ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_staticnat module – Manages static NATs 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_staticnat.

New in ngine_io.cloudstack 0.1.0

Synopsis

  • Create, update and remove static NATs.

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 static NAT 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 static NAT is related to.

ip_address

string / required

Public IP address the static NAT is assigned to.

network

string

Network the IP address is related to.

poll_async

boolean

Poll async jobs until job has finished.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

project

string

Name of the project the static NAT is related to.

state

string

State of the static NAT.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

vm

string

Name of virtual machine which we make the static NAT for.

Required if state=present.

vm_guest_ip

string

VM guest NIC secondary IP address for the static NAT.

vpc

string

VPC the network related to.

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: Create a static NAT for IP 1.2.3.4 to web01
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_staticnat:
    ip_address: 1.2.3.4
    zone: zone01
    vm: web01

- name: Remove a static NAT
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_staticnat:
    ip_address: 1.2.3.4
    zone: zone01
    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 static NAT is related to.

Returned: success

Sample: "example account"

domain

string

Domain the static NAT is related to.

Returned: success

Sample: "example domain"

id

string

UUID of the ip_address.

Returned: success

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

ip_address

string

Public IP address.

Returned: success

Sample: "1.2.3.4"

project

string

Name of project the static NAT is related to.

Returned: success

Sample: "Production"

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"

zone

string

Name of zone the static NAT is related to.

Returned: success

Sample: "ch-gva-2"

Authors

  • René Moser (@resmo)