openstack.cloud.loadbalancer module – Manage Octavia load-balancer in an OpenStack cloud

Note

This module is part of the openstack.cloud collection (version 2.3.0).

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

To use it in a playbook, specify: openstack.cloud.loadbalancer.

Synopsis

  • Add, update or remove Octavia load-balancer from OpenStack cloud.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 3.6

  • openstacksdk >= 1.0.0

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

api_timeout

integer

How long should the socket layer wait before timing out for API calls. If this is omitted, nothing will be passed to the requests library.

assign_floating_ip

aliases: auto_public_ip

boolean

Allocate floating ip address and associate with the VIP automatically.

Deprecated, use openstack.cloud.floating_ip instead.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

auth

dictionary

Dictionary containing auth information as needed by the cloud’s auth plugin strategy. For the default password plugin, this would contain auth_url, username, password, project_name and any information about domains (for example, user_domain_name or project_domain_name) if the cloud supports them. For other plugins, this param will need to contain whatever parameters that auth plugin requires. This parameter is not needed if a named cloud is provided or OpenStack OS_* environment variables are present.

auth_type

string

Name of the auth plugin to use. If the cloud uses something other than password authentication, the name of the plugin should be indicated here and the contents of the auth parameter should be updated accordingly.

ca_cert

aliases: cacert

string

A path to a CA Cert bundle that can be used as part of verifying SSL API requests.

client_cert

aliases: cert

string

A path to a client certificate to use as part of the SSL transaction.

client_key

aliases: key

string

A path to a client key to use as part of the SSL transaction.

cloud

any

Named cloud or cloud config to operate against. If cloud is a string, it references a named cloud config as defined in an OpenStack clouds.yaml file. Provides default values for auth and auth_type. This parameter is not needed if auth is provided or if OpenStack OS_* environment variables are present. If cloud is a dict, it contains a complete cloud configuration like would be in a section of clouds.yaml.

delete_floating_ip

aliases: delete_public_ip

boolean

When state is present and delete_floating_ip is true, then any floating ip address associated with the VIP will be deleted.

When state is absent and delete_floating_ip is true, then any floating ip address associated with the VIP will be deleted along with the load balancer.

Deprecated, use openstack.cloud.floating_ip instead.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

description

string

A human-readable description for the load-balancer.

flavor

string

The flavor of the load balancer.

This attribute cannot be updated.

floating_ip_address

aliases: public_ip_address

string

Floating ip address aka public ip address associated with the VIP.

Deprecated, use openstack.cloud.floating_ip instead.

floating_ip_network

aliases: public_network

string

Name or ID of a Neutron external network where floating ip address will be created on.

Deprecated, use openstack.cloud.floating_ip instead.

interface

aliases: endpoint_type

string

Endpoint URL type to fetch from the service catalog.

Choices:

  • "admin"

  • "internal"

  • "public" ← (default)

name

string / required

The name of the load balancer.

This attribute cannot be updated.

region_name

string

Name of the region.

sdk_log_level

string

Log level of the OpenStackSDK

Choices:

  • "INFO" ← (default)

  • "DEBUG"

sdk_log_path

string

Path to the logfile of the OpenStackSDK. If empty no log is written

state

string

Should the resource be present or absent.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

timeout

integer

How long should ansible wait for the requested resource.

Default: 180

validate_certs

aliases: verify

boolean

Whether or not SSL API requests should be verified.

Before Ansible 2.3 this defaulted to true.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

vip_address

string

IP address of the load balancer virtual IP.

This attribute cannot be updated.

vip_network

string

The name or id of the network for the virtual IP of the load balancer.

One of vip_network, vip_subnet, or vip_port must be specified for creation.

This attribute cannot be updated.

vip_port

string

The name or id of the load balancer virtual IP port. One of

One of vip_network, vip_subnet, or vip_port must be specified for creation.

This attribute cannot be updated.

vip_subnet

string

The name or id of the subnet for the virtual IP of the load balancer.

One of vip_network, vip_subnet, or vip_port must be specified for creation.

This attribute cannot be updated.

wait

boolean

Should ansible wait until the requested resource is complete.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

Notes

Note

  • The standard OpenStack environment variables, such as OS_USERNAME may be used instead of providing explicit values.

  • Auth information is driven by openstacksdk, which means that values can come from a yaml config file in /etc/ansible/openstack.yaml, /etc/openstack/clouds.yaml or ~/.config/openstack/clouds.yaml, then from standard environment variables, then finally by explicit parameters in plays. More information can be found at https://docs.openstack.org/openstacksdk/

Examples

- name: Create a load balancer
  openstack.cloud.loadbalancer:
    cloud: devstack
    name: my_lb
    state: present
    vip_subnet: my_subnet

- name: Create another load balancer
  openstack.cloud.loadbalancer:
    cloud: devstack
    name: my_lb
    state: present
    vip_address: 192.168.0.11
    vip_network: my_network

- name: Delete a load balancer and all its related resources
  openstack.cloud.loadbalancer:
    cloud: devstack
    name: my_lb
    state: absent

- name: Delete a load balancer, its related resources and its floating ip
  openstack.cloud.loadbalancer:
    cloud: devstack
    delete_floating_ip: true
    name: my_lb
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key

Description

floating_ip

dictionary

Dictionary describing the floating ip address attached to the load-balancer.

Returned: On success when state is present and assign_floating_ip is true.

created_at

string

Timestamp at which the floating IP was assigned.

Returned: success

description

string

The description of a floating IP.

Returned: success

dns_domain

string

The DNS domain.

Returned: success

dns_name

string

The DNS name.

Returned: success

fixed_ip_address

string

The fixed IP address associated with a floating IP address.

Returned: success

floating_ip_address

string

The IP address of a floating IP.

Returned: success

floating_network_id

string

The id of the network associated with a floating IP.

Returned: success

id

string

Id of the floating ip.

Returned: success

name

string

Name of the floating ip.

Returned: success

port_details

dictionary

The details of the port that this floating IP associates with. Present if fip-port-details extension is loaded.

Returned: success

port_id

string

The port ID floating ip associated with.

Returned: success

project_id

string

The ID of the project this floating IP is associated with.

Returned: success

qos_policy_id

string

The ID of the QoS policy attached to the floating IP.

Returned: success

revision_number

string

Revision number.

Returned: success

router_id

string

The id of the router floating ip associated with.

Returned: success

status

string

The status of a floating IP, which can be ‘ACTIVE’ or ‘DOWN’.

Returned: success

subnet_id

string

The id of the subnet the floating ip associated with.

Returned: success

tags

list / elements=string

List of tags.

Returned: success

updated_at

string

Timestamp at which the floating IP was last updated.

Returned: success

load_balancer

dictionary

Dictionary describing the load-balancer.

Returned: On success when state is present.

additional_vips

string

Additional VIPs.

Returned: success

availability_zone

string

Name of the target Octavia availability zone.

Returned: success

created_at

string

Timestamp when the load balancer was created.

Returned: success

description

string

The load balancer description.

Returned: success

flavor_id

string

The load balancer flavor ID.

Returned: success

id

string

Unique UUID.

Returned: success

is_admin_state_up

boolean

The administrative state of the load balancer.

Returned: success

listeners

list / elements=string

The associated listener IDs, if any.

Returned: success

name

string

Name given to the load balancer.

Returned: success

operating_status

string

The operating status of the load balancer.

Returned: success

pools

list / elements=string

The associated pool IDs, if any.

Returned: success

project_id

string

The ID of the project this load balancer is associated with.

Returned: success

provider

string

Provider name for the load balancer.

Returned: success

provisioning_status

string

The provisioning status of the load balancer.

Returned: success

tags

string

A list of associated tags.

Returned: success

updated_at

string

Timestamp when the load balancer was last updated.

Returned: success

vip_address

string

The load balancer virtual IP address.

Returned: success

vip_network_id

string

Network ID the load balancer virtual IP port belongs in.

Returned: success

vip_port_id

string

The load balancer virtual IP port ID.

Returned: success

vip_qos_policy_id

string

VIP qos policy id.

Returned: success

vip_subnet_id

string

Subnet ID the load balancer virtual IP port belongs in.

Returned: success

Authors

  • OpenStack Ansible SIG