clc_server_snapshot – Create, Delete and Restore server snapshots in CenturyLink Cloud¶

Synopsis
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Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status

Synopsis ¶

An Ansible module to Create, Delete and Restore server snapshots 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
expiration_days -	Default: 7	The number of days to keep the server snapshot before it expires.
server_ids - / required		The list of CLC server Ids.
state -	Choices: present ← absent restore	The state to insure that the provided resources are in.
wait boolean	Choices: no yes ←	Whether to wait for the provisioning 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: Create server snapshot
  clc_server_snapshot:
    server_ids:
        - UC1TEST-SVR01
        - UC1TEST-SVR02
    expiration_days: 10
    wait: True
    state: present

- name: Restore server snapshot
  clc_server_snapshot:
    server_ids:
        - UC1TEST-SVR01
        - UC1TEST-SVR02
    wait: True
    state: restore

- name: Delete server snapshot
  clc_server_snapshot:
    server_ids:
        - UC1TEST-SVR01
        - UC1TEST-SVR02
    wait: True
    state: absent

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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clc_server_snapshot – Create, Delete and Restore server snapshots in CenturyLink Cloud¶

Synopsis¶

Requirements¶

Parameters¶

Notes¶

Examples¶

Return Values¶

Status¶