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clc_server_snapshot - Create, Delete and Restore server snapshots in CenturyLink Cloud.

Synopsis

An Ansible module to Create, Delete and Restore server snapshots in CenturyLink Cloud.

Requirements (on host that executes module)

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

Options

parameter required default choices comments
expiration_days
 no 7
The number of days to keep the server snapshot before it expires.
server_ids
 yes
The list of CLC server Ids.
state
 no present
  • present
  • absent
  • restore
The state to insure that the provided resources are in.
wait
 no True
  • True
  • False
Whether to wait for the provisioning 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: Create server snapshot
  clc_server_snapshot:
    server_ids:
        - UC1TEST-SVR01
        - UC1TEST-SVR02
    expiration_days: 10
    wait: True
    state: present

- name: Restore server snapshot
  clc_server_snapshot:
    server_ids:
        - UC1TEST-SVR01
        - UC1TEST-SVR02
    wait: True
    state: restore

- name: Delete server snapshot
  clc_server_snapshot:
    server_ids:
        - UC1TEST-SVR01
        - UC1TEST-SVR02
    wait: True
    state: absent

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_server_snapshot_module.html