ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_snapshot_policy module – Manages volume snapshot policies on Apache CloudStack based clouds.

Note

This module is part of the ngine_io.cloudstack collection (version 2.5.0).

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

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

New in ngine_io.cloudstack 0.1.0

Synopsis

• Create, update and delete volume snapshot policies.

Requirements

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

• python >= 2.6

• cs >= 0.9.0

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
account string	Account the volume is related to.
api_http_method string	HTTP method used to query the API endpoint. If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_METHOD env variable is considered. Choices: "get" ← (default) "post"
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	HTTP timeout in seconds. If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_TIMEOUT env variable is considered. Default: 10
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.
device_id integer	ID of the device on a VM the volume is attached to. This will only be considered if VM has multiple DATADISK volumes.
domain string	Domain the volume is related to.
interval_type aliases: interval string	Interval of the snapshot. Choices: "hourly" "daily" ← (default) "weekly" "monthly"
max_snaps aliases: max integer	Max number of snapshots. Default: 8
project string	Name of the project the volume is related to.
schedule string	Time the snapshot is scheduled. Required if state=present. Format for interval_type=HOURLY: MM Format for interval_type=DAILY: MM:HH Format for interval_type=WEEKLY: MM:HH:DD (1-7) Format for interval_type=MONTHLY: MM:HH:DD (1-28)
state string	State of the snapshot policy. Choices: "present" ← (default) "absent"
time_zone aliases: timezone string	Specifies a timezone for this command. Default: "UTC"
validate_certs boolean added in ngine_io.cloudstack 2.4.0	If false, SSL certificates will not be validated. If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_DANGEROUS_NO_TLS_VERIFY env variable is considered. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. Choices: false true ← (default)
vm string	Name of the instance to select the volume from. Use volume_type if VM has a DATADISK and ROOT volume. In case of volume_type=DATADISK, additionally use device_id if VM has more than one DATADISK volume. Either volume or vm is required.
volume string	Name of the volume. Either volume or vm is required.
volume_type string	Type of the volume. Choices: "DATADISK" "ROOT"
vpc string	Name of the vpc the instance is deployed in.

Notes

Note

• A detailed guide about cloudstack modules can be found in the CloudStack Cloud Guide.

• This module supports check mode.

Examples

- name: ensure a snapshot policy daily at 1h00 UTC
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_snapshot_policy:
    volume: ROOT-478
    schedule: '00:1'
    max_snaps: 3

- name: ensure a snapshot policy daily at 1h00 UTC on the second DATADISK of VM web-01
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_snapshot_policy:
    vm: web-01
    volume_type: DATADISK
    device_id: 2
    schedule: '00:1'
    max_snaps: 3

- name: ensure a snapshot policy hourly at minute 5 UTC
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_snapshot_policy:
    volume: ROOT-478
    schedule: '5'
    interval_type: hourly
    max_snaps: 1

- name: ensure a snapshot policy weekly on Sunday at 05h00, TZ Europe/Zurich
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_snapshot_policy:
    volume: ROOT-478
    schedule: '00:5:1'
    interval_type: weekly
    max_snaps: 1
    time_zone: 'Europe/Zurich'

- name: ensure a snapshot policy is absent
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_snapshot_policy:
    volume: ROOT-478
    interval_type: hourly
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key	Description
account string	Account the volume is related to. Returned: success Sample: "example account"
domain string	Domain the volume is related to. Returned: success Sample: "example domain"
id string	UUID of the snapshot policy. Returned: success Sample: "a6f7a5fc-43f8-11e5-a151-feff819cdc9f"
interval_type string	interval type of the snapshot policy. Returned: success Sample: "daily"
max_snaps integer	maximum number of snapshots retained. Returned: success Sample: 10
project string	Name of project the volume is related to. Returned: success Sample: "Production"
schedule string	schedule of the snapshot policy. Returned: success
time_zone string	the time zone of the snapshot policy. Returned: success Sample: "Etc/UTC"
volume string	the volume of the snapshot policy. Returned: success Sample: "Etc/UTC"
zone string	Name of zone the volume is related to. Returned: success Sample: "ch-gva-2"

Authors

• René Moser (@resmo)

Collection links

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