ngine_io.vultr.vultr_server_info – Gather information about the Vultr servers available.

Note

This plugin is part of the ngine_io.vultr collection (version 1.1.0).

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 ngine_io.vultr.

To use it in a playbook, specify: ngine_io.vultr.vultr_server_info.

New in version 0.1.0: of ngine_io.vultr

Synopsis

  • Gather information about servers available.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

api_account

string

Name of the ini section in the vultr.ini file.

The ENV variable VULTR_API_ACCOUNT is used as default, when defined.

Default: “default”

api_endpoint

string

URL to API endpint (without trailing slash).

The ENV variable VULTR_API_ENDPOINT is used as default, when defined.

Fallback value is https://api.vultr.com if not specified.

api_key

string

API key of the Vultr API.

The ENV variable VULTR_API_KEY is used as default, when defined.

api_retries

integer

Amount of retries in case of the Vultr API retuns an HTTP 503 code.

The ENV variable VULTR_API_RETRIES is used as default, when defined.

Fallback value is 5 retries if not specified.

api_retry_max_delay

integer

Retry backoff delay in seconds is exponential up to this max. value, in seconds.

The ENV variable VULTR_API_RETRY_MAX_DELAY is used as default, when defined.

Fallback value is 12 seconds.

api_timeout

integer

HTTP timeout to Vultr API.

The ENV variable VULTR_API_TIMEOUT is used as default, when defined.

Fallback value is 60 seconds if not specified.

validate_certs

boolean

Validate SSL certs of the Vultr API.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

Notes

Note

Examples

- name: Gather Vultr servers information
  ngine_io.vultr.vultr_server_info:
  register: result

- name: Print the gathered information
  debug:
    var: result.vultr_server_info

Return Values

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

Key

Description

vultr_api

complex

Response from Vultr API with a few additions/modification

Returned: success

api_account

string

Account used in the ini file to select the key

Returned: success

Sample: “default”

api_endpoint

string

Endpoint used for the API requests

Returned: success

Sample:https://api.vultr.com

api_retries

integer

Amount of max retries for the API requests

Returned: success

Sample: 5

api_retry_max_delay

integer

Exponential backoff delay in seconds between retries up to this max delay value.

Returned: success

Sample: 12

api_timeout

integer

Timeout used for the API requests

Returned: success

Sample: 60

vultr_server_info

complex

Response from Vultr API

Returned: success

allowed_bandwidth_gb

integer

Allowed bandwidth to use in GB

Returned: success

Sample: 1000

auto_backup_enabled

boolean

Whether automatic backups are enabled

Returned: success

Sample: false

cost_per_month

float

Cost per month for the server

Returned: success

Sample: 5.0

current_bandwidth_gb

integer

Current bandwidth used for the server

Returned: success

Sample: 0

date_created

string

Date when the server was created

Returned: success

Sample: “2017-08-26 12:47:48”

default_password

string

Password to login as root into the server

Returned: success

Sample: “!p3EWYJm$qDWYaFr”

disk

string

Information about the disk

Returned: success

Sample: “Virtual 25 GB”

firewall_group

string

Firewall group the server is assigned to

Returned: success and available

Sample: “CentOS 6 x64”

id

string

ID of the server

Returned: success

Sample: 10194376

internal_ip

string

Internal IP

Returned: success

Sample: “”

kvm_url

string

URL to the VNC

Returned: success

Sample:https://my.vultr.com/subs/vps/novnc/api.php?data=xyz

name

string

Name (label) of the server

Returned: success

Sample: “ansible-test-vm”

os

string

Operating system used for the server

Returned: success

Sample: “CentOS 6 x64”

pending_charges

float

Pending charges

Returned: success

Sample: 0.01

plan

string

Plan used for the server

Returned: success

Sample: “1024 MB RAM,25 GB SSD,1.00 TB BW”

power_status

string

Power status of the server

Returned: success

Sample: “running”

ram

string

Information about the RAM size

Returned: success

Sample: “1024 MB”

region

string

Region the server was deployed into

Returned: success

Sample: “Amsterdam”

server_state

string

State about the server

Returned: success

Sample: “ok”

status

string

Status about the deployment of the server

Returned: success

Sample: “active”

tag

string

TBD

Returned: success

Sample: “”

v4_gateway

string

IPv4 gateway

Returned: success

Sample: “45.32.232.1”

v4_main_ip

string

Main IPv4

Returned: success

Sample: “45.32.233.154”

v4_netmask

string

Netmask IPv4

Returned: success

Sample: “255.255.254.0”

v6_main_ip

string

Main IPv6

Returned: success

Sample: “”

v6_network

string

Network IPv6

Returned: success

Sample: “”

v6_network_size

string

Network size IPv6

Returned: success

Sample: “”

v6_networks

list / elements=string

Networks IPv6

Returned: success

Sample: []

vcpu_count

integer

Virtual CPU count

Returned: success

Sample: 1

Authors

  • Yanis Guenane (@Spredzy)