community.mongodb.mongodb_shard – Add or remove shards from a MongoDB Cluster

Note

This plugin is part of the community.mongodb collection (version 1.2.1).

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

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.mongodb.mongodb_shard.

New in version 1.0.0: of community.mongodb

Synopsis

  • Add or remove shards from a MongoDB Cluster.

Requirements

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

  • pymongo

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
auth_mechanism
string
    Choices:
  • SCRAM-SHA-256
  • SCRAM-SHA-1
  • MONGODB-X509
  • GSSAPI
  • PLAIN
Authentication type.
connection_options
list / elements=raw
Additional connection options.
Supply as a list of dicts or strings containing key value pairs seperated with '='.
login_database
string
Default:
"admin"
The database where login credentials are stored.
login_host
string
Default:
"localhost"
The host running MongoDB instance to login to.
login_password
string
The password used to authenticate with.
Required when login_user is specified.
login_port
integer
Default:
27017
The MongoDB server port to login to.
login_user
string
The MongoDB user to login with.
Required when login_password is specified.
mongos_process
string
Default:
"mongos"
Provide a custom name for the mongos process you are connecting to.
Most users can ignore this setting.
shard
string / required
The shard connection string.
Should be supplied in the form <replicaset>/host:port as detailed in https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/add-shards-to-shard-cluster/.
For example rs0/example1.mongodb.com:27017.
sharded_databases
raw
Enable sharding on the listed database.
Can be supplied as a string or a list of strings.
Sharding cannot be disabled on a database.
ssl
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Whether to use an SSL connection when connecting to the database.
ssl_ca_certs
string
The ssl_ca_certs option takes a path to a CA file.
ssl_cert_reqs
string
    Choices:
  • CERT_NONE
  • CERT_OPTIONAL
  • CERT_REQUIRED ←
Specifies whether a certificate is required from the other side of the connection, and whether it will be validated if provided.
ssl_certfile
string
Present a client certificate using the ssl_certfile option.
ssl_crlfile
string
The ssl_crlfile option takes a path to a CRL file.
ssl_keyfile
string
Private key for the client certificate.
ssl_pem_passphrase
string
Passphrase to decrypt encrypted private keys.
state
string
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
Whether the shard should be present or absent from the Cluster.

Notes

Note

  • Requires the pymongo Python package on the remote host, version 2.4.2+.

Examples

- name: Add a replicaset shard named rs1 with a member running on port 27018 on mongodb0.example.net
  community.mongodb.mongodb_shard:
    login_user: admin
    login_password: admin
    shard: "rs1/mongodb0.example.net:27018"
    state: present

- name: Add a standalone mongod shard running on port 27018 of mongodb0.example.net
  community.mongodb.mongodb_shard:
    login_user: admin
    login_password: admin
    shard: "mongodb0.example.net:27018"
    state: present

- name: To remove a shard called 'rs1'
  community.mongodb.mongodb_shard:
    login_user: admin
    login_password: admin
    shard: rs1
    state: absent

# Single node shard running on localhost
- name: Ensure shard rs0 exists
  community.mongodb.mongodb_shard:
    login_user: admin
    login_password: secret
    shard: "rs0/localhost:3001"
    state: present

# Single node shard running on localhost
- name: Ensure shard rs1 exists
  community.mongodb.mongodb_shard:
    login_user: admin
    login_password: secret
    shard: "rs1/localhost:3002"
    state: present

# Enable sharding on a few databases when creating the shard
- name: To remove a shard called 'rs1'
  community.mongodb.mongodb_shard:
    login_user: admin
    login_password: admin
    shard: rs1
    sharded_databases:
      - db1
      - db2
    state: present

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
mongodb_shard
string
success
The name of the shard to create.

sharded_enabled
list / elements=string
success when sharding is enabled
Databases that have had sharding enabled during module execution.



Authors

  • Rhys Campbell (@rhysmeister)