community.general.linode module – Manage instances on the Linode Public Cloud

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 9.5.0).

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 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.linode.

Synopsis

  • Manage Linode Public Cloud instances and optionally wait for it to be ‘running’.

Requirements

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

  • linode-python

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

additional_disks

list / elements=dictionary

List of dictionaries for creating additional disks that are added to the Linode configuration settings.

Dictionary takes Size, Label, Type. Size is in MB.

alert_bwin_enabled

boolean

Set status of bandwidth in alerts.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

alert_bwin_threshold

integer

Set threshold in MB of bandwidth in alerts.

alert_bwout_enabled

boolean

Set status of bandwidth out alerts.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

alert_bwout_threshold

integer

Set threshold in MB of bandwidth out alerts.

alert_bwquota_enabled

boolean

Set status of bandwidth quota alerts as percentage of network transfer quota.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

alert_bwquota_threshold

integer

Set threshold in MB of bandwidth quota alerts.

alert_cpu_enabled

boolean

Set status of receiving CPU usage alerts.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

alert_cpu_threshold

integer

Set percentage threshold for receiving CPU usage alerts. Each CPU core adds 100% to total.

alert_diskio_enabled

boolean

Set status of receiving disk IO alerts.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

alert_diskio_threshold

integer

Set threshold for average IO ops/sec over 2 hour period.

api_key

string / required

Linode API key.

LINODE_API_KEY environment variable can be used instead.

backupweeklyday

integer

Day of the week to take backups.

backupwindow

integer

The time window in which backups will be taken.

datacenter

integer

datacenter to create an instance in (Linode Datacenter)

displaygroup

string

Add the instance to a Display Group in Linode Manager.

Default: ""

distribution

integer

distribution to use for the instance (Linode Distribution)

kernel_id

integer

kernel to use for the instance (Linode Kernel)

linode_id

aliases: lid

integer

Unique ID of a linode server. This value is read-only in the sense that if you specify it on creation of a Linode it will not be used. The Linode API generates these IDs and we can those generated value here to reference a Linode more specifically. This is useful for idempotence.

name

string / required

Name to give the instance (alphanumeric, dashes, underscore).

To keep sanity on the Linode Web Console, name is prepended with LinodeID-.

password

string

root password to apply to a new server (auto generated if missing)

payment_term

integer

payment term to use for the instance (payment term in months)

Choices:

  • 1 ← (default)

  • 12

  • 24

plan

integer

plan to use for the instance (Linode plan)

private_ip

boolean

Add private IPv4 address when Linode is created.

Default is false.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

ssh_pub_key

string

SSH public key applied to root user

state

string

Indicate desired state of the resource

Choices:

  • "absent"

  • "active"

  • "deleted"

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "restarted"

  • "started"

  • "stopped"

swap

integer

swap size in MB

Default: 512

wait

boolean

wait for the instance to be in state running before returning

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

wait_timeout

integer

how long before wait gives up, in seconds

Default: 300

watchdog

boolean

Set status of Lassie watchdog.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: none

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

  • Please note, linode-python does not have python 3 support.

  • This module uses the now deprecated v3 of the Linode API.

  • Please review https://www.linode.com/api/linode for determining the required parameters.

Examples

- name: Create a new Linode
  community.general.linode:
    name: linode-test1
    plan: 1
    datacenter: 7
    distribution: 129
    state: present
  register: linode_creation

- name: Create a server with a private IP Address
  community.general.linode:
     module: linode
     api_key: 'longStringFromLinodeApi'
     name: linode-test1
     plan: 1
     datacenter: 2
     distribution: 99
     password: 'superSecureRootPassword'
     private_ip: true
     ssh_pub_key: 'ssh-rsa qwerty'
     swap: 768
     wait: true
     wait_timeout: 600
     state: present
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: linode_creation

- name: Fully configure new server
  community.general.linode:
     api_key: 'longStringFromLinodeApi'
     name: linode-test1
     plan: 4
     datacenter: 2
     distribution: 99
     kernel_id: 138
     password: 'superSecureRootPassword'
     private_ip: true
     ssh_pub_key: 'ssh-rsa qwerty'
     swap: 768
     wait: true
     wait_timeout: 600
     state: present
     alert_bwquota_enabled: true
     alert_bwquota_threshold: 80
     alert_bwin_enabled: true
     alert_bwin_threshold: 10
     alert_cpu_enabled: true
     alert_cpu_threshold: 210
     alert_bwout_enabled: true
     alert_bwout_threshold: 10
     alert_diskio_enabled: true
     alert_diskio_threshold: 10000
     backupweeklyday: 1
     backupwindow: 2
     displaygroup: 'test'
     additional_disks:
      - {Label: 'disk1', Size: 2500, Type: 'raw'}
      - {Label: 'newdisk', Size: 2000}
     watchdog: true
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: linode_creation

- name: Ensure a running server (create if missing)
  community.general.linode:
     api_key: 'longStringFromLinodeApi'
     name: linode-test1
     plan: 1
     datacenter: 2
     distribution: 99
     password: 'superSecureRootPassword'
     ssh_pub_key: 'ssh-rsa qwerty'
     swap: 768
     wait: true
     wait_timeout: 600
     state: present
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: linode_creation

- name: Delete a server
  community.general.linode:
     api_key: 'longStringFromLinodeApi'
     name: linode-test1
     linode_id: "{{ linode_creation.instance.id }}"
     state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Stop a server
  community.general.linode:
     api_key: 'longStringFromLinodeApi'
     name: linode-test1
     linode_id: "{{ linode_creation.instance.id }}"
     state: stopped
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Reboot a server
  community.general.linode:
     api_key: 'longStringFromLinodeApi'
     name: linode-test1
     linode_id: "{{ linode_creation.instance.id }}"
     state: restarted
  delegate_to: localhost

Authors

  • Vincent Viallet (@zbal)