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

New in version 2.2.

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 >= 0.6.10

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
account -		Account the volume is related to.
api_http_method -	Choices: get post	HTTP method used to query the API endpoint. If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_METHOD env variable is considered. As the last option, the value is taken from the ini config file, also see the notes. Fallback value is get if not specified.
api_key -		API key of the CloudStack API. If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_KEY env variable is considered. As the last option, the value is taken from the ini config file, also see the notes.
api_region -	Default: "cloudstack"	Name of the ini section in the cloustack.ini file. If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_REGION env variable is considered.
api_secret -		Secret key of the CloudStack API. If not set, the CLOUDSTACK_SECRET env variable is considered. As the last option, the value is taken from the ini config file, also see the notes.
api_timeout -		HTTP timeout in seconds. If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_TIMEOUT env variable is considered. As the last option, the value is taken from the ini config file, also see the notes. Fallback value is 10 seconds if not specified.
api_url -		URL of the CloudStack API e.g. https://cloud.example.com/client/api. If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_ENDPOINT env variable is considered. As the last option, the value is taken from the ini config file, also see the notes.
device_id - added in 2.3		ID of the device on a VM the volume is attached to. This will only be considered if VM has multiple DATADISK volumes.
domain -		Domain the volume is related to.
interval_type -	Choices: hourly daily ← weekly monthly	Interval of the snapshot. aliases: interval
max_snaps -	Default: 8	Max number of snapshots. aliases: max
project -		Name of the project the volume is related to.
schedule -		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 -	Choices: present ← absent	State of the snapshot policy.
time_zone -	Default: "UTC"	Specifies a timezone for this command. aliases: timezone
vm - added in 2.3		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 -		Name of the volume. Either volume or vm is required.
volume_type - added in 2.3	Choices: DATADISK ROOT	Type of the volume.
vpc - added in 2.3		Name of the vpc the instance is deployed in.

Notes

Note

• Ansible uses the cs library’s configuration method if credentials are not provided by the arguments api_url, api_key, api_secret. Configuration is read from several locations, in the following order. The CLOUDSTACK_ENDPOINT, CLOUDSTACK_KEY, CLOUDSTACK_SECRET and CLOUDSTACK_METHOD. CLOUDSTACK_TIMEOUT environment variables. A CLOUDSTACK_CONFIG environment variable pointing to an .ini file. A cloudstack.ini file in the current working directory. A .cloudstack.ini file in the users home directory. Optionally multiple credentials and endpoints can be specified using ini sections in cloudstack.ini. Use the argument api_region to select the section name, default section is cloudstack. See https://github.com/exoscale/cs for more information.
• 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
  local_action:
    module: 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
  local_action:
    module: 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
  local_action:
    module: 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
  local_action:
    module: 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
  local_action:
    module: 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	Returned	Description
account string	success	Account the volume is related to. Sample: example account
domain string	success	Domain the volume is related to. Sample: example domain
id string	success	UUID of the snapshot policy. Sample: a6f7a5fc-43f8-11e5-a151-feff819cdc9f
interval_type string	success	interval type of the snapshot policy. Sample: daily
max_snaps integer	success	maximum number of snapshots retained. Sample: 10
project string	success	Name of project the volume is related to. Sample: Production
schedule string	success	schedule of the snapshot policy.
time_zone string	success	the time zone of the snapshot policy. Sample: Etc/UTC
volume string	success	the volume of the snapshot policy. Sample: Etc/UTC
zone string	success	Name of zone the volume is related to. Sample: ch-gva-2

Status

• This module is guaranteed to have no backward incompatible interface changes going forward. [stableinterface]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• René Moser (@resmo)

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