cloudscale_ch.cloud.server – Manages servers on the cloudscale.ch IaaS service

• Synopsis
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Return Values

Synopsis

• Create, update, start, stop and delete servers on the cloudscale.ch IaaS service.

Parameters

Notes

Examples

# Create and start a server with an existing server group (shiny-group)
- name: Start cloudscale.ch server
  cloudscale_ch.cloud.server:
    name: my-shiny-cloudscale-server
    image: debian-10
    flavor: flex-4
    ssh_keys: ssh-rsa XXXXXXXXXX...XXXX ansible@cloudscale
    server_groups: shiny-group
    zone: lpg1
    use_private_network: True
    bulk_volume_size_gb: 100
    api_token: xxxxxx

# Start another server in anti-affinity (server group shiny-group)
- name: Start second cloudscale.ch server
  cloudscale_ch.cloud.server:
    name: my-other-shiny-server
    image: ubuntu-16.04
    flavor: flex-8
    ssh_keys: ssh-rsa XXXXXXXXXXX ansible@cloudscale
    server_groups: shiny-group
    zone: lpg1
    api_token: xxxxxx

# Force to update the flavor of a running server
- name: Start cloudscale.ch server
  cloudscale_ch.cloud.server:
    name: my-shiny-cloudscale-server
    image: debian-10
    flavor: flex-8
    force: yes
    ssh_keys: ssh-rsa XXXXXXXXXX...XXXX ansible@cloudscale
    use_private_network: True
    bulk_volume_size_gb: 100
    api_token: xxxxxx
  register: server1

# Stop the first server
- name: Stop my first server
  cloudscale_ch.cloud.server:
    uuid: '{{ server1.uuid }}'
    state: stopped
    api_token: xxxxxx

# Delete my second server
- name: Delete my second server
  cloudscale_ch.cloud.server:
    name: my-other-shiny-server
    state: absent
    api_token: xxxxxx

# Start a server and wait for the SSH host keys to be generated
- name: Start server and wait for SSH host keys
  cloudscale_ch.cloud.server:
    name: my-cloudscale-server-with-ssh-key
    image: debian-10
    flavor: flex-4
    ssh_keys: ssh-rsa XXXXXXXXXXX ansible@cloudscale
    api_token: xxxxxx
  register: server
  until: server is not failed
  retries: 5
  delay: 2

# Start a server with two network interfaces:
#
#    A public interface with IPv4/IPv6
#    A private interface on a specific private network with an IPv4 address

- name: Start a server with a public and private network interface
  cloudscale_ch.cloud.server:
    name: my-cloudscale-server-with-two-network-interfaces
    image: debian-10
    flavor: flex-4
    ssh_keys: ssh-rsa XXXXXXXXXXX ansible@cloudscale
    api_token: xxxxxx
    interfaces:
      - network: 'public'
      - addresses:
        - subnet: UUID_of_private_subnet

# Start a server with a specific IPv4 address from subnet range
- name: Start a server with a specific IPv4 address from subnet range
  cloudscale_ch.cloud.server:
    name: my-cloudscale-server-with-specific-address
    image: debian-10
    flavor: flex-4
    ssh_keys: ssh-rsa XXXXXXXXXXX ansible@cloudscale
    api_token: xxxxxx
    interfaces:
      - addresses:
        - subnet: UUID_of_private_subnet
          address: 'A.B.C.D'

# Start a server with two network interfaces:
#
#    A public interface with IPv4/IPv6
#    A private interface on a specific private network with no IPv4 address

- name: Start a server with a private network interface and no IP address
  cloudscale_ch.cloud.server:
    name: my-cloudscale-server-with-specific-address
    image: debian-10
    flavor: flex-4
    ssh_keys: ssh-rsa XXXXXXXXXXX ansible@cloudscale
    api_token: xxxxxx
    interfaces:
      - network: 'public'
      - network: UUID_of_private_network
        addresses: []

Return Values

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

Authors

• Gaudenz Steinlin (@gaudenz)
• René Moser (@resmo)
• Denis Krienbühl (@href)