community.proxmox.proxmox_pool_member module – Add or delete members from Proxmox VE cluster pools

Note

This module is part of the community.proxmox collection (version 1.3.0).

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

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.proxmox.proxmox_pool_member.

Synopsis

  • Create or delete a pool member in Proxmox VE clusters.

Requirements

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

  • proxmoxer >= 2.0

  • requests

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

api_host

string / required

Specify the target host of the Proxmox VE cluster.

Uses the PROXMOX_HOST environment variable if not specified.

api_password

string

Specify the password to authenticate with.

Uses the PROXMOX_PASSWORD environment variable if not specified.

api_port

integer

Specify the target port of the Proxmox VE cluster.

Uses the PROXMOX_PORT environment variable if not specified.

api_token_id

string

Specify the token ID.

Uses the PROXMOX_TOKEN_ID environment variable if not specified.

api_token_secret

string

Specify the token secret.

Uses the PROXMOX_TOKEN_SECRET environment variable if not specified.

api_user

string / required

Specify the user to authenticate with.

Uses the PROXMOX_USER environment variable if not specified.

member

string / required

Specify the member name.

For type=storage it is a storage name.

For type=vm either vmid or vm name could be used.

poolid

aliases: name

string / required

The pool ID.

state

string

Indicate desired state of the pool member.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

type

string

Member type to add/remove from the pool.

Choices:

  • "vm" ← (default)

  • "storage"

validate_certs

boolean

If false, SSL certificates will not be validated.

This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Uses the PROXMOX_VALIDATE_CERTS environment variable if not specified.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

action_group

Action group: community.proxmox.proxmox

Use group/community.proxmox.proxmox in module_defaults to set defaults for this module.

check_mode

Support: full

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

diff_mode

Support: full

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

Examples

- name: Add new VM to Proxmox VE pool
  community.proxmox.proxmox_pool_member:
    api_host: node1
    api_user: root@pam
    api_password: password
    poolid: test
    member: 101

- name: Add new storage to Proxmox VE pool
  community.proxmox.proxmox_pool_member:
    api_host: node1
    api_user: root@pam
    api_password: password
    poolid: test
    member: zfs-data
    type: storage

- name: Remove VM from the Proxmox VE pool using VM name
  community.proxmox.proxmox_pool_member:
    api_host: node1
    api_user: root@pam
    api_password: password
    poolid: test
    member: pxe.home.arpa
    state: absent

- name: Remove storage from the Proxmox VE pool
  community.proxmox.proxmox_pool_member:
    api_host: node1
    api_user: root@pam
    api_password: password
    poolid: test
    member: zfs-storage
    type: storage
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key

Description

member

string

Member name.

Returned: success

Sample: "101"

msg

string

A short message on what the module did.

Returned: always

Sample: "Member 101 deleted from the pool test"

poolid

string

The pool ID.

Returned: success

Sample: "test"

Authors

  • Sergei Antipov (@UnderGreen)