}',
'{{ monitor_id }}',
'{{ account_id }}'
RETURNING
errors,
messages,
result,
success
;

Manifest

# Description fields are for documentation purposes
- name: previews
props:
  - name: monitor_id
    value: "{{ monitor_id }}"
    description: Required parameter for the previews resource.
  - name: account_id
    value: "{{ account_id }}"
    description: Required parameter for the previews resource.
  - name: allow_insecure
    value: {{ allow_insecure }}
    description: |
      Do not validate the certificate when monitor use HTTPS. This parameter is currently only valid for HTTP and HTTPS monitors.
    default: false
  - name: consecutive_down
    value: {{ consecutive_down }}
    description: |
      To be marked unhealthy the monitored origin must fail this healthcheck N consecutive times.
  - name: consecutive_up
    value: {{ consecutive_up }}
    description: |
      To be marked healthy the monitored origin must pass this healthcheck N consecutive times.
  - name: description
    value: "{{ description }}"
    description: |
      Object description.
    default: 
  - name: expected_body
    value: "{{ expected_body }}"
    description: |
      A case-insensitive sub-string to look for in the response body. If this string is not found, the origin will be marked as unhealthy. This parameter is only valid for HTTP and HTTPS monitors.
    default: 
  - name: expected_codes
    value: "{{ expected_codes }}"
    description: |
      The expected HTTP response code or code range of the health check. This parameter is only valid for HTTP and HTTPS monitors.
    default: 
  - name: follow_redirects
    value: {{ follow_redirects }}
    description: |
      Follow redirects if returned by the origin. This parameter is only valid for HTTP and HTTPS monitors.
    default: false
  - name: header
    value: "{{ header }}"
    description: |
      The HTTP request headers to send in the health check. It is recommended you set a Host header by default. The User-Agent header cannot be overridden. This parameter is only valid for HTTP and HTTPS monitors.
  - name: interval
    value: {{ interval }}
    description: |
      The interval between each health check. Shorter intervals may improve failover time, but will increase load on the origins as we check from multiple locations.
    default: 60
  - name: method
    value: "{{ method }}"
    description: |
      The method to use for the health check. This defaults to 'GET' for HTTP/HTTPS based checks and 'connection_established' for TCP based health checks.
  - name: path
    value: "{{ path }}"
    description: |
      The endpoint path you want to conduct a health check against. This parameter is only valid for HTTP and HTTPS monitors.
  - name: port
    value: {{ port }}
    description: |
      The port number to connect to for the health check. Required for TCP, UDP, and SMTP checks. HTTP and HTTPS checks should only define the port when using a non-standard port (HTTP: default 80, HTTPS: default 443).
  - name: probe_zone
    value: "{{ probe_zone }}"
    description: |
      Assign this monitor to emulate the specified zone while probing. This parameter is only valid for HTTP and HTTPS monitors.
    default: 
  - name: retries
    value: {{ retries }}
    description: |
      The number of retries to attempt in case of a timeout before marking the origin as unhealthy. Retries are attempted immediately.
    default: 2
  - name: timeout
    value: {{ timeout }}
    description: |
      The timeout (in seconds) before marking the health check as failed.
    default: 5
  - name: type
    value: "{{ type }}"
    description: |
      The protocol to use for the health check. Currently supported protocols are 'HTTP','HTTPS', 'TCP', 'ICMP-PING', 'UDP-ICMP', and 'SMTP'.
    valid_values: ['http', 'https', 'tcp', 'udp_icmp', 'icmp_ping', 'smtp']
    default: http