cloudscale_server - Manages servers on the cloudscale.ch IaaS service

• Synopsis
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status
• Maintenance
  • Author

Synopsis

• Create, start, stop and delete servers on the cloudscale.ch IaaS service.
• All operations are performed using the cloudscale.ch public API v1.
• For details consult the full API documentation: https://www.cloudscale.ch/en/api/v1.
• A valid API token is required for all operations. You can create as many tokens as you like using the cloudscale.ch control panel at https://control.cloudscale.ch.

Parameters

Notes

Examples

# Start a server (if it does not exist) and register the server details
- name: Start cloudscale.ch server
  cloudscale_server:
    name: my-shiny-cloudscale-server
    image: debian-8
    flavor: flex-4
    ssh_keys: ssh-rsa XXXXXXXXXX...XXXX ansible@cloudscale
    use_private_network: True
    bulk_volume_size_gb: 100
    api_token: xxxxxx
  register: server1

# Start another server in anti-affinity to the first one
- name: Start second cloudscale.ch server
  cloudscale_server:
    name: my-other-shiny-server
    image: ubuntu-16.04
    flavor: flex-8
    ssh_keys: ssh-rsa XXXXXXXXXXX ansible@cloudscale
    anti_affinity_with: '{{ server1.uuid }}'
    api_token: xxxxxx

# Stop the first server
- name: Stop my first server
  cloudscale_server:
    uuid: '{{ server1.uuid }}'
    state: stopped
    api_token: xxxxxx

# Delete my second server
- name: Delete my second server
  cloudscale_server:
    name: my-other-shiny-server
    state: absent
    api_token: xxxxxx

# Start a server and wait for the SSH host keys to be generated
- name: Start server and wait for SSH host keys
  cloudscale_server:
    name: my-cloudscale-server-with-ssh-key
    image: debian-8
    flavor: flex-4
    ssh_keys: ssh-rsa XXXXXXXXXXX ansible@cloudscale
    api_token: xxxxxx
  register: server
  until: server.ssh_fingerprints
  retries: 60
  delay: 2

Return Values

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

Status

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

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

• Gaudenz Steinlin (@gaudenz) <gaudenz.steinlin@cloudscale.ch>