community.general.hwc_vpc_security_group module – Creates a resource of Vpc/SecurityGroup in Huawei Cloud

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 9.5.1).

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. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

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

New in community.general 0.2.0

Synopsis

  • vpc security group management.

Requirements

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

  • keystoneauth1 >= 3.6.0

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

domain

string / required

The name of the Domain to scope to (Identity v3).

Currently only domain names are supported, and not domain IDs.

enterprise_project_id

string

Specifies the enterprise project ID. When creating a security group, associate the enterprise project ID with the security group.s

id

string

The ID of resource to be managed.

identity_endpoint

string / required

The Identity authentication URL.

name

string / required

Specifies the security group name. The value is a string of 1 to 64 characters that can contain letters, digits, underscores (_), hyphens (-), and periods (.).

password

string / required

The password to login with.

project

string / required

The name of the Tenant (Identity v2) or Project (Identity v3).

Currently only project names are supported, and not project IDs.

region

string

The region to which the project belongs.

state

string

Whether the given object should exist in Huawei Cloud.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

user

string / required

The user name to login with.

Currently only user names are supported, and not user IDs.

vpc_id

string

Specifies the resource ID of the VPC to which the security group belongs.

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

diff_mode

Support: none

Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Notes

Note

  • If id option is provided, it takes precedence over name, enterprise_project_id, and vpc_id for security group selection.

  • name, enterprise_project_id and vpc_id are used for security group selection. If more than one security group with this options exists, execution is aborted.

  • No parameter support updating. If one of option is changed, the module will create a new resource.

  • For authentication, you can set identity_endpoint using the ANSIBLE_HWC_IDENTITY_ENDPOINT environment variable.

  • For authentication, you can set user using the ANSIBLE_HWC_USER environment variable.

  • For authentication, you can set password using the ANSIBLE_HWC_PASSWORD environment variable.

  • For authentication, you can set domain using the ANSIBLE_HWC_DOMAIN environment variable.

  • For authentication, you can set project using the ANSIBLE_HWC_PROJECT environment variable.

  • For authentication, you can set region using the ANSIBLE_HWC_REGION environment variable.

  • Environment variables values will only be used if the playbook values are not set.

Examples

# create a security group
- name: Create a security group
  community.general.hwc_vpc_security_group:
    name: "ansible_network_security_group_test"

Return Values

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

Key

Description

enterprise_project_id

string

Specifies the enterprise project ID. When creating a security group, associate the enterprise project ID with the security group.

Returned: success

name

string

Specifies the security group name. The value is a string of 1 to 64 characters that can contain letters, digits, underscores (_), hyphens (-), and periods (.).

Returned: success

rules

complex

Specifies the security group rule, which ensures that resources in the security group can communicate with one another.

Returned: success

description

string

Provides supplementary information about the security group rule.

Returned: success

direction

string

Specifies the direction of access control. The value can be egress or ingress.

Returned: success

ethertype

string

Specifies the IP protocol version. The value can be IPv4 or IPv6.

Returned: success

id

string

Specifies the security group rule ID.

Returned: success

port_range_max

integer

Specifies the end port number. The value ranges from 1 to 65535. If the protocol is not icmp, the value cannot be smaller than the port_range_min value. An empty value indicates all ports.

Returned: success

port_range_min

integer

Specifies the start port number. The value ranges from 1 to 65535. The value cannot be greater than the port_range_max value. An empty value indicates all ports.

Returned: success

protocol

string

Specifies the protocol type. The value can be icmp, tcp, udp, or others. If the parameter is left blank, the security group supports all protocols.

Returned: success

remote_address_group_id

string

Specifies the ID of remote IP address group.

Returned: success

remote_group_id

string

Specifies the ID of the peer security group.

Returned: success

remote_ip_prefix

string

Specifies the remote IP address. If the access control direction is set to egress, the parameter specifies the source IP address. If the access control direction is set to ingress, the parameter specifies the destination IP address.

Returned: success

vpc_id

string

Specifies the resource ID of the VPC to which the security group belongs.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Huawei Inc. (@huaweicloud)