community.general.proxmox_storage_info – Retrieve information about one or more Proxmox VE storages

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.proxmox_storage_info.

New in version 2.2.0: of community.general

Synopsis

  • Retrieve information about one or more Proxmox VE storages.

Requirements

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

  • proxmoxer

  • requests

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
api_host
string / required
Specify the target host of the Proxmox VE cluster.
api_password
string
Specify the password to authenticate with.
You can use PROXMOX_PASSWORD environment variable.
api_token_id
string
added in 1.3.0 of community.general
Specify the token ID.
api_token_secret
string
added in 1.3.0 of community.general
Specify the token secret.
api_user
string / required
Specify the user to authenticate with.
storage
string
Only return informations on a specific storage.

aliases: name
type
string
Filter on a specifc storage type.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated.
This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Notes

Note

Examples

- name: List existing storages
  community.general.proxmox_storage_info:
    api_host: helldorado
    api_user: root@pam
    api_password: "{{ password | default(omit) }}"
    api_token_id: "{{ token_id | default(omit) }}"
    api_token_secret: "{{ token_secret | default(omit) }}"
  register: proxmox_storages

- name: List NFS storages only
  community.general.proxmox_storage_info:
    api_host: helldorado
    api_user: root@pam
    api_password: "{{ password | default(omit) }}"
    api_token_id: "{{ token_id | default(omit) }}"
    api_token_secret: "{{ token_secret | default(omit) }}"
    type: nfs
  register: proxmox_storages_nfs

- name: Retrieve information about the lvm2 storage
  community.general.proxmox_storage_info:
    api_host: helldorado
    api_user: root@pam
    api_password: "{{ password | default(omit) }}"
    api_token_id: "{{ token_id | default(omit) }}"
    api_token_secret: "{{ token_secret | default(omit) }}"
    storage: lvm2
  register: proxmox_storage_lvm

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
proxmox_storages
list / elements=dictionary
on success
List of storage pools.
 
content
list / elements=string
on success
Proxmox content types available in this storage
 
digest
string
on success
Storage's digest
 
nodes
list / elements=string
on success, if storage is not local
List of nodes associated to this storage
 
path
string
on success
Physical path to this storage
 
prune-backups
list / elements=dictionary
on success
Backup retention options
 
shared
boolean
on success
Is this storage shared
 
storage
string
on success
Storage name
 
type
string
on success
Storage type


Authors

  • Tristan Le Guern (@Aversiste)