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openstack.cloud.lb_pool – Add/Delete a pool in the load balancing service from OpenStack Cloud
Note
This plugin is part of the openstack.cloud collection (version 1.5.1).
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 openstack.cloud.
To use it in a playbook, specify: openstack.cloud.lb_pool.
Synopsis
- Add or Remove a pool from the OpenStack load-balancer service.
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- openstacksdk
 - openstacksdk >= 0.12.0
 - python >= 3.6
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| api_timeout
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        How long should the socket layer wait before timing out for API calls. If this is omitted, nothing will be passed to the requests library.
         | 
     |
| auth
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Dictionary containing auth information as needed by the cloud's auth plugin strategy. For the default password plugin, this would contain auth_url, username, password, project_name and any information about domains (for example, user_domain_name or project_domain_name) if the cloud supports them. For other plugins, this param will need to contain whatever parameters that auth plugin requires. This parameter is not needed if a named cloud is provided or OpenStack OS_* environment variables are present.
         | 
     |
| auth_type
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Name of the auth plugin to use. If the cloud uses something other than password authentication, the name of the plugin should be indicated here and the contents of the auth parameter should be updated accordingly.
         | 
     |
| availability_zone
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Ignored. Present for backwards compatibility
         | 
     |
| ca_cert
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        A path to a CA Cert bundle that can be used as part of verifying SSL API requests.
        
       aliases: cacert  | 
     |
| client_cert
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        A path to a client certificate to use as part of the SSL transaction.
        
       aliases: cert  | 
     |
| client_key
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        A path to a client key to use as part of the SSL transaction.
        
       aliases: key  | 
     |
| cloud
        
        raw
         | 
      
        
        Named cloud or cloud config to operate against. If cloud is a string, it references a named cloud config as defined in an OpenStack clouds.yaml file. Provides default values for auth and auth_type. This parameter is not needed if auth is provided or if OpenStack OS_* environment variables are present. If cloud is a dict, it contains a complete cloud configuration like would be in a section of clouds.yaml.
         | 
     |
| interface
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Endpoint URL type to fetch from the service catalog.
        
       aliases: endpoint_type  | 
     
| lb_algorithm
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        The load balancing algorithm for the pool.
         | 
     
| listener
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The name or id of the listener that this pool belongs to. Either loadbalancer or listener must be specified for pool creation.
         | 
     |
| loadbalancer
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The name or id of the load balancer that this pool belongs to. Either loadbalancer or listener must be specified for pool creation.
         | 
     |
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Name that has to be given to the pool
         | 
     |
| protocol
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        The protocol for the pool.
         | 
     
| region_name
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Name of the region.
         | 
     |
| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Should the resource be present or absent.
         | 
     
| timeout
        
        integer
         | 
      Default: 
        180
         | 
      
        
        The amount of time the module should wait for the pool to get into ACTIVE state.
         | 
     
| validate_certs
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Whether or not SSL API requests should be verified.
        
       
        Before Ansible 2.3 this defaulted to  
       yes.
       aliases: verify  | 
     
| wait
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If the module should wait for the pool to be ACTIVE.
         | 
     
Notes
Note
- The standard OpenStack environment variables, such as 
OS_USERNAMEmay be used instead of providing explicit values. - Auth information is driven by openstacksdk, which means that values can come from a yaml config file in /etc/ansible/openstack.yaml, /etc/openstack/clouds.yaml or ~/.config/openstack/clouds.yaml, then from standard environment variables, then finally by explicit parameters in plays. More information can be found at https://docs.openstack.org/openstacksdk/
 
Examples
# Create a pool, wait for the pool to be active.
- openstack.cloud.lb_pool:
    cloud: mycloud
    endpoint_type: admin
    state: present
    name: test-pool
    loadbalancer: test-loadbalancer
    protocol: HTTP
    lb_algorithm: ROUND_ROBIN
# Delete a pool
- openstack.cloud.lb_pool:
    cloud: mycloud
    endpoint_type: admin
    state: absent
    name: test-pool
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| id
        
        string
         | 
      On success when state is 'present' | 
        
        The pool UUID.
         Sample:
        
       
        39007a7e-ee4f-4d13-8283-b4da2e037c69
         | 
     |
| listener
        
        complex
         | 
      On success when state is 'present' | 
        
        Dictionary describing the pool.
          | 
     |
| description
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        The pool description.
         Sample:
        
       
        description
         | 
     |
| id
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        Unique UUID.
         Sample:
        
       
        39007a7e-ee4f-4d13-8283-b4da2e037c69
         | 
     |
| is_admin_state_up
        
        boolean
         | 
      success | 
        
        The administrative state of the pool.
         Sample:
        
       
        True
         | 
     |
| lb_algorithm
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        The load balancing algorithm for the pool.
         Sample:
        
       
        ROUND_ROBIN
         | 
     |
| listener_id
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        The listener ID the pool belongs to.
         Sample:
        
       
        956aa716-9c2f-11e8-83b3-44a8422643a4
         | 
     |
| listeners
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      success | 
        
        A list of listener IDs.
         Sample:
        
       
        [{'id': 'b32eef7e-d2a6-4ea4-a301-60a873f89b3b'}]
         | 
     |
| loadbalancer_id
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        The load balancer ID the pool belongs to. This field is set when the pool doesn't belong to any listener in the load balancer.
         Sample:
        
       
        7c4be3f8-9c2f-11e8-83b3-44a8422643a4
         | 
     |
| loadbalancers
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      success | 
        
        A list of load balancer IDs.
         Sample:
        
       
        [{'id': 'b32eef7e-d2a6-4ea4-a301-60a873f89b3b'}]
         | 
     |
| members
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      success | 
        
        A list of member IDs.
         Sample:
        
       
        [{'id': 'b32eef7e-d2a6-4ea4-a301-60a873f89b3b'}]
         | 
     |
| name
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        Name given to the pool.
         Sample:
        
       
        test
         | 
     |
| operating_status
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        The operating status of the pool.
         Sample:
        
       
        ONLINE
         | 
     |
| protocol
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        The protocol for the pool.
         Sample:
        
       
        HTTP
         | 
     |
| provisioning_status
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        The provisioning status of the pool.
         Sample:
        
       
        ACTIVE
         | 
     |
Authors
- OpenStack Ansible SIG
 
© 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/openstack/cloud/lb_pool_module.html