community.general.hwc_ecs_instance – Creates a resource of Ecs/Instance in Huawei Cloud

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 2.5.1).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.hwc_ecs_instance.

New in version 0.2.0: of community.general

Synopsis

  • instance management.

Requirements

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

  • keystoneauth1 >= 3.6.0

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
admin_pass
string
Specifies the initial login password of the administrator account for logging in to an ECS using password authentication. The Linux administrator is root, and the Windows administrator is Administrator. Password complexity requirements, consists of 8 to 26 characters. The password must contain at least three of the following character types 'uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, and special characters (!@$%^-_=+[{}]:,./?)'. The password cannot contain the username or the username in reverse. The Windows ECS password cannot contain the username, the username in reverse, or more than two consecutive characters in the username.
availability_zone
string / required
Specifies the name of the AZ where the ECS is located.
data_volumes
list / elements=dictionary
Specifies the data disks of ECS instance.
device
string
Specifies the disk device name.
volume_id
string / required
Specifies the disk ID.
description
string
Specifies the description of an ECS, which is a null string by default. Can contain a maximum of 85 characters. Cannot contain special characters, such as < and >.
domain
string / required
The name of the Domain to scope to (Identity v3). (currently only domain names are supported, and not domain IDs).
eip_id
string
Specifies the ID of the elastic IP address assigned to the ECS. Only elastic IP addresses in the DOWN state can be assigned.
enable_auto_recovery
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Specifies whether automatic recovery is enabled on the ECS.
enterprise_project_id
string
Specifies the ID of the enterprise project to which the ECS belongs.
flavor_name
string / required
Specifies the name of the system flavor.
id
string
The id of resource to be managed.
identity_endpoint
string / required
The Identity authentication URL.
image_id
string / required
Specifies the ID of the system image.
name
string / required
Specifies the ECS name. Value requirements consists of 1 to 64 characters, including letters, digits, underscores _, hyphens (-), periods (.).
nics
list / elements=dictionary / required
Specifies the NIC information of the ECS. Constraints the network of the NIC must belong to the VPC specified by vpc_id. A maximum of 12 NICs can be attached to an ECS.
ip_address
string / required
Specifies the IP address of the NIC. The value is an IPv4 address. Its value must be an unused IP address in the network segment of the subnet.
subnet_id
string / required
Specifies the ID of subnet.
password
string / required
The password to login with.
project
string / required
The name of the Tenant (Identity v2) or Project (Identity v3). (currently only project names are supported, and not project IDs).
region
string
The region to which the project belongs.
root_volume
dictionary / required
Specifies the configuration of the ECS's system disks.
size
integer
Specifies the system disk size, in GB. The value range is 1 to 1024. The system disk size must be greater than or equal to the minimum system disk size supported by the image (min_disk attribute of the image). If this parameter is not specified or is set to 0, the default system disk size is the minimum value of the system disk in the image (min_disk attribute of the image).
snapshot_id
string
Specifies the snapshot ID or ID of the original data disk contained in the full-ECS image.
volume_type
string / required
Specifies the ECS system disk type.
SATA is common I/O disk type.
SAS is high I/O disk type.
SSD is ultra-high I/O disk type.
co-p1 is high I/O (performance-optimized I) disk type.
uh-l1 is ultra-high I/O (latency-optimized) disk type.
NOTE is For HANA, HL1, and HL2 ECSs, use co-p1 and uh-l1 disks. For other ECSs, do not use co-p1 or uh-l1 disks.
security_groups
list / elements=string
Specifies the security groups of the ECS. If this parameter is left blank, the default security group is bound to the ECS by default.
server_metadata
dictionary
Specifies the metadata of ECS to be created.
server_tags
dictionary
Specifies the tags of an ECS. When you create ECSs, one ECS supports up to 10 tags.
ssh_key_name
string
Specifies the name of the SSH key used for logging in to the ECS.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Whether the given object should exist in Huawei Cloud.
timeouts
dictionary
The timeouts for each operations.
create
string
Default:
"30m"
The timeouts for create operation.
delete
string
Default:
"30m"
The timeouts for delete operation.
update
string
Default:
"30m"
The timeouts for update operation.
user
string / required
The user name to login with (currently only user names are supported, and not user IDs).
user_data
string
Specifies the user data to be injected during the ECS creation process. Text, text files, and gzip files can be injected. The content to be injected must be encoded with base64. The maximum size of the content to be injected (before encoding) is 32 KB. For Linux ECSs, this parameter does not take effect when adminPass is used.
vpc_id
string / required
Specifies the ID of the VPC to which the ECS belongs.

Notes

Note

  • For authentication, you can set identity_endpoint using the ANSIBLE_HWC_IDENTITY_ENDPOINT env variable.

  • For authentication, you can set user using the ANSIBLE_HWC_USER env variable.

  • For authentication, you can set password using the ANSIBLE_HWC_PASSWORD env variable.

  • For authentication, you can set domain using the ANSIBLE_HWC_DOMAIN env variable.

  • For authentication, you can set project using the ANSIBLE_HWC_PROJECT env variable.

  • For authentication, you can set region using the ANSIBLE_HWC_REGION env variable.

  • Environment variables values will only be used if the playbook values are not set.

Examples

# create an ecs instance
- name: Create a vpc
  hwc_network_vpc:
    cidr: "192.168.100.0/24"
    name: "ansible_network_vpc_test"
  register: vpc
- name: Create a subnet
  hwc_vpc_subnet:
    gateway_ip: "192.168.100.32"
    name: "ansible_network_subnet_test"
    dhcp_enable: true
    vpc_id: "{{ vpc.id }}"
    cidr: "192.168.100.0/26"
  register: subnet
- name: Create a eip
  hwc_vpc_eip:
    dedicated_bandwidth:
      charge_mode: "traffic"
      name: "ansible_test_dedicated_bandwidth"
      size: 1
    type: "5_bgp"
  register: eip
- name: Create a disk
  hwc_evs_disk:
    availability_zone: "cn-north-1a"
    name: "ansible_evs_disk_test"
    volume_type: "SATA"
    size: 10
  register: disk
- name: Create an instance
  community.general.hwc_ecs_instance:
    data_volumes:
      - volume_id: "{{ disk.id }}"
    enable_auto_recovery: false
    eip_id: "{{ eip.id }}"
    name: "ansible_ecs_instance_test"
    availability_zone: "cn-north-1a"
    nics:
      - subnet_id: "{{ subnet.id }}"
        ip_address: "192.168.100.33"
      - subnet_id: "{{ subnet.id }}"
        ip_address: "192.168.100.34"
    server_tags:
      my_server: "my_server"
    image_id: "8da46d6d-6079-4e31-ad6d-a7167efff892"
    flavor_name: "s3.small.1"
    vpc_id: "{{ vpc.id }}"
    root_volume:
      volume_type: "SAS"

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
admin_pass
string
success
Specifies the initial login password of the administrator account for logging in to an ECS using password authentication. The Linux administrator is root, and the Windows administrator is Administrator. Password complexity requirements consists of 8 to 26 characters. The password must contain at least three of the following character types "uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, and special characters (!@$%^-_=+[{}]:,./?)". The password cannot contain the username or the username in reverse. The Windows ECS password cannot contain the username, the username in reverse, or more than two consecutive characters in the username.

availability_zone
string
success
Specifies the name of the AZ where the ECS is located.

config_drive
string
success
Specifies the configuration driver.

created
string
success
Specifies the time when an ECS was created.

data_volumes
list / elements=string
success
Specifies the data disks of ECS instance.

 
device
string
success
Specifies the disk device name.

 
volume_id
string
success
Specifies the disk ID.

description
string
success
Specifies the description of an ECS, which is a null string by default. Can contain a maximum of 85 characters. Cannot contain special characters, such as < and >.

disk_config_type
string
success
Specifies the disk configuration type. MANUAL is The image space is not expanded. AUTO is the image space of the system disk will be expanded to be as same as the flavor.

eip_id
string
success
Specifies the ID of the elastic IP address assigned to the ECS. Only elastic IP addresses in the DOWN state can be assigned.

enable_auto_recovery
boolean
success
Specifies whether automatic recovery is enabled on the ECS.

enterprise_project_id
string
success
Specifies the ID of the enterprise project to which the ECS belongs.

flavor_name
string
success
Specifies the name of the system flavor.

host_name
string
success
Specifies the host name of the ECS.

image_id
string
success
Specifies the ID of the system image.

image_name
string
success
Specifies the image name of the ECS.

name
string
success
Specifies the ECS name. Value requirements "Consists of 1 to 64 characters, including letters, digits, underscores _, hyphens (-), periods (.)".

nics
list / elements=string
success
Specifies the NIC information of the ECS. The network of the NIC must belong to the VPC specified by vpc_id. A maximum of 12 NICs can be attached to an ECS.

 
ip_address
string
success
Specifies the IP address of the NIC. The value is an IPv4 address. Its value must be an unused IP address in the network segment of the subnet.

 
port_id
string
success
Specifies the port ID corresponding to the IP address.

 
subnet_id
string
success
Specifies the ID of subnet.

power_state
integer
success
Specifies the power status of the ECS.

root_volume
dictionary
success
Specifies the configuration of the ECS's system disks.

 
device
string
success
Specifies the disk device name.

 
size
integer
success
Specifies the system disk size, in GB. The value range is 1 to 1024. The system disk size must be greater than or equal to the minimum system disk size supported by the image (min_disk attribute of the image). If this parameter is not specified or is set to 0, the default system disk size is the minimum value of the system disk in the image (min_disk attribute of the image).

 
snapshot_id
string
success
Specifies the snapshot ID or ID of the original data disk contained in the full-ECS image.

 
volume_id
string
success
Specifies the disk ID.

 
volume_type
string
success
Specifies the ECS system disk type.
SATA is common I/O disk type.
SAS is high I/O disk type.
SSD is ultra-high I/O disk type.
co-p1 is high I/O (performance-optimized I) disk type.
uh-l1 is ultra-high I/O (latency-optimized) disk type.
NOTE is For HANA, HL1, and HL2 ECSs, use co-p1 and uh-l1 disks. For other ECSs, do not use co-p1 or uh-l1 disks.

security_groups
list / elements=string
success
Specifies the security groups of the ECS. If this parameter is left blank, the default security group is bound to the ECS by default.

server_alias
string
success
Specifies the ECS alias.

server_metadata
dictionary
success
Specifies the metadata of ECS to be created.

server_tags
dictionary
success
Specifies the tags of an ECS. When you create ECSs, one ECS supports up to 10 tags.

ssh_key_name
string
success
Specifies the name of the SSH key used for logging in to the ECS.

status
string
success
Specifies the ECS status. Options are ACTIVE, REBOOT, HARD_REBOOT, REBUILD, MIGRATING, BUILD, SHUTOFF, RESIZE, VERIFY_RESIZE, ERROR, and DELETED.

user_data
string
success
Specifies the user data to be injected during the ECS creation process. Text, text files, and gzip files can be injected. The content to be injected must be encoded with base64. The maximum size of the content to be injected (before encoding) is 32 KB. For Linux ECSs, this parameter does not take effect when adminPass is used.

vpc_id
string
success
Specifies the ID of the VPC to which the ECS belongs.



Authors

  • Huawei Inc. (@huaweicloud)