community.general.dimensiondata_network – Create, update, and delete MCP 1.0 & 2.0 networks

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 3.8.1).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

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

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

Synopsis

  • Create, update, and delete MCP 1.0 & 2.0 networks

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
description
string
Additional description of the network domain.
location
string / required
The target datacenter.
mcp_password
string
The password used to authenticate to the CloudControl API.
If not specified, will fall back to MCP_PASSWORD from environment variable or ~/.dimensiondata.
Required if mcp_user is specified.
mcp_user
string
The username used to authenticate to the CloudControl API.
If not specified, will fall back to MCP_USER from environment variable or ~/.dimensiondata.
name
string / required
The name of the network domain to create.
region
string
Default:
"na"
The target region.
Regions are defined in Apache libcloud project [libcloud/common/dimensiondata.py]
Note that the default value "na" stands for "North America".
The module prepends 'dd-' to the region choice.
service_plan
string
    Choices:
  • ESSENTIALS
  • ADVANCED
The service plan, either "ESSENTIALS" or "ADVANCED".
MCP 2.0 Only.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present
  • absent
Should the resource be present or absent.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
If false, SSL certificates will not be validated.
This should only be used on private instances of the CloudControl API that use self-signed certificates.
wait
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Should we wait for the task to complete before moving onto the next.
wait_poll_interval
integer
Default:
2
The amount of time (in seconds) to wait between checks for task completion.
Only applicable if wait=true.
wait_time
integer
Default:
600
The maximum amount of time (in seconds) to wait for the task to complete.
Only applicable if wait=true.

Examples

- name: Create an MCP 1.0 network
  community.general.dimensiondata_network:
    region: na
    location: NA5
    name: mynet

- name: Create an MCP 2.0 network
  community.general.dimensiondata_network:
    region: na
    mcp_user: my_user
    mcp_password: my_password
    location: NA9
    name: mynet
    service_plan: ADVANCED

- name: Delete a network
  community.general.dimensiondata_network:
    region: na
    location: NA1
    name: mynet
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
network
complex
On success when state=present.
Dictionary describing the network.

description
string
success
Network description.

Sample:
My network description
id
string
success
Network ID.

Sample:
8c787000-a000-4050-a215-280893411a7d
location
string
success
Datacenter location.

Sample:
NA3
multicast
boolean
success
Multicast enabled? (MCP 1.0 only)

name
string
success
Network name.

Sample:
My network
private_net
string
success
Private network subnet. (MCP 1.0 only)

Sample:
10.2.3.0
status
string
success
Network status. (MCP 2.0 only)

Sample:
NORMAL


Authors

  • Aimon Bustardo (@aimonb)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/dimensiondata_network_module.html