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community.general.clc_group module – Create/delete Server Groups at Centurylink Cloud

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 6.3.0).

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.clc_group.

  • Synopsis

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Synopsis

  • Create or delete Server Groups at Centurylink Centurylink Cloud

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

description

string

A description of the Server Group

location

string

Datacenter to create the group in. If location is not provided, the group gets created in the default datacenter associated with the account

name

string / required

The name of the Server Group

parent

string

The parent group of the server group. If parent is not provided, it creates the group at top level.

state

string

Whether to create or delete the group

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

wait

boolean

Whether to wait for the tasks to finish before returning.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

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

# Create a Server Group

---
- name: Create Server Group
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Create / Verify a Server Group at CenturyLink Cloud
      community.general.clc_group:
        name: My Cool Server Group
        parent: Default Group
        state: present
      register: clc

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

# Delete a Server Group
- name: Delete Server Group
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Delete / Verify Absent a Server Group at CenturyLink Cloud
      community.general.clc_group:
        name: My Cool Server Group
        parent: Default Group
        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

group

dictionary

The group information

Returned: success

Sample: {"changeInfo": {"createdBy": "service.wfad", "createdDate": "2015-07-29T18:52:47Z", "modifiedBy": "service.wfad", "modifiedDate": "2015-07-29T18:52:47Z"}, "customFields": [], "description": "test group", "groups": [], "id": "bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1", "links": [{"href": "/v2/groups/wfad", "rel": "createGroup", "verbs": ["POST"]}, {"href": "/v2/servers/wfad", "rel": "createServer", "verbs": ["POST"]}, {"href": "/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1", "rel": "self", "verbs": ["GET", "PATCH", "DELETE"]}, {"href": "/v2/groups/wfad/086ac1dfe0b6411989e8d1b77c4065f0", "id": "086ac1dfe0b6411989e8d1b77c4065f0", "rel": "parentGroup"}, {"href": "/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/defaults", "rel": "defaults", "verbs": ["GET", "POST"]}, {"href": "/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/billing", "rel": "billing"}, {"href": "/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/archive", "rel": "archiveGroupAction"}, {"href": "/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/statistics", "rel": "statistics"}, {"href": "/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/upcomingScheduledActivities", "rel": "upcomingScheduledActivities"}, {"href": "/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/horizontalAutoscalePolicy", "rel": "horizontalAutoscalePolicyMapping", "verbs": ["GET", "PUT", "DELETE"]}, {"href": "/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/scheduledActivities", "rel": "scheduledActivities", "verbs": ["GET", "POST"]}], "locationId": "UC1", "name": "test group", "status": "active", "type": "default"}

Authors

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