Author: | Christopher H. Laco, Matt Martz |
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parameter | required | default | choices | comments |
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api_key | no | Rackspace API key (overrides credentials) | ||
auth_endpoint | no | https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/ | The URI of the authentication service (added in Ansible 1.5) | |
credentials | no | File to find the Rackspace credentials in (ignored if api_key and username are provided) | ||
description | no | Description to give the volume being created | ||
env | no | Environment as configured in ~/.pyrax.cfg, see https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#pyrax-configuration (added in Ansible 1.5) | ||
identity_type | no | rackspace | Authentication machanism to use, such as rackspace or keystone (added in Ansible 1.5) | |
meta | no | A hash of metadata to associate with the volume | ||
name | yes | Name to give the volume being created | ||
region | no | DFW | Region to create an instance in | |
size | yes | 100 | Size of the volume to create in Gigabytes | |
snapshot_id | no | The id of the snapshot to create the volume from | ||
state | yes | present |
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Indicate desired state of the resource |
tenant_id | no | The tenant ID used for authentication (added in Ansible 1.5) | ||
tenant_name | no | The tenant name used for authentication (added in Ansible 1.5) | ||
username | no | Rackspace username (overrides credentials) | ||
verify_ssl | no | Whether or not to require SSL validation of API endpoints (added in Ansible 1.5) | ||
volume_type | yes | SATA |
|
Type of the volume being created |
wait | no | no |
|
wait for the volume to be in state 'available' before returning |
wait_timeout | no | 300 | how long before wait gives up, in seconds |
Note
Requires pyrax
- name: Build a Block Storage Volume
gather_facts: False
hosts: local
connection: local
tasks:
- name: Storage volume create request
local_action:
module: rax_cbs
credentials: ~/.raxpub
name: my-volume
description: My Volume
volume_type: SSD
size: 150
region: DFW
wait: yes
state: present
meta:
app: my-cool-app
register: my_volume
Note
The following environment variables can be used, RAX_USERNAME, RAX_API_KEY, RAX_CREDS_FILE, RAX_CREDENTIALS, RAX_REGION.
Note
RAX_CREDENTIALS and RAX_CREDS_FILE points to a credentials file appropriate for pyrax. See https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#authenticating
Note
RAX_USERNAME and RAX_API_KEY obviate the use of a credentials file
Note
RAX_REGION defines a Rackspace Public Cloud region (DFW, ORD, LON, ...)