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It can be used to provision a new ALB Pool, which represents a group of servers to which the load balancer can distribute traffic. This module can be used to provision new ALB Pools into [Rackspace Technology SDDC Flex](https://www.rackspace.com/cloud/private/software-defined-data-center-flex) VCD Data Center Regions.\n\n## Requirements\n\n| Name | Version |\n|------|---------|\n| terraform | ~\u003e 1.2 |\n| vcd | ~\u003e 3.8 |\n\n## Resources\n\n| Name | Type |\n|------|------|\n| [vcd_vdc_group](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/vmware/vcd/latest/docs/data-sources/vdc_group) | Data Source |\n| [vcd_nsxt_edgegateway](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/vmware/vcd/latest/docs/data-sources/nsxt_edgegateway) | Data Source |\n| [vcd_library_certificate](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/vmware/vcd/latest/docs/data-sources/library_certificate) | Data Source |\n| [vcd_nsxt_ip_set](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/vmware/vcd/latest/docs/data-sources/nsxt_ip_set) | Data Source |\n| [vcd_nsxt_alb_pool](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/vmware/vcd/latest/docs/resources/nsxt_alb_pool) | Resource |\n\n## Inputs\n\n| Name | Description | Type | Default | Required |\n|------|-------------|------|---------|----------|\n| vdc_org_name | The name of the Data Center Group Organization in VCD | string | `\"Organization Name Format: \u003cAccount_Number\u003e-\u003cRegion\u003e-\u003cAccount_Name\u003e\"` | yes |\n| vdc_group_name | The name of the Data Center Group in VCD | string | `\"Data Center Group Name Format: \u003cAccount_Number\u003e-\u003cRegion\u003e-\u003cAccount_Name\u003e \u003cdatacenter group\u003e\"` | yes |\n| vcd_edge_name | Name of the Data Center Group Edge Gateway | string | `\"Edge Gateway Name Format: \u003cAccount_Number\u003e-\u003cRegion\u003e-\u003cEdge_GW_Identifier\u003e-\u003cedge\u003e\"` | Yes |\n| pool_name | A name for NSX-T ALB Pool | string | \"\" | yes |\n| members | List of pool members | list(object({ enabled = bool, ip_address = string, port = number, ratio = number })) | [] | yes |\n| member_group_id | A reference to NSX-T IP Set | string | \"\" | no |\n| member_group_ip_set_name | The name of the Member Group IP Set | string | \"\" | no |\n| use_member_group | Whether to use an IP set as pool members | bool | false | no |\n| description | An optional description NSX-T ALB Pool | string | \"\" | no |\n| enabled | Boolean value if NSX-T ALB Pool should be enabled | bool | true | no |\n| algorithm | Optional algorithm for choosing pool members | string | \"LEAST_CONNECTIONS\" | no |\n| default_port | Default Port defines destination server port used by the traffic sent to the member | number | 80 | no |\n| graceful_timeout_period | Maximum time in minutes to gracefully disable pool member | string | \"1\" | no |\n| passive_monitoring_enabled | Defines if client traffic should be used to check if pool member is up or down | bool | true | no |\n| ca_certificate_name | The name of the CA certificate | string | \"\" | no |\n| cn_check_enabled | Specifies whether to check the common name of the certificate presented by the pool member | bool | false | no |\n| domain_names | A set of domain names which will be used to verify the common names or subject alternative names presented by the pool member certificates | list(string) | [] | no |\n| persistence_profile | Persistence profile to ensure that the same user sticks to the same server for a desired duration of time | list(object({ type = string, value = string })) | [] | no |\n| health_monitor | Health monitor to check if a member is up or down | list(object({ type = string })) | [] | no |\n\n## Outputs\n\n| Name | Description |\n|------|-------------|\n| associated_virtual_service_ids | The IDs of the Virtual Services associated with the ALB Pool |\n| associated_virtual_services | The names of the Virtual Services associated with the ALB Pool |\n| lb_pool_members | List of all members with their details in the ALB Pool |\n| lb_member_count | The total count of the members in the ALB Pool |\n| lb_up_member_count | The count of the up members in the ALB Pool |\n| lb_enabled_member_count | The count of the enabled members in the ALB Pool |\n| health_message | The health message for the ALB Pool |\n| lb_algorithm | The load balancing algorithm used for the ALB Pool |\n| lb_default_server_port | The default server port for the ALB Pool |\n| lb_persistence_profile_name | System generated name of Persistence Profile |\n| lb_health_monitor_type | Type of health monitor. One of HTTP, HTTPS, TCP, UDP, PING |\n| lb_health_monitor_name | System generated name of Health monitor |\n| lb_health_monitor_system_defined | A boolean flag if the Health monitor is system defined |\n| lb_member_group_ipset_name | The name of the IP set used for the member group in the ALB Pool |\n\n## Use Case Example #1 (Member Type: IP Address)\n\nThis is an example of a `main.tf` file that uses the `\"github.com/global-vmware/vcd_nsxt_alb_pool\"` Module source to create a NSX-T ALB Pool that is using a Member Type of: `IP Address`.\n\n```terraform\nmodule \"vcd_nsxt_alb_pool\" {\n  source          = \"github.com/global-vmware/vcd_nsxt_alb_pool.git?ref=v1.2.1\"\n  \n  vdc_group_name  = \"\u003cUS1-VDC-GRP-NAME\u003e\"\n  vdc_org_name    = \"\u003cUS1-VDC-ORG-NAME\u003e\"\n  vdc_edge_name   = \"\u003cUS1-VDC-EDGE-NAME\u003e\"\n\n  pool_name       = \"test-pool-01\"\n\n  default_port    = 80\n\n  members = [\n    {\n      ip_address  = \"172.16.0.10\",\n      enabled     = true,\n      port        = 80,\n      ratio       = 1\n    },\n    {\n      ip_address  = \"172.16.0.11\",\n      enabled     = true,\n      port        = 80,\n      ratio       = 1\n    }\n  ]\n\n  algorithm       = \"FASTEST_RESPONSE\"\n\n  persistence_profile = [\n    {\n      type  = \"CLIENT_IP\"\n      value = \"\"\n    }\n  ]\n\n  health_monitor  = [\n    {\n      type  = \"HTTP\"\n    }\n  ]\n}\n```\n\n## Use Case Example #2 (Member Type: Group)\n\nThis is an example of a `main.tf` file that uses the `\"github.com/global-vmware/vcd_nsxt_alb_pool\"` Module source to create a NSX-T ALB Pool that is using a Member Type of: `Group`.\n\n```terraform\nmodule \"vcd_nsxt_alb_pool\" {\n  source          = \"github.com/global-vmware/vcd_nsxt_alb_pool.git?ref=v1.2.0\"\n  \n  vdc_group_name            = \"\u003cUS1-VDC-GRP-NAME\u003e\"\n  vdc_org_name              = \"\u003cUS1-VDC-ORG-NAME\u003e\"\n  vdc_edge_name             = \"\u003cUS1-VDC-EDGE-NAME\u003e\"\n\n  pool_name                 = \"test-pool-01\"\n\n  default_port              = 80\n\n  use_member_group          = true\n  member_group_ip_set_name  = \"US1-Prod-App-Web-Pool\"\n\n  algorithm                 = \"LEAST_LOAD\"\n\n  persistence_profile = [\n    {\n      type  = \"CLIENT_IP\"\n      value = \"\"\n    }\n  ]\n\n  health_monitor  = [\n    {\n      type  = \"HTTP\"\n    }\n  ]\n}\n```\n\n## Authors\n\nThis module is maintained by the [Global VMware Cloud Automation Services Team](https://github.com/global-vmware).","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fglobal-vmware%2Fvcd_nsxt_alb_pool","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fglobal-vmware%2Fvcd_nsxt_alb_pool","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fglobal-vmware%2Fvcd_nsxt_alb_pool/lists"}