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community.general.rax_cdb – create/delete or resize a Rackspace Cloud Databases instance
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.
Synopsis
- creates / deletes or resize a Rackspace Cloud Databases instance and optionally waits for it to be ‘running’. The name option needs to be unique since it’s used to identify the instance.
 
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_type
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "MySQL"
         | 
      
        
        type of instance (i.e. MySQL, MariaDB, Percona)
        
       aliases: type  | 
     
| cdb_version
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        5.6
         | 
      
        
        version of database (MySQL supports 5.1 and 5.6, MariaDB supports 10, Percona supports 5.6)
        
       
        The available choices are:  
       5.1, 5.6 and 10.
       aliases: version  | 
     
| 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.
         | 
     |
| flavor
        
        integer
         | 
      Default: 
        1
         | 
      
        
        flavor to use for the instance 1 to 6 (i.e. 512MB to 16GB)
         | 
     
| identity_type
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "rackspace"
         | 
      
        
        Authentication mechanism to use, such as rackspace or keystone.
         | 
     
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Name of the databases server instance
         | 
     |
| 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  | 
     
| volume
        
        integer
         | 
      Default: 
        2
         | 
      
        
        Volume size of the database 1-150GB
         | 
     
| wait
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        wait for the instance to be in state 'running' 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_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 Cloud Databases
  gather_facts: False
  tasks:
    - name: Server build request
      local_action:
        module: rax_cdb
        credentials: ~/.raxpub
        region: IAD
        name: db-server1
        flavor: 1
        volume: 2
        cdb_type: MySQL
        cdb_version: 5.6
        wait: yes
        state: present
      register: rax_db_server
  Authors
- Simon JAILLET (@jails)
 
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