cs_volume – Manages volumes on Apache CloudStack based clouds¶
Requirements¶
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- python >= 2.6
- cs >= 0.6.10
Parameters¶
Notes¶
Note
- Ansible uses the cslibrary’s configuration method if credentials are not provided by the argumentsapi_url,api_key,api_secret. Configuration is read from several locations, in the following order. TheCLOUDSTACK_ENDPOINT,CLOUDSTACK_KEY,CLOUDSTACK_SECRETandCLOUDSTACK_METHOD.CLOUDSTACK_TIMEOUTenvironment variables. ACLOUDSTACK_CONFIGenvironment variable pointing to an.inifile. Acloudstack.inifile in the current working directory. A.cloudstack.inifile in the users home directory. Optionally multiple credentials and endpoints can be specified using ini sections incloudstack.ini. Use the argumentapi_regionto select the section name, default section iscloudstack. See https://github.com/exoscale/cs for more information.
- A detailed guide about cloudstack modules can be found in the CloudStack Cloud Guide.
- This module supports check mode.
Examples¶
- name: create volume within project and zone with specified storage options
  cs_volume:
    name: web-vm-1-volume
    project: Integration
    zone: ch-zrh-ix-01
    disk_offering: PerfPlus Storage
    size: 20
  delegate_to: localhost
- name: create/attach volume to instance
  cs_volume:
    name: web-vm-1-volume
    disk_offering: PerfPlus Storage
    size: 20
    vm: web-vm-1
    state: attached
  delegate_to: localhost
- name: detach volume
  cs_volume:
    name: web-vm-1-volume
    state: detached
  delegate_to: localhost
- name: remove volume
  cs_volume:
    name: web-vm-1-volume
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost
# New in version 2.8
- name: Extract DATA volume to make it downloadable
  cs_volume:
    state: extracted
    name: web-vm-1-volume
  register: data_vol_out
  delegate_to: localhost
- name: Create new volume by downloading source volume
  cs_volume:
    state: uploaded
    name: web-vm-1-volume-2
    format: VHD
    url: "{{ data_vol_out.url }}"
  delegate_to: localhost
Return Values¶
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Status¶
- This module is guaranteed to have backward compatible interface changes going forward. [stableinterface]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors¶
- Jefferson Girão (@jeffersongirao)
- René Moser (@resmo)
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