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clc_group – Create/delete Server Groups at Centurylink Cloud

Synopsis

  • Create or delete Server Groups at Centurylink Centurylink Cloud

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python = 2.7
  • requests >= 2.5.0
  • clc-sdk

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
description
-
A description of the Server Group
location
-
Datacenter to create the group in. If location is not provided, the group gets created in the default datacenter associated with the account
name
- / required
The name of the Server Group
parent
-
The parent group of the server group. If parent is not provided, it creates the group at top level.
state
-
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Whether to create or delete the group
wait
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Whether to wait for the tasks to finish before returning.

Notes

Note

  • To use this module, it is required to set the below environment variables which enables access to the Centurylink Cloud - CLC_V2_API_USERNAME, the account login id for the centurylink cloud - CLC_V2_API_PASSWORD, the account password for the centurylink cloud
  • Alternatively, the module accepts the API token and account alias. The API token can be generated using the CLC account login and password via the HTTP api call @ https://api.ctl.io/v2/authentication/login - CLC_V2_API_TOKEN, the API token generated from https://api.ctl.io/v2/authentication/login - CLC_ACCT_ALIAS, the account alias associated with the centurylink cloud
  • Users can set CLC_V2_API_URL to specify an endpoint for pointing to a different CLC environment.

Examples

# Create a Server Group

---
- name: Create Server Group
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: False
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Create / Verify a Server Group at CenturyLink Cloud
      clc_group:
        name: My Cool Server Group
        parent: Default Group
        state: present
      register: clc

    - name: debug
      debug:
        var: clc

# Delete a Server Group

---
- name: Delete Server Group
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: False
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Delete / Verify Absent a Server Group at CenturyLink Cloud
      clc_group:
        name: My Cool Server Group
        parent: Default Group
        state: absent
      register: clc

    - name: debug
      debug:
        var: clc

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
group
dictionary
success
The group information

Sample:
{'changeInfo': {'createdBy': 'service.wfad', 'createdDate': '2015-07-29T18:52:47Z', 'modifiedBy': 'service.wfad', 'modifiedDate': '2015-07-29T18:52:47Z'}, 'customFields': [], 'description': 'test group', 'groups': [], 'id': 'bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1', 'links': [{'href': '/v2/groups/wfad', 'rel': 'createGroup', 'verbs': ['POST']}, {'href': '/v2/servers/wfad', 'rel': 'createServer', 'verbs': ['POST']}, {'href': '/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1', 'rel': 'self', 'verbs': ['GET', 'PATCH', 'DELETE']}, {'href': '/v2/groups/wfad/086ac1dfe0b6411989e8d1b77c4065f0', 'id': '086ac1dfe0b6411989e8d1b77c4065f0', 'rel': 'parentGroup'}, {'href': '/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/defaults', 'rel': 'defaults', 'verbs': ['GET', 'POST']}, {'href': '/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/billing', 'rel': 'billing'}, {'href': '/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/archive', 'rel': 'archiveGroupAction'}, {'href': '/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/statistics', 'rel': 'statistics'}, {'href': '/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/upcomingScheduledActivities', 'rel': 'upcomingScheduledActivities'}, {'href': '/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/horizontalAutoscalePolicy', 'rel': 'horizontalAutoscalePolicyMapping', 'verbs': ['GET', 'PUT', 'DELETE']}, {'href': '/v2/groups/wfad/bb5f12a3c6044ae4ad0a03e73ae12cd1/scheduledActivities', 'rel': 'scheduledActivities', 'verbs': ['GET', 'POST']}], 'locationId': 'UC1', 'name': 'test group', 'status': 'active', 'type': 'default'}


Status

Authors

  • CLC Runner (@clc-runner)

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