cloudscale_floating_ip - Manages floating IPs on the cloudscale.ch IaaS service¶

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status
Maintenance
- Author

Synopsis ¶

Create, assign and delete floating IPs on the cloudscale.ch IaaS service.
All operations are performed using the cloudscale.ch public API v1.
For details consult the full API documentation: https://www.cloudscale.ch/en/api/v1.
A valid API token is required for all operations. You can create as many tokens as you like using the cloudscale.ch control panel at https://control.cloudscale.ch.

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
api_timeout	Default: 30	Timeout in seconds for calls to the cloudscale.ch API.
api_token		cloudscale.ch API token. This can also be passed in the CLOUDSCALE_API_TOKEN environment variable.
ip		Floating IP address to change. Required to assign the IP to a different server or if state is absent. aliases: network
ip_version	Choices: 4 6	IP protocol version of the floating IP.
prefix_length	Choices: 56	Only valid if ip_version is 6. Prefix length for the IPv6 network. Currently only a prefix of /56 can be requested. If no prefix_length is present, a single address is created.
reverse_ptr		Reverse PTR entry for this address. You cannot set a reverse PTR entry for IPv6 floating networks. Reverse PTR entries are only allowed for single addresses.
server		UUID of the server assigned to this floating IP. Required unless state is absent.
state	Choices: present ← absent	State of the floating IP.

Notes ¶

Note

Instead of the api_token parameter the CLOUDSCALE_API_TOKEN environment variable can be used.
To create a new floating IP at least the ip_version and server options are required.
Once a floating_ip is created all parameters except server are read-only.
It’s not possible to request a floating IP without associating it with a server at the same time.
This module requires the ipaddress python library. This library is included in Python since version 3.3. It is available as a module on PyPi for earlier versions.

Examples ¶

# Request a new floating IP
- name: Request a floating IP
  cloudscale_floating_ip:
    ip_version: 4
    server: 47cec963-fcd2-482f-bdb6-24461b2d47b1
    reverse_ptr: my-server.example.com
    api_token: xxxxxx
  register: floating_ip

# Assign an existing floating IP to a different server
- name: Move floating IP to backup server
  cloudscale_floating_ip:
    ip: 192.0.2.123
    server: ea3b39a3-77a8-4d0b-881d-0bb00a1e7f48
    api_token: xxxxxx

# Request a new floating IPv6 network
- name: Request a floating IP
  cloudscale_floating_ip:
    ip_version: 6
    prefix_length: 56
    server: 47cec963-fcd2-482f-bdb6-24461b2d47b1
    api_token: xxxxxx
  register: floating_ip

# Assign an existing floating network to a different server
- name: Move floating IP to backup server
  cloudscale_floating_ip:
    ip: '{{ floating_ip.network | ip }}'
    server: ea3b39a3-77a8-4d0b-881d-0bb00a1e7f48
    api_token: xxxxxx

# Release a floating IP
- name: Release floating IP
  cloudscale_floating_ip:
    ip: 192.0.2.123
    state: absent
    api_token: xxxxxx

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
href string	success when state == present	The API URL to get details about this floating IP. Sample: https://api.cloudscale.ch/v1/floating-ips/2001:db8::cafe
ip string	success	The floating IP address or network. This is always present and used to identify floating IPs after creation. Sample: 185.98.122.176
network string	success when state == present	The CIDR notation of the network that is routed to your server. Sample: 2001:db8::cafe/128
next_hop string	success when state == present	Your floating IP is routed to this IP address. Sample: 2001:db8:dead:beef::42
reverse_ptr string	success when state == present	The reverse pointer for this floating IP address. Sample: 185-98-122-176.cust.cloudscale.ch
server string	success when state == present	The floating IP is routed to this server. Sample: 47cec963-fcd2-482f-bdb6-24461b2d47b1
state string	success	The current status of the floating IP. Sample: present

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 ¶

Gaudenz Steinlin (@gaudenz) <gaudenz.steinlin@cloudscale.ch>

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