os_loadbalancer – Add/Delete load balancer from OpenStack Cloud

New in version 2.7.

Synopsis

  • Add or Remove load balancer from the OpenStack load-balancer service.

Requirements

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

  • openstacksdk
  • python >= 2.7

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
api_timeout
-
How long should the socket layer wait before timing out for API calls. If this is omitted, nothing will be passed to the requests library.
auth
-
Dictionary containing auth information as needed by the cloud's auth plugin strategy. For the default password plugin, this would contain auth_url, username, password, project_name and any information about domains if the cloud supports them. For other plugins, this param will need to contain whatever parameters that auth plugin requires. This parameter is not needed if a named cloud is provided or OpenStack OS_* environment variables are present.
auth_type
-
Name of the auth plugin to use. If the cloud uses something other than password authentication, the name of the plugin should be indicated here and the contents of the auth parameter should be updated accordingly.
availability_zone
-
Ignored. Present for backwards compatibility
cacert
-
A path to a CA Cert bundle that can be used as part of verifying SSL API requests.
cert
-
A path to a client certificate to use as part of the SSL transaction.
cloud
-
Named cloud or cloud config to operate against. If cloud is a string, it references a named cloud config as defined in an OpenStack clouds.yaml file. Provides default values for auth and auth_type. This parameter is not needed if auth is provided or if OpenStack OS_* environment variables are present. If cloud is a dict, it contains a complete cloud configuration like would be in a section of clouds.yaml.
interface
-
added in 2.3
    Choices:
  • public ←
  • internal
  • admin
Endpoint URL type to fetch from the service catalog.

aliases: endpoint_type
key
-
A path to a client key to use as part of the SSL transaction.
name
- / required
Name that has to be given to the load balancer
region_name
-
Name of the region.
state
-
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Should the resource be present or absent.
timeout
-
Default:
180
The amount of time the module should wait for the load balancer to get into ACTIVE state.
verify
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether or not SSL API requests should be verified. Before 2.3 this defaulted to True.

aliases: validate_certs
vip_address
-
IP address of the load balancer virtual IP.
vip_network
-
The name or id of the network for the virtual IP of the load balancer. One of vip_network, vip_subnet, or vip_port must be specified.
vip_port
-
The name or id of the load balancer virtual IP port. One of vip_network, vip_subnet, or vip_port must be specified.
vip_subnet
-
The name or id of the subnet for the virtual IP of the load balancer. One of vip_network, vip_subnet, or vip_port must be specified.
wait
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If the module should wait for the load balancer to be created.

Notes

Note

  • The standard OpenStack environment variables, such as OS_USERNAME may be used instead of providing explicit values.
  • Auth information is driven by os-client-config, which means that values can come from a yaml config file in /etc/ansible/openstack.yaml, /etc/openstack/clouds.yaml or ~/.config/openstack/clouds.yaml, then from standard environment variables, then finally by explicit parameters in plays. More information can be found at http://docs.openstack.org/developer/os-client-config

Examples

# Create a load balancer by specifying the VIP subnet.
- os_loadbalancer:
    auth:
      auth_url: https://identity.example.com
      username: admin
      password: passme
      project_name: admin
    state: present
    name: my_lb
    vip_subnet: my_subnet
    timeout: 150

# Create a load balancer by specifying the VIP network and the IP address.
- os_loadbalancer:
    auth:
      auth_url: https://identity.example.com
      username: admin
      password: passme
      project_name: admin
    state: present
    name: my_lb
    vip_network: my_network
    vip_address: 192.168.0.11

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
id
string
 success
Unique UUID.
is_admin_state_up
boolean
 success
The administrative state of the load balancer.
listeners
list
 success
The associated listener IDs, if any.
name
string
 success
Name given to the load balancer.
operating_status
string
 success
The operating status of the load balancer.
pools
list
 success
The associated pool IDs, if any.
provisioning_status
string
 success
The provisioning status of the load balancer.
vip_address
string
 success
The load balancer virutal IP address.
vip_network_id
string
 success
Network ID the load balancer virutal IP port belongs in.
vip_port_id
string
 success
The load balancer virutal IP port ID.
vip_subnet_id
string
 success
Subnet ID the load balancer virutal IP port belongs in.


Status

Authors

  • Lingxian Kong (@lingxiankong)

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