cs_instance_nic - Manages NICs of an instance on Apache CloudStack based clouds.

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • Add and remove nic to and from network

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • python >= 2.6
  • cs >= 0.6.10

Options

parameter required default choices comments
account
 no
Account the instance is related to.
api_http_method
 no get
  • get
  • post
HTTP method used.
api_key
 no
API key of the CloudStack API.
api_region
 no cloudstack
Name of the ini section in the cloustack.ini file.
api_secret
 no
Secret key of the CloudStack API.
api_timeout
 no 10
HTTP timeout.
api_url
 no
URL of the CloudStack API e.g. https://cloud.example.com/client/api.
domain
 no
Domain the instance is related to.
ip_address
 no
IP address to be used for the nic.
network
 yes
Name of the network.
poll_async
 no True
Poll async jobs until job has finished.
project
 no
Name of the project the instance is deployed in.
state
 no present
  • present
  • absent
State of the nic.
vm
 yes
Name of instance.
aliases: name
vpc
 no
Name of the VPC the vm is related to.
zone
 no
Name of the zone in which the instance is deployed in.
If not set, default zone is used.

Examples

# Add a nic on another network
- local_action:
    module: cs_instance_nic
    vm: privnet
    network: privNetForBasicZone

# Ensure IP address on a nic
- local_action:
    module: cs_instance_nic
    vm: privnet
    ip_address: 10.10.11.32
    network: privNetForBasicZone

# Remove a secondary nic
- local_action:
    module: cs_instance_nic
    vm: privnet
    state: absent
    network: privNetForBasicZone

Return Values

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

name description returned type sample
account
Account the VM is related to.
 success string example account
domain
Domain the VM is related to.
 success string example domain
id
UUID of the nic.
 success string 87b1e0ce-4e01-11e4-bb66-0050569e64b8
ip_address
Primary IP of the NIC.
 success string 10.10.10.10
mac_address
MAC address of the NIC.
 success string 02:00:33:31:00:e4
netmask
Netmask of the NIC.
 success string 255.255.255.0
network
Name of the network if not default.
 success string sync network
project
Name of project the VM is related to.
 success string Production
vm
Name of the VM.
 success string web-01

Notes

Note

  • Ansible uses the cs library’s configuration method if credentials are not provided by the arguments api_url, api_key, api_secret. Configuration is read from several locations, in the following order. - The CLOUDSTACK_ENDPOINT, CLOUDSTACK_KEY, CLOUDSTACK_SECRET and CLOUDSTACK_METHOD. CLOUDSTACK_TIMEOUT environment variables. - A CLOUDSTACK_CONFIG environment variable pointing to an .ini file, - A cloudstack.ini file in the current working directory. - A .cloudstack.ini file in the users home directory. Optionally multiple credentials and endpoints can be specified using ini sections in cloudstack.ini. Use the argument api_region to select the section name, default section is cloudstack. See https://github.com/exoscale/cs for more information.
  • A detailed guide about cloudstack modules can be found on http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/guide_cloudstack.html
  • This module supports check mode.

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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