etcd3 – Set or delete key value pairs from an etcd3 cluster

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

  • Sets or deletes values in etcd3 cluster using its v3 api.

  • Needs python etcd3 lib to work

Requirements

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

  • etcd3

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
ca_cert
-
added in 2.8
The Certificate Authority to use to verify the etcd host.
Required if client_cert and client_key are defined.
client_cert
-
added in 2.8
PEM formatted certificate chain file to be used for SSL client authentication.
Required if client_key is defined.
client_key
-
added in 2.8
PEM formatted file that contains your private key to be used for SSL client authentication.
Required if client_cert is defined.
host
-
Default:
"localhost"
the IP address of the cluster
key
- / required
the key where the information is stored in the cluster
password
-
added in 2.8
The password to use for authentication.
Required if user is defined.
port
-
Default:
2379
the port number used to connect to the cluster
state
- / required
the state of the value for the key.
can be present or absent
timeout
-
added in 2.8
The socket level timeout in seconds.
user
-
added in 2.8
The etcd user to authenticate with.
value
- / required
the information stored

Examples

# Store a value "bar" under the key "foo" for a cluster located "http://localhost:2379"
- etcd3:
    key: "foo"
    value: "baz3"
    host: "localhost"
    port: 2379
    state: "present"

# Authenticate using user/password combination with a timeout of 10 seconds
- etcd3:
    key: "foo"
    value: "baz3"
    state: "present"
    user: "someone"
    password: "password123"
    timeout: 10

# Authenticate using TLS certificates
- etcd3:
    key: "foo"
    value: "baz3"
    state: "present"
    ca_cert: "/etc/ssl/certs/CA_CERT.pem"
    client_cert: "/etc/ssl/certs/cert.crt"
    client_key: "/etc/ssl/private/key.pem"

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
key
string
 always
The key that was queried
old_value
string
 always
The previous value in the cluster


Status

Authors

  • Jean-Philippe Evrard (@evrardjp)

  • Victor Fauth (@vfauth)

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