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community.general.rax_cbs_attachments – Manipulate Rackspace Cloud Block Storage Volume Attachments
Note
This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 3.8.1).
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 community.general
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.rax_cbs_attachments
.
Synopsis
- Manipulate Rackspace Cloud Block Storage Volume Attachments
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- python >= 2.6
- pyrax
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
api_key
string
|
Rackspace API key, overrides credentials.
aliases: password |
|
auth_endpoint
string
|
The URI of the authentication service.
If not specified will be set to https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/
|
|
credentials
path
|
File to find the Rackspace credentials in. Ignored if api_key and username are provided.
aliases: creds_file |
|
device
string
|
The device path to attach the volume to, e.g. /dev/xvde.
Before 2.4 this was a required field. Now it can be left to null to auto assign the device name.
|
|
env
string
|
Environment as configured in ~/.pyrax.cfg, see https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#pyrax-configuration.
|
|
identity_type
string
|
Default:
"rackspace"
|
Authentication mechanism to use, such as rackspace or keystone.
|
region
string
|
Region to create an instance in.
|
|
server
string / required
|
Name or id of the server to attach/detach
|
|
state
string
|
|
Indicate desired state of the resource
|
tenant_id
string
|
The tenant ID used for authentication.
|
|
tenant_name
string
|
The tenant name used for authentication.
|
|
username
string
|
Rackspace username, overrides credentials.
|
|
validate_certs
boolean
|
|
Whether or not to require SSL validation of API endpoints.
aliases: verify_ssl |
volume
string / required
|
Name or id of the volume to attach/detach
|
|
wait
boolean
|
|
wait for the volume to be in 'in-use'/'available' state before returning
|
wait_timeout
integer
|
Default:
300
|
how long before wait gives up, in seconds
|
Notes
Note
- The following environment variables can be used,
RAX_USERNAME
,RAX_API_KEY
,RAX_CREDS_FILE
,RAX_CREDENTIALS
,RAX_REGION
. RAX_CREDENTIALS
andRAX_CREDS_FILE
points to a credentials file appropriate for pyrax. See https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#authenticatingRAX_USERNAME
andRAX_API_KEY
obviate the use of a credentials fileRAX_REGION
defines a Rackspace Public Cloud region (DFW, ORD, LON, …)
Examples
- name: Attach a Block Storage Volume
gather_facts: False
hosts: local
connection: local
tasks:
- name: Storage volume attach request
local_action:
module: rax_cbs_attachments
credentials: ~/.raxpub
volume: my-volume
server: my-server
device: /dev/xvdd
region: DFW
wait: yes
state: present
register: my_volume
Authors
- Christopher H. Laco (@claco)
- Matt Martz (@sivel)
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/rax_cbs_attachments_module.html