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ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_role – Manages user roles 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_role.

New in version 0.1.0: of ngine_io.cloudstack

Synopsis

• Create, update, delete user roles.

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.
description string	Description of the role.
name string / required	Name of the role.
role_type string	Type of the role. Only considered for creation. Choices: User ← (default) DomainAdmin ResourceAdmin Admin
state string	State of the role. Choices: present ← (default) absent
uuid aliases: id string	ID of the role. If provided, uuid is used as key.

Notes

Note

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

• This module supports check mode.

Examples

- name: Ensure an user role is present
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_role:
    name: myrole_user

- name: Ensure a role having particular ID is named as myrole_user
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_role:
    name: myrole_user
    id: 04589590-ac63-4ffc-93f5-b698b8ac38b6

- name: Ensure a role is absent
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_role:
    name: myrole_user
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key	Description
description string	Description of the role. Returned: success Sample: “This is my role description”
id string	UUID of the role. Returned: success Sample: “04589590-ac63-4ffc-93f5-b698b8ac38b6”
name string	Name of the role. Returned: success Sample: “myrole”
role_type string	Type of the role. Returned: success Sample: “User”

Authors

• René Moser (@resmo)