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ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_securitygroup – Manages security groups 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_securitygroup.

New in version 0.1.0: of ngine_io.cloudstack

Synopsis

• Create and remove security groups.

Requirements

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

• python >= 2.6

• cs >= 0.9.0

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
account string	Account the security group is related to.
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 security group.
domain string	Domain the security group is related to.
name string / required	Name of the security group.
project string	Name of the project the security group to be created in.
state string	State of the security group. Choices: present ← (default) absent

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 security group
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_securitygroup:
    name: default
    description: default security group

- name: remove a security group
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_securitygroup:
    name: default
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key	Description
account string	Account the security group is related to. Returned: success Sample: “example account”
description string	Description of security group. Returned: success Sample: “application security group”
domain string	Domain the security group is related to. Returned: success Sample: “example domain”
id string	UUID of the security group. Returned: success Sample: “a6f7a5fc-43f8-11e5-a151-feff819cdc9f”
name string	Name of security group. Returned: success Sample: “app”
project string	Name of project the security group is related to. Returned: success Sample: “Production”
tags list / elements=string	List of resource tags associated with the security group. Returned: success Sample: “[ { \”key\”: \”foo\”, \”value\”: \”bar\” } ]”

Authors

• René Moser (@resmo)