Note
This plugin is part of the openstack.cloud collection (version 1.5.1).
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 openstack.cloud.
To use it in a playbook, specify: openstack.cloud.server.
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|
| api_timeout integer | How long should the socket layer wait before timing out for API calls. If this is omitted, nothing will be passed to the requests library. | ||
| auth dictionary | Dictionary containing auth information as needed by the cloud's auth plugin strategy. For the default password plugin, this would contain auth_url, username, password, project_name and any information about domains (for example, user_domain_name or project_domain_name) if the cloud supports them. For other plugins, this param will need to contain whatever parameters that auth plugin requires. This parameter is not needed if a named cloud is provided or OpenStack OS_* environment variables are present. | ||
| auth_type string | Name of the auth plugin to use. If the cloud uses something other than password authentication, the name of the plugin should be indicated here and the contents of the auth parameter should be updated accordingly. | ||
| auto_ip boolean |
| Ensure instance has public ip however the cloud wants to do that aliases: auto_floating_ip, public_ip | |
| availability_zone string | Availability zone in which to create the server. | ||
| boot_from_volume boolean |
| Should the instance boot from a persistent volume created based on the image given. Mutually exclusive with boot_volume. | |
| boot_volume string | Volume name or id to use as the volume to boot from. Implies boot_from_volume. Mutually exclusive with image and boot_from_volume. aliases: root_volume | ||
| ca_cert string | A path to a CA Cert bundle that can be used as part of verifying SSL API requests. aliases: cacert | ||
| client_cert string | A path to a client certificate to use as part of the SSL transaction. aliases: cert | ||
| client_key string | A path to a client key to use as part of the SSL transaction. aliases: key | ||
| cloud raw | Named cloud or cloud config to operate against. If cloud is a string, it references a named cloud config as defined in an OpenStack clouds.yaml file. Provides default values for auth and auth_type. This parameter is not needed if auth is provided or if OpenStack OS_* environment variables are present. If cloud is a dict, it contains a complete cloud configuration like would be in a section of clouds.yaml. | ||
| config_drive boolean |
| Whether to boot the server with config drive enabled | |
| delete_fip boolean |
| When state is absent and this option is true, any floating IP associated with the instance will be deleted along with the instance. | |
| description string | Description of the server. | ||
| flavor string | The name or id of the flavor in which the new instance has to be created. Exactly one of flavor and flavor_ram must be defined when state=present. | ||
| flavor_include string | Text to use to filter flavor names, for the case, such as Rackspace, where there are multiple flavors that have the same ram count. flavor_include is a positive match filter - it must exist in the flavor name. | ||
| flavor_ram integer | The minimum amount of ram in MB that the flavor in which the new instance has to be created must have. Exactly one of flavor and flavor_ram must be defined when state=present. | ||
| floating_ip_pools list / elements=string | Name of floating IP pool from which to choose a floating IP | ||
| floating_ips list / elements=string | list of valid floating IPs that pre-exist to assign to this node | ||
| image string | The name or id of the base image to boot. Required when boot_from_volume=true
| ||
| image_exclude string | Default: "(deprecated)" | Text to use to filter image names, for the case, such as HP, where there are multiple image names matching the common identifying portions. image_exclude is a negative match filter - it is text that may not exist in the image name. | |
| interface string |
| Endpoint URL type to fetch from the service catalog. aliases: endpoint_type | |
| key_name string | The key pair name to be used when creating a instance | ||
| meta raw | A list of key value pairs that should be provided as a metadata to the new instance or a string containing a list of key-value pairs. Eg: meta: "key1=value1,key2=value2" | ||
| name string / required | Name that has to be given to the instance. It is also possible to specify the ID of the instance instead of its name if state is absent. | ||
| network string | Name or ID of a network to attach this instance to. A simpler version of the nics parameter, only one of network or nics should be supplied. | ||
| nics list / elements=raw | A list of networks to which the instance's interface should be attached. Networks may be referenced by net-id/net-name/port-id or port-name. Also this accepts a string containing a list of (net/port)-(id/name) Eg: nics: "net-id=uuid-1,port-name=myport" Only one of network or nics should be supplied. | ||
| tag string | A "tag" for the specific port to be passed via metadata. Eg: tag: test_tag | ||
| region_name string | Name of the region. | ||
| reuse_ips boolean |
| When auto_ip is true and this option is true, the auto_ip code will attempt to re-use unassigned floating ips in the project before creating a new one. It is important to note that it is impossible to safely do this concurrently, so if your use case involves concurrent server creation, it is highly recommended to set this to false and to delete the floating ip associated with a server when the server is deleted using delete_fip. | |
| scheduler_hints dictionary | Arbitrary key/value pairs to the scheduler for custom use | ||
| security_groups list / elements=string | Default: ["default"] | Names of the security groups to which the instance should be added. This may be a YAML list or a comma separated string. | |
| state string |
| Should the resource be present or absent. | |
| terminate_volume boolean |
| If yes, delete volume when deleting instance (if booted from volume) | |
| timeout integer | Default: 180 | The amount of time the module should wait for the instance to get into active state. | |
| userdata string | Opaque blob of data which is made available to the instance aliases: user_data | ||
| validate_certs boolean |
| Whether or not SSL API requests should be verified. Before Ansible 2.3 this defaulted to yes.aliases: verify | |
| volume_size integer | The size of the volume to create in GB if booting from volume based on an image. | ||
| volumes list / elements=string | Default: [] | A list of preexisting volumes names or ids to attach to the instance | |
| wait boolean |
| If the module should wait for the instance to be created. | |
Note
OS_USERNAME may be used instead of providing explicit values.- name: Create a new instance and attaches to a network and passes metadata to the instance
openstack.cloud.server:
state: present
auth:
auth_url: https://identity.example.com
username: admin
password: admin
project_name: admin
name: vm1
image: 4f905f38-e52a-43d2-b6ec-754a13ffb529
key_name: ansible_key
timeout: 200
flavor: 4
nics:
- net-id: 34605f38-e52a-25d2-b6ec-754a13ffb723
- net-name: another_network
meta:
hostname: test1
group: uge_master
# Create a new instance in HP Cloud AE1 region availability zone az2 and
# automatically assigns a floating IP
- name: launch a compute instance
hosts: localhost
tasks:
- name: launch an instance
openstack.cloud.server:
state: present
auth:
auth_url: https://identity.example.com
username: username
password: Equality7-2521
project_name: username-project1
name: vm1
region_name: region-b.geo-1
availability_zone: az2
image: 9302692b-b787-4b52-a3a6-daebb79cb498
key_name: test
timeout: 200
flavor: 101
security_groups: default
auto_ip: yes
# Create a new instance in named cloud mordred availability zone az2
# and assigns a pre-known floating IP
- name: launch a compute instance
hosts: localhost
tasks:
- name: launch an instance
openstack.cloud.server:
state: present
cloud: mordred
name: vm1
availability_zone: az2
image: 9302692b-b787-4b52-a3a6-daebb79cb498
key_name: test
timeout: 200
flavor: 101
floating_ips:
- 12.34.56.79
# Create a new instance with 4G of RAM on Ubuntu Trusty, ignoring
# deprecated images
- name: launch a compute instance
hosts: localhost
tasks:
- name: launch an instance
openstack.cloud.server:
name: vm1
state: present
cloud: mordred
region_name: region-b.geo-1
image: Ubuntu Server 14.04
image_exclude: deprecated
flavor_ram: 4096
# Create a new instance with 4G of RAM on Ubuntu Trusty on a Performance node
- name: launch a compute instance
hosts: localhost
tasks:
- name: launch an instance
openstack.cloud.server:
name: vm1
cloud: rax-dfw
state: present
image: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) (PVHVM)
flavor_ram: 4096
flavor_include: Performance
# Creates a new instance and attaches to multiple network
- name: launch a compute instance
hosts: localhost
tasks:
- name: launch an instance with a string
openstack.cloud.server:
auth:
auth_url: https://identity.example.com
username: admin
password: admin
project_name: admin
name: vm1
image: 4f905f38-e52a-43d2-b6ec-754a13ffb529
key_name: ansible_key
timeout: 200
flavor: 4
nics: "net-id=4cb08b20-62fe-11e5-9d70-feff819cdc9f,net-id=542f0430-62fe-11e5-9d70-feff819cdc9f..."
- name: Creates a new instance and attaches to a network and passes metadata to the instance
openstack.cloud.server:
state: present
auth:
auth_url: https://identity.example.com
username: admin
password: admin
project_name: admin
name: vm1
image: 4f905f38-e52a-43d2-b6ec-754a13ffb529
key_name: ansible_key
timeout: 200
flavor: 4
nics:
- net-id: 34605f38-e52a-25d2-b6ec-754a13ffb723
- net-name: another_network
meta: "hostname=test1,group=uge_master"
- name: Creates a new instance and attaches to a specific network
openstack.cloud.server:
state: present
auth:
auth_url: https://identity.example.com
username: admin
password: admin
project_name: admin
name: vm1
image: 4f905f38-e52a-43d2-b6ec-754a13ffb529
key_name: ansible_key
timeout: 200
flavor: 4
network: another_network
# Create a new instance with 4G of RAM on a 75G Ubuntu Trusty volume
- name: launch a compute instance
hosts: localhost
tasks:
- name: launch an instance
openstack.cloud.server:
name: vm1
state: present
cloud: mordred
region_name: ams01
image: Ubuntu Server 14.04
flavor_ram: 4096
boot_from_volume: True
volume_size: 75
# Creates a new instance with 2 volumes attached
- name: launch a compute instance
hosts: localhost
tasks:
- name: launch an instance
openstack.cloud.server:
name: vm1
state: present
cloud: mordred
region_name: ams01
image: Ubuntu Server 14.04
flavor_ram: 4096
volumes:
- photos
- music
# Creates a new instance with provisioning userdata using Cloud-Init
- name: launch a compute instance
hosts: localhost
tasks:
- name: launch an instance
openstack.cloud.server:
name: vm1
state: present
image: "Ubuntu Server 14.04"
flavor: "P-1"
network: "Production"
userdata: |
#cloud-config
chpasswd:
list: |
ubuntu:{{ default_password }}
expire: False
packages:
- ansible
package_upgrade: true
# Creates a new instance with provisioning userdata using Bash Scripts
- name: launch a compute instance
hosts: localhost
tasks:
- name: launch an instance
openstack.cloud.server:
name: vm1
state: present
image: "Ubuntu Server 14.04"
flavor: "P-1"
network: "Production"
userdata: |
{%- raw -%}#!/bin/bash
echo " up ip route add 10.0.0.0/8 via {% endraw -%}{{ intra_router }}{%- raw -%}" >> /etc/network/interfaces.d/eth0.conf
echo " down ip route del 10.0.0.0/8" >> /etc/network/interfaces.d/eth0.conf
ifdown eth0 && ifup eth0
{% endraw %}
# Create a new instance with server group for (anti-)affinity
# server group ID is returned from openstack.cloud.server_group module.
- name: launch a compute instance
hosts: localhost
tasks:
- name: launch an instance
openstack.cloud.server:
state: present
name: vm1
image: 4f905f38-e52a-43d2-b6ec-754a13ffb529
flavor: 4
scheduler_hints:
group: f5c8c61a-9230-400a-8ed2-3b023c190a7f
# Create an instance with "tags" for the nic
- name: Create instance with nics "tags"
openstack.cloud.server:
state: present
auth:
auth_url: https://identity.example.com
username: admin
password: admin
project_name: admin
name: vm1
image: 4f905f38-e52a-43d2-b6ec-754a13ffb529
key_name: ansible_key
flavor: 4
nics:
- port-name: net1_port1
tag: test_tag
- net-name: another_network
# Deletes an instance via its ID
- name: remove an instance
hosts: localhost
tasks:
- name: remove an instance
openstack.cloud.server:
name: abcdef01-2345-6789-0abc-def0123456789
state: absent
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