rax_cbs – Manipulate Rackspace Cloud Block Storage Volumes

New in version 1.6.

Synopsis

  • Manipulate Rackspace Cloud Block Storage Volumes

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6
  • pyrax

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
api_key
-
Rackspace API key, overrides credentials.

aliases: password
auth_endpoint
-
added in 1.5
 Default:
"https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/"
The URI of the authentication service.
credentials
-
File to find the Rackspace credentials in. Ignored if api_key and username are provided.

aliases: creds_file
description
-
Description to give the volume being created
env
-
added in 1.5
identity_type
-
added in 1.5
 Default:
"rackspace"
Authentication mechanism to use, such as rackspace or keystone.
image
-
added in 1.9
image to use for bootable volumes. Can be an id, human_id or name. This option requires pyrax>=1.9.3
meta
-
A hash of metadata to associate with the volume
name
- / required
Name to give the volume being created
region
-
Default:
"DFW"
Region to create an instance in.
size
- / required
Default:
100
Size of the volume to create in Gigabytes
snapshot_id
-
The id of the snapshot to create the volume from
state
- / required
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Indicate desired state of the resource
tenant_id
-
added in 1.5
The tenant ID used for authentication.
tenant_name
-
added in 1.5
The tenant name used for authentication.
username
-
Rackspace username, overrides credentials.
verify_ssl
-
added in 1.5
Whether or not to require SSL validation of API endpoints.
volume_type
- / required
    Choices:
  • SATA ←
  • SSD
Type of the volume being created
wait
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
wait for the volume to be in state 'available' before returning
wait_timeout
-
Default:
300
how long before wait gives up, in seconds

Notes

Note

  • The following environment variables can be used, RAX_USERNAME, RAX_API_KEY, RAX_CREDS_FILE, RAX_CREDENTIALS, RAX_REGION.
  • RAX_CREDENTIALS and RAX_CREDS_FILE points to a credentials file appropriate for pyrax. See https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#authenticating
  • RAX_USERNAME and RAX_API_KEY obviate the use of a credentials file
  • RAX_REGION defines a Rackspace Public Cloud region (DFW, ORD, LON, …)

Examples

- name: Build a Block Storage Volume
  gather_facts: False
  hosts: local
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Storage volume create request
      local_action:
        module: rax_cbs
        credentials: ~/.raxpub
        name: my-volume
        description: My Volume
        volume_type: SSD
        size: 150
        region: DFW
        wait: yes
        state: present
        meta:
          app: my-cool-app
      register: my_volume

Status

Authors

  • Christopher H. Laco (@claco)
  • Matt Martz (@sivel)

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