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webfaction_site - Add or remove a website on a Webfaction host

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis

Options

parameter required default choices comments
host
 yes
The webfaction host on which the site should be created.
https
 no false
  • True
  • False
Whether or not to use HTTPS
login_name
 yes
The webfaction account to use
login_password
 yes
The webfaction password to use
name
 yes
The name of the website
site_apps
 no
A mapping of URLs to apps
state
 no present
  • present
  • absent
Whether the website should exist
subdomains
 no
A list of subdomains associated with this site.

Examples

- name: create website
  webfaction_site:
    name: testsite1
    state: present
    host: myhost.webfaction.com
    subdomains:
      - 'testsite1.my_domain.org'
    site_apps:
      - ['testapp1', '/']
    https: no
    login_name: "{{webfaction_user}}"
    login_password: "{{webfaction_passwd}}"

Notes

Note

  • Sadly, you do need to know your webfaction hostname for the host parameter. But at least, unlike the API, you don’t need to know the IP address. You can use a DNS name.
  • If a site of the same name exists in the account but on a different host, the operation will exit.
  • You can run playbooks that use this on a local machine, or on a Webfaction host, or elsewhere, since the scripts use the remote webfaction API. The location is not important. However, running them on multiple hosts simultaneously is best avoided. If you don’t specify localhost as your host, you may want to add serial: 1 to the plays.
  • See the webfaction API for more info.

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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