community.general.sl_vm – create or cancel a virtual instance in SoftLayer¶

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 1.3.6).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

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

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Examples

Synopsis ¶

Creates or cancels SoftLayer instances.
When created, optionally waits for it to be ‘running’.

Requirements ¶

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

python >= 2.6
softlayer >= 4.1.1

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
cpus integer	Choices: 1 2 4 8 16 32 56	Count of cpus to be assigned to new virtual instance.
datacenter string	Choices: ams01 ams03 che01 dal01 dal05 dal06 dal09 dal10 dal12 dal13 fra02 fra04 fra05 hkg02 hou02 lon02 lon04 lon06 mel01 mex01 mil01 mon01 osl01 par01 sao01 sea01 seo01 sjc01 sjc03 sjc04 sng01 syd01 syd04 tok02 tor01 wdc01 wdc04 wdc06 wdc07	Datacenter for the virtual instance to be deployed.
dedicated boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Flag to determine if the instance should be deployed in dedicated space.
disks list / elements=string	Default: [25]	List of disk sizes to be assigned to new virtual instance.
domain string		Domain name to be provided to a virtual instance.
flavor string added in 0.2.0 of community.general		Specify which SoftLayer flavor template to use instead of cpus and memory.
hostname string		Hostname to be provided to a virtual instance.
hourly boolean	Choices: no yes ←	Flag to determine if the instance should be hourly billed.
image_id string		Image Template to be used for new virtual instance.
instance_id string		Instance Id of the virtual instance to perform action option.
local_disk boolean	Choices: no yes ←	Flag to determine if local disk should be used for the new instance.
memory integer	Choices: 1024 2048 4096 6144 8192 12288 16384 32768 49152 65536 131072 247808	Amount of memory to be assigned to new virtual instance.
nic_speed integer	Choices: 10 100 1000	NIC Speed to be assigned to new virtual instance.
os_code string		OS Code to be used for new virtual instance.
post_uri string		URL of a post provisioning script to be loaded and executed on virtual instance.
private boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Flag to determine if the instance should be private only.
private_vlan string		VLAN by its Id to be assigned to the private NIC.
public_vlan string		VLAN by its Id to be assigned to the public NIC.
ssh_keys list / elements=string		List of ssh keys by their Id to be assigned to a virtual instance.
state string	Choices: absent present ←	Create, or cancel a virtual instance. Specify `present` for create, `absent` to cancel.
tags string		Tag or list of tags to be provided to a virtual instance.
wait boolean	Choices: no yes ←	Flag used to wait for active status before returning.
wait_time integer	Default: 600	Time in seconds before wait returns.

Examples ¶

- name: Build instance
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: no
  tasks:
  - name: Build instance request
    community.general.sl_vm:
      hostname: instance-1
      domain: anydomain.com
      datacenter: dal09
      tags: ansible-module-test
      hourly: yes
      private: no
      dedicated: no
      local_disk: yes
      cpus: 1
      memory: 1024
      disks: [25]
      os_code: UBUNTU_LATEST
      wait: no

- name: Build additional instances
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: no
  tasks:
  - name: Build instances request
    community.general.sl_vm:
      hostname: "{{ item.hostname }}"
      domain: "{{ item.domain }}"
      datacenter: "{{ item.datacenter }}"
      tags: "{{ item.tags }}"
      hourly: "{{ item.hourly }}"
      private: "{{ item.private }}"
      dedicated: "{{ item.dedicated }}"
      local_disk: "{{ item.local_disk }}"
      cpus: "{{ item.cpus }}"
      memory: "{{ item.memory }}"
      disks: "{{ item.disks }}"
      os_code: "{{ item.os_code }}"
      ssh_keys: "{{ item.ssh_keys }}"
      wait: "{{ item.wait }}"
    with_items:
      - hostname: instance-2
        domain: anydomain.com
        datacenter: dal09
        tags:
          - ansible-module-test
          - ansible-module-test-slaves
        hourly: yes
        private: no
        dedicated: no
        local_disk: yes
        cpus: 1
        memory: 1024
        disks:
          - 25
          - 100
        os_code: UBUNTU_LATEST
        ssh_keys: []
        wait: True
      - hostname: instance-3
        domain: anydomain.com
        datacenter: dal09
        tags:
          - ansible-module-test
          - ansible-module-test-slaves
        hourly: yes
        private: no
        dedicated: no
        local_disk: yes
        cpus: 1
        memory: 1024
        disks:
          - 25
          - 100
        os_code: UBUNTU_LATEST
        ssh_keys: []
        wait: yes

- name: Cancel instances
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: no
  tasks:
  - name: Cancel by tag
    community.general.sl_vm:
      state: absent
      tags: ansible-module-test

Authors¶

Matt Colton (@mcltn)

community.general.sl_vm – create or cancel a virtual instance in SoftLayer¶

Synopsis¶

Requirements¶

Parameters¶