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community.general.clc_group module – Create/delete Server Groups at Centurylink Cloud

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 10.7.3).

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. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.clc_group.

DEPRECATED
Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Attributes
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status

DEPRECATED

Removed in:: version 11.0.0
Why:: Lumen Public Cloud (formerly known as CenturyLink Cloud) has gone End-of-Life in September 2023. See more at https://www.ctl.io/knowledge-base/release-notes/2023/lumen-public-cloud-platform-end-of-life-notice/?.
Alternative:: There is none.

Synopsis

Create or delete Server Groups at Centurylink Centurylink Cloud.

Requirements

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

requests >= 2.5.0
clc-sdk

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
description string	A description of the Server Group.
location string	Datacenter to create the group in. If location is not provided, the group gets created in the default datacenter associated with the account.
name string / required	The name of the Server Group.
parent string	The parent group of the server group. If parent is not provided, it creates the group at top level.
state string	Whether to create or delete the group. Choices: `"present"` ← (default) `"absent"`
wait boolean	Whether to wait for the tasks to finish before returning. Choices: `false` `true` ← (default)

Attributes

Attribute	Support	Description
check_mode	Support: full	Can run in `check_mode` and return changed status prediction without modifying target.
diff_mode	Support: none	Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in `check_mode`), when in diff mode.

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 using 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

# Create a Server Group
- name: Create Server Group
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Create / Verify a Server Group at CenturyLink Cloud
      community.general.clc_group:
        name: My Cool Server Group
        parent: Default Group
        state: present
      register: clc

    - name: Debug
      ansible.builtin.debug:
        var: clc

# Delete a Server Group
- name: Delete Server Group
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Delete / Verify Absent a Server Group at CenturyLink Cloud
      community.general.clc_group:
        name: My Cool Server Group
        parent: Default Group
        state: absent
      register: clc

    - name: Debug
      ansible.builtin.debug:
        var: clc

Return Values

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

Key	Description
group dictionary	The group information. Returned: success Sample: {"changeInfo": {"createdBy": "service.wfad", "createdDate": "2015-07-29T18:52:47Z", "modifiedBy": "service.wfad", "modifiedDate": "2015-07-29T18:52:47Z"}, "customFields": [], "description": "test group", "groups": [], "id": "bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1", "links": [{"href": "/v2/groups/wfad", "rel": "createGroup", "verbs": ["POST"]}, {"href": "/v2/servers/wfad", "rel": "createServer", "verbs": ["POST"]}, {"href": "/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1", "rel": "self", "verbs": ["GET", "PATCH", "DELETE"]}, {"href": "/v2/groups/wfad/086ac1dfe0b6411989e8d1b77c4065f0", "id": "086ac1dfe0b6411989e8d1b77c4065f0", "rel": "parentGroup"}, {"href": "/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/defaults", "rel": "defaults", "verbs": ["GET", "POST"]}, {"href": "/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/billing", "rel": "billing"}, {"href": "/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/archive", "rel": "archiveGroupAction"}, {"href": "/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/statistics", "rel": "statistics"}, {"href": "/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/upcomingScheduledActivities", "rel": "upcomingScheduledActivities"}, {"href": "/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/horizontalAutoscalePolicy", "rel": "horizontalAutoscalePolicyMapping", "verbs": ["GET", "PUT", "DELETE"]}, {"href": "/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/scheduledActivities", "rel": "scheduledActivities", "verbs": ["GET", "POST"]}], "locationId": "UC1", "name": "test group", "status": "active", "type": "default"}

Key

Description

group

dictionary

The group information.

Returned: success

Sample: {"changeInfo": {"createdBy": "service.wfad", "createdDate": "2015-07-29T18:52:47Z", "modifiedBy": "service.wfad", "modifiedDate": "2015-07-29T18:52:47Z"}, "customFields": [], "description": "test group", "groups": [], "id": "bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1", "links": [{"href": "/v2/groups/wfad", "rel": "createGroup", "verbs": ["POST"]}, {"href": "/v2/servers/wfad", "rel": "createServer", "verbs": ["POST"]}, {"href": "/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1", "rel": "self", "verbs": ["GET", "PATCH", "DELETE"]}, {"href": "/v2/groups/wfad/086ac1dfe0b6411989e8d1b77c4065f0", "id": "086ac1dfe0b6411989e8d1b77c4065f0", "rel": "parentGroup"}, {"href": "/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/defaults", "rel": "defaults", "verbs": ["GET", "POST"]}, {"href": "/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/billing", "rel": "billing"}, {"href": "/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/archive", "rel": "archiveGroupAction"}, {"href": "/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/statistics", "rel": "statistics"}, {"href": "/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/upcomingScheduledActivities", "rel": "upcomingScheduledActivities"}, {"href": "/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/horizontalAutoscalePolicy", "rel": "horizontalAutoscalePolicyMapping", "verbs": ["GET", "PUT", "DELETE"]}, {"href": "/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/scheduledActivities", "rel": "scheduledActivities", "verbs": ["GET", "POST"]}], "locationId": "UC1", "name": "test group", "status": "active", "type": "default"}

Status

This module will be removed in version 11.0.0. [deprecated]
For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

CLC Runner (@clc-runner)

Collection links

© 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/general/clc_group_module.html