ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_ip_address module – Manages public IP address associations on Apache CloudStack based clouds.

Note

This module is part of the ngine_io.cloudstack collection (version 2.2.4).

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_ip_address.

New in version 0.1.0: of ngine_io.cloudstack

Synopsis

  • Acquires and associates a public IP to an account or project.

  • Due to API limitations this is not an idempotent call, so be sure to only conditionally call this when state=present.

  • Tagging the IP address can also make the call idempotent.

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 IP address 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.

domain

string

Domain the IP address is related to.

ip_address

string

Public IP address.

Required if state=absent and tags is not set.

network

string

Network the IP address is related to.

Mutually exclusive with vpc.

poll_async

boolean

Poll async jobs until job has finished.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

project

string

Name of the project the IP address is related to.

state

string

State of the IP address.

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

tags

aliases: tag

list / elements=dictionary

List of tags. Tags are a list of dictionaries having keys key and value.

Tags can be used as an unique identifier for the IP Addresses.

In this case, at least one of them must be unique to ensure idempotency.

vpc

string

VPC the IP address is related to.

Mutually exclusive with network.

zone

string / required

Name of the zone in which the IP address is in.

Notes

Note

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

  • This module supports check mode.

Examples

- name: Associate an IP address conditionally
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_ip_address:
    network: My Network
    zone: zone01
  register: ip_address
  when: instance.public_ip is undefined

- name: Disassociate an IP address
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_ip_address:
    ip_address: 1.2.3.4
    zone: zone01
    state: absent

- name: Associate an IP address with tags
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_ip_address:
    network: My Network
    zone: zone01
    tags:
      - key: myCustomID
        value: 5510c31a-416e-11e8-9013-02000a6b00bf
  register: ip_address

- name: Disassociate an IP address with tags
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_ip_address:
    state: absent
    zone: zone01
    tags:
      - key: myCustomID
        value: 5510c31a-416e-11e8-9013-02000a6b00bf

Return Values

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

Key

Description

account

string

Account the IP address is related to.

Returned: success

Sample: “example account”

domain

string

Domain the IP address is related to.

Returned: success

Sample: “example domain”

id

string

UUID of the Public IP address.

Returned: success

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

ip_address

string

Public IP address.

Returned: success

Sample: “1.2.3.4”

project

string

Name of project the IP address is related to.

Returned: success

Sample: “Production”

tags

dictionary

List of resource tags associated with the IP address.

Returned: success

Sample: “[ { \”key\”: \”myCustomID\”, \”value\”: \”5510c31a-416e-11e8-9013-02000a6b00bf\” } ]”

zone

string

Name of zone the IP address is related to.

Returned: success

Sample: “ch-gva-2”

Authors

  • Darren Worrall (@dazworrall)

  • René Moser (@resmo)