cloudscale_server – Manages servers on the cloudscale.ch IaaS service

• Synopsis
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

Synopsis

• Create, update, start, stop and delete servers on the cloudscale.ch IaaS service.

Parameters

Notes

Examples

# Create and start a server with an existing server group (shiny-group)
- 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
    server_groups: shiny-group
    use_private_network: True
    bulk_volume_size_gb: 100
    api_token: xxxxxx

# Start another server in anti-affinity (server group shiny-group)
- 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
    server_groups: shiny-group
    api_token: xxxxxx


# Force to update the flavor of a running server
- name: Start cloudscale.ch server
  cloudscale_server:
    name: my-shiny-cloudscale-server
    image: debian-8
    flavor: flex-8
    force: yes
    ssh_keys: ssh-rsa XXXXXXXXXX...XXXX ansible@cloudscale
    use_private_network: True
    bulk_volume_size_gb: 100
    api_token: xxxxxx
  register: server1

# 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 is defined and server.ssh_fingerprints
  retries: 60
  delay: 2

Return Values

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

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Gaudenz Steinlin (@gaudenz)
• René Moser (@resmo)