community.general.clc_server – Create, Delete, Start and Stop servers in CenturyLink Cloud.

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community.general.clc_server – Create, Delete, Start and Stop servers in CenturyLink Cloud.

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 1.3.2).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.clc_server.


Synopsis

  • An Ansible module to Create, Delete, Start and Stop servers in CenturyLink Cloud.

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

add_public_ip

boolean

  • no

  • yes

Whether to add a public ip to the server

additional_disks

list / elements=string

Default:

[]

The list of additional disks for the server

alert_policy_id

string

The alert policy to assign to the server. This is mutually exclusive with 'alert_policy_name'.

alert_policy_name

string

The alert policy to assign to the server. This is mutually exclusive with 'alert_policy_id'.

alias

string

The account alias to provision the servers under.

anti_affinity_policy_id

string

The anti-affinity policy to assign to the server. This is mutually exclusive with 'anti_affinity_policy_name'.

anti_affinity_policy_name

string

The anti-affinity policy to assign to the server. This is mutually exclusive with 'anti_affinity_policy_id'.

configuration_id

string

Only required for bare metal servers. Specifies the identifier for the specific configuration type of bare metal server to deploy.

count

integer

Default:

1

The number of servers to build (mutually exclusive with exact_count)

count_group

string

Required when exact_count is specified. The Server Group use to determine how many servers to deploy.

cpu

integer

Default:

1

How many CPUs to provision on the server

cpu_autoscale_policy_id

string

The autoscale policy to assign to the server.

custom_fields

list / elements=string

Default:

[]

The list of custom fields to set on the server.

description

string

The description to set for the server.

exact_count

integer

Run in idempotent mode. Will insure that this exact number of servers are running in the provided group, creating and deleting them to reach that count. Requires count_group to be set.

group

string

Default:

"Default Group"

The Server Group to create servers under.

ip_address

string

The IP Address for the server. One is assigned if not provided.

location

string

The Datacenter to create servers in.

managed_os

boolean

  • no

  • yes

Whether to create the server as 'Managed' or not.

memory

integer

Default:

1

Memory in GB.

name

string

A 1 to 6 character identifier to use for the server. This is required when state is 'present'

network_id

string

The network UUID on which to create servers.

os_type

string

  • redHat6_64Bit
  • centOS6_64Bit
  • windows2012R2Standard_64Bit
  • ubuntu14_64Bit

Only required for bare metal servers. Specifies the OS to provision with the bare metal server.

packages

list / elements=string

Default:

[]

The list of blue print packages to run on the server after its created.

password

string

Password for the administrator / root user

primary_dns

string

Primary DNS used by the server.

public_ip_ports

list / elements=string

Default:

[]

A list of ports to allow on the firewall to the servers public ip, if add_public_ip is set to True.

public_ip_protocol

string

  • TCP

  • UDP
  • ICMP

The protocol to use for the public ip if add_public_ip is set to True.

secondary_dns

string

Secondary DNS used by the server.

server_ids

list / elements=string

Default:

[]

Required for started, stopped, and absent states. A list of server Ids to insure are started, stopped, or absent.

source_server_password

string

The password for the source server if a clone is specified.

state

string

  • present

  • absent
  • started
  • stopped

The state to insure that the provided resources are in.

storage_type

string

  • standard

  • hyperscale

The type of storage to attach to the server.

template

string

The template to use for server creation. Will search for a template if a partial string is provided. This is required when state is 'present'

ttl

string

The time to live for the server in seconds. The server will be deleted when this time expires.

type

string

  • standard

  • hyperscale
  • bareMetal

The type of server to create.

wait

boolean

  • no
  • yes

Whether to wait for the provisioning 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

# Note - You must set the CLC_V2_API_USERNAME And CLC_V2_API_PASSWD Environment variables before running these examples

- name: Provision a single Ubuntu Server
  community.general.clc_server:
    name: test
    template: ubuntu-14-64
    count: 1
    group: Default Group
    state: present

- name: Ensure 'Default Group' has exactly 5 servers
  community.general.clc_server:
    name: test
    template: ubuntu-14-64
    exact_count: 5
    count_group: Default Group
    group: Default Group

- name: Stop a Server
  community.general.clc_server:
    server_ids:
      - UC1ACCT-TEST01
    state: stopped

- name: Start a Server
  community.general.clc_server:
    server_ids:
      - UC1ACCT-TEST01
    state: started

- name: Delete a Server
  community.general.clc_server:
    server_ids:
      - UC1ACCT-TEST01
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description

partially_created_server_ids

list / elements=string

success

The list of server ids that are partially created


Sample:

['UC1TEST-SVR01', 'UC1TEST-SVR02']

server_ids

list / elements=string

success

The list of server ids that are created


Sample:

['UC1TEST-SVR01', 'UC1TEST-SVR02']

servers

list / elements=string

success

The list of server objects returned from CLC


Sample:

[{'changeInfo': {'createdBy': 'service.wfad', 'createdDate': 1438196820, 'modifiedBy': 'service.wfad', 'modifiedDate': 1438196820}, 'description': 'test-server', 'details': {'alertPolicies': [], 'cpu': 1, 'customFields': [], 'diskCount': 3, 'disks': [{'id': '0:0', 'partitionPaths': [], 'sizeGB': 1}, {'id': '0:1', 'partitionPaths': [], 'sizeGB': 2}, {'id': '0:2', 'partitionPaths': [], 'sizeGB': 14}], 'hostName': , 'inMaintenanceMode': False, 'ipAddresses': [{'internal': '10.1.1.1'}], 'memoryGB': 1, 'memoryMB': 1024, 'partitions': [], 'powerState': 'started', 'snapshots': [], 'storageGB': 17}, 'groupId': '086ac1dfe0b6411989e8d1b77c4065f0', 'id': 'test-server', 'ipaddress': '10.120.45.23', 'isTemplate': False, 'links': [{'href': '/v2/servers/wfad/test-server', 'id': 'test-server', 'rel': 'self', 'verbs': ['GET', 'PATCH', 'DELETE']}, {'href': '/v2/groups/wfad/086ac1dfe0b6411989e8d1b77c4065f0', 'id': '086ac1dfe0b6411989e8d1b77c4065f0', 'rel': 'group'}, {'href': '/v2/accounts/wfad', 'id': 'wfad', 'rel': 'account'}, {'href': '/v2/billing/wfad/serverPricing/test-server', 'rel': 'billing'}, {'href': '/v2/servers/wfad/test-server/publicIPAddresses', 'rel': 'publicIPAddresses', 'verbs': ['POST']}, {'href': '/v2/servers/wfad/test-server/credentials', 'rel': 'credentials'}, {'href': '/v2/servers/wfad/test-server/statistics', 'rel': 'statistics'}, {'href': '/v2/servers/wfad/510ec21ae82d4dc89d28479753bf736a/upcomingScheduledActivities', 'rel': 'upcomingScheduledActivities'}, {'href': '/v2/servers/wfad/510ec21ae82d4dc89d28479753bf736a/scheduledActivities', 'rel': 'scheduledActivities', 'verbs': ['GET', 'POST']}, {'href': '/v2/servers/wfad/test-server/capabilities', 'rel': 'capabilities'}, {'href': '/v2/servers/wfad/test-server/alertPolicies', 'rel': 'alertPolicyMappings', 'verbs': ['POST']}, {'href': '/v2/servers/wfad/test-server/antiAffinityPolicy', 'rel': 'antiAffinityPolicyMapping', 'verbs': ['PUT', 'DELETE']}, {'href': '/v2/servers/wfad/test-server/cpuAutoscalePolicy', 'rel': 'cpuAutoscalePolicyMapping', 'verbs': ['PUT', 'DELETE']}], 'locationId': 'UC1', 'name': 'test-server', 'os': 'ubuntu14_64Bit', 'osType': 'Ubuntu 14 64-bit', 'status': 'active', 'storageType': 'standard', 'type': 'standard'}]




Authors

  • CLC Runner (@clc-runner)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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