ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_volume – Manages volumes on Apache CloudStack based clouds.

Note

This plugin is part of the ngine_io.cloudstack collection (version 2.1.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install ngine_io.cloudstack.

To use it in a playbook, specify: ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_volume.

New in version 0.1.0: of ngine_io.cloudstack

Synopsis

• Create, destroy, attach, detach, extract or upload volumes.

Requirements

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

• python >= 2.6

• cs >= 0.9.0

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
account string		Account the volume is related to.
api_http_method string	Choices: get ← post	HTTP method used to query the API endpoint. If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_METHOD env variable is considered.
api_key string / required		API key of the CloudStack API. If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_KEY env variable is considered.
api_secret string / required		Secret key of the CloudStack API. If not set, the CLOUDSTACK_SECRET env variable is considered.
api_timeout integer	Default: 10	HTTP timeout in seconds. If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_TIMEOUT env variable is considered.
api_url string / required		URL of the CloudStack API e.g. https://cloud.example.com/client/api. If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_ENDPOINT env variable is considered.
api_verify_ssl_cert string		Verify CA authority cert file. If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_VERIFY env variable is considered.
custom_id string		Custom id to the resource. Allowed to Root Admins only.
device_id integer		ID of the device on a VM the volume is attached to. Only considered if state is attached.
disk_offering string		Name of the disk offering to be used. Required one of disk_offering, snapshot if volume is not already state=present.
display_volume boolean	Choices: no yes	Whether to display the volume to the end user or not. Allowed to Root Admins only.
domain string		Name of the domain the volume to be deployed in.
force boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Force removal of volume even it is attached to a VM. Considered on state=absent only.
format string	Choices: QCOW2 RAW VHD VHDX OVA	The format for the volume. Only considered if state=uploaded.
max_iops integer		Max iops
min_iops integer		Min iops
mode string	Choices: http_download ← ftp_upload	Mode for the volume extraction. Only considered if state=extracted.
name string / required		Name of the volume. name can only contain ASCII letters.
poll_async boolean	Choices: no yes ←	Poll async jobs until job has finished.
project string		Name of the project the volume to be deployed in.
shrink_ok boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Whether to allow to shrink the volume.
size integer		Size of disk in GB
snapshot string		The snapshot name for the disk volume. Required one of disk_offering, snapshot if volume is not already state=present.
state string	Choices: present ← absent attached detached extracted uploaded	State of the volume.
tags list / elements=dictionary		List of tags. Tags are a list of dictionaries having keys key and value. To delete all tags, set a empty list e.g. tags: []. aliases: tag
url string		URL to which the volume would be extracted on state=extracted or the URL where to download the volume on state=uploaded. Only considered if state is extracted or uploaded.
vm string		Name of the virtual machine to attach the volume to.
zone string / required		Name of the zone in which the volume should be deployed.

Notes

Note

• A detailed guide about cloudstack modules can be found in the CloudStack Cloud Guide.

• This module supports check mode.

Examples

- name: create volume within project and zone with specified storage options
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_volume:
    name: web-vm-1-volume
    project: Integration
    zone: ch-zrh-ix-01
    disk_offering: PerfPlus Storage
    size: 20

- name: create/attach volume to instance
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_volume:
    name: web-vm-1-volume
    zone: zone01
    disk_offering: PerfPlus Storage
    size: 20
    vm: web-vm-1
    state: attached

- name: detach volume
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_volume:
    name: web-vm-1-volume
    zone: zone01
    state: detached

- name: remove volume
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_volume:
    name: web-vm-1-volume
    zone: zone01
    state: absent

- name: Extract DATA volume to make it downloadable
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_volume:
    state: extracted
    name: web-vm-1-volume
    zone: zone01
  register: data_vol_out

- name: Create new volume by downloading source volume
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_volume:
    state: uploaded
    name: web-vm-1-volume-2
    zone: zone01
    format: VHD
    url: "{{ data_vol_out.url }}"

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
attached string	success	Date of the volume was attached. Sample: 2014-12-01T14:57:57+0100
created string	success	Date of the volume was created. Sample: 2014-12-01T14:57:57+0100
device_id integer	success	Id of the device on user vm the volume is attached to (not returned when detached) Sample: 1
display_name string	success	Display name of the volume. Sample: web-volume-01
domain string	success	Domain the volume belongs to Sample: example domain
group string	success	Group the volume belongs to Sample: web
id string	success	ID of the volume.
name string	success	Name of the volume. Sample: web-volume-01
project string	success	Project the volume belongs to Sample: Production
size integer	success	Size of disk volume. Sample: 20
state string	success	State of the volume Sample: Attached
type string	success	Disk volume type. Sample: DATADISK
url string	success when state=extracted	The url of the uploaded volume or the download url depending extraction mode. Sample: http://1.12.3.4/userdata/387e2c7c-7c42-4ecc-b4ed-84e8367a1965.vhd
vm string	success	Name of the vm the volume is attached to (not returned when detached) Sample: web-01
zone string	success	Name of zone the volume is in. Sample: ch-gva-2

Authors

• Jefferson Girão (@jeffersongirao)

• René Moser (@resmo)