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clc_publicip - Add and Delete public ips on servers in CenturyLink Cloud.

Synopsis

An Ansible module to add or delete public ip addresses on an existing server or servers in CenturyLink Cloud.

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • python = 2.7
  • requests >= 2.5.0
  • clc-sdk

Options

parameter required default choices comments
ports
 no None
A list of ports to expose. This is required when state is 'present'
protocol
 no TCP
  • TCP
  • UDP
  • ICMP
The protocol that the public IP will listen for.
server_ids
 yes
A list of servers to create public ips on.
state
 no present
  • present
  • absent
Determine whether to create or delete public IPs. If present module will not create a second public ip if one already exists.
wait
 no True
  • True
  • False
Whether to wait for the tasks to finish before returning.

Examples

# Note - You must set the CLC_V2_API_USERNAME And CLC_V2_API_PASSWD Environment variables before running these examples

- name: Add Public IP to Server
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: False
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Create Public IP For Servers
      clc_publicip:
        protocol: 'TCP'
        ports:
            - 80
        server_ids:
            - UC1TEST-SVR01
            - UC1TEST-SVR02
        state: present
      register: clc

    - name: debug
      debug: var=clc

- name: Delete Public IP from Server
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: False
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Create Public IP For Servers
      clc_publicip:
        server_ids:
            - UC1TEST-SVR01
            - UC1TEST-SVR02
        state: absent
      register: clc

    - name: debug
      debug: var=clc

Return Values

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

name description returned type sample
server_ids The list of server ids that are changed success list ['UC1TEST-SVR01', 'UC1TEST-SVR02']

Notes

Note

To use this module, it is required to set the below environment variables which enables access to the Centurylink Cloud - CLC_V2_API_USERNAME, the account login id for the centurylink cloud - CLC_V2_API_PASSWORD, the account password for the centurylink cloud

Note

Alternatively, the module accepts the API token and account alias. The API token can be generated using the CLC account login and password via the HTTP api call @ https://api.ctl.io/v2/authentication/login - CLC_V2_API_TOKEN, the API token generated from https://api.ctl.io/v2/authentication/login - CLC_ACCT_ALIAS, the account alias associated with the centurylink cloud

Note

Users can set CLC_V2_API_URL to specify an endpoint for pointing to a different CLC environment.

This is an Extras Module

For more information on what this means please read Extras Modules

For help in developing on modules, should you be so inclined, please read Community Information & Contributing, developing_test_pr and Developing Modules.

© 2012–2016 Michael DeHaan
© 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/clc_publicip_module.html