community.general.hwc_vpc_route module – Creates a resource of Vpc/Route in Huawei Cloud

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 7.5.2).

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

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.hwc_vpc_route.

New in community.general 0.2.0

Synopsis

  • vpc route management.

Aliases: cloud.huawei.hwc_vpc_route

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • keystoneauth1 >= 3.6.0

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

destination

string / required

Specifies the destination IP address or CIDR block.

domain

string / required

The name of the Domain to scope to (Identity v3). (currently only domain names are supported, and not domain IDs).

id

string

The id of resource to be managed.

identity_endpoint

string / required

The Identity authentication URL.

next_hop

string / required

Specifies the next hop. The value is VPC peering connection ID.

password

string / required

The password to login with.

project

string / required

The name of the Tenant (Identity v2) or Project (Identity v3). (currently only project names are supported, and not project IDs).

region

string

The region to which the project belongs.

state

string

Whether the given object should exist in Huawei Cloud.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

type

string

Specifies the type of route.

Default: "peering"

user

string / required

The user name to login with (currently only user names are supported, and not user IDs).

vpc_id

string / required

Specifies the VPC ID to which route is added.

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

diff_mode

Support: none

Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Notes

Note

  • If id option is provided, it takes precedence over destination, vpc_id, type, and next_hop for route selection.

  • destination, vpc_id, type and next_hop are used for route selection. If more than one route with this options exists, execution is aborted.

  • No parameter support updating. If one of option is changed, the module will create a new resource.

  • For authentication, you can set identity_endpoint using the ANSIBLE_HWC_IDENTITY_ENDPOINT env variable.

  • For authentication, you can set user using the ANSIBLE_HWC_USER env variable.

  • For authentication, you can set password using the ANSIBLE_HWC_PASSWORD env variable.

  • For authentication, you can set domain using the ANSIBLE_HWC_DOMAIN env variable.

  • For authentication, you can set project using the ANSIBLE_HWC_PROJECT env variable.

  • For authentication, you can set region using the ANSIBLE_HWC_REGION env variable.

  • Environment variables values will only be used if the playbook values are not set.

Examples

# create a peering connect
- name: Create a local vpc
  hwc_network_vpc:
    cidr: "192.168.0.0/16"
    name: "ansible_network_vpc_test_local"
  register: vpc1
- name: Create a peering vpc
  hwc_network_vpc:
    cidr: "192.168.0.0/16"
    name: "ansible_network_vpc_test_peering"
  register: vpc2
- name: Create a peering connect
  hwc_vpc_peering_connect:
    local_vpc_id: "{{ vpc1.id }}"
    name: "ansible_network_peering_test"
    filters:
      - "name"
    peering_vpc:
      vpc_id: "{{ vpc2.id }}"
  register: connect
- name: Create a route
  community.general.hwc_vpc_route:
    vpc_id: "{{ vpc1.id }}"
    destination: "192.168.0.0/16"
    next_hop: "{{ connect.id }}"

Return Values

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

Key

Description

destination

string

Specifies the destination IP address or CIDR block.

Returned: success

id

string

UUID of the route.

Returned: success

next_hop

string

Specifies the next hop. The value is VPC peering connection ID.

Returned: success

type

string

Specifies the type of route.

Returned: success

vpc_id

string

Specifies the VPC ID to which route is added.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Huawei Inc. (@huaweicloud)