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community.general.clc_loadbalancer – Create, Delete shared loadbalancers 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_loadbalancer.

Synopsis

  • An Ansible module to Create, Delete shared loadbalancers 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
alias
string / required
The alias of your CLC Account
description
string
A description for the loadbalancer
location
string / required
The location of the datacenter where the load balancer resides in
method
string
    Choices:
  • leastConnection
  • roundRobin
-The balancing method for the load balancer pool
name
string / required
The name of the loadbalancer
nodes
list / elements=dictionary
Default:
[]
A list of nodes that needs to be added to the load balancer pool
persistence
string
    Choices:
  • standard
  • sticky
The persistence method for the load balancer
port
string
    Choices:
  • 80
  • 443
Port to configure on the public-facing side of the load balancer pool
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
  • port_absent
  • nodes_present
  • nodes_absent
Whether to create or delete the load balancer pool
status
string
    Choices:
  • enabled ←
  • disabled
The status of the loadbalancer

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: Create Loadbalancer
  hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Actually Create things
      community.general.clc_loadbalancer:
        name: test
        description: test
        alias: TEST
        location: WA1
        port: 443
        nodes:
          - ipAddress: 10.11.22.123
            privatePort: 80
        state: present

- name: Add node to an existing loadbalancer pool
  hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Actually Create things
      community.general.clc_loadbalancer:
        name: test
        description: test
        alias: TEST
        location: WA1
        port: 443
        nodes:
          - ipAddress: 10.11.22.234
            privatePort: 80
        state: nodes_present

- name: Remove node from an existing loadbalancer pool
  hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Actually Create things
      community.general.clc_loadbalancer:
        name: test
        description: test
        alias: TEST
        location: WA1
        port: 443
        nodes:
          - ipAddress: 10.11.22.234
            privatePort: 80
        state: nodes_absent

- name: Delete LoadbalancerPool
  hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Actually Delete things
      community.general.clc_loadbalancer:
        name: test
        description: test
        alias: TEST
        location: WA1
        port: 443
        nodes:
          - ipAddress: 10.11.22.123
            privatePort: 80
        state: port_absent

- name: Delete Loadbalancer
  hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Actually Delete things
      community.general.clc_loadbalancer:
        name: test
        description: test
        alias: TEST
        location: WA1
        port: 443
        nodes:
          - ipAddress: 10.11.22.123
            privatePort: 80
        state: absent

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
loadbalancer
dictionary
success
The load balancer result object from CLC

Sample:
{'description': 'test-lb', 'id': 'ab5b18cb81e94ab9925b61d1ca043fb5', 'ipAddress': '66.150.174.197', 'links': [{'href': '/v2/sharedLoadBalancers/wfad/wa1/ab5b18cb81e94ab9925b61d1ca043fb5', 'rel': 'self', 'verbs': ['GET', 'PUT', 'DELETE']}, {'href': '/v2/sharedLoadBalancers/wfad/wa1/ab5b18cb81e94ab9925b61d1ca043fb5/pools', 'rel': 'pools', 'verbs': ['GET', 'POST']}], 'name': 'test-lb', 'pools': [], 'status': 'enabled'}


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_loadbalancer_module.html