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community.hrobot.failover_ip_info – Retrieve information on Hetzner’s failover IPs
Note
This plugin is part of the community.hrobot collection (version 1.2.0).
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.hrobot.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.hrobot.failover_ip_info.
Synopsis
- Retrieve information on Hetzner’s failover IPs.
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| failover_ip
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        The failover IP address.
         | 
     |
| hetzner_password
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        The password for the Robot webservice user.
         | 
     |
| hetzner_user
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        The username for the Robot webservice user.
         | 
     
See Also
See also
- Failover IP documentation
 - 
     
Hetzner’s documentation on failover IPs.
 - community.hrobot.failover_ip
 - 
     
Manage failover IPs.
 
Examples
- name: Get value of failover IP 1.2.3.4
  community.hrobot.failover_ip_info:
    hetzner_user: foo
    hetzner_password: bar
    failover_ip: 1.2.3.4
    value: 5.6.7.8
  register: result
- name: Print value of failover IP 1.2.3.4 in case it is routed
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "1.2.3.4 routes to {{ result.value }}"
  when: result.state == 'routed'
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| failover_ip
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        The failover IP.
         Sample:
        
       
        1.2.3.4
         | 
     
| failover_netmask
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        The netmask for the failover IP.
         Sample:
        
       
        255.255.255.255
         | 
     
| server_ip
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        The main IP of the server this failover IP is associated to.
        
       
        This is not the server the failover IP is routed to.
          | 
     
| server_number
        
        integer
         | 
      success | 
        
        The number of the server this failover IP is associated to.
        
       
        This is not the server the failover IP is routed to.
          | 
     
| state
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        Will be   routed or unrouted.
        | 
     
| value
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        The value of the failover IP.
        
       
        Will be   none if the IP is unrouted.
        | 
     
Authors
- Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)
 
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/hrobot/failover_ip_info_module.html