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vultr.cloud.os_info module – Get information about the Vultr operation systems

Note

This module is part of the vultr.cloud collection (version 1.3.1).

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 vultr.cloud.

To use it in a playbook, specify: vultr.cloud.os_info.

New in vultr.cloud 1.0.0

Synopsis

• Get infos about operating systems available to boot servers.

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
api_endpoint string	URL to API endpint (without trailing slash). Fallback environment variable VULTR_API_ENDPOINT. Default: "https://api.vultr.com/v2"
api_key string / required	API key of the Vultr API. Fallback environment variable VULTR_API_KEY.
api_retries integer	Amount of retries in case of the Vultr API retuns an HTTP 503 code. Fallback environment variable VULTR_API_RETRIES. Default: 5
api_retry_max_delay integer	Retry backoff delay in seconds is exponential up to this max. value, in seconds. Fallback environment variable VULTR_API_RETRY_MAX_DELAY. Default: 12
api_timeout integer	HTTP timeout to Vultr API. Fallback environment variable VULTR_API_TIMEOUT. Default: 60
validate_certs boolean	Validate SSL certs of the Vultr API. Choices: false true ← (default)

Notes

Note

• Also see the API documentation on https://www.vultr.com/api/.

Examples

- name: Get Vultr OSes infos
  vultr.cloud.os_info:
  register: results

- name: Print the gathered infos
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    var: results.vultr_os_info

Return Values

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

Key	Description
vultr_api dictionary	Response from Vultr API with a few additions/modification. Returned: success
api_endpoint string	Endpoint used for the API requests. Returned: success Sample: "https://api.vultr.com/v2"
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_os_info list / elements=string	Response from Vultr API as list. Returned: available
arch string	OS Architecture. Returned: success Sample: "x64"
family string	OS family. Returned: success Sample: "openbsd"
name string	OS name. Returned: success Sample: "OpenBSD 6 x64"
windows boolean	OS is a MS Windows. Returned: success

Authors

• Yanis Guenane (@Spredzy)

• René Moser (@resmo)

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