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ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_instance_info – Gathering information from the API of instances from Apache CloudStack based clouds.

Note

This plugin is part of the ngine_io.cloudstack collection (version 2.2.2).

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 ngine_io.cloudstack.

To use it in a playbook, specify: ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_instance_info.

New in version 0.1.0: of ngine_io.cloudstack

Synopsis

  • Gathering information from the API of an instance.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6
  • cs >= 0.9.0

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
account
string
Account the instance is related to.
api_http_method
string
    Choices:
  • get
  • post
HTTP method used to query the API endpoint.
If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_METHOD env variable is considered.
api_key
string / required
API key of the CloudStack API.
If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_KEY env variable is considered.
api_secret
string / required
Secret key of the CloudStack API.
If not set, the CLOUDSTACK_SECRET env variable is considered.
api_timeout
integer
Default:
10
HTTP timeout in seconds.
If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_TIMEOUT env variable is considered.
api_url
string / required
URL of the CloudStack API e.g. https://cloud.example.com/client/api.
If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_ENDPOINT env variable is considered.
api_verify_ssl_cert
string
Verify CA authority cert file.
If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_VERIFY env variable is considered.
domain
string
Domain the instance is related to.
host
string
added in 2.2.0 of ngine_io.cloudstack
Filter by host name.
name
string
Name or display name of the instance.
If not specified, all instances are returned
project
string
Project the instance is related to.

Notes

Note

  • A detailed guide about cloudstack modules can be found in the CloudStack Cloud Guide.
  • This module supports check mode.

Examples

- name: Gather instance information
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_instance_info:
    name: web-vm-1
  register: vm

- name: Show the returned results of the registered variable
  debug:
    msg: "{{ vm }}"

- name: Gather information from all instances
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_instance_info:
  register: vms

- name: Show information on all instances
  debug:
    msg: "{{ vms }}"

- name: Gather information from all instances on a host
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_instance_info:
    host: host01.example.com
  register: vms

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
instances
list / elements=string
success
A list of matching instances.

account
string
success
Account the instance is related to.

Sample:
example account
affinity_groups
list / elements=string
success
Affinity groups the instance is in.

Sample:
[ "webservers" ]
created
string
success
Date of the instance was created.

Sample:
2014-12-01T14:57:57+0100
default_ip
string
success
Default IP address of the instance.

Sample:
10.23.37.42
display_name
string
success
Display name of the instance.

Sample:
web-01
domain
string
success
Domain the instance is related to.

Sample:
example domain
group
string
success
Group name of the instance is related.

Sample:
web
host
string
success and instance is running
Host the instance is running on.

Sample:
host01.example.com
hypervisor
string
success
Hypervisor related to this instance.

Sample:
KVM
id
string
success
UUID of the instance.

Sample:
04589590-ac63-4ffc-93f5-b698b8ac38b6
instance_name
string
success
Internal name of the instance (ROOT admin only).

Sample:
i-44-3992-VM
iso
string
success
Name of ISO the instance was deployed with.

Sample:
Debian-8-64bit
name
string
success
Name of the instance.

Sample:
web-01
nic
complex
success
List of dictionaries of the instance nics.

broadcasturi
string
success
The broadcast uri of the nic.

Sample:
vlan://2250
gateway
string
success
The gateway of the nic.

Sample:
10.1.2.1
id
string
success
The ID of the nic.

Sample:
5dc74fa3-2ec3-48a0-9e0d-6f43365336a9
ipaddress
string
success
The ip address of the nic.

Sample:
10.1.2.3
isdefault
boolean
success
True if nic is default, false otherwise.

Sample:
True
isolationuri
string
success
The isolation uri of the nic.

Sample:
vlan://2250
macaddress
string
success
The mac address of the nic.

Sample:
06:a2:03:00:08:12
netmask
string
success
The netmask of the nic.

Sample:
255.255.255.0
networkid
string
success
The ID of the corresponding network.

Sample:
432ce27b-c2bb-4e12-a88c-a919cd3a3017
networkname
string
success
The name of the corresponding network.

Sample:
network1
traffictype
string
success
The traffic type of the nic.

Sample:
Guest
type
string
success
The type of the network.

Sample:
Shared
password
string
success
The password of the instance if exists.

Sample:
Ge2oe7Do
password_enabled
boolean
success
True if password setting is enabled.

Sample:
True
project
string
success
Name of project the instance is related to.

Sample:
Production
public_ip
string
success
Public IP address with instance via static NAT rule.

Sample:
1.2.3.4
security_groups
list / elements=string
success
Security groups the instance is in.

Sample:
[ "default" ]
service_offering
string
success
Name of the service offering the instance has.

Sample:
2cpu_2gb
ssh_key
string
success
Name of SSH key deployed to instance.

Sample:
key@work
state
string
success
State of the instance.

Sample:
Running
tags
list / elements=string
success
List of resource tags associated with the instance.

Sample:
[ { "key": "foo", "value": "bar" } ]
template
string
success
Name of template the instance was deployed with.

Sample:
Debian-8-64bit
volumes
list / elements=string
success
List of dictionaries of the volumes attached to the instance.

Sample:
[ { name: "ROOT-1369", type: "ROOT", size: 10737418240 }, { name: "data01, type: "DATADISK", size: 10737418240 } ]
zone
string
success
Name of zone the instance is in.

Sample:
ch-gva-2


Authors

  • René Moser (@resmo)

© 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/ngine_io/cloudstack/cs_instance_info_module.html