ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_role_permission module – Manages role permissions 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_role_permission.

New in ngine_io.cloudstack 0.1.0

Synopsis

  • Create, update and remove CloudStack role permissions.

  • Managing role permissions only supported in CloudStack >= 4.9.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6

  • cs >= 0.9.0

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

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.

description

string

The description of the role permission.

name

string / required

The API name of the permission.

parent

string

The parent role permission uuid. use 0 to move this rule at the top of the list.

permission

string

The rule permission, allow or deny. Defaulted to deny.

Choices:

  • "allow"

  • "deny" ← (default)

role

string / required

Name or ID of the role.

state

string

State of the role permission.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

Notes

Note

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

  • This module supports check mode.

Examples

- name: Create a role permission
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_role_permission:
    role: My_Custom_role
    name: createVPC
    permission: allow
    description: My comments

- name: Remove a role permission
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_role_permission:
    state: absent
    role: My_Custom_role
    name: createVPC

- name: Update a system role permission
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_role_permission:
    role: Domain Admin
    name: createVPC
    permission: deny

- name: Update rules order. Move the rule at the top of list
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_role_permission:
    role: Domain Admin
    name: createVPC
    parent: 0

Return Values

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

Key

Description

description

string

The description of the role permission

Returned: success

Sample: "Deny createVPC for users"

id

string

The ID of the role permission.

Returned: success

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

name

string

The API name of the permission.

Returned: success

Sample: "createVPC"

permission

string

The permission type of the api name.

Returned: success

Sample: "allow"

role_id

string

The ID of the role to which the role permission belongs.

Returned: success

Sample: "c6f7a5fc-43f8-11e5-a151-feff819cdc7f"

Authors

  • David Passante (@dpassante)