cs_volume – Manages volumes on Apache CloudStack based clouds

New in version 2.1.

Synopsis

  • Create, destroy, attach, detach, extract or upload volumes.

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
string
Account the volume is related to.
api_http_method
string
    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
string
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
string
Default:
"cloudstack"
Name of the ini section in the cloustack.ini file.
If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_REGION env variable is considered.
api_secret
string
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
integer
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
string
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.
custom_id
string
Custom id to the resource.
Allowed to Root Admins only.
device_id
integer
ID of the device on a VM the volume is attached to.
Only considered if state is attached.
disk_offering
string
Name of the disk offering to be used.
Required one of disk_offering, snapshot if volume is not already state=present.
display_volume
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether to display the volume to the end user or not.
Allowed to Root Admins only.
domain
string
Name of the domain the volume to be deployed in.
force
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Force removal of volume even it is attached to a VM.
Considered on state=absent only.
format
string
added in 2.8
    Choices:
  • QCOW2
  • RAW
  • VHD
  • VHDX
  • OVA
The format for the volume.
Only considered if state=uploaded.
max_iops
integer
Max iops
min_iops
integer
Min iops
mode
string
added in 2.8
    Choices:
  • http_download ←
  • ftp_upload
Mode for the volume extraction.
Only considered if state=extracted.
name
string / required
Name of the volume.
name can only contain ASCII letters.
poll_async
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Poll async jobs until job has finished.
project
string
Name of the project the volume to be deployed in.
shrink_ok
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Whether to allow to shrink the volume.
size
integer
Size of disk in GB
snapshot
string
The snapshot name for the disk volume.
Required one of disk_offering, snapshot if volume is not already state=present.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
  • attached
  • detached
  • extracted
  • uploaded
State of the volume.
The choices extracted and uploaded were added in version 2.8.
tags
list
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
url
string
added in 2.8
URL to which the volume would be extracted on state=extracted
or the URL where to download the volume on state=uploaded.
Only considered if state is extracted or uploaded.
vm
string
Name of the virtual machine to attach the volume to.
zone
string
Name of the zone in which the volume should be deployed.
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 volume within project and zone with specified storage options
  cs_volume:
    name: web-vm-1-volume
    project: Integration
    zone: ch-zrh-ix-01
    disk_offering: PerfPlus Storage
    size: 20
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: create/attach volume to instance
  cs_volume:
    name: web-vm-1-volume
    disk_offering: PerfPlus Storage
    size: 20
    vm: web-vm-1
    state: attached
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: detach volume
  cs_volume:
    name: web-vm-1-volume
    state: detached
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: remove volume
  cs_volume:
    name: web-vm-1-volume
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

# New in version 2.8
- name: Extract DATA volume to make it downloadable
  cs_volume:
    state: extracted
    name: web-vm-1-volume
  register: data_vol_out
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create new volume by downloading source volume
  cs_volume:
    state: uploaded
    name: web-vm-1-volume-2
    format: VHD
    url: "{{ data_vol_out.url }}"
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
attached
string
 success
Date of the volume was attached.

Sample:
2014-12-01T14:57:57+0100
created
string
 success
Date of the volume was created.

Sample:
2014-12-01T14:57:57+0100
device_id
integer
 success
Id of the device on user vm the volume is attached to (not returned when detached)

Sample:
1
display_name
string
 success
Display name of the volume.

Sample:
web-volume-01
domain
string
 success
Domain the volume belongs to

Sample:
example domain
group
string
 success
Group the volume belongs to

Sample:
web
id
string
 success
ID of the volume.
name
string
 success
Name of the volume.

Sample:
web-volume-01
project
string
 success
Project the volume belongs to

Sample:
Production
size
integer
 success
Size of disk volume.

Sample:
20
state
string
 success
State of the volume

Sample:
Attached
type
string
 success
Disk volume type.

Sample:
DATADISK
url
string
added in 2.8
 success when state=extracted
The url of the uploaded volume or the download url depending extraction mode.

Sample:
http://1.12.3.4/userdata/387e2c7c-7c42-4ecc-b4ed-84e8367a1965.vhd
vm
string
 success
Name of the vm the volume is attached to (not returned when detached)

Sample:
web-01
zone
string
 success
Name of zone the volume is in.

Sample:
ch-gva-2


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

  • Jefferson Girão (@jeffersongirao)

  • René Moser (@resmo)

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