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# librato_annotation – create an annotation in librato

- Synopsis
- Parameters
- Examples
- Status

## Synopsis

- Create an annotation event on the given annotation stream :name. If the annotation stream does not exist, it will be created automatically

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
api_key - / required |  | Librato account api key
description - |  | The description contains extra meta-data about a particular annotation The description should contain specifics on the individual annotation e.g. Deployed 9b562b2 shipped new feature foo!
end_time - |  | The unix timestamp indicating the time at which the event referenced by this annotation ended For events that have a duration, this is a useful way to annotate the duration of the event
links - / required |  | See examples
name - |  | The annotation stream name If the annotation stream does not exist, it will be created automatically
source - |  | A string which describes the originating source of an annotation when that annotation is tracked across multiple members of a population
start_time - |  | The unix timestamp indicating the time at which the event referenced by this annotation started
title - / required |  | The title of an annotation is a string and may contain spaces The title should be a short, high-level summary of the annotation e.g. v45 Deployment
user - / required |  | Librato account username

## Examples

    # Create a simple annotation event with a source
    - librato_annotation:
        user: user@example.com
        api_key: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
        title: App Config Change
        source: foo.bar
        description: This is a detailed description of the config change

    # Create an annotation that includes a link
    - librato_annotation:
        user: user@example.com
        api_key: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
        name: code.deploy
        title: app code deploy
        description: this is a detailed description of a deployment
        links:
          - rel: example
            href: http://www.example.com/deploy

    # Create an annotation with a start_time and end_time
    - librato_annotation:
        user: user@example.com
        api_key: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
        name: maintenance
        title: Maintenance window
        description: This is a detailed description of maintenance
        start_time: 1395940006
        end_time: 1395954406

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Seth Edwards (@Sedward)

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