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skydive_node – Module which add nodes to Skydive topology

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

  • This module handles adding node to the Skydive topology.

Requirements

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

  • skydive-client

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
host
-
To define host for the node.
metadata
-
To define metadata for the node.
name
- / required
To define name for the node.
node_type
- / required
To define type for the node.
provider
-
A dict object containing connection details.
endpoint
- / required
Specifies the hostname/address along with the port as localhost:8082for connecting to the remote instance of SKYDIVE client over the REST API.
insecure
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Ignore SSL certification verification.
password
-
Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote instance of SKYDIVE client.
ssl
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Specifies the ssl parameter that decides if the connection type shall be http or https.
user
-
Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote instance of SKYDIVE client.
seed
-
Default:
""
used to generate the UUID of the node
state
-
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • update
  • absent
State of the Skydive Node. If value is present new node will be created else if it is absent it will be deleted.

Notes

Note

  • This module must be run locally, which can be achieved by specifying connection: local.

Examples

- name: create tor node
  skydive_node:
    name: TOR
    node_type: fabric
    seed: TOR1
    metadata:
      Model: Cisco 5300
    state: present
    provider:
      endpoint: localhost:8082
      username: admin
      password: admin

- name: update tor node
  skydive_node:
    name: TOR
    node_type: host
    seed: TOR1
    metadata:
      Model: Cisco 3400
    state: update
    provider:
      endpoint: localhost:8082
      username: admin
      password: admin

- name: Delete the tor node
  skydive_node:
    name: TOR
    node_type: host
    seed: TOR1
    metadata:
      Model: Cisco 3400
    state: absent
    provider:
      endpoint: localhost:8082
      username: admin
      password: admin

Status

Red Hat Support

More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.

Authors

  • Sumit Jaiswal (@sjaiswal)

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