rax_cdb - create/delete or resize a Rackspace Cloud Databases instance

New in version 1.8.

Synopsis

Requirements

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

  • pyrax
  • python >= 2.6

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
api_key
Rackspace API key, overrides credentials.

aliases: password
auth_endpoint
(added in 1.5)
 Default:
https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/
The URI of the authentication service.
cdb_type
(added in 2.0)
 Default:
MySQL
type of instance (i.e. MySQL, MariaDB, Percona)

aliases: type
cdb_version
(added in 2.0)
    Choices:
  • 5.1
  • 5.6
  • 10
version of database (MySQL supports 5.1 and 5.6, MariaDB supports 10, Percona supports 5.6)

aliases: version
credentials
File to find the Rackspace credentials in. Ignored if api_key and username are provided.

aliases: creds_file
env
(added in 1.5)
flavor Default:
1
flavor to use for the instance 1 to 6 (i.e. 512MB to 16GB)
identity_type
(added in 1.5)
 Default:
rackspace
Authentication mechanism to use, such as rackspace or keystone.
name
Name of the databases server instance
region Default:
DFW
Region to create an instance in.
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Indicate desired state of the resource
tenant_id
(added in 1.5)
The tenant ID used for authentication.
tenant_name
(added in 1.5)
The tenant name used for authentication.
username
Rackspace username, overrides credentials.
verify_ssl
(added in 1.5)
Whether or not to require SSL validation of API endpoints.
volume Default:
2
Volume size of the database 1-150GB
wait
bool
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
wait for the instance to be in state 'running' before returning
wait_timeout Default:
300
how long before wait gives up, in seconds

Notes

Note

  • The following environment variables can be used, RAX_USERNAME, RAX_API_KEY, RAX_CREDS_FILE, RAX_CREDENTIALS, RAX_REGION.
  • RAX_CREDENTIALS and RAX_CREDS_FILE points to a credentials file appropriate for pyrax. See https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#authenticating
  • RAX_USERNAME and RAX_API_KEY obviate the use of a credentials file
  • RAX_REGION defines a Rackspace Public Cloud region (DFW, ORD, LON, ...)
  • The following environment variables can be used, RAX_USERNAME, RAX_API_KEY, RAX_CREDS_FILE, RAX_CREDENTIALS, RAX_REGION.
  • RAX_CREDENTIALS and RAX_CREDS_FILE points to a credentials file appropriate for pyrax. See https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#authenticating
  • RAX_USERNAME and RAX_API_KEY obviate the use of a credentials file
  • RAX_REGION defines a Rackspace Public Cloud region (DFW, ORD, LON, ...)

Examples

- name: Build a Cloud Databases
  gather_facts: False
  tasks:
    - name: Server build request
      local_action:
        module: rax_cdb
        credentials: ~/.raxpub
        region: IAD
        name: db-server1
        flavor: 1
        volume: 2
        cdb_type: MySQL
        cdb_version: 5.6
        wait: yes
        state: present
      register: rax_db_server

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

  • Simon JAILLET (@jails)

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