community.general.clc_publicip module – Add and Delete public ips on servers in CenturyLink Cloud

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 8.6.8).

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_publicip.

Synopsis 

An Ansible module to add or delete public ip addresses on an existing server or servers in CenturyLink Cloud.

Aliases: cloud.centurylink.clc_publicip

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
ports list / elements=integer	A list of ports to expose. This is required when state is ‘present’
protocol string	The protocol that the public IP will listen for. Choices: `"TCP"` ← (default) `"UDP"` `"ICMP"`
server_ids list / elements=string / required	A list of servers to create public ips on.
state string	Determine whether to create or delete public IPs. If present module will not create a second public ip if one already exists. Choices: `"present"` ← (default) `"absent"`
wait boolean	Whether to wait for the tasks to finish before returning. Choices: `false` `true` ← (default)

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

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: Add Public IP to Server
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Create Public IP For Servers
      community.general.clc_publicip:
        protocol: TCP
        ports:
          - 80
        server_ids:
          - UC1TEST-SVR01
          - UC1TEST-SVR02
        state: present
      register: clc

    - name: Debug
      ansible.builtin.debug:
        var: clc

- name: Delete Public IP from Server
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Create Public IP For Servers
      community.general.clc_publicip:
        server_ids:
          - UC1TEST-SVR01
          - UC1TEST-SVR02
        state: absent
      register: clc

    - name: Debug
      ansible.builtin.debug:
        var: clc

Return Values 

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

Key	Description
server_ids list / elements=string	The list of server ids that are changed Returned: success Sample: `["UC1TEST-SVR01", "UC1TEST-SVR02"]`

Authors

CLC Runner (@clc-runner)

community.general.clc_publicip module – Add and Delete public ips on servers in CenturyLink Cloud

Synopsis

Requirements

Parameters

Attributes

Notes

Examples

Return Values