community.general.rax_meta – Manipulate metadata for Rackspace Cloud Servers¶
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.rax_meta
.
Requirements¶
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
python >= 2.6
pyrax
Parameters¶
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
address
string
|
Server IP address to modify metadata for, will match any IP assigned to the server
|
|
api_key
string
|
Rackspace API key, overrides credentials.
aliases: password |
|
auth_endpoint
string
|
The URI of the authentication service.
If not specified will be set to https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/
|
|
credentials
path
|
File to find the Rackspace credentials in. Ignored if api_key and username are provided.
aliases: creds_file |
|
env
string
|
Environment as configured in ~/.pyrax.cfg, see https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#pyrax-configuration.
|
|
id
string
|
Server ID to modify metadata for
|
|
identity_type
string
|
Default: "rackspace"
|
Authentication mechanism to use, such as rackspace or keystone.
|
meta
dictionary
|
A hash of metadata to associate with the instance
|
|
name
string
|
Server name to modify metadata for
|
|
region
string
|
Region to create an instance in.
|
|
tenant_id
string
|
The tenant ID used for authentication.
|
|
tenant_name
string
|
The tenant name used for authentication.
|
|
username
string
|
Rackspace username, overrides credentials.
|
|
validate_certs
boolean
|
|
Whether or not to require SSL validation of API endpoints.
aliases: verify_ssl |
Notes¶
Note
The following environment variables can be used,
RAX_USERNAME
,RAX_API_KEY
,RAX_CREDS_FILE
,RAX_CREDENTIALS
,RAX_REGION
.RAX_CREDENTIALS
andRAX_CREDS_FILE
points to a credentials file appropriate for pyrax. See https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#authenticatingRAX_USERNAME
andRAX_API_KEY
obviate the use of a credentials fileRAX_REGION
defines a Rackspace Public Cloud region (DFW, ORD, LON, …)
Examples¶
- name: Set metadata for a server
hosts: all
gather_facts: False
tasks:
- name: Set metadata
local_action:
module: rax_meta
credentials: ~/.raxpub
name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
region: DFW
meta:
group: primary_group
groups:
- group_two
- group_three
app: my_app
- name: Clear metadata
local_action:
module: rax_meta
credentials: ~/.raxpub
name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
region: DFW
Authors¶
Matt Martz (@sivel)