rax_cdb_database – create / delete a database in the Cloud Databases

New in version 1.8.

Synopsis

  • create / delete a database in the Cloud Databases.

Requirements

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

  • pyrax
  • python >= 2.6

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.
cdb_id
-
The databases server UUID
character_set
-
Default:
"utf8"
Set of symbols and encodings
collate
-
Default:
"utf8_general_ci"
Set of rules for comparing characters in a character set
credentials
-
File to find the Rackspace credentials in. Ignored if api_key and username are provided.

aliases: creds_file
env
-
added in 1.5
identity_type
-
added in 1.5
 Default:
"rackspace"
Authentication mechanism to use, such as rackspace or keystone.
name
-
Name to give to the database
region
-
Default:
"DFW"
Region to create an instance in.
state
-
    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.

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, …)
  • 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 database in Cloud Databases
  tasks:
    - name: Database build request
      local_action:
        module: rax_cdb_database
        credentials: ~/.raxpub
        region: IAD
        cdb_id: 323e7ce0-9cb0-11e3-a5e2-0800200c9a66
        name: db1
        state: present
      register: rax_db_database

Status

Authors

  • Simon JAILLET (@jails)

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