community.general.linode – Manage instances on the Linode Public 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.linode.

Synopsis

• Manage Linode Public Cloud instances and optionally wait for it to be ‘running’.

Requirements

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

• python >= 2.6

• linode-python

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
additional_disks list / elements=string		List of dictionaries for creating additional disks that are added to the Linode configuration settings. Dictionary takes Size, Label, Type. Size is in MB.
alert_bwin_enabled boolean	Choices: no yes	Set status of bandwidth in alerts.
alert_bwin_threshold integer		Set threshold in MB of bandwidth in alerts.
alert_bwout_enabled boolean	Choices: no yes	Set status of bandwidth out alerts.
alert_bwout_threshold integer		Set threshold in MB of bandwidth out alerts.
alert_bwquota_enabled boolean	Choices: no yes	Set status of bandwidth quota alerts as percentage of network transfer quota.
alert_bwquota_threshold integer		Set threshold in MB of bandwidth quota alerts.
alert_cpu_enabled boolean	Choices: no yes	Set status of receiving CPU usage alerts.
alert_cpu_threshold integer		Set percentage threshold for receiving CPU usage alerts. Each CPU core adds 100% to total.
alert_diskio_enabled boolean	Choices: no yes	Set status of receiving disk IO alerts.
alert_diskio_threshold integer		Set threshold for average IO ops/sec over 2 hour period.
api_key string		Linode API key
backupweeklyday integer		Integer value for what day of the week to store weekly backups.
datacenter integer		datacenter to create an instance in (Linode Datacenter)
displaygroup string		Add the instance to a Display Group in Linode Manager.
distribution integer		distribution to use for the instance (Linode Distribution)
kernel_id integer		kernel to use for the instance (Linode Kernel)
linode_id integer		Unique ID of a linode server. This value is read-only in the sense that if you specify it on creation of a Linode it will not be used. The Linode API generates these IDs and we can those generated value here to reference a Linode more specifically. This is useful for idempotence. aliases: lid
name string / required		Name to give the instance (alphanumeric, dashes, underscore). To keep sanity on the Linode Web Console, name is prepended with LinodeID-.
password string		root password to apply to a new server (auto generated if missing)
payment_term integer	Choices: 1 12 24 Default: 1	payment term to use for the instance (payment term in months)
plan integer		plan to use for the instance (Linode plan)
private_ip boolean	Choices: no yes	Add private IPv4 address when Linode is created. Default is false.
ssh_pub_key string		SSH public key applied to root user
state string	Choices: absent active deleted present ← restarted started stopped	Indicate desired state of the resource
swap integer	Default: 512	swap size in MB
wait boolean	Choices: no yes ←	wait for the instance to be in state running before returning
wait_timeout integer	Default: 300	how long before wait gives up, in seconds
watchdog boolean	Choices: no yes Default: "True"	Set status of Lassie watchdog.

Notes

Note

• Please note, linode-python does not have python 3 support.

• This module uses the now deprecated v3 of the Linode API.

• LINODE_API_KEY env variable can be used instead.

• Please review https://www.linode.com/api/linode for determining the required parameters.

Examples

- name: Create a new Linode
  community.general.linode:
    name: linode-test1
    plan: 1
    datacenter: 7
    distribution: 129
    state: present
  register: linode_creation

- name: Create a server with a private IP Address
  community.general.linode:
     module: linode
     api_key: 'longStringFromLinodeApi'
     name: linode-test1
     plan: 1
     datacenter: 2
     distribution: 99
     password: 'superSecureRootPassword'
     private_ip: yes
     ssh_pub_key: 'ssh-rsa qwerty'
     swap: 768
     wait: yes
     wait_timeout: 600
     state: present
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: linode_creation

- name: Fully configure new server
  community.general.linode:
     api_key: 'longStringFromLinodeApi'
     name: linode-test1
     plan: 4
     datacenter: 2
     distribution: 99
     kernel_id: 138
     password: 'superSecureRootPassword'
     private_ip: yes
     ssh_pub_key: 'ssh-rsa qwerty'
     swap: 768
     wait: yes
     wait_timeout: 600
     state: present
     alert_bwquota_enabled: True
     alert_bwquota_threshold: 80
     alert_bwin_enabled: True
     alert_bwin_threshold: 10
     alert_cpu_enabled: True
     alert_cpu_threshold: 210
     alert_bwout_enabled: True
     alert_bwout_threshold: 10
     alert_diskio_enabled: True
     alert_diskio_threshold: 10000
     backupweeklyday: 1
     backupwindow: 2
     displaygroup: 'test'
     additional_disks:
      - {Label: 'disk1', Size: 2500, Type: 'raw'}
      - {Label: 'newdisk', Size: 2000}
     watchdog: True
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: linode_creation

- name: Ensure a running server (create if missing)
  community.general.linode:
     api_key: 'longStringFromLinodeApi'
     name: linode-test1
     plan: 1
     datacenter: 2
     distribution: 99
     password: 'superSecureRootPassword'
     ssh_pub_key: 'ssh-rsa qwerty'
     swap: 768
     wait: yes
     wait_timeout: 600
     state: present
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: linode_creation

- name: Delete a server
  community.general.linode:
     api_key: 'longStringFromLinodeApi'
     name: linode-test1
     linode_id: "{{ linode_creation.instance.id }}"
     state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Stop a server
  community.general.linode:
     api_key: 'longStringFromLinodeApi'
     name: linode-test1
     linode_id: "{{ linode_creation.instance.id }}"
     state: stopped
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Reboot a server
  community.general.linode:
     api_key: 'longStringFromLinodeApi'
     name: linode-test1
     linode_id: "{{ linode_creation.instance.id }}"
     state: restarted
  delegate_to: localhost

Authors

• Vincent Viallet (@zbal)