ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_securitygroup_rule module – Manages security group rules 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_securitygroup_rule.

New in version 0.1.0: of ngine_io.cloudstack

Synopsis

  • Add and remove security group rules.

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.

cidr

string

CIDR (full notation) to be used for security group rule.

Default: “0.0.0.0/0”

end_port

integer

End port for this rule. Required if protocol=tcp or protocol=udp, but start_port will be used if not set.

icmp_code

integer

Error code for this icmp message. Required if protocol=icmp.

icmp_type

integer

Type of the icmp message being sent. Required if protocol=icmp.

poll_async

boolean

Poll async jobs until job has finished.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

project

string

Name of the project the security group to be created in.

protocol

string

Protocol of the security group rule.

Choices:

  • tcp ← (default)

  • udp

  • icmp

  • ah

  • esp

  • gre

security_group

string / required

Name of the security group the rule is related to. The security group must be existing.

start_port

aliases: port

integer

Start port for this rule. Required if protocol=tcp or protocol=udp.

state

string

State of the security group rule.

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

type

string

Ingress or egress security group rule.

Choices:

  • ingress ← (default)

  • egress

user_security_group

string

Security group this rule is based of.

Notes

Note

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

  • This module supports check mode.

Examples

---
- name: allow inbound port 80/tcp from 1.2.3.4 added to security group 'default'
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_securitygroup_rule:
    security_group: default
    port: 80
    cidr: 1.2.3.4/32

- name: allow tcp/udp outbound added to security group 'default'
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_securitygroup_rule:
    security_group: default
    type: egress
    start_port: 1
    end_port: 65535
    protocol: '{{ item }}'
  with_items:
  - tcp
  - udp

- name: allow inbound icmp from 0.0.0.0/0 added to security group 'default'
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_securitygroup_rule:
    security_group: default
    protocol: icmp
    icmp_code: -1
    icmp_type: -1

- name: remove rule inbound port 80/tcp from 0.0.0.0/0 from security group 'default'
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_securitygroup_rule:
    security_group: default
    port: 80
    state: absent

- name: allow inbound port 80/tcp from security group web added to security group 'default'
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_securitygroup_rule:
    security_group: default
    port: 80
    user_security_group: web

Return Values

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

Key

Description

cidr

string

CIDR of the rule.

Returned: success and cidr is defined

Sample: “0.0.0.0/0”

end_port

integer

end port of the rule.

Returned: success

Sample: 80

id

string

UUID of the of the rule.

Returned: success

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

protocol

string

protocol of the rule.

Returned: success

Sample: “tcp”

security_group

string

security group of the rule.

Returned: success

Sample: “default”

start_port

integer

start port of the rule.

Returned: success

Sample: 80

type

string

type of the rule.

Returned: success

Sample: “ingress”

user_security_group

string

user security group of the rule.

Returned: success and user_security_group is defined

Sample: “default”

Authors

  • René Moser (@resmo)