clc_publicip – Add and Delete public ips on servers in CenturyLink Cloud

Synopsis

• An Ansible module to add or delete public ip addresses on an existing server or servers in CenturyLink Cloud.

Requirements

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

• python = 2.7

• requests >= 2.5.0

• clc-sdk

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
ports -		A list of ports to expose. This is required when state is 'present'
protocol -	Choices: TCP ← UDP ICMP	The protocol that the public IP will listen for.
server_ids - / required		A list of servers to create public ips on.
state -	Choices: present ← absent	Determine whether to create or delete public IPs. If present module will not create a second public ip if one already exists.
wait boolean	Choices: no yes ←	Whether to wait for the tasks to finish before returning.

Notes

Note

• To use this module, it is required to set the below environment variables which enables access to the Centurylink Cloud - CLC_V2_API_USERNAME, the account login id for the centurylink cloud - CLC_V2_API_PASSWORD, the account password for the centurylink cloud

• Alternatively, the module accepts the API token and account alias. The API token can be generated using the CLC account login and password via the HTTP api call @ https://api.ctl.io/v2/authentication/login - CLC_V2_API_TOKEN, the API token generated from https://api.ctl.io/v2/authentication/login - CLC_ACCT_ALIAS, the account alias associated with the centurylink cloud

• Users can set CLC_V2_API_URL to specify an endpoint for pointing to a different CLC environment.

Examples

# Note - You must set the CLC_V2_API_USERNAME And CLC_V2_API_PASSWD Environment variables before running these examples

- name: Add Public IP to Server
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: False
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Create Public IP For Servers
      clc_publicip:
        protocol: TCP
        ports:
          - 80
        server_ids:
          - UC1TEST-SVR01
          - UC1TEST-SVR02
        state: present
      register: clc

    - name: debug
      debug:
        var: clc

- name: Delete Public IP from Server
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: False
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Create Public IP For Servers
      clc_publicip:
        server_ids:
          - UC1TEST-SVR01
          - UC1TEST-SVR02
        state: absent
      register: clc

    - name: debug
      debug:
        var: clc

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
server_ids list	success	The list of server ids that are changed Sample: ['UC1TEST-SVR01', 'UC1TEST-SVR02']

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• CLC Runner (@clc-runner)

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