hetzner.hcloud.load_balancer_service module – Create and manage the services of cloud Load Balancers on the Hetzner Cloud.

Note

This module is part of the hetzner.hcloud collection (version 4.2.1).

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 hetzner.hcloud. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: hetzner.hcloud.load_balancer_service.

New in hetzner.hcloud 0.1.0

Synopsis

• Create, update and manage the services of cloud Load Balancers on the Hetzner Cloud.

Aliases: hcloud_load_balancer_service

Requirements

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

• python-dateutil >= 2.7.5

• requests >=2.20

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
api_endpoint aliases: endpoint string	The API Endpoint for the Hetzner Cloud. You can also set this option by using the HCLOUD_ENDPOINT environment variable. Default: "https://api.hetzner.cloud/v1"
api_token string / required	The API Token for the Hetzner Cloud. You can also set this option by using the HCLOUD_TOKEN environment variable.
destination_port integer	The port traffic is forwarded to, i.e. the port the targets are listening and accepting connections on. Required if services does not exist and protocol is tcp.
health_check dictionary	Configuration for health checks
http dictionary	Additional Configuration of health checks with protocol http/https
domain string	Domain we will set within the HTTP HOST header
path string	Path we will try to access
response string	Response we expect, if response is not within the health check response the target is unhealthy
status_codes list / elements=string	List of HTTP status codes we expect to get when we perform the health check.
tls boolean	Verify the TLS certificate, only available if health check protocol is https Choices: false ← (default) true
interval integer	Interval of health checks, in seconds
port integer	Port the health check will be performed on
protocol string	Protocol the health checks will be performed over Choices: "http" "https" "tcp"
retries integer	Number of retries until a target is marked as unhealthy
timeout integer	Timeout of health checks, in seconds
http dictionary	Configuration for HTTP and HTTPS services
certificates list / elements=string	List of Names or IDs of certificates
cookie_lifetime integer	Lifetime of the cookie which will be set when you enable sticky sessions, in seconds
cookie_name string	Name of the cookie which will be set when you enable sticky sessions
redirect_http boolean	Redirect Traffic from Port 80 to Port 443, only available if protocol is https Choices: false ← (default) true
sticky_sessions boolean	Enable or disable sticky_sessions Choices: false ← (default) true
listen_port integer / required	The port the service listens on, i.e. the port users can connect to.
load_balancer string / required	Name or ID of the Hetzner Cloud Load Balancer the service belongs to
protocol string	Protocol of the service. Required if Load Balancer does not exist. Choices: "http" "https" "tcp"
proxyprotocol boolean	Enable the PROXY protocol. Choices: false ← (default) true
state string	State of the Load Balancer. Choices: "absent" "present" ← (default)

See Also

See also

Documentation for Hetzner Cloud API

Complete reference for the Hetzner Cloud API.

Examples

- name: Create a basic Load Balancer service with Port 80
  hetzner.hcloud.load_balancer_service:
    load_balancer: my-load-balancer
    protocol: http
    listen_port: 80
    state: present

- name: Ensure the Load Balancer is absent (remove if needed)
  hetzner.hcloud.load_balancer_service:
    load_balancer: my-Load Balancer
    protocol: http
    listen_port: 80
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key	Description
hcloud_load_balancer_service complex	The Load Balancer service instance Returned: Always
destination_port integer	The port traffic is forwarded to, i.e. the port the targets are listening and accepting connections on. Returned: always Sample: 80
health_check complex	Configuration for health checks Returned: always
http complex	Additional Configuration of health checks with protocol http/https Returned: always
domain string	Domain we will set within the HTTP HOST header Returned: always Sample: "example.com"
path string	Path we will try to access Returned: always Sample: "/"
response string	Response we expect, if response is not within the health check response the target is unhealthy Returned: always
status_codes list / elements=string	List of HTTP status codes we expect to get when we perform the health check. Returned: always Sample: ["2??", "3??"]
tls boolean	Verify the TLS certificate, only available if health check protocol is https Returned: always Sample: false
interval integer	Interval of health checks, in seconds Returned: always Sample: 15
port integer	Port the health check will be performed on Returned: always Sample: 80
protocol string	Protocol the health checks will be performed over Returned: always Sample: "http"
retries integer	Number of retries until a target is marked as unhealthy Returned: always Sample: 3
timeout integer	Timeout of health checks, in seconds Returned: always Sample: 10
http complex	Configuration for HTTP and HTTPS services Returned: always
certificates list / elements=string	List of Names or IDs of certificates Returned: always
cookie_lifetime integer	Lifetime of the cookie which will be set when you enable sticky sessions, in seconds Returned: always Sample: 3600
cookie_name string	Name of the cookie which will be set when you enable sticky sessions Returned: always Sample: "HCLBSTICKY"
redirect_http boolean	Redirect Traffic from Port 80 to Port 443, only available if protocol is https Returned: always Sample: false
sticky_sessions boolean	Enable or disable sticky_sessions Returned: always Sample: true
listen_port integer	The port the service listens on, i.e. the port users can connect to. Returned: always Sample: 443
load_balancer string	The name of the Load Balancer where the service belongs to Returned: always Sample: "my-load-balancer"
protocol string	Protocol of the service Returned: always Sample: "http"
proxyprotocol boolean	Enable the PROXY protocol. Returned: always Sample: false

Authors

• Lukas Kaemmerling (@LKaemmerling)

Collection links

• Issue Tracker
• Repository (Sources)
• Hetzner Cloud API Reference
• Hetzner Cloud API Changelog