community.skydive.skydive_node – Module which add nodes to Skydive topology

Note

This plugin is part of the community.skydive collection (version 1.0.0).

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

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.skydive.skydive_node.

Synopsis

  • This module handles adding node to the Skydive topology.

Requirements

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

  • skydive-client

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
host
string
To define host for the node.
metadata
string
To define metadata for the node.
name
string / required
To define name for the node.
node_type
string / required
To define type for the node.
provider
string
A dict object containing connection details.
endpoint
string / required
Specifies the hostname/address along with the port as localhost:8082for connecting to the remote instance of SKYDIVE client over the REST API.
insecure
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Ignore SSL certification verification.
password
string
Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote instance of SKYDIVE client.
ssl
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Specifies the ssl parameter that decides if the connection type shall be http or https.
user
string
Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote instance of SKYDIVE client.
seed
string
Default:
""
used to generate the UUID of the node
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • update
  • absent
State of the Skydive Node. If value is present new node will be created else if it is absent it will be deleted.

Notes

Note

  • This module must be run locally, which can be achieved by specifying connection: local.

Examples

- name: create tor node
  community.skydive.skydive_node:
    name: TOR
    node_type: fabric
    seed: TOR1
    metadata:
      Model: Cisco 5300
    state: present
    provider:
      endpoint: localhost:8082
      username: admin
      password: admin

- name: update tor node
  community.skydive.skydive_node:
    name: TOR
    node_type: host
    seed: TOR1
    metadata:
      Model: Cisco 3400
    state: update
    provider:
      endpoint: localhost:8082
      username: admin
      password: admin

- name: Delete the tor node
  community.skydive.skydive_node:
    name: TOR
    node_type: host
    seed: TOR1
    metadata:
      Model: Cisco 3400
    state: absent
    provider:
      endpoint: localhost:8082
      username: admin
      password: admin

Authors

  • Sumit Jaiswal (@sjaiswal)