vultr_block_storage – Manages block storage volumes on Vultr.

New in version 2.7.

Synopsis

  • Manage block storage volumes on Vultr.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
api_account
-
Default:
"default"
Name of the ini section in the vultr.ini file.
The ENV variable VULTR_API_ACCOUNT is used as default, when defined.
api_endpoint
-
URL to API endpint (without trailing slash).
The ENV variable VULTR_API_ENDPOINT is used as default, when defined.
Fallback value is https://api.vultr.com if not specified.
api_key
-
API key of the Vultr API.
The ENV variable VULTR_API_KEY is used as default, when defined.
api_retries
-
Amount of retries in case of the Vultr API retuns an HTTP 503 code.
The ENV variable VULTR_API_RETRIES is used as default, when defined.
Fallback value is 5 retries if not specified.
api_timeout
-
HTTP timeout to Vultr API.
The ENV variable VULTR_API_TIMEOUT is used as default, when defined.
Fallback value is 60 seconds if not specified.
name
- / required
Name of the block storage volume.

aliases: description, label
region
- / required
Region the block storage volume is deployed into.
size
- / required
Size of the block storage volume in GB.
state
-
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
State of the block storage volume.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Validate SSL certs of the Vultr API.

Notes

Note

Examples

- name: Ensure a block storage volume is present
  local_action:
    module: vultr_block_storage
    name: myvolume
    size: 10
    region: Amsterdam

- name: Ensure a block storage volume is absent
  local_action:
    module: vultr_block_storage
    name: myvolume
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
vultr_api
complex
 success
Response from Vultr API with a few additions/modification
  api_account
string
 success
Account used in the ini file to select the key

Sample:
default
  api_endpoint
string
 success
Endpoint used for the API requests

Sample:
https://api.vultr.com
  api_retries
integer
 success
Amount of max retries for the API requests

Sample:
5
  api_timeout
integer
 success
Timeout used for the API requests

Sample:
60
vultr_block_storage
complex
 success
Response from Vultr API
  attached_to_id
string
 success
The ID of the server the volume is attached to

Sample:
10194376
  cost_per_month
float
 success
Cost per month for the volume

Sample:
1.0
  date_created
string
 success
Date when the volume was created

Sample:
2017-08-26 12:47:48
  id
string
 success
ID of the block storage volume

Sample:
1234abcd
  name
string
 success
Name of the volume

Sample:
ansible-test-volume
  region
string
 success
Region the volume was deployed into

Sample:
New Jersey
  size
integer
 success
Information about the volume size in GB

Sample:
10
  status
string
 success
Status about the deployment of the volume

Sample:
active


Status

Authors

  • Yanis Guenane (@Spredzy)

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