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vultr.cloud.firewall_group module – Manages firewall groups on Vultr

Note

This module is part of the vultr.cloud collection (version 1.8.0).

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 vultr.cloud.

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

New in vultr.cloud 1.0.0

Synopsis

• Create and remove firewall groups.

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: 180
description aliases: name string / required	Description of the firewall group.
state string	State of the firewall group. Choices: "present" ← (default) "absent"
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: ensure a firewall group is present
  vultr.cloud.firewall_group:
    description: my http firewall.

- name: ensure a firewall group is absent
  vultr.cloud.firewall_group:
    description: my http firewall.
    state: absent

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_firewall_group dictionary	Response from Vultr API. Returned: success
date_created string	Date the firewall group was created. Returned: success Sample: "2020-10-10T01:56:20+00:00"
date_modified string	Date the firewall group was modified. Returned: success Sample: "2020-10-10T01:56:20+00:00"
description string	Description (name) of the firewall group Returned: success Sample: "my firewall group"
id string	ID of the firewall group. Returned: success Sample: "cb676a46-66fd-4dfb-b839-443f2e6c0b60"

Authors

• René Moser (@resmo)

Collection links

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