hetzner.hcloud.hcloud_load_balancer_service – Create and manage the services of cloud Load Balancers on the Hetzner Cloud.

Note

This plugin is part of the hetzner.hcloud collection (version 1.4.2).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install hetzner.hcloud.

To use it in a playbook, specify: hetzner.hcloud.hcloud_load_balancer_service.

New in version 0.1.0: of hetzner.hcloud

Synopsis

• Create, update and manage the services of cloud Load Balancers on the Hetzner Cloud.

Requirements

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

• hcloud-python >= 1.0.0

• hcloud-python >= 1.8.1

Parameters

Parameter			Choices/Defaults	Comments
api_token string / required				This is the API Token for the Hetzner Cloud.
destination_port integer				The port traffic is forwarded to, i.e. the port the targets are listening and accepting connections on. Required if services does not exists and protocol is tcp.
endpoint string			Default: "https://api.hetzner.cloud/v1"	This is the API Endpoint for the Hetzner Cloud.
health_check dictionary				Configuration for health checks
	http dictionary			Additional Configuration of health checks with protocol http/https
		domain string		Domain we will set within the HTTP HOST header
		path string		Path we will try to access
		response string		Response we expect, if response is not within the health check response the target is unhealthy
		status_codes list / elements=string		List of HTTP status codes we expect to get when we perform the health check.
		tls boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Verify the TLS certificate, only available if health check protocol is https
	interval integer			Interval of health checks, in seconds
	port integer			Port the health check will be performed on
	protocol string		Choices: http https tcp	Protocol the health checks will be performed over
	retries integer			Number of retries until a target is marked as unhealthy
	timeout integer			Timeout of health checks, in seconds
http dictionary				Configuration for HTTP and HTTPS services
	certificates list / elements=string			List of Names or IDs of certificates
	cookie_lifetime integer			Lifetime of the cookie which will be set when you enable sticky sessions, in seconds
	cookie_name string			Name of the cookie which will be set when you enable sticky sessions
	redirect_http boolean		Choices: no ← yes	Redirect Traffic from Port 80 to Port 443, only available if protocol is https
	sticky_sessions boolean		Choices: no ← yes	Enable or disable sticky_sessions
listen_port integer / required				The port the service listens on, i.e. the port users can connect to.
load_balancer string / required				The Name of the Hetzner Cloud Load Balancer the service belongs to
protocol string			Choices: http https tcp	Protocol of the service. Required if Load Balancer does not exists.
proxyprotocol boolean			Choices: no ← yes	Enable the PROXY protocol.
state string			Choices: absent present ←	State of the Load Balancer.

See Also

See also

Documentation for Hetzner Cloud API

Complete reference for the Hetzner Cloud API.

Examples

- name: Create a basic Load Balancer service with Port 80
  hcloud_load_balancer_service:
    load_balancer: my-load-balancer
    protocol: http
    listen_port: 80
    state: present

- name: Ensure the Load Balancer is absent (remove if needed)
  hcloud_load_balancer_service:
    load_balancer: my-Load Balancer
    protocol: http
    listen_port: 80
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key				Returned	Description
hcloud_load_balancer_service complex				Always	The Load Balancer service instance
	destination_port integer			always	The port traffic is forwarded to, i.e. the port the targets are listening and accepting connections on. Sample: 80
	health_check complex			always	Configuration for health checks
		http complex		always	Additional Configuration of health checks with protocol http/https
			domain string	always	Domain we will set within the HTTP HOST header Sample: example.com
			path string	always	Path we will try to access Sample: /
			response string	always	Response we expect, if response is not within the health check response the target is unhealthy
			status_codes list / elements=string	always	List of HTTP status codes we expect to get when we perform the health check. Sample: ['2??', '3??']
			tls boolean	always	Verify the TLS certificate, only available if health check protocol is https
		interval integer		always	Interval of health checks, in seconds Sample: 15
		port integer		always	Port the health check will be performed on Sample: 80
		protocol string		always	Protocol the health checks will be performed over Sample: http
		retries integer		always	Number of retries until a target is marked as unhealthy Sample: 3
		timeout integer		always	Timeout of health checks, in seconds Sample: 10
	http complex			always	Configuration for HTTP and HTTPS services
		certificates list / elements=string		always	List of Names or IDs of certificates
		cookie_lifetime integer		always	Lifetime of the cookie which will be set when you enable sticky sessions, in seconds Sample: 3600
		cookie_name string		always	Name of the cookie which will be set when you enable sticky sessions Sample: HCLBSTICKY
		redirect_http boolean		always	Redirect Traffic from Port 80 to Port 443, only available if protocol is https
		sticky_sessions boolean		always	Enable or disable sticky_sessions Sample: True
	listen_port integer			always	The port the service listens on, i.e. the port users can connect to. Sample: 443
	load_balancer string			always	The name of the Load Balancer where the service belongs to Sample: my-load-balancer
	protocol string			always	Protocol of the service Sample: http
	proxyprotocol boolean			always	Enable the PROXY protocol.

Authors

• Lukas Kaemmerling (@LKaemmerling)