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community.general.stacki_host – Add or remove host to stacki front-end

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.stacki_host.

Synopsis

• Use this module to add or remove hosts to a stacki front-end via API.

• Information on stacki can be found at https://github.com/StackIQ/stacki.

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
appliance string	Applicance to be used in host creation. Required if state is present and host does not yet exist. Default: “backend”
force_install boolean	Set value to true to force node into install state if it already exists in stacki. Choices: no ← (default) yes
name string / required	Name of the host to be added to Stacki.
network string	Network to be configured in the host. Currently not used by the module. Default: “private”
prim_intf string	Name of the primary network interface. Currently not used by the module.
prim_intf_ip string	IP Address for the primary network interface. Currently not used by the module.
prim_intf_mac string	MAC Address for the primary PXE boot network interface. Currently not used by the module.
rack integer	Rack to be used in host creation. Required if state is present and host does not yet exist.
rank integer	Rank to be used in host creation. In Stacki terminology, the rank is the position of the machine in a rack. Required if state is present and host does not yet exist.
stacki_endpoint string / required	URL for the Stacki API Endpoint.
stacki_password string / required	Password for authenticating with Stacki API, but if not specified, the environment variable stacki_password is used instead.
stacki_user string / required	Username for authenticating with Stacki API, but if not specified, the environment variable stacki_user is used instead.
state string	Set value to the desired state for the specified host. Choices: absent present ← (default)

Examples

- name: Add a host named test-1
  community.general.stacki_host:
    name: test-1
    stacki_user: usr
    stacki_password: pwd
    stacki_endpoint: url
    prim_intf_mac: mac_addr
    prim_intf_ip: x.x.x.x
    prim_intf: eth0

- name: Remove a host named test-1
  community.general.stacki_host:
    name: test-1
    stacki_user: usr
    stacki_password: pwd
    stacki_endpoint: url
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key	Description
changed boolean	response to whether or not the api call completed successfully Returned: always Sample: true
stdout list / elements=string	the set of responses from the commands Returned: always Sample: [“…”, “…”]
stdout_lines list / elements=string	the value of stdout split into a list Returned: always Sample: [[“…”, “…”], [“…”], [“…”]]

Authors

• Hugh Ma (@bbyhuy) <Hugh.Ma@flextronics.com>