cloudscale_ch.cloud.load_balancer_pool module – Manages load balancer pools on the cloudscale.ch IaaS service

Note

This module is part of the cloudscale_ch.cloud collection (version 2.3.1).

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 cloudscale\_ch.cloud.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cloudscale_ch.cloud.load_balancer_pool.

New in cloudscale_ch.cloud 2.3.0

Synopsis

  • Get, create, update, delete pools on the cloudscale.ch IaaS service.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

algorithm

string

The algorithm according to which the incoming traffic is distributed between the pool members.

See the [API documentation](https://www.cloudscale.ch/en/api/v1#pool-algorithms) for supported distribution algorithms.

api_timeout

integer

Timeout in seconds for calls to the cloudscale.ch API.

This can also be passed in the CLOUDSCALE_API_TIMEOUT environment variable.

Default: 45

api_token

string / required

cloudscale.ch API token.

This can also be passed in the CLOUDSCALE_API_TOKEN environment variable.

api_url

string

added in cloudscale_ch.cloud 1.3.0

cloudscale.ch API URL.

This can also be passed in the CLOUDSCALE_API_URL environment variable.

Default: "https://api.cloudscale.ch/v1"

load_balancer

string

UUID of the load balancer for this pool.

name

string

Name of the load balancer pool.

protocol

string

The protocol used for traffic between the load balancer and the pool members.

See the [API documentation](https://www.cloudscale.ch/en/api/v1#pool-protocols) for supported protocols.

state

string

State of the load balancer pool.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

tags

dictionary

Tags assosiated with the load balancer. Set this to {} to clear any tags.

uuid

string

UUID of the load balancer pool.

Either name or uuid are required.

Notes

Note

  • If uuid option is provided, it takes precedence over name for pool selection. This allows to update the load balancer pool’s name.

  • If no uuid option is provided, name is used for pool selection. If more than one pool with this name exists, execution is aborted.

  • All operations are performed using the cloudscale.ch public API v1.

  • For details consult the full API documentation: https://www.cloudscale.ch/en/api/v1.

  • A valid API token is required for all operations. You can create as many tokens as you like using the cloudscale.ch control panel at https://control.cloudscale.ch.

Examples

# Create a pool for a load balancer using registered variables
- name: Create a running load balancer
  cloudscale_ch.cloud.load_balancer:
    name: 'lb1'
    flavor: 'lb-standard'
    zone: 'lpg1'
    tags:
      project: ansible-test
      stage: production
      sla: 24-7
    api_token: xxxxxx
  register: load_balancer

- name: Create a load balancer pool
  cloudscale_ch.cloud.load_balancer_pool:
    name: 'swimming-pool'
    load_balancer: '{{ load_balancer.uuid }}'
    algorithm: 'round_robin'
    protocol: 'tcp'
    tags:
      project: ansible-test
      stage: production
      sla: 24-7
    api_token: xxxxxx
  register: load_balancer_pool

# Create a load balancer pool with algorithm: round_robin and protocol: tcp
- name: Create a load balancer pool
  cloudscale_ch.cloud.load_balancer_pool:
    name: 'cloudscale-loadbalancer-pool1'
    load_balancer: '3766c579-3012-4a85-8192-2bbb4ef85b5f'
    algorithm: 'round_robin'
    protocol: 'tcp'
    tags:
      project: ansible-test
      stage: production
      sla: 24-7
    api_token: xxxxxx

# Get load balancer pool facts by name
- name: Get facts of a load balancer pool
  cloudscale_ch.cloud.load_balancer_pool:
    name: cloudscale-loadbalancer-pool1
    api_token: xxxxxx

Return Values

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

Key

Description

algorithm

string

The algorithm according to which the incoming traffic is distributed between the pool members

Returned: success

Sample: "round_robin"

created_at

string

The creation date and time of the load balancer pool

Returned: success when not state == absent

Sample: "2023-02-07T15:32:02.308041Z"

href

string

API URL to get details about this load balancer

Returned: success when not state == absent

Sample: "https://api.cloudscale.ch/v1/load-balancers/pools/"

load_balancer

list / elements=string

The load balancer this pool is connected to

Returned: success when not state == absent

Sample: {"href": "https://api.cloudscale.ch/v1/load-balancers/15264769-ac69-4809-a8e4-4d73f8f92496", "name": "web-lb", "uuid": "15264769-ac69-4809-a8e4-4d73f8f92496"}

name

string

The display name of the load balancer pool

Returned: success

Sample: "web-lb-pool1"

protocol

string

The protocol used for traffic between the load balancer and the pool members

Returned: success

Sample: "tcp"

state

string

The current state of the load balancer pool

Returned: success

Sample: "present"

tags

dictionary

Tags assosiated with the load balancer

Returned: success

Sample: {"project": "my project"}

uuid

string

The unique identifier for this load balancer pool

Returned: success

Sample: "3766c579-3012-4a85-8192-2bbb4ef85b5f"

Authors

  • Gaudenz Steinlin (@gaudenz)

  • Kenneth Joss (@k-304)