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cs_template - Manages templates on Apache CloudStack based clouds.

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis

Register a template from URL, create a template from a ROOT volume of a stopped VM or its snapshot, extract and delete templates.

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • python >= 2.6
  • cs >= 0.6.10

Options

parameter required default choices comments
account
 no
Account the template, snapshot or VM is related to.
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.
bits
 no 64
32 or 64 bits support.
checksum
 no
The MD5 checksum value of this template.
If set, we search by checksum instead of name.
cross_zones
 no
Whether the template should be synced or removed across zones.
Only used if state is present or absent.
details
 no
Template details in key/value pairs.
display_text
 no
Display text of the template.
domain
 no
Domain the template, snapshot or VM is related to.
format
 no
  • QCOW2
  • RAW
  • VHD
  • OVA
The format for the template.
Relevant when using state=present.
hypervisor
 no
  • KVM
  • VMware
  • BareMetal
  • XenServer
  • LXC
  • HyperV
  • UCS
  • OVM
Name the hypervisor to be used for creating the new template.
Relevant when using state=present.
is_dynamically_scalable
 no
Register the template having XS/VMWare tools installed in order to support dynamic scaling of VM CPU/memory.
Only used if state is present.
is_extractable
 no
True if the template or its derivatives are extractable.
is_featured
 no
Register the template to be featured.
Only used if state is present.
is_public
 no
Register the template to be publicly available to all users.
Only used if state is present.
is_ready
 no
This flag is used for searching existing templates.
If set to true, it will only list template ready for deployment e.g. successfully downloaded and installed.
Recommended to set it to false.
is_routing
 no
True if the template type is routing i.e., if template is used to deploy router.
Only considered if url is used.
mode
 no http_download
  • http_download
  • ftp_upload
Mode for the template extraction.
Only used if state=extracted.
name
 yes
Name of the template.
os_type
 no
OS type that best represents the OS of this template.
password_enabled
 no
True if the template supports the password reset feature.
poll_async
 no True
Poll async jobs until job has finished.
project
 no
Name of the project the template to be registered in.
requires_hvm
 no
true if this template requires HVM.
snapshot
 no
Name of the snapshot, created from the VM ROOT volume, the template will be created from.
vm is required together with this argument.
sshkey_enabled
 no
True if the template supports the sshkey upload feature.
state
 no present
  • present
  • absent
  • extacted
State of the template.
template_filter
 no self
  • featured
  • self
  • selfexecutable
  • sharedexecutable
  • executable
  • community
Name of the filter used to search for the template.
template_tag
 no
the tag for this template.
url
 no
URL of where the template is hosted on state=present.
URL to which the template would be extracted on state=extracted.
Mutually exclusive with vm.
vm
 no
VM name the template will be created from its volume or alternatively from a snapshot.
VM must be in stopped state if created from its volume.
Mutually exclusive with url.
zone
 no
Name of the zone you wish the template to be registered or deleted from.
If not specified, first found zone will be used.

Examples

# Register a systemvm template
- local_action:
    module: cs_template
    name: systemvm-vmware-4.5
    url: "http://packages.shapeblue.com/systemvmtemplate/4.5/systemvm64template-4.5-vmware.ova"
    hypervisor: VMware
    format: OVA
    cross_zones: yes
    os_type: Debian GNU/Linux 7(64-bit)

# Create a template from a stopped virtual machine's volume
- local_action:
    module: cs_template
    name: debian-base-template
    vm: debian-base-vm
    os_type: Debian GNU/Linux 7(64-bit)
    zone: tokio-ix
    password_enabled: yes
    is_public: yes

# Create a template from a virtual machine's root volume snapshot
- local_action:
    module: cs_template
    name: debian-base-template
    vm: debian-base-vm
    snapshot: ROOT-233_2015061509114
    os_type: Debian GNU/Linux 7(64-bit)
    zone: tokio-ix
    password_enabled: yes
    is_public: yes

# Remove a template
- local_action:
    module: cs_template
    name: systemvm-4.2
    cross_zones: yes
    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
status Status of the template. success string Download Complete
is_featured True if the template is featured. success boolean True
format Format of the template. success string OVA
domain Domain the template is related to. success string example domain
is_extractable True if the template is extractable. success boolean True
is_public True if the template is public. success boolean True
id UUID of the template. success string a6f7a5fc-43f8-11e5-a151-feff819cdc9f
tags List of resource tags associated with the template. success dict [ { "key": "foo", "value": "bar" } ]
name Name of the template. success string Debian 7 64-bit
display_text Display text of the template. success string Debian 7.7 64-bit minimal 2015-03-19
project Name of project the template is related to. success string Production
account Account the template is related to. success string example account
password_enabled True if the reset password feature is enabled, false otherwise. success boolean False
zone Name of zone the template is registered in. success string zuerich
created Date of registering. success string 2015-03-29T14:57:06+0200
url Url to which the template is extracted to success string http://1.2.3.4/userdata/eb307f13-4aca-45e8-b157-a414a14e6b04.ova
hypervisor Hypervisor related to this template. success string VMware
sshkey_enabled true if template is sshkey enabled, false otherwise. success boolean False
cross_zones true if the template is managed across all zones, false otherwise. success boolean False
template_type Type of the template. success string USER
state State of the extracted template success string DOWNLOAD_URL_CREATED
is_ready True if the template is ready to be deployed from. success boolean True
mode Mode of extraction success string http_download
checksum MD5 checksum of the template. success string 0b31bccccb048d20b551f70830bb7ad0
os_type Typo of the OS. success string CentOS 6.5 (64-bit)
template_tag Template tag related to this template. success string special

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_template_module.html