ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_staticnat – Manages static NATs on Apache CloudStack based clouds.

Note

This plugin is part of the ngine_io.cloudstack collection (version 2.2.2).

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 ngine_io.cloudstack.

To use it in a playbook, specify: ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_staticnat.

New in version 0.1.0: of ngine_io.cloudstack

Synopsis

  • Create, update and remove static NATs.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6
  • cs >= 0.9.0

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
account
string
Account the static NAT is related to.
api_http_method
string
    Choices:
  • get ←
  • post
HTTP method used to query the API endpoint.
If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_METHOD env variable is considered.
api_key
string / required
API key of the CloudStack API.
If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_KEY env variable is considered.
api_secret
string / required
Secret key of the CloudStack API.
If not set, the CLOUDSTACK_SECRET env variable is considered.
api_timeout
integer
Default:
10
HTTP timeout in seconds.
If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_TIMEOUT env variable is considered.
api_url
string / required
URL of the CloudStack API e.g. https://cloud.example.com/client/api.
If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_ENDPOINT env variable is considered.
api_verify_ssl_cert
string
Verify CA authority cert file.
If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_VERIFY env variable is considered.
domain
string
Domain the static NAT is related to.
ip_address
string / required
Public IP address the static NAT is assigned to.
network
string
Network the IP address is related to.
poll_async
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Poll async jobs until job has finished.
project
string
Name of the project the static NAT is related to.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
State of the static NAT.
vm
string
Name of virtual machine which we make the static NAT for.
Required if state=present.
vm_guest_ip
string
VM guest NIC secondary IP address for the static NAT.
vpc
string
VPC the network related to.
zone
string / required
Name of the zone in which the virtual machine is in.

Notes

Note

  • A detailed guide about cloudstack modules can be found in the CloudStack Cloud Guide.
  • This module supports check mode.

Examples

- name: Create a static NAT for IP 1.2.3.4 to web01
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_staticnat:
    ip_address: 1.2.3.4
    zone: zone01
    vm: web01

- name: Remove a static NAT
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_staticnat:
    ip_address: 1.2.3.4
    zone: zone01
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
account
string
success
Account the static NAT is related to.

Sample:
example account
domain
string
success
Domain the static NAT is related to.

Sample:
example domain
id
string
success
UUID of the ip_address.

Sample:
a6f7a5fc-43f8-11e5-a151-feff819cdc9f
ip_address
string
success
Public IP address.

Sample:
1.2.3.4
project
string
success
Name of project the static NAT is related to.

Sample:
Production
vm_display_name
string
success
Display name of the virtual machine.

Sample:
web-01
vm_guest_ip
string
success
IP of the virtual machine.

Sample:
10.101.65.152
vm_name
string
success
Name of the virtual machine.

Sample:
web-01
zone
string
success
Name of zone the static NAT is related to.

Sample:
ch-gva-2


Authors

  • René Moser (@resmo)

© 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/ngine_io/cloudstack/cs_staticnat_module.html