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ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_role – Manages user roles on Apache CloudStack based clouds.

Note

This plugin is part of the ngine_io.cloudstack collection (version 2.2.2).

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 ngine_io.cloudstack.

To use it in a playbook, specify: ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_role.

New in version 0.1.0: of ngine_io.cloudstack

Synopsis

  • Create, update, delete user roles.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python >= 2.6
  • cs >= 0.9.0

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
api_http_method
string
    Choices:
  • get ←
  • post
HTTP method used to query the API endpoint.
If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_METHOD env variable is considered.
api_key
string / required
API key of the CloudStack API.
If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_KEY env variable is considered.
api_secret
string / required
Secret key of the CloudStack API.
If not set, the CLOUDSTACK_SECRET env variable is considered.
api_timeout
integer
Default:
10
HTTP timeout in seconds.
If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_TIMEOUT env variable is considered.
api_url
string / required
URL of the CloudStack API e.g. https://cloud.example.com/client/api.
If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_ENDPOINT env variable is considered.
api_verify_ssl_cert
string
Verify CA authority cert file.
If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_VERIFY env variable is considered.
description
string
Description of the role.
name
string / required
Name of the role.
role_type
string
    Choices:
  • User ←
  • DomainAdmin
  • ResourceAdmin
  • Admin
Type of the role.
Only considered for creation.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
State of the role.
uuid
string
ID of the role.
If provided, uuid is used as key.

aliases: id

Notes

Note

  • A detailed guide about cloudstack modules can be found in the CloudStack Cloud Guide.
  • This module supports check mode.

Examples

- name: Ensure an user role is present
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_role:
    name: myrole_user

- name: Ensure a role having particular ID is named as myrole_user
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_role:
    name: myrole_user
    id: 04589590-ac63-4ffc-93f5-b698b8ac38b6

- name: Ensure a role is absent
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_role:
    name: myrole_user
    state: absent

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
description
string
success
Description of the role.

Sample:
This is my role description
id
string
success
UUID of the role.

Sample:
04589590-ac63-4ffc-93f5-b698b8ac38b6
name
string
success
Name of the role.

Sample:
myrole
role_type
string
success
Type of the role.

Sample:
User


Authors

  • René Moser (@resmo)

© 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/ngine_io/cloudstack/cs_role_module.html