community.general.clc_group – Create/delete Server Groups at Centurylink Cloud
Note
This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 3.8.3).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible
package.
It is not included in ansible-core
.
To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list
.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.clc_group
.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
python = 2.7
requests >= 2.5.0
clc-sdk
Parameters
Parameter |
Comments |
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A description of the Server Group |
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Datacenter to create the group in. If location is not provided, the group gets created in the default datacenter associated with the account |
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The name of the Server Group |
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The parent group of the server group. If parent is not provided, it creates the group at top level. |
|
Whether to create or delete the group Choices:
|
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Whether to wait for the tasks to finish before returning. Choices:
|
Notes
Note
To use this module, it is required to set the below environment variables which enables access to the Centurylink Cloud - CLC_V2_API_USERNAME, the account login id for the centurylink cloud - CLC_V2_API_PASSWORD, the account password for the centurylink cloud
Alternatively, the module accepts the API token and account alias. The API token can be generated using the CLC account login and password via the HTTP api call @ https://api.ctl.io/v2/authentication/login - CLC_V2_API_TOKEN, the API token generated from https://api.ctl.io/v2/authentication/login - CLC_ACCT_ALIAS, the account alias associated with the centurylink cloud
Users can set CLC_V2_API_URL to specify an endpoint for pointing to a different CLC environment.
Examples
# Create a Server Group
---
- name: Create Server Group
hosts: localhost
gather_facts: False
connection: local
tasks:
- name: Create / Verify a Server Group at CenturyLink Cloud
community.general.clc_group:
name: My Cool Server Group
parent: Default Group
state: present
register: clc
- name: Debug
ansible.builtin.debug:
var: clc
# Delete a Server Group
- name: Delete Server Group
hosts: localhost
gather_facts: False
connection: local
tasks:
- name: Delete / Verify Absent a Server Group at CenturyLink Cloud
community.general.clc_group:
name: My Cool Server Group
parent: Default Group
state: absent
register: clc
- name: Debug
ansible.builtin.debug:
var: clc
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key |
Description |
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The group information Returned: success Sample: {“changeInfo”: {“createdBy”: “service.wfad”, “createdDate”: “2015-07-29T18:52:47Z”, “modifiedBy”: “service.wfad”, “modifiedDate”: “2015-07-29T18:52:47Z”}, “customFields”: [], “description”: “test group”, “groups”: [], “id”: “bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1”, “links”: [{“href”: “/v2/groups/wfad”, “rel”: “createGroup”, “verbs”: [“POST”]}, {“href”: “/v2/servers/wfad”, “rel”: “createServer”, “verbs”: [“POST”]}, {“href”: “/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1”, “rel”: “self”, “verbs”: [“GET”, “PATCH”, “DELETE”]}, {“href”: “/v2/groups/wfad/086ac1dfe0b6411989e8d1b77c4065f0”, “id”: “086ac1dfe0b6411989e8d1b77c4065f0”, “rel”: “parentGroup”}, {“href”: “/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/defaults”, “rel”: “defaults”, “verbs”: [“GET”, “POST”]}, {“href”: “/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/billing”, “rel”: “billing”}, {“href”: “/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/archive”, “rel”: “archiveGroupAction”}, {“href”: “/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/statistics”, “rel”: “statistics”}, {“href”: “/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/upcomingScheduledActivities”, “rel”: “upcomingScheduledActivities”}, {“href”: “/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/horizontalAutoscalePolicy”, “rel”: “horizontalAutoscalePolicyMapping”, “verbs”: [“GET”, “PUT”, “DELETE”]}, {“href”: “/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/scheduledActivities”, “rel”: “scheduledActivities”, “verbs”: [“GET”, “POST”]}], “locationId”: “UC1”, “name”: “test group”, “status”: “active”, “type”: “default”} |
Authors
CLC Runner (@clc-runner)