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ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_router module – Manages routers 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_router.

New in version 0.1.0: of ngine_io.cloudstack

Synopsis

• Start, restart, stop and destroy routers.

• state=present is not able to create routers, use ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_network instead.

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 router 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 router is related to.
name string / required	Name of the router.
poll_async boolean	Poll async jobs until job has finished. Choices: no yes ← (default)
project string	Name of the project the router is related to.
service_offering string	Name or id of the service offering of the router.
state string	State of the router. Choices: present ← (default) absent started stopped restarted
zone string	Name of the zone the router is deployed in. If not set, all zones are used.

Notes

Note

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

• This module supports check mode.

Examples

# Ensure the router has the desired service offering, no matter if
# the router is running or not.
- name: Present router
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_router:
    name: r-40-VM
    service_offering: System Offering for Software Router

- name: Ensure started
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_router:
    name: r-40-VM
    state: started

# Ensure started with desired service offering.
# If the service offerings changes, router will be rebooted.
- name: Ensure started with desired service offering
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_router:
    name: r-40-VM
    service_offering: System Offering for Software Router
    state: started

- name: Ensure stopped
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_router:
    name: r-40-VM
    state: stopped

- name: Remove a router
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_router:
    name: r-40-VM
    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 router is related to. Returned: success Sample: “admin”
created string	Date of the router was created. Returned: success Sample: “2014-12-01T14:57:57+0100”
domain string	Domain the router is related to. Returned: success Sample: “ROOT”
id string	UUID of the router. Returned: success Sample: “04589590-ac63-4ffc-93f5-b698b8ac38b6”
name string	Name of the router. Returned: success Sample: “r-40-VM”
redundant_state string	Redundant state of the router. Returned: success Sample: “UNKNOWN”
requires_upgrade boolean	Whether the router needs to be upgraded to the new template. Returned: success Sample: false
role string	Role of the router. Returned: success Sample: “VIRTUAL_ROUTER”
service_offering string	Name of the service offering the router has. Returned: success Sample: “System Offering For Software Router”
state string	State of the router. Returned: success Sample: “Active”
template_version string	Version of the system VM template. Returned: success Sample: “4.5.1”
zone string	Name of zone the router is in. Returned: success Sample: “ch-gva-2”

Authors

• René Moser (@resmo)

Collection links

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