packet_device – Manage a bare metal server in the Packet Host

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis

  • Manage a bare metal server in the Packet Host (a “device” in the API terms).

  • When the machine is created it can optionally wait for public IP address, or for active state.

  • This module has a dependency on packet >= 1.0.

  • API is documented at https://www.packet.net/developers/api/devices.

Requirements

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

  • packet-python >= 1.35

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
always_pxe
boolean
added in 2.4
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Persist PXE as the first boot option.
Normally, the PXE process happens only on the first boot. Set this arg to have your device continuously boot to iPXE.
auth_token
-
Packet api token. You can also supply it in env var PACKET_API_TOKEN.
count
-
Default:
1
The number of devices to create. Count number can be included in hostname via the %d string formatter.
count_offset
-
Default:
1
From which number to start the count.
device_ids
-
List of device IDs on which to operate.
facility
-
Facility slug for device creation. See Packet API for current list - https://www.packet.net/developers/api/facilities/.
features
-
Dict with "features" for device creation. See Packet API docs for details.
hostnames
-
A hostname of a device, or a list of hostnames.
If given string or one-item list, you can use the "%d" Python string format to expand numbers from count.
If only one hostname, it might be expanded to list if count>1.

aliases: name
ipxe_script_url
-
added in 2.4
URL of custom iPXE script for provisioning.
More about custom iPXE for Packet devices at https://help.packet.net/technical/infrastructure/custom-ipxe.
locked
boolean
added in 2.4
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Whether to lock a created device.

aliases: lock
operating_system
-
OS slug for device creation. See Packet API for current list - https://www.packet.net/developers/api/operatingsystems/.
plan
-
Plan slug for device creation. See Packet API for current list - https://www.packet.net/developers/api/plans/.
project_id
- / required
ID of project of the device.
state
-
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
  • active
  • inactive
  • rebooted
Desired state of the device.
If set to present (the default), the module call will return immediately after the device-creating HTTP request successfully returns.
If set to active, the module call will block until all the specified devices are in state active due to the Packet API, or until wait_timeout.
user_data
-
Userdata blob made available to the machine
wait_for_public_IPv
-
added in 2.4
    Choices:
  • 4
  • 6
Whether to wait for the instance to be assigned a public IPv4/IPv6 address.
If set to 4, it will wait until IPv4 is assigned to the instance.
If set to 6, wait until public IPv6 is assigned to the instance.
wait_timeout
-
Default:
900
How long (seconds) to wait either for automatic IP address assignment, or for the device to reach the active state.
If wait_for_public_IPv is set and state is active, the module will wait for both events consequently, applying the timeout twice.

Notes

Note

  • Doesn’t support check mode.

Examples

# All the examples assume that you have your Packet api token in env var PACKET_API_TOKEN.
# You can also pass it to the auth_token parameter of the module instead.

# Creating devices

- name: create 1 device
  hosts: localhost
  tasks:
  - packet_device:
      project_id: 89b497ee-5afc-420a-8fb5-56984898f4df
      hostnames: myserver
      operating_system: ubuntu_16_04
      plan: baremetal_0
      facility: sjc1

# Create the same device and wait until it is in state "active", (when it's
# ready for other API operations). Fail if the devices in not "active" in
# 10 minutes.

- name: create device and wait up to 10 minutes for active state
  hosts: localhost
  tasks:
  - packet_device:
      project_id: 89b497ee-5afc-420a-8fb5-56984898f4df
      hostnames: myserver
      operating_system: ubuntu_16_04
      plan: baremetal_0
      facility: sjc1
      state: active
      wait_timeout: 600

- name: create 3 ubuntu devices called server-01, server-02 and server-03
  hosts: localhost
  tasks:
  - packet_device:
      project_id: 89b497ee-5afc-420a-8fb5-56984898f4df
      hostnames: server-%02d
      count: 3
      operating_system: ubuntu_16_04
      plan: baremetal_0
      facility: sjc1

- name: Create 3 coreos devices with userdata, wait until they get IPs and then wait for SSH
  hosts: localhost
  tasks:
  - name: create 3 devices and register their facts
    packet_device:
      hostnames: [coreos-one, coreos-two, coreos-three]
      operating_system: coreos_stable
      plan: baremetal_0
      facility: ewr1
      locked: true
      project_id: 89b497ee-5afc-420a-8fb5-56984898f4df
      wait_for_public_IPv: 4
      user_data: |
        #cloud-config
        ssh_authorized_keys:
          - {{ lookup('file', 'my_packet_sshkey') }}
        coreos:
          etcd:
            discovery: https://discovery.etcd.io/6a28e078895c5ec737174db2419bb2f3
            addr: $private_ipv4:4001
            peer-addr: $private_ipv4:7001
          fleet:
            public-ip: $private_ipv4
          units:
            - name: etcd.service
              command: start
            - name: fleet.service
              command: start
    register: newhosts

  - name: wait for ssh
    wait_for:
      delay: 1
      host: "{{ item.public_ipv4 }}"
      port: 22
      state: started
      timeout: 500
    with_items: "{{ newhosts.devices }}"


# Other states of devices

- name: remove 3 devices by uuid
  hosts: localhost
  tasks:
  - packet_device:
      project_id: 89b497ee-5afc-420a-8fb5-56984898f4df
      state: absent
      device_ids:
        - 1fb4faf8-a638-4ac7-8f47-86fe514c30d8
        - 2eb4faf8-a638-4ac7-8f47-86fe514c3043
        - 6bb4faf8-a638-4ac7-8f47-86fe514c301f

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
changed
boolean
 success
True if a device was altered in any way (created, modified or removed)

Sample:
True
devices
list
 success
Information about each device that was processed

Sample:
[{"hostname": "my-server.com", "id": "2a5122b9-c323-4d5c-b53c-9ad3f54273e7", "public_ipv4": "147.229.15.12", "private-ipv4": "10.0.15.12", "tags": [], "locked": false, "state": "provisioning", "public_ipv6": ""2604:1380:2:5200::3"}]


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