os_loadbalancer – Add/Delete load balancer from OpenStack Cloud

New in version 2.7.

Synopsis

  • Add or Remove load balancer from the OpenStack load-balancer service(Octavia). Load balancer update is not supported for now.

Requirements

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

  • openstacksdk

  • python >= 2.7

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
api_timeout
integer
How long should the socket layer wait before timing out for API calls. If this is omitted, nothing will be passed to the requests library.
auth
dictionary
Dictionary containing auth information as needed by the cloud's auth plugin strategy. For the default password plugin, this would contain auth_url, username, password, project_name and any information about domains (for example, os_user_domain_name or os_project_domain_name) if the cloud supports them. For other plugins, this param will need to contain whatever parameters that auth plugin requires. This parameter is not needed if a named cloud is provided or OpenStack OS_* environment variables are present.
auth_type
string
Name of the auth plugin to use. If the cloud uses something other than password authentication, the name of the plugin should be indicated here and the contents of the auth parameter should be updated accordingly.
auto_public_ip
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Allocate a public IP address and associate with the VIP automatically.
availability_zone
-
Ignored. Present for backwards compatibility
ca_cert
string
A path to a CA Cert bundle that can be used as part of verifying SSL API requests.

aliases: cacert
client_cert
string
A path to a client certificate to use as part of the SSL transaction.

aliases: cert
client_key
string
A path to a client key to use as part of the SSL transaction.

aliases: key
cloud
raw
Named cloud or cloud config to operate against. If cloud is a string, it references a named cloud config as defined in an OpenStack clouds.yaml file. Provides default values for auth and auth_type. This parameter is not needed if auth is provided or if OpenStack OS_* environment variables are present. If cloud is a dict, it contains a complete cloud configuration like would be in a section of clouds.yaml.
delete_public_ip
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
When state=absent and this option is true, any public IP address associated with the VIP will be deleted along with the load balancer.
interface
string
added in 2.3
    Choices:
  • admin
  • internal
  • public ←
Endpoint URL type to fetch from the service catalog.

aliases: endpoint_type
listeners
-
A list of listeners that attached to the load balancer.
name
-
The listener name or ID.
pool
-
The pool attached to the listener.
lb_algorithm
-
Default:
"ROUND_ROBIN"
The load balancing algorithm for the pool.
members
-
A list of members that added to the pool.
address
-
The IP address of the member.
name
-
The member name or ID.
protocol_port
-
Default:
80
The protocol port number for the member.
subnet
-
The name or ID of the subnet the member service is accessible from.
name
-
The pool name or ID.
protocol
-
Default:
"HTTP"
The protocol for the pool.
protocol
-
Default:
"HTTP"
The protocol for the listener.
protocol_port
-
Default:
80
The protocol port number for the listener.
name
- / required
Name that has to be given to the load balancer
public_ip_address
-
Public IP address associated with the VIP.
public_network
-
The name or ID of a Neutron external network.
region_name
string
Name of the region.
state
-
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Should the resource be present or absent.
timeout
integer
Default:
180
The amount of time the module should wait.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Whether or not SSL API requests should be verified.
Before Ansible 2.3 this defaulted to yes.

aliases: verify
vip_address
-
IP address of the load balancer virtual IP.
vip_network
-
The name or id of the network for the virtual IP of the load balancer. One of vip_network, vip_subnet, or vip_port must be specified for creation.
vip_port
-
The name or id of the load balancer virtual IP port. One of vip_network, vip_subnet, or vip_port must be specified for creation.
vip_subnet
-
The name or id of the subnet for the virtual IP of the load balancer. One of vip_network, vip_subnet, or vip_port must be specified for creation.
wait
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If the module should wait for the load balancer to be created or deleted.

Notes

Note

  • The standard OpenStack environment variables, such as OS_USERNAME may be used instead of providing explicit values.

  • Auth information is driven by openstacksdk, which means that values can come from a yaml config file in /etc/ansible/openstack.yaml, /etc/openstack/clouds.yaml or ~/.config/openstack/clouds.yaml, then from standard environment variables, then finally by explicit parameters in plays. More information can be found at https://docs.openstack.org/openstacksdk/

Examples

# Create a load balancer by specifying the VIP subnet.
- os_loadbalancer:
    auth:
      auth_url: https://identity.example.com
      username: admin
      password: passme
      project_name: admin
    state: present
    name: my_lb
    vip_subnet: my_subnet
    timeout: 150

# Create a load balancer by specifying the VIP network and the IP address.
- os_loadbalancer:
    auth:
      auth_url: https://identity.example.com
      username: admin
      password: passme
      project_name: admin
    state: present
    name: my_lb
    vip_network: my_network
    vip_address: 192.168.0.11

# Create a load balancer together with its sub-resources in the 'all in one'
# way. A public IP address is also allocated to the load balancer VIP.
- os_loadbalancer:
    auth:
      auth_url: https://identity.example.com
      username: admin
      password: passme
      project_name: admin
    name: lingxian_test
    state: present
    vip_subnet: kong_subnet
    auto_public_ip: yes
    public_network: public
    listeners:
      - name: lingxian_80
        protocol: TCP
        protocol_port: 80
        pool:
          name: lingxian_80_pool
          protocol: TCP
          members:
            - name: mywebserver1
              address: 192.168.2.81
              protocol_port: 80
              subnet: webserver_subnet
      - name: lingxian_8080
        protocol: TCP
        protocol_port: 8080
        pool:
          name: lingxian_8080-pool
          protocol: TCP
          members:
            - name: mywebserver2
              address: 192.168.2.82
              protocol_port: 8080
    wait: yes
    timeout: 600

# Delete a load balancer(and all its related resources)
- os_loadbalancer:
    auth:
      auth_url: https://identity.example.com
      username: admin
      password: passme
      project_name: admin
    state: absent
    name: my_lb

# Delete a load balancer(and all its related resources) together with the
# public IP address(if any) attached to it.
- os_loadbalancer:
    auth:
      auth_url: https://identity.example.com
      username: admin
      password: passme
      project_name: admin
    state: absent
    name: my_lb
    delete_public_ip: yes

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
id
string
On success when state=present
The load balancer UUID.

Sample:
39007a7e-ee4f-4d13-8283-b4da2e037c69
loadbalancer
complex
On success when state=present
Dictionary describing the load balancer.

  id
string
Unique UUID.

Sample:
39007a7e-ee4f-4d13-8283-b4da2e037c69
  is_admin_state_up
boolean
The administrative state of the load balancer.

Sample:
True
  listeners
list
The associated listener IDs, if any.

Sample:
[{'id': '7aa1b380-beec-459c-a8a7-3a4fb6d30645'}, {'id': '692d06b8-c4f8-4bdb-b2a3-5a263cc23ba6'}]
  name
string
Name given to the load balancer.

Sample:
lingxian_test
  operating_status
string
The operating status of the load balancer.

Sample:
ONLINE
  pools
list
The associated pool IDs, if any.

Sample:
[{'id': '27b78d92-cee1-4646-b831-e3b90a7fa714'}, {'id': 'befc1fb5-1992-4697-bdb9-eee330989344'}]
  provisioning_status
string
The provisioning status of the load balancer.

Sample:
ACTIVE
  public_vip_address
string
The load balancer public VIP address.

Sample:
10.17.8.254
  vip_address
string
The load balancer virtual IP address.

Sample:
192.168.2.88
  vip_network_id
string
Network ID the load balancer virtual IP port belongs in.

Sample:
f171db43-56fd-41cf-82d7-4e91d741762e
  vip_port_id
string
The load balancer virtual IP port ID.

Sample:
2061395c-1c01-47ab-b925-c91b93df9c1d
  vip_subnet_id
string
Subnet ID the load balancer virtual IP port belongs in.

Sample:
c53e3c70-9d62-409a-9f71-db148e7aa853


Status

Authors

  • Lingxian Kong (@lingxiankong)

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