community.general.linode – Manage instances on the Linode Public Cloud

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples

Synopsis

• Manage Linode Public Cloud instances and optionally wait for it to be ‘running’.

Requirements

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

• python >= 2.6
• linode-python

Parameters

Notes

Examples

- name: Create a new Linode
  community.general.linode:
    name: linode-test1
    plan: 1
    datacenter: 7
    distribution: 129
    state: present
  register: linode_creation

- name: Create a server with a private IP Address
  community.general.linode:
     module: linode
     api_key: 'longStringFromLinodeApi'
     name: linode-test1
     plan: 1
     datacenter: 2
     distribution: 99
     password: 'superSecureRootPassword'
     private_ip: yes
     ssh_pub_key: 'ssh-rsa qwerty'
     swap: 768
     wait: yes
     wait_timeout: 600
     state: present
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: linode_creation

- name: Fully configure new server
  community.general.linode:
     api_key: 'longStringFromLinodeApi'
     name: linode-test1
     plan: 4
     datacenter: 2
     distribution: 99
     kernel_id: 138
     password: 'superSecureRootPassword'
     private_ip: yes
     ssh_pub_key: 'ssh-rsa qwerty'
     swap: 768
     wait: yes
     wait_timeout: 600
     state: present
     alert_bwquota_enabled: True
     alert_bwquota_threshold: 80
     alert_bwin_enabled: True
     alert_bwin_threshold: 10
     alert_cpu_enabled: True
     alert_cpu_threshold: 210
     alert_bwout_enabled: True
     alert_bwout_threshold: 10
     alert_diskio_enabled: True
     alert_diskio_threshold: 10000
     backupweeklyday: 1
     backupwindow: 2
     displaygroup: 'test'
     additional_disks:
      - {Label: 'disk1', Size: 2500, Type: 'raw'}
      - {Label: 'newdisk', Size: 2000}
     watchdog: True
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: linode_creation

- name: Ensure a running server (create if missing)
  community.general.linode:
     api_key: 'longStringFromLinodeApi'
     name: linode-test1
     plan: 1
     datacenter: 2
     distribution: 99
     password: 'superSecureRootPassword'
     ssh_pub_key: 'ssh-rsa qwerty'
     swap: 768
     wait: yes
     wait_timeout: 600
     state: present
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: linode_creation

- name: Delete a server
  community.general.linode:
     api_key: 'longStringFromLinodeApi'
     name: linode-test1
     linode_id: "{{ linode_creation.instance.id }}"
     state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Stop a server
  community.general.linode:
     api_key: 'longStringFromLinodeApi'
     name: linode-test1
     linode_id: "{{ linode_creation.instance.id }}"
     state: stopped
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Reboot a server
  community.general.linode:
     api_key: 'longStringFromLinodeApi'
     name: linode-test1
     linode_id: "{{ linode_creation.instance.id }}"
     state: restarted
  delegate_to: localhost

Authors

• Vincent Viallet (@zbal)