cloudscale_ch.cloud.volume module – Manages volumes 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.volume.

New in cloudscale_ch.cloud 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • Create, attach/detach, update and delete volumes on the cloudscale.ch IaaS service.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

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"

name

string

Name of the volume. Either name or UUID must be present to change an existing volume.

servers

aliases: server_uuids, server_uuid

list / elements=string

UUIDs of the servers this volume is attached to. Set this to [] to detach the volume. Currently a volume can only be attached to a single server.

The aliases server_uuids and server_uuid are deprecated and will be removed in version 3.0.0 of this collection.

size_gb

integer

Size of the volume in GB.

state

string

State of the volume.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

tags

dictionary

Tags associated with the volume. Set this to {} to clear any tags.

type

string

Type of the volume. Cannot be changed after creating the volume. Defaults to ssd on volume creation.

Choices:

  • "ssd"

  • "bulk"

uuid

string

UUID of the volume. Either name or UUID must be present to change an existing volume.

zone

string

Zone in which the volume resides (e.g. lpg1 or rma1). Cannot be changed after creating the volume. Defaults to the project default zone.

Notes

Note

  • To create a new volume at least the name and size_gb options are required.

  • A volume can be created and attached to a server in the same task.

  • 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 new SSD volume
- name: Create an SSD volume
  cloudscale_ch.cloud.volume:
    name: my_ssd_volume
    zone: 'lpg1'
    size_gb: 50
    api_token: xxxxxx
  register: my_ssd_volume

# Attach an existing volume to a server
- name: Attach volume to server
  cloudscale_ch.cloud.volume:
    uuid: "{{ my_ssd_volume.uuid }}"
    servers:
      - ea3b39a3-77a8-4d0b-881d-0bb00a1e7f48
    api_token: xxxxxx

# Create and attach a volume to a server
- name: Create and attach volume to server
  cloudscale_ch.cloud.volume:
    name: my_ssd_volume
    zone: 'lpg1'
    size_gb: 50
    servers:
      - ea3b39a3-77a8-4d0b-881d-0bb00a1e7f48
    api_token: xxxxxx

# Detach volume from server
- name: Detach volume from server
  cloudscale_ch.cloud.volume:
    uuid: "{{ my_ssd_volume.uuid }}"
    servers: []
    api_token: xxxxxx

# Delete a volume
- name: Delete volume
  cloudscale_ch.cloud.volume:
    name: my_ssd_volume
    state: absent
    api_token: xxxxxx

Return Values

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

Key

Description

href

string

The API URL to get details about this volume.

Returned: state == present

Sample: "https://api.cloudscale.ch/v1/volumes/2db69ba3-1864-4608-853a-0771b6885a3a"

name

string

The display name of the volume.

Returned: state == present

Sample: "my_ssd_volume"

server_uuids

list / elements=string

The UUIDs of the servers this volume is attached to. This return value is deprecated and will disappear in the future when the field is removed from the API.

Returned: state == present

Sample: ["47cec963-fcd2-482f-bdb6-24461b2d47b1"]

servers

list / elements=string

The list of servers this volume is attached to.

Returned: state == present

Sample: [{"href": "https://api.cloudscale.ch/v1/servers/47cec963-fcd2-482f-bdb6-24461b2d47b1", "name": "my_server", "uuid": "47cec963-fcd2-482f-bdb6-24461b2d47b1"}]

size_gb

string

The size of the volume in GB.

Returned: state == present

Sample: "50"

state

string

The current status of the volume.

Returned: success

Sample: "present"

tags

dictionary

Tags associated with the volume.

Returned: state == present

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

type

string

The type of the volume.

Returned: state == present

Sample: "bulk"

uuid

string

The unique identifier for this volume.

Returned: state == present

Sample: "2db69ba3-1864-4608-853a-0771b6885a3a"

zone

dictionary

The zone of the volume.

Returned: state == present

Sample: {"slug": "lpg1"}

Authors

  • Gaudenz Steinlin (@gaudenz)

  • René Moser (@resmo)

  • Denis Krienbühl (@href)