community.general.clc_loadbalancer module – Create, Delete shared loadbalancers in CenturyLink Cloud
Note
This module is part of the community.general collection (version 8.6.4).
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.clc_loadbalancer
.
Synopsis
An Ansible module to Create, Delete shared loadbalancers in CenturyLink Cloud.
Aliases: cloud.centurylink.clc_loadbalancer
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
python = 2.7
requests >= 2.5.0
clc-sdk
Parameters
Parameter |
Comments |
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The alias of your CLC Account |
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A description for the loadbalancer |
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The location of the datacenter where the load balancer resides in |
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-The balancing method for the load balancer pool Choices:
|
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The name of the loadbalancer |
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A list of nodes that needs to be added to the load balancer pool Default: |
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The persistence method for the load balancer Choices:
|
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Port to configure on the public-facing side of the load balancer pool Choices:
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Whether to create or delete the load balancer pool Choices:
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The status of the loadbalancer Choices:
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Attributes
Attribute |
Support |
Description |
---|---|---|
Support: full |
Can run in |
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Support: none |
Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in |
Notes
Note
To use this module, it is required to set the below environment variables which enables access to the Centurylink Cloud - CLC_V2_API_USERNAME, the account login id for the centurylink cloud - CLC_V2_API_PASSWORD, the account password for the centurylink cloud
Alternatively, the module accepts the API token and account alias. The API token can be generated using the CLC account login and password via the HTTP api call @ https://api.ctl.io/v2/authentication/login - CLC_V2_API_TOKEN, the API token generated from https://api.ctl.io/v2/authentication/login - CLC_ACCT_ALIAS, the account alias associated with the centurylink cloud
Users can set CLC_V2_API_URL to specify an endpoint for pointing to a different CLC environment.
Examples
# Note - You must set the CLC_V2_API_USERNAME And CLC_V2_API_PASSWD Environment variables before running these examples
- name: Create Loadbalancer
hosts: localhost
connection: local
tasks:
- name: Actually Create things
community.general.clc_loadbalancer:
name: test
description: test
alias: TEST
location: WA1
port: 443
nodes:
- ipAddress: 10.11.22.123
privatePort: 80
state: present
- name: Add node to an existing loadbalancer pool
hosts: localhost
connection: local
tasks:
- name: Actually Create things
community.general.clc_loadbalancer:
name: test
description: test
alias: TEST
location: WA1
port: 443
nodes:
- ipAddress: 10.11.22.234
privatePort: 80
state: nodes_present
- name: Remove node from an existing loadbalancer pool
hosts: localhost
connection: local
tasks:
- name: Actually Create things
community.general.clc_loadbalancer:
name: test
description: test
alias: TEST
location: WA1
port: 443
nodes:
- ipAddress: 10.11.22.234
privatePort: 80
state: nodes_absent
- name: Delete LoadbalancerPool
hosts: localhost
connection: local
tasks:
- name: Actually Delete things
community.general.clc_loadbalancer:
name: test
description: test
alias: TEST
location: WA1
port: 443
nodes:
- ipAddress: 10.11.22.123
privatePort: 80
state: port_absent
- name: Delete Loadbalancer
hosts: localhost
connection: local
tasks:
- name: Actually Delete things
community.general.clc_loadbalancer:
name: test
description: test
alias: TEST
location: WA1
port: 443
nodes:
- ipAddress: 10.11.22.123
privatePort: 80
state: absent
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key |
Description |
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The load balancer result object from CLC Returned: success Sample: |
Authors
CLC Runner (@clc-runner)