rax_facts – Gather facts for Rackspace Cloud Servers

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rax_facts – Gather facts for Rackspace Cloud Servers

New in version 1.4.


Synopsis

  • Gather facts for Rackspace Cloud Servers.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6
  • pyrax

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

address

-

Server IP address to retrieve facts for, will match any IP assigned to the server

api_key

-

Rackspace API key, overrides credentials.


aliases: password

auth_endpoint

-

added in 1.5

Default:

The URI of the authentication service.

credentials

-

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


aliases: creds_file

env

-

added in 1.5

id

-

Server ID to retrieve facts for

identity_type

-

added in 1.5

Default:

"rackspace"

Authentication mechanism to use, such as rackspace or keystone.

name

-

Server name to retrieve facts for

region

-

Default:

"DFW"

Region to create an instance in.

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.



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, …)


Examples

- name: Gather info about servers
  hosts: all
  gather_facts: False
  tasks:
    - name: Get facts about servers
      local_action:
        module: rax_facts
        credentials: ~/.raxpub
        name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
        region: DFW
    - name: Map some facts
      set_fact:
        ansible_ssh_host: "{{ rax_accessipv4 }}"

Status

Authors

  • Matt Martz (@sivel)

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