ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_portforward module – Manages port forwarding rules on Apache CloudStack based clouds.

Note

This module is part of the ngine_io.cloudstack collection (version 2.3.0).

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. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_portforward.

New in ngine_io.cloudstack 0.1.0

Synopsis

  • Create, update and remove port forwarding rules.

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 vm 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 vm is related to.

ip_address

string / required

Public IP address the rule is assigned to.

network

string

Name of the network. Required when forwarding ports in a VPC.

open_firewall

boolean

Whether the firewall rule for public port should be created, while creating the new rule.

Not supported when forwarding ports in a VPC.

Use ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_firewall for managing firewall rules.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

poll_async

boolean

Poll async jobs until job has finished.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

private_end_port

integer

End private port for this rule.

If not specified equal private_port.

private_port

integer / required

Start private port for this rule.

project

string

Name of the project the vm is located in.

protocol

string

Protocol of the port forwarding rule.

Choices:

  • "tcp" ← (default)

  • "udp"

public_end_port

integer

End public port for this rule.

If not specified equal public_port.

public_port

integer / required

Start public port for this rule.

state

string

State of the port forwarding rule.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

tags

aliases: tag

list / elements=dictionary

List of tags. Tags are a list of dictionaries having keys key and value.

To delete all tags, set a empty list e.g. tags: [].

vm

string

Name of virtual machine which we make the port forwarding rule for.

Required if state=present.

vm_guest_ip

string

VM guest NIC secondary IP address for the port forwarding rule.

vpc

string

Name of the VPC.

zone

string / required

Name of the zone in which the virtual machine is in.

Notes

Note

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

  • This module supports check mode.

Examples

- name: 1.2.3.4:80 -> web01:8080
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_portforward:
    ip_address: 1.2.3.4
    zone: zone01
    vm: web01
    public_port: 80
    private_port: 8080

- name: forward SSH and open firewall
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_portforward:
    ip_address: '{{ public_ip }}'
    zone: zone01
    vm: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
    public_port: '{{ ansible_ssh_port }}'
    private_port: 22
    open_firewall: true

- name: forward DNS traffic, but do not open firewall
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_portforward:
    ip_address: 1.2.3.4
    zone: zone01
    vm: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
    public_port: 53
    private_port: 53
    protocol: udp

- name: remove ssh port forwarding
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_portforward:
    ip_address: 1.2.3.4
    zone: zone01
    public_port: 22
    private_port: 22
    state: absent

- name: forward SSH in backend tier of VPC
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_portforward:
    ip_address: '{{ public_ip }}'
    zone: zone01
    vm: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
    public_port: '{{ ansible_ssh_port }}'
    private_port: 22
    vpc: myVPC
    network: backend

Return Values

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

Key

Description

id

string

UUID of the public IP address.

Returned: success

Sample: "a6f7a5fc-43f8-11e5-a151-feff819cdc9f"

ip_address

string

Public IP address.

Returned: success

Sample: "1.2.3.4"

network

string

Name of the network.

Returned: success

Sample: "dmz"

private_end_port

integer

End port on the virtual machine’s IP address.

Returned: success

Sample: 80

private_port

integer

Start port on the virtual machine’s IP address.

Returned: success

Sample: 80

protocol

string

Protocol.

Returned: success

Sample: "tcp"

public_end_port

integer

End port on the public IP address.

Returned: success

Sample: 80

public_port

integer

Start port on the public IP address.

Returned: success

Sample: 80

tags

list / elements=string

Tags related to the port forwarding.

Returned: success

Sample: []

vm_display_name

string

Display name of the virtual machine.

Returned: success

Sample: "web-01"

vm_guest_ip

string

IP of the virtual machine.

Returned: success

Sample: "10.101.65.152"

vm_name

string

Name of the virtual machine.

Returned: success

Sample: "web-01"

vpc

string

Name of the VPC.

Returned: success

Sample: "my_vpc"

Authors

  • René Moser (@resmo)