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community.general.clc_blueprint_package – deploys a blue print package on a set of servers in CenturyLink 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.clc_blueprint_package.

Synopsis

  • An Ansible module to deploy blue print package on a set of servers in CenturyLink Cloud.

Requirements

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

  • python = 2.7
  • requests >= 2.5.0
  • clc-sdk

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
package_id
string / required
The package id of the blue print.
package_params
dictionary
Default:
{}
The dictionary of arguments required to deploy the blue print.
server_ids
list / elements=string / required
A list of server Ids to deploy the blue print package.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
Whether to install or uninstall the package. Currently it supports only "present" for install action.
wait
string
Default:
"yes"
Whether to wait for the tasks to finish before returning.

Notes

Note

  • To use this module, it is required to set the below environment variables which enables access to the Centurylink Cloud - CLC_V2_API_USERNAME, the account login id for the centurylink cloud - CLC_V2_API_PASSWORD, the account password for the centurylink cloud
  • Alternatively, the module accepts the API token and account alias. The API token can be generated using the CLC account login and password via the HTTP api call @ https://api.ctl.io/v2/authentication/login - CLC_V2_API_TOKEN, the API token generated from https://api.ctl.io/v2/authentication/login - CLC_ACCT_ALIAS, the account alias associated with the centurylink cloud
  • Users can set CLC_V2_API_URL to specify an endpoint for pointing to a different CLC environment.

Examples

# Note - You must set the CLC_V2_API_USERNAME And CLC_V2_API_PASSWD Environment variables before running these examples

- name: Deploy package
  community.general.clc_blueprint_package:
        server_ids:
            - UC1TEST-SERVER1
            - UC1TEST-SERVER2
        package_id: 77abb844-579d-478d-3955-c69ab4a7ba1a
        package_params: {}

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
server_ids
list / elements=string
success
The list of server ids that are changed

Sample:
['UC1TEST-SERVER1', 'UC1TEST-SERVER2']


Authors

  • CLC Runner (@clc-runner)

© 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/general/clc_blueprint_package_module.html