cs_vmsnapshot – Manages VM snapshots on Apache CloudStack based clouds

Synopsis

  • Create, remove and revert VM from snapshots.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6
  • cs >= 0.6.10

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
account
string
Account the VM snapshot is related to.
api_http_method
string
    Choices:
  • get
  • post
HTTP method used to query the API endpoint.
If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_METHOD env variable is considered.
As the last option, the value is taken from the ini config file, also see the notes.
Fallback value is get if not specified.
api_key
string
API key of the CloudStack API.
If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_KEY env variable is considered.
As the last option, the value is taken from the ini config file, also see the notes.
api_region
string
Default:
"cloudstack"
Name of the ini section in the cloustack.ini file.
If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_REGION env variable is considered.
api_secret
string
Secret key of the CloudStack API.
If not set, the CLOUDSTACK_SECRET env variable is considered.
As the last option, the value is taken from the ini config file, also see the notes.
api_timeout
integer
HTTP timeout in seconds.
If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_TIMEOUT env variable is considered.
As the last option, the value is taken from the ini config file, also see the notes.
Fallback value is 10 seconds if not specified.
api_url
string
URL of the CloudStack API e.g. https://cloud.example.com/client/api.
If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_ENDPOINT env variable is considered.
As the last option, the value is taken from the ini config file, also see the notes.
description
string
Description of the snapshot.
domain
string
Domain the VM snapshot is related to.
name
string / required
Unique Name of the snapshot. In CloudStack terms display name.

aliases: display_name
poll_async
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Poll async jobs until job has finished.
project
string
Name of the project the VM is assigned to.
snapshot_memory
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Snapshot memory if set to true.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
  • revert
State of the snapshot.
tags
list
added in 2.4
List of tags. Tags are a list of dictionaries having keys key and value.
To delete all tags, set a empty list e.g. tags: [].

aliases: tag
vm
string / required
Name of the virtual machine.
zone
string
Name of the zone in which the VM is in. If not set, default zone is used.

Notes

Note

  • Ansible uses the cs library’s configuration method if credentials are not provided by the arguments api_url, api_key, api_secret. Configuration is read from several locations, in the following order. The CLOUDSTACK_ENDPOINT, CLOUDSTACK_KEY, CLOUDSTACK_SECRET and CLOUDSTACK_METHOD. CLOUDSTACK_TIMEOUT environment variables. A CLOUDSTACK_CONFIG environment variable pointing to an .ini file. A cloudstack.ini file in the current working directory. A .cloudstack.ini file in the users home directory. Optionally multiple credentials and endpoints can be specified using ini sections in cloudstack.ini. Use the argument api_region to select the section name, default section is cloudstack. See https://github.com/exoscale/cs for more information.
  • A detailed guide about cloudstack modules can be found in the CloudStack Cloud Guide.
  • This module supports check mode.

Examples

- name: Create a VM snapshot of disk and memory before an upgrade
  cs_vmsnapshot:
    name: Snapshot before upgrade
    vm: web-01
    snapshot_memory: yes
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Revert a VM to a snapshot after a failed upgrade
  cs_vmsnapshot:
    name: Snapshot before upgrade
    vm: web-01
    state: revert
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove a VM snapshot after successful upgrade
  cs_vmsnapshot:
    name: Snapshot before upgrade
    vm: web-01
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
account
string
success
Account the vm snapshot is related to.

Sample:
example account
created
string
success
date of the snapshot.

Sample:
2015-03-29T14:57:06+0200
current
boolean
success
true if the snapshot is current

Sample:
True
description
string
success
description of vm snapshot

Sample:
snapshot brought to you by Ansible
display_name
string
success
Display name of the snapshot.

Sample:
snapshot before update
domain
string
success
Domain the vm snapshot is related to.

Sample:
example domain
id
string
success
UUID of the snapshot.

Sample:
a6f7a5fc-43f8-11e5-a151-feff819cdc9f
name
string
success
Name of the snapshot.

Sample:
snapshot before update
project
string
success
Name of project the vm snapshot is related to.

Sample:
Production
state
string
success
state of the vm snapshot

Sample:
Allocated
type
string
success
type of vm snapshot

Sample:
DiskAndMemory


Status

Authors

  • René Moser (@resmo)

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