ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_instance_info module – Gathering information from the API of instances from Apache CloudStack based clouds.

Note

This module is part of the ngine_io.cloudstack collection (version 2.3.0).

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 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_instance_info.

New in ngine_io.cloudstack 0.1.0

Synopsis

• Gathering information from the API of an instance.

Aliases: cs_instance_facts

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 instance 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.
domain string	Domain the instance is related to.
host string added in ngine_io.cloudstack 2.2.0	Filter by host name.
name string	Name or display name of the instance. If not specified, all instances are returned
project string	Project the instance is related to.

Notes

Note

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

• This module supports check mode.

Examples

- name: Gather instance information
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_instance_info:
    name: web-vm-1
  register: vm

- name: Show the returned results of the registered variable
  debug:
    msg: "{{ vm }}"

- name: Gather information from all instances
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_instance_info:
  register: vms

- name: Show information on all instances
  debug:
    msg: "{{ vms }}"

- name: Gather information from all instances on a host
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_instance_info:
    host: host01.example.com
  register: vms

Return Values

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

Key	Description
instances list / elements=string	A list of matching instances. Returned: success
account string	Account the instance is related to. Returned: success Sample: "example account"
affinity_groups list / elements=string	Affinity groups the instance is in. Returned: success Sample: ["[ \"webservers\" ]"]
created string	Date of the instance was created. Returned: success Sample: "2014-12-01T14:57:57+0100"
default_ip string	Default IP address of the instance. Returned: success Sample: "10.23.37.42"
display_name string	Display name of the instance. Returned: success Sample: "web-01"
domain string	Domain the instance is related to. Returned: success Sample: "example domain"
group string	Group name of the instance is related. Returned: success Sample: "web"
host string	Host the instance is running on. Returned: success and instance is running Sample: "host01.example.com"
hypervisor string	Hypervisor related to this instance. Returned: success Sample: "KVM"
id string	UUID of the instance. Returned: success Sample: "04589590-ac63-4ffc-93f5-b698b8ac38b6"
instance_name string	Internal name of the instance (ROOT admin only). Returned: success Sample: "i-44-3992-VM"
iso string	Name of ISO the instance was deployed with. Returned: success Sample: "Debian-8-64bit"
name string	Name of the instance. Returned: success Sample: "web-01"
nic complex	List of dictionaries of the instance nics. Returned: success
broadcasturi string	The broadcast uri of the nic. Returned: success Sample: "vlan://2250"
gateway string	The gateway of the nic. Returned: success Sample: "10.1.2.1"
id string	The ID of the nic. Returned: success Sample: "5dc74fa3-2ec3-48a0-9e0d-6f43365336a9"
ipaddress string	The ip address of the nic. Returned: success Sample: "10.1.2.3"
isdefault boolean	True if nic is default, false otherwise. Returned: success Sample: true
isolationuri string	The isolation uri of the nic. Returned: success Sample: "vlan://2250"
macaddress string	The mac address of the nic. Returned: success Sample: "06:a2:03:00:08:12"
netmask string	The netmask of the nic. Returned: success Sample: "255.255.255.0"
networkid string	The ID of the corresponding network. Returned: success Sample: "432ce27b-c2bb-4e12-a88c-a919cd3a3017"
networkname string	The name of the corresponding network. Returned: success Sample: "network1"
traffictype string	The traffic type of the nic. Returned: success Sample: "Guest"
type string	The type of the network. Returned: success Sample: "Shared"
password string	The password of the instance if exists. Returned: success Sample: "Ge2oe7Do"
password_enabled boolean	True if password setting is enabled. Returned: success Sample: true
project string	Name of project the instance is related to. Returned: success Sample: "Production"
public_ip string	Public IP address with instance via static NAT rule. Returned: success Sample: "1.2.3.4"
security_groups list / elements=string	Security groups the instance is in. Returned: success Sample: ["[ \"default\" ]"]
service_offering string	Name of the service offering the instance has. Returned: success Sample: "2cpu_2gb"
ssh_key string	Name of SSH key deployed to instance. Returned: success Sample: "key@work"
state string	State of the instance. Returned: success Sample: "Running"
tags list / elements=string	List of resource tags associated with the instance. Returned: success Sample: ["[ { \"key\": \"foo\"", " \"value\": \"bar\" } ]"]
template string	Name of template the instance was deployed with. Returned: success Sample: "Debian-8-64bit"
volumes list / elements=string	List of dictionaries of the volumes attached to the instance. Returned: success Sample: ["[ { name: \"ROOT-1369\"", " type: \"ROOT\"", " size: 10737418240 }", " { name: \"data01", " type: \"DATADISK\"", " size: 10737418240 } ]"]
zone string	Name of zone the instance is in. Returned: success Sample: "ch-gva-2"

Authors

• René Moser (@resmo)

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