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rax_cdb - create/delete or resize a Rackspace Cloud Databases instance

New in version 1.8.

Synopsis

creates / deletes or resize a Rackspace Cloud Databases instance and optionally waits for it to be ‘running’. The name option needs to be unique since it’s used to identify the instance.

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • python >= 2.6
  • pyrax

Options

parameter required default choices comments
api_key
 no
Rackspace API key, overrides credentials.
aliases: password
cdb_type
(added in 2.0)
 no MySQL
type of instance (i.e. MySQL, MariaDB, Percona)
aliases: type
cdb_version
(added in 2.0)
 no
  • 5.1
  • 5.6
  • 10
version of database (MySQL supports 5.1 and 5.6, MariaDB supports 10, Percona supports 5.6)
aliases: version
credentials
 no
File to find the Rackspace credentials in. Ignored if api_key and username are provided.
aliases: creds_file
env
(added in 1.5)
 no
flavor
 no 1
flavor to use for the instance 1 to 6 (i.e. 512MB to 16GB)
name
 no
Name of the databases server instance
region
 no DFW
Region to create an instance in.
state
 no present
  • present
  • absent
Indicate desired state of the resource
username
 no
Rackspace username, overrides credentials.
verify_ssl
(added in 1.5)
 no
Whether or not to require SSL validation of API endpoints.
volume
 no 2
Volume size of the database 1-150GB
wait
 no no
  • yes
  • no
wait for the instance to be in state 'running' before returning
wait_timeout
 no 300
how long before wait gives up, in seconds

Examples

- name: Build a Cloud Databases
  gather_facts: False
  tasks:
    - name: Server build request
      local_action:
        module: rax_cdb
        credentials: ~/.raxpub
        region: IAD
        name: db-server1
        flavor: 1
        volume: 2
        cdb_type: MySQL
        cdb_version: 5.6
        wait: yes
        state: present
      register: rax_db_server

Notes

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, ...)

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