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cs_loadbalancer_rule - Manages load balancer rules on Apache CloudStack based clouds.

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis

Add, update and remove load balancer rules.

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • python >= 2.6
  • cs >= 0.6.10

Options

parameter required default choices comments
account
no
Account the rule is related to.
algorithm
no source
  • source
  • roundrobin
  • leastconn
Load balancer algorithm
Required when using state=present.
api_http_method
no get
  • get
  • post
HTTP method used.
api_key
no
API key of the CloudStack API.
api_region
no cloudstack
Name of the ini section in the cloustack.ini file.
api_secret
no
Secret key of the CloudStack API.
api_timeout
no 10
HTTP timeout.
api_url
no
URL of the CloudStack API e.g. https://cloud.example.com/client/api.
cidr
no
CIDR (full notation) to be used for firewall rule if required.
description
no
The description of the load balancer rule.
domain
no
Domain the rule is related to.
ip_address
yes
Public IP address from where the network traffic will be load balanced from.
aliases: public_ip
name
yes
The name of the load balancer rule.
open_firewall
no
Whether the firewall rule for public port should be created, while creating the new rule.
Use cs_firewall for managing firewall rules.
private_port
no
The private port of the private ip address/virtual machine where the network traffic will be load balanced to.
Required when using state=present.
Can not be changed once the rule exists due API limitation.
project
no
Name of the project the load balancer IP address is related to.
protocol
no
The protocol to be used on the load balancer
public_port
yes
The public port from where the network traffic will be load balanced from.
Required when using state=present.
Can not be changed once the rule exists due API limitation.
state
yes present
  • present
  • absent
State of the rule.
zone
no
Name of the zone in which the rule shoud be created.
If not set, default zone is used.

Examples

# Create a load balancer rule
- local_action:
    module: cs_loadbalancer_rule
    name: balance_http
    public_ip: 1.2.3.4
    algorithm: leastconn
    public_port: 80
    private_port: 8080

# update algorithm of an existing load balancer rule
- local_action:
    module: cs_loadbalancer_rule
    name: balance_http
    public_ip: 1.2.3.4
    algorithm: roundrobin
    public_port: 80
    private_port: 8080

# Delete a load balancer rule
- local_action:
    module: cs_loadbalancer_rule
    name: balance_http
    public_ip: 1.2.3.4
    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
project Name of project the rule is related to. success string Production
domain Domain the rule is related to. success string example domain
protocol Protocol of the rule. success string tcp
algorithm Load balancer algorithm used. success string source
zone Name of zone the rule is related to. success string ch-gva-2
tags List of resource tags associated with the rule. success dict [ { "key": "foo", "value": "bar" } ]
public_port Public port. success string 80
account Account the rule is related to. success string example account
name Name of the rule. success string http-lb
public_ip Public IP address. success string 1.2.3.4
private_port Private IP address. success string 80
state State of the rule. success string Add
cidr CIDR to forward traffic from. success string
id UUID of the rule. success string a6f7a5fc-43f8-11e5-a151-feff819cdc9f
description Description of the rule. success string http load balancer rule

Notes

Note

Ansible uses the cs library’s configuration method if credentials are not provided by the arguments api_url, api_key, api_secret. Configuration is read from several locations, in the following order. - The CLOUDSTACK_ENDPOINT, CLOUDSTACK_KEY, CLOUDSTACK_SECRET and CLOUDSTACK_METHOD. CLOUDSTACK_TIMEOUT environment variables. - A CLOUDSTACK_CONFIG environment variable pointing to an .ini file, - A cloudstack.ini file in the current working directory. - A .cloudstack.ini file in the users home directory. Optionally multiple credentials and endpoints can be specified using ini sections in cloudstack.ini. Use the argument api_region to select the section name, default section is cloudstack. See https://github.com/exoscale/cs for more information.

Note

A detailed guide about cloudstack modules can be found on http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/guide_cloudstack.html

Note

This module supports check mode.

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/cs_loadbalancer_rule_module.html