clc_group - Create/delete Server Groups at Centurylink Cloud

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python = 2.7
  • requests >= 2.5.0
  • clc-sdk

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
description
A description of the Server Group
location
Datacenter to create the group in. If location is not provided, the group gets created in the default datacenter associated with the account
name
required
The name of the Server Group
parent
The parent group of the server group. If parent is not provided, it creates the group at top level.
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Whether to create or delete the group
wait
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Whether to wait for the tasks to finish before returning.

Notes

Note

  • To use this module, it is required to set the below environment variables which enables access to the Centurylink Cloud - CLC_V2_API_USERNAME, the account login id for the centurylink cloud - CLC_V2_API_PASSWORD, the account password for the centurylink cloud
  • Alternatively, the module accepts the API token and account alias. The API token can be generated using the CLC account login and password via the HTTP api call @ https://api.ctl.io/v2/authentication/login - CLC_V2_API_TOKEN, the API token generated from https://api.ctl.io/v2/authentication/login - CLC_ACCT_ALIAS, the account alias associated with the centurylink cloud
  • Users can set CLC_V2_API_URL to specify an endpoint for pointing to a different CLC environment.

Examples

# Create a Server Group

---
- name: Create Server Group
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: False
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Create / Verify a Server Group at CenturyLink Cloud
      clc_group:
        name: My Cool Server Group
        parent: Default Group
        state: present
      register: clc

    - name: debug
      debug:
        var: clc

# Delete a Server Group

---
- name: Delete Server Group
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: False
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Delete / Verify Absent a Server Group at CenturyLink Cloud
      clc_group:
        name: My Cool Server Group
        parent: Default Group
        state: absent
      register: clc

    - name: debug
      debug:
        var: clc

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
group
dict
success
The group information

Sample:
{'status': 'active', 'description': 'test group', 'links': [{'href': '/v2/groups/wfad', 'verbs': ['POST'], 'rel': 'createGroup'}, {'href': '/v2/servers/wfad', 'verbs': ['POST'], 'rel': 'createServer'}, {'href': '/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1', 'verbs': ['GET', 'PATCH', 'DELETE'], 'rel': 'self'}, {'href': '/v2/groups/wfad/086ac1dfe0b6411989e8d1b77c4065f0', 'id': '086ac1dfe0b6411989e8d1b77c4065f0', 'rel': 'parentGroup'}, {'href': '/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/defaults', 'verbs': ['GET', 'POST'], 'rel': 'defaults'}, {'href': '/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/billing', 'rel': 'billing'}, {'href': '/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/archive', 'rel': 'archiveGroupAction'}, {'href': '/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/statistics', 'rel': 'statistics'}, {'href': '/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/upcomingScheduledActivities', 'rel': 'upcomingScheduledActivities'}, {'href': '/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/horizontalAutoscalePolicy', 'verbs': ['GET', 'PUT', 'DELETE'], 'rel': 'horizontalAutoscalePolicyMapping'}, {'href': '/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/scheduledActivities', 'verbs': ['GET', 'POST'], 'rel': 'scheduledActivities'}], 'changeInfo': {'modifiedBy': 'service.wfad', 'modifiedDate': '2015-07-29T18:52:47Z', 'createdBy': 'service.wfad', 'createdDate': '2015-07-29T18:52:47Z'}, 'locationId': 'UC1', 'groups': [], 'customFields': [], 'type': 'default', 'id': 'bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1', 'name': 'test group'}


Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

  • CLC Runner (@clc-runner)

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