cloudscale_server - Manages servers on the cloudscale.ch IaaS service

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis

Create, start, stop and delete servers on the cloudscale.ch IaaS service.
All operations are performed using the cloudscale.ch public API v1.
For details consult the full API documentation: https://www.cloudscale.ch/en/api/v1.
An valid API token is required for all operations. You can create as many tokens as you like using the cloudscale.ch control panel at https://control.cloudscale.ch.

Options

parameter	required	default	choices	comments
anti_affinity_with	no			UUID of another server to create an anti-affinity group with
api_token	no			cloudscale.ch API token. This can also be passed in the CLOUDSCALE_API_TOKEN environment variable.
bulk_volume_size_gb	no	null (no bulk storage volume)		Size of the bulk storage volume in GB
flavor	no			Flavor of the server
image	no			Image used to create the server
name	no			Name of the Server Either `name` or `uuid` are required. These options are mutually exclusive.
ssh_keys	no			List of SSH public keys Use the full content of your .pub file here.
state	no	running	running stopped absent	State of the server
use_ipv6	no	True		Enable IPv6 on the public network interface
use_private_network	no			Attach a private network interface to the server
use_public_network	no	True		Attach a public network interface to the server
user_data	no			Cloud-init configuration (cloud-config) data to use for the server.
uuid	no			UUID of the server Either `name` or `uuid` are required. These options are mutually exclusive.
volume_size_gb	no	10		Size of the root volume in GB

Examples

# Start a server (if it does not exist) and register the server details
- name: Start cloudscale.ch server
  cloudscale_server:
    name: my-shiny-cloudscale-server
    image: debian-8
    flavor: flex-4
    ssh_keys: ssh-rsa XXXXXXXXXX...XXXX ansible@cloudscale
    use_private_network: True
    bulk_volume_size_gb: 100
    api_token: xxxxxx
  register: server1

# Start another server in anti-affinity to the first one
- name: Start second cloudscale.ch server
  cloudscale_server:
    name: my-other-shiny-server
    image: ubuntu-16.04
    flavor: flex-8
    ssh_keys: ssh-rsa XXXXXXXXXXX ansible@cloudscale
    anti_affinity_with: '{{ server1.uuid }}'
    api_token: xxxxxx

# Stop the first server
- name: Stop my first server
  cloudscale_server:
    uuid: '{{ server1.uuid }}'
    state: stopped
    api_token: xxxxxx

# Delete my second server
- name: Delete my second server
  cloudscale_server:
    name: my-other-shiny-server
    state: absent
    api_token: xxxxxx

# Start a server and wait for the SSH host keys to be generated
- name: Start server and wait for SSH host keys
  cloudscale_server:
    name: my-cloudscale-server-with-ssh-key
    image: debian-8
    flavor: flex-4
    ssh_keys: ssh-rsa XXXXXXXXXXX ansible@cloudscale
    api_token: xxxxxx
  register: server
  until: server.ssh_fingerprints
  retries: 60
  delay: 2

Return Values

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

name	description	returned	type	sample
anti_affinity_with	List of servers in the same anti-affinity group	success when not state == absent	string	[]
flavor	The flavor that has been used for this server	success when not state == absent	string	flex-8
href	API URL to get details about this server	success when not state == absent	string	https://api.cloudscale.ch/v1/servers/cfde831a-4e87-4a75-960f-89b0148aa2cc
image	The image used for booting this server	success when not state == absent	string	debian-8
interfaces	List of network ports attached to the server	success when not state == absent	list	[{'type': 'public', 'addresses': ['...']}]
name	The display name of the server	success	string	its-a-me-mario.cloudscale.ch
ssh_fingerprints	A list of SSH host key fingerprints. Will be null until the host keys could be retrieved from the server.	success when not state == absent	list	['ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 SHA256:XXXX', '...']
ssh_host_keys	A list of SSH host keys. Will be null until the host keys could be retrieved from the server.	success when not state == absent	list	['ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 XXXXX', '...']
state	The current status of the server	success	string	running
uuid	The unique identifier for this server	success	string	cfde831a-4e87-4a75-960f-89b0148aa2cc
volumes	List of volumes attached to the server	success when not state == absent	list	[{'device': '/dev/vda', 'size_gb': '50', 'type': 'ssd'}]

Notes

Note

Instead of the api_token parameter the CLOUDSCALE_API_TOKEN environment variable can be used.
To create a new server at least the name, ssh_key, image and flavor options are required.
If more than one server with the name given by the name option exists, execution is aborted.
Once a server is created all parameters except state are read-only. You can’t change the name, flavor or any other property. This is a limitation of the cloudscale.ch API. The module will silently ignore differences between the configured parameters and the running server if a server with the correct name or UUID exists. Only state changes will be applied.

Status

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

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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