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vr_firewall_group - Manages firewall groups on Vultr.

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

  • Create and remove firewall groups.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
api_account Default:
"default"
Name of the ini section in the vultr.ini file.
The ENV variable VULTR_API_ACCOUNT is used as default, when defined.
api_endpoint Default:
"https://api.vultr.com"
URL to API endpint (without trailing slash).
The ENV variable VULTR_API_ENDPOINT is used as default, when defined.
api_key
API key of the Vultr API.
The ENV variable VULTR_API_KEY is used as default, when defined.
api_retries Default:
5
Amount of retries in case of the Vultr API retuns an HTTP 503 code.
The ENV variable VULTR_API_RETRIES is used as default, when defined.
api_timeout Default:
60
HTTP timeout to Vultr API.
The ENV variable VULTR_API_TIMEOUT is used as default, when defined.
name
required
Name of the firewall group.

aliases: description
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
State of the firewall group.
validate_certs
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Validate SSL certs of the Vultr API.

Notes

Note

Examples

- name: ensure a firewall group is present
  local_action:
    module: vr_firewall_group
    name: my http firewall

- name: ensure a firewall group is absent
  local_action:
    module: vr_firewall_group
    name: my http firewall
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
vultr_api
complex
 success
Response from Vultr API with a few additions/modification
  api_endpoint
string
 success
Endpoint used for the API requests

Sample:
https://api.vultr.com
  api_timeout
int
 success
Timeout used for the API requests

Sample:
60
  api_retries
int
 success
Amount of max retries for the API requests

Sample:
5
  api_account
string
 success
Account used in the ini file to select the key

Sample:
default
vultr_firewall_group
complex
 success
Response from Vultr API
  date_created
string
 success
Date the firewall group was created

Sample:
2017-08-26 12:47:48
  id
string
 success
ID of the firewall group

Sample:
1234abcd
  name
string
 success
Name of the firewall group

Sample:
my firewall group
  date_modified
string
 success
Date the firewall group was modified

Sample:
2017-08-26 12:47:48


Status

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

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

  • René Moser (@resmo)

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