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community.general.lxca_nodes – Custom module for lxca nodes inventory utility

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 2.0.1).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

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

Synopsis

  • This module returns/displays a inventory details of nodes

Requirements

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

  • pylxca

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
auth_url
string / required
lxca https full web address
chassis
string
uuid of chassis, this is string with length greater than 16.
command_options
string
    Choices:
  • nodes ←
  • nodes_by_uuid
  • nodes_by_chassis_uuid
  • nodes_status_managed
  • nodes_status_unmanaged
options to filter nodes information
login_password
string / required
The password for use in HTTP basic authentication.
login_user
string / required
The username for use in HTTP basic authentication.
uuid
string
uuid of device, this is string with length greater than 16.

Notes

Note

Examples

# get all nodes info
- name: Get nodes data from LXCA
  community.general.lxca_nodes:
    login_user: USERID
    login_password: Password
    auth_url: "https://10.243.15.168"
    command_options: nodes

# get specific nodes info by uuid
- name: Get nodes data from LXCA
  community.general.lxca_nodes:
    login_user: USERID
    login_password: Password
    auth_url: "https://10.243.15.168"
    uuid: "3C737AA5E31640CE949B10C129A8B01F"
    command_options: nodes_by_uuid

# get specific nodes info by chassis uuid
- name: Get nodes data from LXCA
  community.general.lxca_nodes:
    login_user: USERID
    login_password: Password
    auth_url: "https://10.243.15.168"
    chassis: "3C737AA5E31640CE949B10C129A8B01F"
    command_options: nodes_by_chassis_uuid

# get managed nodes
- name: Get nodes data from LXCA
  community.general.lxca_nodes:
    login_user: USERID
    login_password: Password
    auth_url: "https://10.243.15.168"
    command_options: nodes_status_managed

# get unmanaged nodes
- name: Get nodes data from LXCA
  community.general.lxca_nodes:
    login_user: USERID
    login_password: Password
    auth_url: "https://10.243.15.168"
    command_options: nodes_status_unmanaged

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
result
dictionary
always
nodes detail from lxca

Sample:
{'nodeList': [{'machineType': '6241', 'model': 'AC1', 'type': 'Rack-TowerServer', 'uuid': '118D2C88C8FD11E4947B6EAE8B4BDCDF'}, {'machineType': '8871', 'model': 'AC1', 'type': 'Rack-TowerServer', 'uuid': '223D2C88C8FD11E4947B6EAE8B4BDCDF'}]}


Authors

  • Naval Patel (@navalkp)
  • Prashant Bhosale (@prabhosa)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.11/collections/community/general/lxca_nodes_module.html