community.general.rax_files – Manipulate Rackspace Cloud Files Containers

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_files.

Synopsis

Manipulate Rackspace Cloud Files Containers

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/
clear_meta boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Optionally clear existing metadata when applying metadata to existing containers. Selecting this option is only appropriate when setting type=meta
container string		The container to use for container or metadata operations.
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.
meta dictionary		A hash of items to set as metadata values on a container
private boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Used to set a container as private, removing it from the CDN. Warning! Private containers, if previously made public, can have live objects available until the TTL on cached objects expires
public boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Used to set a container as public, available via the Cloud Files CDN
region string		Region to create an instance in
state string	Choices: present ← absent list	Indicate desired state of the resource
tenant_id string		The tenant ID used for authentication.
tenant_name string		The tenant name used for authentication.
ttl integer		In seconds, set a container-wide TTL for all objects cached on CDN edge nodes. Setting a TTL is only appropriate for containers that are public
type string	Choices: container ← meta	Type of object to do work on, i.e. metadata object or a container object
username string		Rackspace username, overrides credentials.
validate_certs boolean	Choices: no yes	Whether or not to require SSL validation of API endpoints. aliases: verify_ssl
web_error string		Sets an object to be presented as the HTTP error page when accessed by the CDN URL
web_index string		Sets an object to be presented as the HTTP index page when accessed by the CDN URL

Notes

Note

The following environment variables can be used, RAX_USERNAME, RAX_API_KEY, RAX_CREDS_FILE, RAX_CREDENTIALS, RAX_REGION.
RAX_CREDENTIALS and RAX_CREDS_FILE points to a credentials file appropriate for pyrax. See https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#authenticating
RAX_USERNAME and RAX_API_KEY obviate the use of a credentials file
RAX_REGION defines 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_CREDENTIALS and RAX_CREDS_FILE points to a credentials file appropriate for pyrax. See https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#authenticating
RAX_USERNAME and RAX_API_KEY obviate the use of a credentials file
RAX_REGION defines a Rackspace Public Cloud region (DFW, ORD, LON, …)

Examples

- name: "Test Cloud Files Containers"
  hosts: local
  gather_facts: no
  tasks:
    - name: "List all containers"
      community.general.rax_files:
        state: list

    - name: "Create container called 'mycontainer'"
      community.general.rax_files:
        container: mycontainer

    - name: "Create container 'mycontainer2' with metadata"
      community.general.rax_files:
        container: mycontainer2
        meta:
          key: value
          file_for: someuser@example.com

    - name: "Set a container's web index page"
      community.general.rax_files:
        container: mycontainer
        web_index: index.html

    - name: "Set a container's web error page"
      community.general.rax_files:
        container: mycontainer
        web_error: error.html

    - name: "Make container public"
      community.general.rax_files:
        container: mycontainer
        public: yes

    - name: "Make container public with a 24 hour TTL"
      community.general.rax_files:
        container: mycontainer
        public: yes
        ttl: 86400

    - name: "Make container private"
      community.general.rax_files:
        container: mycontainer
        private: yes

- name: "Test Cloud Files Containers Metadata Storage"
  hosts: local
  gather_facts: no
  tasks:
    - name: "Get mycontainer2 metadata"
      community.general.rax_files:
        container: mycontainer2
        type: meta

    - name: "Set mycontainer2 metadata"
      community.general.rax_files:
        container: mycontainer2
        type: meta
        meta:
          uploaded_by: someuser@example.com

    - name: "Remove mycontainer2 metadata"
      community.general.rax_files:
        container: "mycontainer2"
        type: meta
        state: absent
        meta:
          key: ""
          file_for: ""

Authors

Paul Durivage (@angstwad)

© 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_files_module.html

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