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community.general.rax_queue – create / delete a queue in Rackspace Public Cloud
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_queue.
Synopsis
- creates / deletes a Rackspace Public Cloud queue.
 
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/
         | 
     |
| 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
         | 
      
        
        Name to give the queue
         | 
     |
| 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 Queue
  gather_facts: False
  hosts: local
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Queue create request
      local_action:
        module: rax_queue
        credentials: ~/.raxpub
        name: my-queue
        region: DFW
        state: present
      register: my_queue
  Authors
- Christopher H. Laco (@claco)
 - Matt Martz (@sivel)
 
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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