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community.general.rax_cdb_database – create / delete a database in the Cloud Databases
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_cdb_database.
Synopsis
- create / delete a database in the Cloud Databases.
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- pyrax
 - python >= 2.6
 
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/
         | 
     |
| cdb_id
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        The databases server UUID
         | 
     |
| character_set
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "utf8"
         | 
      
        
        Set of symbols and encodings
         | 
     
| collate
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "utf8_general_ci"
         | 
      
        
        Set of rules for comparing characters in a character set
         | 
     
| credentials
        
        path
         | 
      
        
        File to find the Rackspace credentials in. Ignored if api_key and username are provided.
        
       aliases: creds_file  | 
     |
| 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.
         | 
     
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Name to give to the database
         | 
     |
| region
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Region to create an instance in.
         | 
     |
| 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  | 
     
Notes
Note
- The following environment variables can be used, 
RAX_USERNAME,RAX_API_KEY,RAX_CREDS_FILE,RAX_CREDENTIALS,RAX_REGION. RAX_CREDENTIALSandRAX_CREDS_FILEpoints to a credentials file appropriate for pyrax. See https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#authenticatingRAX_USERNAMEandRAX_API_KEYobviate the use of a credentials fileRAX_REGIONdefines a Rackspace Public Cloud region (DFW, ORD, LON, …)- The following environment variables can be used, 
RAX_USERNAME,RAX_API_KEY,RAX_CREDS_FILE,RAX_CREDENTIALS,RAX_REGION. RAX_CREDENTIALSandRAX_CREDS_FILEpoints to a credentials file appropriate for pyrax. See https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#authenticatingRAX_USERNAMEandRAX_API_KEYobviate the use of a credentials fileRAX_REGIONdefines a Rackspace Public Cloud region (DFW, ORD, LON, …)
Examples
- name: Build a database in Cloud Databases
  tasks:
    - name: Database build request
      local_action:
        module: rax_cdb_database
        credentials: ~/.raxpub
        region: IAD
        cdb_id: 323e7ce0-9cb0-11e3-a5e2-0800200c9a66
        name: db1
        state: present
      register: rax_db_database
  Authors
- Simon JAILLET (@jails)
 
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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