ali_instance – Create, Start, Stop, Restart or Terminate an Instance in ECS. Add or Remove Instance to/from a Security Group¶
New in version 2.8.
Synopsis¶
- Create, start, stop, restart, modify or terminate ecs instances.
- Add or remove ecs instances to/from security group.
Requirements¶
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- footmark >= 1.1.16
- python >= 2.6
Parameters¶
Notes¶
Note
- If parameters are not set within the module, the following environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence
ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY
orALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID
,ALICLOUD_SECRET_KEY
orALICLOUD_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
,ALICLOUD_REGION
orALICLOUD_REGION_ID
,ALICLOUD_SECURITY_TOKEN
ALICLOUD_REGION
orALICLOUD_REGION_ID
can be typically be used to specify the ALICLOUD region, when required, but this can also be configured in the footmark config file
Examples¶
# basic provisioning example vpc network
- name: basic provisioning example
hosts: localhost
vars:
alicloud_access_key: <your-alicloud-access-key-id>
alicloud_secret_key: <your-alicloud-access-secret-key>
alicloud_region: cn-beijing
image: ubuntu1404_64_40G_cloudinit_20160727.raw
instance_type: ecs.n4.small
vswitch_id: vsw-abcd1234
assign_public_ip: True
max_bandwidth_out: 10
host_name: myhost
password: mypassword
system_disk_category: cloud_efficiency
system_disk_size: 100
internet_charge_type: PayByBandwidth
security_groups: ["sg-f2rwnfh23r"]
instance_ids: ["i-abcd12346", "i-abcd12345"]
force: True
tasks:
- name: launch ECS instance in VPC network
ali_instance:
alicloud_access_key: '{{ alicloud_access_key }}'
alicloud_secret_key: '{{ alicloud_secret_key }}'
alicloud_region: '{{ alicloud_region }}'
image: '{{ image }}'
system_disk_category: '{{ system_disk_category }}'
system_disk_size: '{{ system_disk_size }}'
instance_type: '{{ instance_type }}'
vswitch_id: '{{ vswitch_id }}'
assign_public_ip: '{{ assign_public_ip }}'
internet_charge_type: '{{ internet_charge_type }}'
max_bandwidth_out: '{{ max_bandwidth_out }}'
instance_tags:
Name: created_one
host_name: '{{ host_name }}'
password: '{{ password }}'
- name: with count and count_tag to create a number of instances
ali_instance:
alicloud_access_key: '{{ alicloud_access_key }}'
alicloud_secret_key: '{{ alicloud_secret_key }}'
alicloud_region: '{{ alicloud_region }}'
image: '{{ image }}'
system_disk_category: '{{ system_disk_category }}'
system_disk_size: '{{ system_disk_size }}'
instance_type: '{{ instance_type }}'
assign_public_ip: '{{ assign_public_ip }}'
security_groups: '{{ security_groups }}'
internet_charge_type: '{{ internet_charge_type }}'
max_bandwidth_out: '{{ max_bandwidth_out }}'
instance_tags:
Name: created_one
Version: 0.1
count: 2
count_tag:
Name: created_one
host_name: '{{ host_name }}'
password: '{{ password }}'
- name: start instance
ali_instance:
alicloud_access_key: '{{ alicloud_access_key }}'
alicloud_secret_key: '{{ alicloud_secret_key }}'
alicloud_region: '{{ alicloud_region }}'
instance_ids: '{{ instance_ids }}'
state: 'running'
- name: reboot instance forcibly
ecs:
alicloud_access_key: '{{ alicloud_access_key }}'
alicloud_secret_key: '{{ alicloud_secret_key }}'
alicloud_region: '{{ alicloud_region }}'
instance_ids: '{{ instance_ids }}'
state: 'restarted'
force: '{{ force }}'
- name: Add instances to an security group
ecs:
alicloud_access_key: '{{ alicloud_access_key }}'
alicloud_secret_key: '{{ alicloud_secret_key }}'
alicloud_region: '{{ alicloud_region }}'
instance_ids: '{{ instance_ids }}'
security_groups: '{{ security_groups }}'
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¶
- He Guimin (@xiaozhu36)
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