cs_snapshot_policy – Manages volume snapshot policies 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: ensure a snapshot policy daily at 1h00 UTC
  cs_snapshot_policy:
    volume: ROOT-478
    schedule: '00:1'
    max_snaps: 3
  delegate_to: localhost
- name: ensure a snapshot policy daily at 1h00 UTC on the second DATADISK of VM web-01
  cs_snapshot_policy:
    vm: web-01
    volume_type: DATADISK
    device_id: 2
    schedule: '00:1'
    max_snaps: 3
  delegate_to: localhost
- name: ensure a snapshot policy hourly at minute 5 UTC
  cs_snapshot_policy:
    volume: ROOT-478
    schedule: '5'
    interval_type: hourly
    max_snaps: 1
  delegate_to: localhost
- name: ensure a snapshot policy weekly on Sunday at 05h00, TZ Europe/Zurich
  cs_snapshot_policy:
    volume: ROOT-478
    schedule: '00:5:1'
    interval_type: weekly
    max_snaps: 1
    time_zone: 'Europe/Zurich'
  delegate_to: localhost
- name: ensure a snapshot policy is absent
  cs_snapshot_policy:
    volume: ROOT-478
    interval_type: hourly
    state: absent
  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¶
- René Moser (@resmo)
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