ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_physical_network module – Manages physical networks 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_physical_network.

New in version 0.1.0: of ngine_io.cloudstack

Synopsis

  • Create, update and remove networks.

  • Enabled and disabled Network Service Providers

  • Enables Internal LoadBalancer and VPC/VirtualRouter elements as required

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.

broadcast_domain_range

string

broadcast domain range for the physical network[Pod or Zone].

Choices:

  • POD

  • ZONE

domain

string

Domain the network is owned by.

isolation_method

string

Isolation method for the physical network.

Choices:

  • VLAN

  • VXLAN

  • GRE

  • L3

name

aliases: physical_network

string / required

Name of the physical network.

network_speed

string

The speed for the physical network.

Choices:

  • 1G

  • 10G

nsps_disabled

list / elements=string

List of Network Service Providers to disable.

nsps_enabled

list / elements=string

List of Network Service Providers to enable.

poll_async

boolean

Poll async jobs until job has finished.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

state

string

State of the physical network.

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

  • disabled

  • enabled

tags

aliases: tag

string

A tag to identify this network.

Physical networks support only one tag.

To remove an existing tag pass an empty string.

vlan

string

The VLAN/VNI Ranges of the physical network.

zone

string / required

Name of the zone in which the network belongs.

Notes

Note

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

  • This module supports check mode.

Examples

- name: Ensure a network is present
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_physical_network:
    name: net01
    zone: zone01
    isolation_method: VLAN
    broadcast_domain_range: ZONE

- name: Set a tag on a network
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_physical_network:
    name: net01
    zone: zone01
    tag: overlay

- name: Remove tag on a network
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_physical_network:
    name: net01
    zone: zone01
    tag: ""

- name: Ensure a network is enabled with specific nsps enabled
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_physical_network:
    name: net01
    zone: zone01
    isolation_method: VLAN
    vlan: 100-200,300-400
    broadcast_domain_range: ZONE
    state: enabled
    nsps_enabled:
      - virtualrouter
      - internallbvm
      - vpcvirtualrouter

- name: Ensure a network is enabled with VXLAN isolation
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_physical_network:
    name: net01
    zone: zone01
    isolation_method: VXLAN
    vlan: 42-8192
    broadcast_domain_range: ZONE
    state: enabled

- name: Ensure a network is disabled
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_physical_network:
    name: net01
    zone: zone01
    state: disabled

- name: Ensure a network is enabled
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_physical_network:
    name: net01
    zone: zone01
    state: enabled

- name: Ensure a network is absent
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_physical_network:
    name: net01
    zone: zone01
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key

Description

broadcast_domain_range

string

broadcastdomainrange of the network [POD / ZONE].

Returned: success

Sample: “ZONE”

domain

string

Name of domain the network is in.

Returned: success

Sample: “domain1”

id

string

UUID of the network.

Returned: success

Sample: “3f8f25cd-c498-443f-9058-438cfbcbff50”

isolation_method

string

isolationmethod of the network [VLAN/VXLAN/GRE/L3].

Returned: success

Sample: “VLAN”

name

string

Name of the network.

Returned: success

Sample: “net01”

network_speed

string

networkspeed of the network [1G/10G].

Returned: success

Sample: “1G”

nsps

complex

list of enabled or disabled Network Service Providers

Returned: on enabling/disabling of Network Service Providers

disabled

list / elements=string

list of Network Service Providers that were disabled

Returned: on Network Service Provider disabling

Sample: [“internallbvm”]

enabled

list / elements=string

list of Network Service Providers that were enabled

Returned: on Network Service Provider enabling

Sample: [“virtualrouter”]

state

string

State of the network [Enabled/Disabled].

Returned: success

Sample: “Enabled”

zone

string

Name of zone the physical network is in.

Returned: success

Sample: “ch-gva-2”

Authors

  • Netservers Ltd. (@netservers)

  • Patryk Cichy (@PatTheSilent)