community.mongodb.mongodb_shard module – Add or remove shards from a MongoDB Cluster
Note
This module is part of the community.mongodb collection (version 1.7.7).
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.mongodb
.
You need further requirements to be able to use this module,
see Requirements for details.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.mongodb.mongodb_shard
.
New in community.mongodb 1.0.0
Synopsis
Add or remove shards from a MongoDB Cluster.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
pymongo
Parameters
Parameter |
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Authentication path intended for MongoDB Atlas Instances Choices:
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Authentication type. Choices:
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Additional connection options. Supply as a list of dicts or strings containing key value pairs seperated with ‘=’. |
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The database where login credentials are stored. Default: |
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The host running MongoDB instance to login to. Default: |
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The password used to authenticate with. Required when login_user is specified. |
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The MongoDB server port to login to. Default: |
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The MongoDB user to login with. Required when login_password is specified. |
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Provide a custom name for the mongos process you are connecting to. Most users can ignore this setting. Default: |
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The shard connection string. Should be supplied in the form <replicaset>/host:port as detailed in https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/add-shards-to-shard-cluster/. For example rs0/example1.mongodb.com:27017. |
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Enable sharding on the listed database. Can be supplied as a string or a list of strings. Sharding cannot be disabled on a database. Starting in MongoDB 6.0, the enableSharding command is no longer required to shard a collection and this parameter is ignored. |
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Whether to use an SSL connection when connecting to the database. Choices:
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The ssl_ca_certs option takes a path to a CA file. |
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Specifies whether a certificate is required from the other side of the connection, and whether it will be validated if provided. Choices:
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Present a client certificate using the ssl_certfile option. |
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The ssl_crlfile option takes a path to a CRL file. |
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Private key for the client certificate. |
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Passphrase to decrypt encrypted private keys. |
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Whether the shard should be present or absent from the Cluster. Choices:
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Enforce strict requirements for pymongo and MongoDB software versions Choices:
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Notes
Note
Requires the pymongo Python package on the remote host, version 4+.
Examples
- name: Add a replicaset shard named rs1 with a member running on port 27018 on mongodb0.example.net
community.mongodb.mongodb_shard:
login_user: admin
login_password: admin
shard: "rs1/mongodb0.example.net:27018"
state: present
- name: Add a standalone mongod shard running on port 27018 of mongodb0.example.net
community.mongodb.mongodb_shard:
login_user: admin
login_password: admin
shard: "mongodb0.example.net:27018"
state: present
- name: To remove a shard called 'rs1'
community.mongodb.mongodb_shard:
login_user: admin
login_password: admin
shard: rs1
state: absent
# Single node shard running on localhost
- name: Ensure shard rs0 exists
community.mongodb.mongodb_shard:
login_user: admin
login_password: secret
shard: "rs0/localhost:3001"
state: present
# Single node shard running on localhost
- name: Ensure shard rs1 exists
community.mongodb.mongodb_shard:
login_user: admin
login_password: secret
shard: "rs1/localhost:3002"
state: present
# Enable sharding on a few databases when creating the shard
- name: To remove a shard called 'rs1'
community.mongodb.mongodb_shard:
login_user: admin
login_password: admin
shard: rs1
sharded_databases:
- db1
- db2
state: present
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key |
Description |
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The name of the shard to create. Returned: success |
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Databases that have had sharding enabled during module execution. Returned: success when sharding is enabled |