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community.digitalocean.digital_ocean_block_storage – Create/destroy or attach/detach Block Storage volumes in DigitalOcean

Note

This plugin is part of the community.digitalocean collection (version 1.11.0).

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.digitalocean.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.digitalocean.digital_ocean_block_storage.

Synopsis

  • Create/destroy Block Storage volume in DigitalOcean, or attach/detach Block Storage volume to a droplet.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
block_size
integer
The size of the Block Storage volume in gigabytes.
Required when command=create and state=present.
If snapshot_id is included, this will be ignored.
If block_size > current size of the volume, the volume is resized.
command
string / required
    Choices:
  • create
  • attach
Which operation do you want to perform.
description
string
Description of the Block Storage volume.
droplet_id
integer
The droplet id you want to operate on.
Required when command=attach.
oauth_token
string
DigitalOcean OAuth token.
There are several other environment variables which can be used to provide this value.
i.e., - 'DO_API_TOKEN', 'DO_API_KEY', 'DO_OAUTH_TOKEN' and 'OAUTH_TOKEN'

aliases: api_token
region
string
The slug of the region where your Block Storage volume should be located in.
If snapshot_id is included, this will be ignored.
snapshot_id
string
The snapshot id you would like the Block Storage volume created with.
If included, region and block_size will be ignored and changed to null.
state
string / required
    Choices:
  • present
  • absent
Indicate desired state of the target.
timeout
integer
Default:
30
The timeout in seconds used for polling DigitalOcean's API.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If set to no, the SSL certificates will not be validated.
This should only set to no used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.
volume_name
string / required
The name of the Block Storage volume.

Notes

Note

  • Two environment variables can be used, DO_API_KEY and DO_API_TOKEN. They both refer to the v2 token.
  • If snapshot_id is used, region and block_size will be ignored and changed to null.

Examples

- name: Create new Block Storage
  community.digitalocean.digital_ocean_block_storage:
    state: present
    command: create
    api_token: <TOKEN>
    region: nyc1
    block_size: 10
    volume_name: nyc1-block-storage

- name: Resize an existing Block Storage
  community.digitalocean.digital_ocean_block_storage:
    state: present
    command: create
    api_token: <TOKEN>
    region: nyc1
    block_size: 20
    volume_name: nyc1-block-storage

- name: Delete Block Storage
  community.digitalocean.digital_ocean_block_storage:
    state: absent
    command: create
    api_token: <TOKEN>
    region: nyc1
    volume_name: nyc1-block-storage

- name: Attach Block Storage to a Droplet
  community.digitalocean.digital_ocean_block_storage:
    state: present
    command: attach
    api_token: <TOKEN>
    volume_name: nyc1-block-storage
    region: nyc1
    droplet_id: <ID>

- name: Detach Block Storage from a Droplet
  community.digitalocean.digital_ocean_block_storage:
    state: absent
    command: attach
    api_token: <TOKEN>
    volume_name: nyc1-block-storage
    region: nyc1
    droplet_id: <ID>

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
id
string
changed
Unique identifier of a Block Storage volume returned during creation.

Sample:
69b25d9a-494c-12e6-a5af-001f53126b44


Authors

  • Harnek Sidhu (@harneksidhu)

© 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/digitalocean/digital_ocean_block_storage_module.html