vultr_network - Manages networks on Vultr.

New in version 2.7.

Synopsis

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
api_account Default:
default
Name of the ini section in the vultr.ini file.
The ENV variable VULTR_API_ACCOUNT is used as default, when defined.
api_endpoint
URL to API endpint (without trailing slash).
The ENV variable VULTR_API_ENDPOINT is used as default, when defined.
Fallback value is https://api.vultr.com if not specified.
api_key
API key of the Vultr API.
The ENV variable VULTR_API_KEY is used as default, when defined.
api_retries
Amount of retries in case of the Vultr API retuns an HTTP 503 code.
The ENV variable VULTR_API_RETRIES is used as default, when defined.
Fallback value is 5 retries if not specified.
api_timeout
HTTP timeout to Vultr API.
The ENV variable VULTR_API_TIMEOUT is used as default, when defined.
Fallback value is 60 seconds if not specified.
cidr
The CIDR IPv4 network block to be used when attaching servers to this network. Required if state=present.
name
required
Name of the network.

aliases: description, label
region
Region the network is deployed into. Required if state=present.
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
State of the network.
validate_certs
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Validate SSL certs of the Vultr API.

Notes

Note

Examples

- name: Ensure a network is present
  local_action:
    module: vultr_network
    name: mynet
    cidr: 192.168.42.0/24
    region: Amsterdam

- name: Ensure a network is absent
  local_action:
    module: vultr_network
    name: mynet
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
vultr_api
complex
success
Response from Vultr API with a few additions/modification

  api_endpoint
string
success
Endpoint used for the API requests

Sample:
https://api.vultr.com
  api_timeout
int
success
Timeout used for the API requests

Sample:
60
  api_retries
int
success
Amount of max retries for the API requests

Sample:
5
  api_account
string
success
Account used in the ini file to select the key

Sample:
default
vultr_network
complex
success
Response from Vultr API

  v4_subnet
string
success
IPv4 Network address

Sample:
192.168.42.0
  v4_subnet_mask
int
success
Ipv4 Network mask

Sample:
24
  name
string
success
Name (label) of the network

Sample:
mynetwork
  date_created
string
success
Date when the network was created

Sample:
2018-08-02 08:54:52
  region
string
success
Region the network was deployed into

Sample:
Amsterdam
  id
string
success
ID of the network

Sample:
net5b62c6dc63ef5


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

  • Yanis Guenane (@Spredzy)

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