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+#!/usr/bin/python
+#
+# Created on Aug 25, 2016
+# @author: Gaurav Rastogi (grastogi@avinetworks.com)
+#          Eric Anderson (eanderson@avinetworks.com)
+# module_check: supported
+#
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
+                    'status': ['preview'],
+                    'supported_by': 'community'}
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: avi_poolgroupdeploymentpolicy
+author: Gaurav Rastogi (grastogi@avinetworks.com)
+
+short_description: Module for setup of PoolGroupDeploymentPolicy Avi RESTful Object
+description:
+    - This module is used to configure PoolGroupDeploymentPolicy object
+    - more examples at U(https://github.com/avinetworks/devops)
+requirements: [ avisdk ]
+version_added: "2.4"
+options:
+    state:
+        description:
+            - The state that should be applied on the entity.
+        default: present
+        choices: ["absent","present"]
+    auto_disable_old_prod_pools:
+        description:
+            - It will automatically disable old production pools once there is a new production candidate.
+            - Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as True.
+    cloud_ref:
+        description:
+            - It is a reference to an object of type cloud.
+    description:
+        description:
+            - User defined description for the object.
+    evaluation_duration:
+        description:
+            - Duration of evaluation period for automatic deployment.
+            - Allowed values are 60-86400.
+            - Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 300.
+    name:
+        description:
+            - The name of the pool group deployment policy.
+        required: true
+    rules:
+        description:
+            - List of pgdeploymentrule.
+    scheme:
+        description:
+            - Deployment scheme.
+            - Enum options - BLUE_GREEN, CANARY.
+            - Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as BLUE_GREEN.
+    target_test_traffic_ratio:
+        description:
+            - Target traffic ratio before pool is made production.
+            - Allowed values are 1-100.
+            - Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 100.
+    tenant_ref:
+        description:
+            - It is a reference to an object of type tenant.
+    test_traffic_ratio_rampup:
+        description:
+            - Ratio of the traffic that is sent to the pool under test.
+            - Test ratio of 100 means blue green.
+            - Allowed values are 1-100.
+            - Default value when not specified in API or module is interpreted by Avi Controller as 100.
+    url:
+        description:
+            - Avi controller URL of the object.
+    uuid:
+        description:
+            - Uuid of the pool group deployment policy.
+    webhook_ref:
+        description:
+            - Webhook configured with url that avi controller will pass back information about pool group, old and new pool information and current deployment
+            - rule results.
+            - It is a reference to an object of type webhook.
+            - Field introduced in 17.1.1.
+extends_documentation_fragment:
+    - avi
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = """
+- name: Example to create PoolGroupDeploymentPolicy object
+  avi_poolgroupdeploymentpolicy:
+    controller: 10.10.25.42
+    username: admin
+    password: something
+    state: present
+    name: sample_poolgroupdeploymentpolicy
+"""
+
+RETURN = '''
+obj:
+    description: PoolGroupDeploymentPolicy (api/poolgroupdeploymentpolicy) object
+    returned: success, changed
+    type: dict
+'''
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+try:
+    from ansible.module_utils.avi import (
+        avi_common_argument_spec, HAS_AVI, avi_ansible_api)
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_AVI = False
+
+
+def main():
+    argument_specs = dict(
+        state=dict(default='present',
+                   choices=['absent', 'present']),
+        auto_disable_old_prod_pools=dict(type='bool',),
+        cloud_ref=dict(type='str',),
+        description=dict(type='str',),
+        evaluation_duration=dict(type='int',),
+        name=dict(type='str', required=True),
+        rules=dict(type='list',),
+        scheme=dict(type='str',),
+        target_test_traffic_ratio=dict(type='int',),
+        tenant_ref=dict(type='str',),
+        test_traffic_ratio_rampup=dict(type='int',),
+        url=dict(type='str',),
+        uuid=dict(type='str',),
+        webhook_ref=dict(type='str',),
+    )
+    argument_specs.update(avi_common_argument_spec())
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec=argument_specs, supports_check_mode=True)
+    if not HAS_AVI:
+        return module.fail_json(msg=(
+            'Avi python API SDK (avisdk>=17.1) is not installed. '
+            'For more details visit https://github.com/avinetworks/sdk.'))
+    return avi_ansible_api(module, 'poolgroupdeploymentpolicy',
+                           set([]))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()