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hetzner.hcloud.hcloud_load_balancer – Create and manage cloud Load Balancers on the Hetzner Cloud.

Note

This plugin is part of the hetzner.hcloud collection (version 1.6.0).

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 hetzner.hcloud.

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

New in version 0.1.0: of hetzner.hcloud

Synopsis

• Create, update and manage 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 >= 1.8.0

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
api_token string / required	This is the API Token for the Hetzner Cloud.
delete_protection boolean	Protect the Load Balancer for deletion. Choices: no yes
disable_public_interface boolean	Disables the public interface. Choices: no ← (default) yes
endpoint string	This is the API Endpoint for the Hetzner Cloud. Default: “https://api.hetzner.cloud/v1”
id integer	The ID of the Hetzner Cloud Load Balancer to manage. Only required if no Load Balancer name is given
labels dictionary	User-defined labels (key-value pairs).
load_balancer_type string	The Load Balancer Type of the Hetzner Cloud Load Balancer to manage. Required if Load Balancer does not exists.
location string	Location of Load Balancer. Required if no network_zone is given and Load Balancer does not exists.
name string	The Name of the Hetzner Cloud Load Balancer to manage. Only required if no Load Balancer id is given or a Load Balancer does not exists.
network_zone string	Network Zone of Load Balancer. Required of no location is given and Load Balancer does not exists.
state string	State of the Load Balancer. Choices: absent present ← (default)

See Also

See also

Documentation for Hetzner Cloud API

Complete reference for the Hetzner Cloud API.

Examples

- name: Create a basic Load Balancer
  hcloud_load_balancer:
    name: my-Load Balancer
    load_balancer_type: lb11
    location: fsn1
    state: present

- name: Ensure the Load Balancer is absent (remove if needed)
  hcloud_load_balancer:
    name: my-Load Balancer
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key	Description
hcloud_load_balancer complex	The Load Balancer instance Returned: Always
delete_protection boolean	True if Load Balancer is protected for deletion Returned: always Sample: false
disable_public_interface boolean	True if Load Balancer public interface is disabled Returned: always Sample: false
id integer	Numeric identifier of the Load Balancer Returned: always Sample: 1937415
ipv4_address string	Public IPv4 address of the Load Balancer Returned: always Sample: “116.203.104.109”
ipv6_address string	Public IPv6 address of the Load Balancer Returned: always Sample: “2a01:4f8:1c1c:c140::1”
labels dictionary	User-defined labels (key-value pairs) Returned: always
load_balancer_type string	Name of the Load Balancer type of the Load Balancer Returned: always Sample: “cx11”
location string	Name of the location of the Load Balancer Returned: always Sample: “fsn1”
name string	Name of the Load Balancer Returned: always Sample: “my-Load-Balancer”
status string	Status of the Load Balancer Returned: always Sample: “running”

Authors

• Lukas Kaemmerling (@LKaemmerling)