digital_ocean_droplet – Create and delete a DigitalOcean droplet

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

  • Create and delete a droplet in DigitalOcean and optionally wait for it to be active.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
backups
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
indicates whether automated backups should be enabled.
id
-
Numeric, the droplet id you want to operate on.

aliases: droplet_id
image
-
This is the slug of the image you would like the droplet created with.

aliases: image_id
ipv6
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
enable IPv6 for your droplet.
monitoring
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
indicates whether to install the DigitalOcean agent for monitoring.
name
-
String, this is the name of the droplet - must be formatted by hostname rules.
oauth_token
- / required
DigitalOcean OAuth token. Can be specified in DO_API_KEY, DO_API_TOKEN, or DO_OAUTH_TOKEN environment variables

aliases: API_TOKEN
private_networking
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
add an additional, private network interface to droplet for inter-droplet communication.
region
-
This is the slug of the region you would like your server to be created in.

aliases: region_id
size
-
This is the slug of the size you would like the droplet created with.

aliases: size_id
ssh_keys
-
array of SSH key (numeric) ID that you would like to be added to the server.
state
-
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Indicate desired state of the target.
tags
-
List, A list of tag names as strings to apply to the Droplet after it is created. Tag names can either be existing or new tags.
unique_name
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
require unique hostnames. By default, DigitalOcean allows multiple hosts with the same name. Setting this to "yes" allows only one host per name. Useful for idempotence.
user_data
-
opaque blob of data which is made available to the droplet
volumes
-
List, A list including the unique string identifier for each Block Storage volume to be attached to the Droplet.
wait
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Wait for the droplet to be active before returning. If wait is "no" an ip_address may not be returned.
wait_timeout
-
Default:
120
How long before wait gives up, in seconds, when creating a droplet.

Examples

- name: create a new droplet
  digital_ocean_droplet:
    state: present
    name: mydroplet
    oauth_token: XXX
    size: 2gb
    region: sfo1
    image: ubuntu-16-04-x64
    wait_timeout: 500
  register: my_droplet

- debug:
    msg: "ID is {{ my_droplet.data.droplet.id }}, IP is {{ my_droplet.data.ip_address }}"

- name: ensure a droplet is present
  digital_ocean_droplet:
    state: present
    id: 123
    name: mydroplet
    oauth_token: XXX
    size: 2gb
    region: sfo1
    image: ubuntu-16-04-x64
    wait_timeout: 500

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
data
dictionary
 changed
a DigitalOcean Droplet

Sample:
{'ip_address': '104.248.118.172', 'ipv6_address': '2604:a880:400:d1::90a:6001', 'private_ipv4_address': '10.136.122.141', 'droplet': {'id': 3164494, 'name': 'example.com', 'memory': 512, 'vcpus': 1, 'disk': 20, 'locked': True, 'status': 'new', 'kernel': {'id': 2233, 'name': 'Ubuntu 14.04 x64 vmlinuz-3.13.0-37-generic', 'version': '3.13.0-37-generic'}, 'created_at': '2014-11-14T16:36:31Z', 'features': ['virtio'], 'backup_ids': [], 'snapshot_ids': [], 'image': {}, 'volume_ids': [], 'size': {}, 'size_slug': '512mb', 'networks': {}, 'region': {}, 'tags': ['web']}}


Status

Authors

  • Gurchet Rai (@gurch101)

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