ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_router module – Manages routers 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_router.

New in ngine_io.cloudstack 0.1.0

Synopsis

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 router 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 router is related to.

name

string / required

Name of the router.

poll_async

boolean

Poll async jobs until job has finished.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

project

string

Name of the project the router is related to.

service_offering

string

Name or id of the service offering of the router.

state

string

State of the router.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

  • "started"

  • "stopped"

  • "restarted"

zone

string

Name of the zone the router is deployed in.

If not set, all zones are used.

Notes

Note

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

  • This module supports check mode.

Examples

# Ensure the router has the desired service offering, no matter if
# the router is running or not.
- name: Present router
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_router:
    name: r-40-VM
    service_offering: System Offering for Software Router

- name: Ensure started
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_router:
    name: r-40-VM
    state: started

# Ensure started with desired service offering.
# If the service offerings changes, router will be rebooted.
- name: Ensure started with desired service offering
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_router:
    name: r-40-VM
    service_offering: System Offering for Software Router
    state: started

- name: Ensure stopped
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_router:
    name: r-40-VM
    state: stopped

- name: Remove a router
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_router:
    name: r-40-VM
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key

Description

account

string

Account the router is related to.

Returned: success

Sample: "admin"

created

string

Date of the router was created.

Returned: success

Sample: "2014-12-01T14:57:57+0100"

domain

string

Domain the router is related to.

Returned: success

Sample: "ROOT"

id

string

UUID of the router.

Returned: success

Sample: "04589590-ac63-4ffc-93f5-b698b8ac38b6"

name

string

Name of the router.

Returned: success

Sample: "r-40-VM"

redundant_state

string

Redundant state of the router.

Returned: success

Sample: "UNKNOWN"

requires_upgrade

boolean

Whether the router needs to be upgraded to the new template.

Returned: success

Sample: false

role

string

Role of the router.

Returned: success

Sample: "VIRTUAL_ROUTER"

service_offering

string

Name of the service offering the router has.

Returned: success

Sample: "System Offering For Software Router"

state

string

State of the router.

Returned: success

Sample: "Active"

template_version

string

Version of the system VM template.

Returned: success

Sample: "4.5.1"

zone

string

Name of zone the router is in.

Returned: success

Sample: "ch-gva-2"

Authors

  • René Moser (@resmo)