cs_vmsnapshot – Manages VM snapshots on Apache CloudStack based clouds.

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis

• Create, remove and revert VM from snapshots.

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 VM snapshot 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.
description -		Description of the snapshot.
domain -		Domain the VM snapshot is related to.
name - / required		Unique Name of the snapshot. In CloudStack terms display name. aliases: display_name
poll_async -	Default: "yes"	Poll async jobs until job has finished.
project -		Name of the project the VM is assigned to.
snapshot_memory -	Default: "no"	Snapshot memory if set to true.
state -	Choices: present ← absent revert	State of the snapshot.
tags - added in 2.4		List of tags. Tags are a list of dictionaries having keys key and value. To delete all tags, set a empty list e.g. tags: []. aliases: tag
vm - / required		Name of the virtual machine.
zone -		Name of the zone in which the VM is in. If not set, default zone is used.

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: Create a VM snapshot of disk and memory before an upgrade
  local_action:
    module: cs_vmsnapshot
    name: Snapshot before upgrade
    vm: web-01
    snapshot_memory: yes

- name: Revert a VM to a snapshot after a failed upgrade
  local_action:
    module: cs_vmsnapshot
    name: Snapshot before upgrade
    vm: web-01
    state: revert

- name: Remove a VM snapshot after successful upgrade
  local_action:
    module: cs_vmsnapshot
    name: Snapshot before upgrade
    vm: web-01
    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 vm snapshot is related to. Sample: example account
created string	success	date of the snapshot. Sample: 2015-03-29T14:57:06+0200
current boolean	success	true if the snapshot is current Sample: True
description string	success	description of vm snapshot Sample: snapshot brought to you by Ansible
display_name string	success	Display name of the snapshot. Sample: snapshot before update
domain string	success	Domain the vm snapshot is related to. Sample: example domain
id string	success	UUID of the snapshot. Sample: a6f7a5fc-43f8-11e5-a151-feff819cdc9f
name string	success	Name of the snapshot. Sample: snapshot before update
project string	success	Name of project the vm snapshot is related to. Sample: Production
state string	success	state of the vm snapshot Sample: Allocated
type string	success	type of vm snapshot Sample: DiskAndMemory

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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