rax_identity – Load Rackspace Cloud Identity

From Get docs
Ansible/docs/2.7/modules/rax identity module


rax_identity – Load Rackspace Cloud Identity

New in version 1.5.


Synopsis

  • Verifies Rackspace Cloud credentials and returns identity information

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6
  • pyrax

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

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

identity_type

-

added in 1.5

Default:

"rackspace"

Authentication mechanism to use, such as rackspace or keystone.

region

-

Default:

"DFW"

Region to create an instance in.

state

-

  • 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.



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: Load Rackspace Cloud Identity
  gather_facts: False
  hosts: local
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Load Identity
      local_action:
        module: rax_identity
        credentials: ~/.raxpub
        region: DFW
      register: rackspace_identity

Status

Authors

  • Christopher H. Laco (@claco)
  • Matt Martz (@sivel)

Hint

If you notice any issues in this documentation you can edit this document to improve it.


© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.7/modules/rax_identity_module.html