clc_server – Create, Delete, Start and Stop 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¶
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: Provision a single Ubuntu Server
clc_server:
name: test
template: ubuntu-14-64
count: 1
group: Default Group
state: present
- name: Ensure 'Default Group' has exactly 5 servers
clc_server:
name: test
template: ubuntu-14-64
exact_count: 5
count_group: Default Group
group: Default Group
- name: Stop a Server
clc_server:
server_ids:
- UC1ACCT-TEST01
state: stopped
- name: Start a Server
clc_server:
server_ids:
- UC1ACCT-TEST01
state: started
- name: Delete a Server
clc_server:
server_ids:
- UC1ACCT-TEST01
state: absent
Return Values¶
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
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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