community.general.rax_identity module – Load Rackspace Cloud Identity
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.rax_identity
.
DEPRECATED
- Removed in:
version 9.0.0
- Why:
This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
- Alternative:
Use the Openstack modules instead.
Synopsis
Verifies Rackspace Cloud credentials and returns identity information
Aliases: cloud.rackspace.rax_identity
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
pyrax
Parameters
Parameter |
Comments |
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Rackspace API key, overrides |
|
The URI of the authentication service. If not specified will be set to https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/. |
|
Environment as configured in |
|
Authentication mechanism to use, such as rackspace or keystone. Default: |
|
Region to create an instance in. |
|
Indicate desired state of the resource Choices:
|
|
The tenant ID used for authentication. |
|
The tenant name used for authentication. |
|
Rackspace username, overrides |
|
Whether or not to require SSL validation of API endpoints. Choices:
|
Attributes
Attribute |
Support |
Description |
---|---|---|
Support: none |
Can run in |
|
Support: none |
Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in |
Notes
Note
The following environment variables can be used,
RAX_USERNAME
,RAX_API_KEY
,RAX_CREDS_FILE
,RAX_CREDENTIALS
,RAX_REGION
.RAX_CREDENTIALS
andRAX_CREDS_FILE
points to a credentials file appropriate for pyrax. See https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#authenticating.RAX_USERNAME
andRAX_API_KEY
obviate the use of a credentials file.RAX_REGION
defines a Rackspace Public Cloud region (DFW, ORD, LON, …).
Examples
- name: Load Rackspace Cloud Identity
gather_facts: false
hosts: local
connection: local
tasks:
- name: Load Identity
local_action:
module: rax_identity
credentials: ~/.raxpub
region: DFW
register: rackspace_identity
Status
This module will be removed in version 9.0.0. [deprecated]
For more information see DEPRECATED.