ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_network_offering – Manages network offerings on Apache CloudStack based clouds.

Note

This plugin is part of the ngine_io.cloudstack collection (version 2.2.2).

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 ngine_io.cloudstack.

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

New in version 0.1.0: of ngine_io.cloudstack

Synopsis

  • Create, update, enable, disable and remove network offerings.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6

  • cs >= 0.9.0

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

api_http_method

string

HTTP method used to query the API endpoint.

If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_METHOD env variable is considered.

Choices:

  • get ← (default)

  • post

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

HTTP timeout in seconds.

If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_TIMEOUT env variable is considered.

Default: 10

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.

availability

string

The availability of network offering. Default value is Optional

conserve_mode

boolean

Whether the network offering has IP conserve mode enabled.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

details

list / elements=dictionary

Network offering details in key/value pairs.

with service provider as a value

display_text

string

Display text of the network offerings.

domains

aliases: domain

list / elements=string

added in 2.2.0 of ngine_io.cloudstack

List of domains the network offering is related to.

Use public for public offerings.

egress_default_policy

string

Whether the default egress policy is allow or to deny.

Choices:

  • allow

  • deny

for_vpc

boolean

Whether the offering is meant to be used for VPC or not.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

guest_ip_type

string

Guest type of the network offering.

Choices:

  • Shared

  • Isolated

keepalive_enabled

boolean

If true keepalive will be turned on in the loadbalancer.

At the time of writing this has only an effect on haproxy.

the mode http and httpclose options are unset in the haproxy conf file.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

max_connections

integer

Maximum number of concurrent connections supported by the network offering.

name

string / required

The name of the network offering.

network_rate

integer

Data transfer rate in megabits per second allowed.

persistent

boolean

True if network offering supports persistent networks

defaulted to false if not specified

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

service_capabilities

aliases: service_capability

list / elements=string

Desired service capabilities as part of network offering.

service_offering

string

The service offering name or ID used by virtual router provider.

service_providers

aliases: service_provider

list / elements=dictionary

Provider to service mapping.

If not specified, the provider for the service will be mapped to the default provider on the physical network.

specify_ip_ranges

boolean

Whether the network offering supports specifying IP ranges.

Defaulted to no by the API if not specified.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

specify_vlan

boolean

Whether the network offering supports vlans or not.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

state

string

State of the network offering.

Choices:

  • enabled

  • present ← (default)

  • disabled

  • absent

supported_services

aliases: supported_service

list / elements=string

Services supported by the network offering.

A list of one or more items from the choice list.

Choices:

  • Dns

  • PortForwarding

  • Dhcp

  • SourceNat

  • UserData

  • Firewall

  • StaticNat

  • Vpn

  • Lb

tags

aliases: tag

list / elements=string

added in 2.2.0 of ngine_io.cloudstack

List of tags. Tags are a list of strings.

To delete all tags, set an empty list e.g. tags: [].

traffic_type

string

The traffic type for the network offering.

Default: “Guest”

zones

aliases: zone

list / elements=string

added in 2.2.0 of ngine_io.cloudstack

List of zones the network offering is related to.

Use all for all zones offering.

Notes

Note

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

  • This module supports check mode.

Examples

- name: Create a network offering and enable it
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_network_offering:
    name: my_network_offering
    display_text: network offering description
    state: enabled
    guest_ip_type: Isolated
    supported_services: [ Dns, PortForwarding, Dhcp, SourceNat, UserData, Firewall, StaticNat, Vpn, Lb ]
    service_providers:
      - { service: 'dns', provider: 'virtualrouter' }
      - { service: 'dhcp', provider: 'virtualrouter' }

- name: Remove a network offering
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_network_offering:
    name: my_network_offering
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key

Description

availability

string

The availability of network offering.

Returned: success

Sample: “Optional”

display_text

string

The display text of the network offering.

Returned: success

Sample: “My network offering”

domains

list / elements=string

added in 2.2.0 of ngine_io.cloudstack

List of domains associated with the network offering.

Returned: success

Sample: [“public”]

egress_default_policy

string

Default egress policy.

Returned: success

Sample: “allow”

for_vpc

boolean

Whether the offering is meant to be used for VPC or not.

Returned: success

Sample: false

guest_ip_type

string

Guest type of the network offering.

Returned: success

Sample: “Isolated”

id

string

UUID of the network offering.

Returned: success

Sample: “a6f7a5fc-43f8-11e5-a151-feff819cdc9f”

is_default

boolean

Whether network offering is the default offering or not.

Returned: success

Sample: false

is_persistent

boolean

Whether persistent networks are supported or not.

Returned: success

Sample: false

max_connections

integer

The maximum number of concurrent connections to be handled by LB.

Returned: success

Sample: 300

name

string

The name of the network offering.

Returned: success

Sample: “MyCustomNetworkOffering”

network_rate

integer

The network traffic transfer ate in Mbit/s.

Returned: success

Sample: 200

service_offering_id

string

The service offering ID.

Returned: success

Sample: “c5f7a5fc-43f8-11e5-a151-feff819cdc9f”

state

string

The state of the network offering.

Returned: success

Sample: “Enabled”

tags

list / elements=string

added in 2.2.0 of ngine_io.cloudstack

List of tags associated with the network offering.

Returned: success

Sample: [“tag1”, “tag2”]

traffic_type

string

The traffic type.

Returned: success

Sample: “Guest”

zones

list / elements=string

added in 2.2.0 of ngine_io.cloudstack

List of zones associated with the network offering.

Returned: success

Sample: [“all”]

Authors

  • David Passante (@dpassante)