cs_instance - Manages instances and virtual machines on Apache CloudStack based clouds.¶

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis
- Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status
Maintenance
- Author

Synopsis ¶

Deploy, start, update, scale, restart, restore, stop and destroy instances.

Requirements ¶

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

python >= 2.6
cs >= 0.6.10

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
account		Account the instance is related to.
affinity_groups		Affinity groups names to be applied to the new instance. aliases: affinity_group
allow_root_disk_shrink bool (added in 2.7)	Choices: no ← yes	Enables a volume shrinkage when the new size is smaller than the old one.
api_http_method	Choices: get post	HTTP method used to query the API endpoint. If not given, the `CLOUDSTACK_METHOD` env variable is considered. As the last option, the value is taken from the ini config file, also see the notes. Fallback value is `get` if not specified.
api_key		API key of the CloudStack API. If not given, the `CLOUDSTACK_KEY` env variable is considered. As the last option, the value is taken from the ini config file, also see the notes.
api_region	Default: cloudstack	Name of the ini section in the `cloustack.ini` file. If not given, the `CLOUDSTACK_REGION` env variable is considered.
api_secret		Secret key of the CloudStack API. If not set, the `CLOUDSTACK_SECRET` env variable is considered. As the last option, the value is taken from the ini config file, also see the notes.
api_timeout		HTTP timeout in seconds. If not given, the `CLOUDSTACK_TIMEOUT` env variable is considered. As the last option, the value is taken from the ini config file, also see the notes. Fallback value is 10 seconds if not specified.
api_url		URL of the CloudStack API e.g. https://cloud.example.com/client/api. If not given, the `CLOUDSTACK_ENDPOINT` env variable is considered. As the last option, the value is taken from the ini config file, also see the notes.
cpu		The number of CPUs to allocate to the instance, used with custom service offerings
cpu_speed		The clock speed/shares allocated to the instance, used with custom service offerings
details (added in 2.6)		Map to specify custom parameters.
disk_offering		Name of the disk offering to be used.
disk_size		Disk size in GByte required if deploying instance from ISO.
display_name		Custom display name of the instances. Display name will be set to `name` if not specified. Either `name` or `display_name` is required.
domain		Domain the instance is related to.
force bool	Choices: no ← yes	Force stop/start the instance if required to apply changes, otherwise a running instance will not be changed.
group		Group in where the new instance should be in.
host (added in 2.6)		Host on which an instance should be deployed or started on. Only considered when state=started or instance is running. Requires root admin privileges.
hypervisor	Choices: KVM kvm VMware vmware BareMetal baremetal XenServer xenserver LXC lxc HyperV hyperv UCS ucs OVM ovm Simulator simulator	Name the hypervisor to be used for creating the new instance. Relevant when using state=present, but only considered if not set on ISO/template. If not set or found on ISO/template, first found hypervisor will be used.
ip6_address		IPv6 address for default instance's network.
ip_address		IPv4 address for default instance's network during creation.
ip_to_networks		List of mappings in the form {'network': NetworkName, 'ip': 1.2.3.4} Mutually exclusive with `networks` option. aliases: ip_to_network
iso		Name or id of the ISO to be used for creating the new instance. Required when using state=present. Mutually exclusive with `template` option.
keyboard	Choices: de de-ch es fi fr fr-be fr-ch is it jp nl-be no pt uk us	Keyboard device type for the instance.
memory		The memory allocated to the instance, used with custom service offerings
name		Host name of the instance. `name` can only contain ASCII letters. Name will be generated (UUID) by CloudStack if not specified and can not be changed afterwards. Either `name` or `display_name` is required.
networks		List of networks to use for the new instance. aliases: network
poll_async bool	Choices: no yes ←	Poll async jobs until job has finished.
project		Name of the project the instance to be deployed in.
root_disk_size		Root disk size in GByte required if deploying instance with KVM hypervisor and want resize the root disk size at startup (need CloudStack >= 4.4, cloud-initramfs-growroot installed and enabled in the template)
security_groups		List of security groups the instance to be applied to. aliases: security_group
service_offering		Name or id of the service offering of the new instance. If not set, first found service offering is used.
ssh_key		Name of the SSH key to be deployed on the new instance.
state	Choices: deployed started stopped restarted restored destroyed expunged present ← absent	State of the instance.
tags		List of tags. Tags are a list of dictionaries having keys `key` and `value`. If you want to delete all tags, set a empty list e.g. tags: []. aliases: tag
template		Name, display text or id of the template to be used for creating the new instance. Required when using state=present. Mutually exclusive with `ISO` option.
template_filter (added in 2.1)	Choices: all featured self selfexecutable sharedexecutable executable ← community	Name of the filter used to search for the template or iso. Used for params `iso` or `template` on state=present. The filter `all` was added in 2.6. aliases: iso_filter
user_data		Optional data (ASCII) that can be sent to the instance upon a successful deployment. The data will be automatically base64 encoded. Consider switching to HTTP_POST by using CLOUDSTACK_METHOD=post to increase the HTTP_GET size limit of 2KB to 32 KB.
zone		Name of the zone in which the instance should be deployed. If not set, default zone is used.

Notes ¶

Note

Ansible uses the cs library’s configuration method if credentials are not provided by the arguments api_url, api_key, api_secret. Configuration is read from several locations, in the following order. The CLOUDSTACK_ENDPOINT, CLOUDSTACK_KEY, CLOUDSTACK_SECRET and CLOUDSTACK_METHOD. CLOUDSTACK_TIMEOUT environment variables. A CLOUDSTACK_CONFIG environment variable pointing to an .ini file. A cloudstack.ini file in the current working directory. A .cloudstack.ini file in the users home directory. Optionally multiple credentials and endpoints can be specified using ini sections in cloudstack.ini. Use the argument api_region to select the section name, default section is cloudstack. See https://github.com/exoscale/cs for more information.
A detailed guide about cloudstack modules can be found in the CloudStack Cloud Guide.
This module supports check mode.

Examples ¶

# NOTE: Names of offerings and ISOs depending on the CloudStack configuration.
- name: create a instance from an ISO
  cs_instance:
    name: web-vm-1
    iso: Linux Debian 7 64-bit
    hypervisor: VMware
    project: Integration
    zone: ch-zrh-ix-01
    service_offering: 1cpu_1gb
    disk_offering: PerfPlus Storage
    disk_size: 20
    networks:
      - Server Integration
      - Sync Integration
      - Storage Integration
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: for changing a running instance, use the 'force' parameter
  cs_instance:
    name: web-vm-1
    display_name: web-vm-01.example.com
    iso: Linux Debian 7 64-bit
    service_offering: 2cpu_2gb
    force: yes
  delegate_to: localhost

# NOTE: user_data can be used to kickstart the instance using cloud-init yaml config.
- name: create or update a instance on Exoscale's public cloud using display_name.
  cs_instance:
    display_name: web-vm-1
    template: Linux Debian 7 64-bit
    service_offering: Tiny
    ssh_key: [email protected]
    tags:
      - key: admin
        value: john
      - key: foo
        value: bar
    user_data: |
        #cloud-config
        packages:
          - nginx
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: create an instance with multiple interfaces specifying the IP addresses
  cs_instance:
    name: web-vm-1
    template: Linux Debian 7 64-bit
    service_offering: Tiny
    ip_to_networks:
      - network: NetworkA
        ip: 10.1.1.1
      - network: NetworkB
        ip: 192.0.2.1
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: ensure an instance is stopped
  cs_instance:
    name: web-vm-1
    state: stopped
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: ensure an instance is running
  cs_instance:
    name: web-vm-1
    state: started
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: remove an instance
  cs_instance:
    name: web-vm-1
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
account string	success	Account the instance is related to. Sample: example account
affinity_groups list	success	Affinity groups the instance is in. Sample: [ "webservers" ]
created string	success	Date of the instance was created. Sample: 2014-12-01T14:57:57+0100
default_ip string	success	Default IP address of the instance. Sample: 10.23.37.42
default_ip6 string (added in 2.6)	success	Default IPv6 address of the instance. Sample: 2a04:c43:c00:a07:4b4:beff:fe00:74
display_name string	success	Display name of the instance. Sample: web-01
domain string	success	Domain the instance is related to. Sample: example domain
group string	success	Group name of the instance is related. Sample: web
host string (added in 2.6)	success and instance is running	Hostname of hypervisor an instance is running on. Sample: host-01.example.com
hypervisor string	success	Hypervisor related to this instance. Sample: KVM
id string	success	UUID of the instance. Sample: 04589590-ac63-4ffc-93f5-b698b8ac38b6
instance_name string	success	Internal name of the instance (ROOT admin only). Sample: i-44-3992-VM
iso string	success	Name of ISO the instance was deployed with. Sample: Debian-8-64bit
name string	success	Name of the instance. Sample: web-01
password string	success	The password of the instance if exists. Sample: Ge2oe7Do
password_enabled boolean	success	True if password setting is enabled. Sample: True
project string	success	Name of project the instance is related to. Sample: Production
public_ip string	success	Public IP address with instance via static NAT rule. Sample: 1.2.3.4
security_groups list	success	Security groups the instance is in. Sample: [ "default" ]
service_offering string	success	Name of the service offering the instance has. Sample: 2cpu_2gb
ssh_key string	success	Name of SSH key deployed to instance. Sample: [email protected]
state string	success	State of the instance. Sample: Running
tags dict	success	List of resource tags associated with the instance. Sample: [ { "key": "foo", "value": "bar" } ]
template string	success	Name of template the instance was deployed with. Sample: Linux Debian 9 64-bit
template_display_text string (added in 2.6)	success	Display text of template the instance was deployed with. Sample: Linux Debian 9 64-bit 200G Disk (2017-10-08-622866)
zone string	success	Name of zone the instance is in. Sample: ch-gva-2

Status ¶

This module is flagged as stableinterface which means that the maintainers for this module guarantee that no backward incompatible interface changes will be made.

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 ¶

René Moser (@resmo)

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