community.general.ali_instance – Create, Start, Stop, Restart or Terminate an Instance in ECS. Add or Remove Instance to/from a Security Group.
Note
This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 3.8.1).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible
package. It is not included in ansible-core
. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list
.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.ali_instance
.
Synopsis
- Create, start, stop, restart, modify or terminate ecs instances.
- Add or remove ecs instances to/from security group.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- footmark >= 1.19.0
- python >= 3.6
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
alicloud_access_key string | Alibaba Cloud access key. If not set then the value of environment variable ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY , ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID will be used instead.aliases: access_key_id, access_key | |
alicloud_assume_role dictionary | If provided with a role ARN, Ansible will attempt to assume this role using the supplied credentials. The nested assume_role block supports alicloud_assume_role_arn, alicloud_assume_role_session_name, alicloud_assume_role_session_expiration and alicloud_assume_role_policy
aliases: assume_role | |
alicloud_assume_role_arn string | The Alibaba Cloud role_arn. The ARN of the role to assume. If ARN is set to an empty string, it does not perform role switching. It supports environment variable ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_ARN. ansible will execute with provided credentials. aliases: assume_role_arn | |
alicloud_assume_role_session_expiration integer | The Alibaba Cloud session_expiration. The time after which the established session for assuming role expires. Valid value range 900-3600 seconds. Default to 3600 (in this case Alicloud use own default value). It supports environment variable ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_SESSION_EXPIRATION aliases: assume_role_session_expiration | |
alicloud_assume_role_session_name string | The Alibaba Cloud session_name. The session name to use when assuming the role. If omitted, 'ansible' is passed to the AssumeRole call as session name. It supports environment variable ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_SESSION_NAME aliases: assume_role_session_name | |
alicloud_region string / required | The Alibaba Cloud region to use. If not specified then the value of environment variable ALICLOUD_REGION , ALICLOUD_REGION_ID will be used instead.aliases: region, region_id | |
alicloud_secret_key string | Alibaba Cloud secret key. If not set then the value of environment variable ALICLOUD_SECRET_KEY , ALICLOUD_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY will be used instead.aliases: secret_access_key, secret_key | |
alicloud_security_token string | The Alibaba Cloud security token. If not specified then the value of environment variable ALICLOUD_SECURITY_TOKEN will be used instead.aliases: security_token | |
allocate_public_ip boolean |
| Whether allocate a public ip for the new instance. aliases: assign_public_ip |
auto_renew boolean |
| Whether automate renew the charge of the instance. |
auto_renew_period integer |
| The duration of the automatic renew the charge of the instance. Required when auto_renew=True . |
availability_zone string | Aliyun availability zone ID in which to launch the instance. If it is not specified, it will be allocated by system automatically. aliases: alicloud_zone, zone_id | |
count integer | Default: 1 | The number of the new instance. An integer value which indicates how many instances that match count_tag should be running. Instances are either created or terminated based on this value. |
count_tag string |
count determines how many instances based on a specific tag criteria should be present. This can be expressed in multiple ways and is shown in the EXAMPLES section. The specified count_tag must already exist or be passed in as the tags option. If it is not specified, it will be replaced by instance_name. | |
description string | The description of ECS instance, which is a string of 2 to 256 characters. It cannot begin with http:// or https://. | |
dry_run boolean added in 0.2.0 of community.general |
| Specifies whether to send a dry-run request. If dry_run=True, Only a dry-run request is sent and no instance is created. The system checks whether the required parameters are set, and validates the request format, service permissions, and available ECS instances. If the validation fails, the corresponding error code is returned. If the validation succeeds, the DryRunOperation error code is returned. If dry_run=False, A request is sent. If the validation succeeds, the instance is created. |
ecs_role_name string | The RAM Role Name attached on a ECS instance for API operations. You can retrieve this from the 'Access Control' section of the Alibaba Cloud console. If you're running Ansible from an ECS instance with RAM Instance using RAM Role, Ansible will just access the metadata http://100.100.100.200/latest/meta-data/ram/security-credentials/<ecs_role_name> to obtain the STS credential. This is a preferred approach over any other when running in ECS as you can avoid hard coding credentials. Instead these are leased on-the-fly by Ansible which reduces the chance of leakage. aliases: role_name | |
force boolean |
| Whether the current operation needs to be execute forcibly. |
host_name string | Instance host name. Ordered hostname is not supported. | |
image_id string | Image ID used to launch instances. Required when state=present and creating new ECS instances.aliases: image | |
include_data_disks boolean added in 0.2.0 of community.general |
| Whether to change instance disks charge type when changing instance charge type. |
instance_charge_type string |
| The charge type of the instance. |
instance_ids list / elements=string | A list of instance ids. It is required when need to operate existing instances. If it is specified, count will lose efficacy. | |
instance_name string | The name of ECS instance, which is a string of 2 to 128 Chinese or English characters. It must begin with an uppercase/lowercase letter or a Chinese character and can contain numerals, ".", "_" or "-". It cannot begin with http:// or https://. aliases: name | |
instance_type string | Instance type used to launch instances. Required when state=present and creating new ECS instances.aliases: type | |
internet_charge_type string |
| Internet charge type of ECS instance. |
key_name string | The name of key pair which is used to access ECS instance in SSH. aliases: keypair | |
max_bandwidth_in integer | Default: 200 | Maximum incoming bandwidth from the public network, measured in Mbps (Megabits per second). |
max_bandwidth_out integer | Default: 0 | Maximum outgoing bandwidth to the public network, measured in Mbps (Megabits per second). Required when allocate_public_ip=True . Ignored when allocate_public_ip=False . |
password string | The password to login instance. After rebooting instances, modified password will take effect. | |
period integer | Default: 1 | The charge duration of the instance, in month. Required when instance_charge_type=PrePaid .The valid value are [1-9, 12, 24, 36]. |
period_unit string added in 0.2.0 of community.general |
| The duration unit that you will buy the resource. It is valid when instance_charge_type=PrePaid
|
profile string | This is the Alicloud profile name as set in the shared credentials file. It can also be sourced from the ALICLOUD_PROFILE environment variable. | |
purge_tags boolean added in 0.2.0 of community.general |
| Delete any tags not specified in the task that are on the instance. If True, it means you have to specify all the desired tags on each task affecting an instance. |
ram_role_name string added in 0.2.0 of community.general | The name of the instance RAM role. | |
security_groups list / elements=string | A list of security group IDs. aliases: group_ids | |
shared_credentials_file string | This is the path to the shared credentials file. It can also be sourced from the ALICLOUD_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE environment variable. If this is not set and a profile is specified, ~/.aliyun/config.json will be used. | |
spot_price_limit float added in 0.2.0 of community.general | The maximum hourly price for the preemptible instance. This parameter supports a maximum of three decimal places and takes effect when the SpotStrategy parameter is set to SpotWithPriceLimit. | |
spot_strategy string added in 0.2.0 of community.general |
| The bidding mode of the pay-as-you-go instance. This parameter is valid when InstanceChargeType is set to PostPaid. |
state string |
| The state of the instance after operating. |
system_disk_category string |
| Category of the system disk. |
system_disk_description string | Description of the system disk. | |
system_disk_name string | Name of the system disk. | |
system_disk_size integer | Default: 40 | Size of the system disk, in GB. The valid values are 40~500. |
tags dictionary added in 0.2.0 of community.general | A hash/dictionaries of instance tags, to add to the new instance or for starting/stopping instance by tag. {"key":"value"}
aliases: instance_tags | |
unique_suffix boolean added in 0.2.0 of community.general |
| Specifies whether to add sequential suffixes to the host_name. The sequential suffix ranges from 001 to 999. |
user_data string | User-defined data to customize the startup behaviors of an ECS instance and to pass data into an ECS instance. It only will take effect when launching the new ECS instances. | |
vswitch_id string | The subnet ID in which to launch the instances (VPC). aliases: subnet_id |
Notes
Note
- If parameters are not set within the module, the following environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence
ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY
orALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID
,ALICLOUD_SECRET_KEY
orALICLOUD_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
,ALICLOUD_REGION
orALICLOUD_REGION_ID
,ALICLOUD_SECURITY_TOKEN
,ALICLOUD_ECS_ROLE_NAME
,ALICLOUD_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE
,ALICLOUD_PROFILE
,ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_ARN
,ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_SESSION_NAME
,ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_SESSION_EXPIRATION
, -
ALICLOUD_REGION
orALICLOUD_REGION_ID
can be typically be used to specify the ALICLOUD region, when required, but this can also be configured in the footmark config file
Examples
# basic provisioning example vpc network - name: Basic provisioning example hosts: localhost vars: alicloud_access_key: <your-alicloud-access-key-id> alicloud_secret_key: <your-alicloud-access-secret-key> alicloud_region: cn-beijing image: ubuntu1404_64_40G_cloudinit_20160727.raw instance_type: ecs.n4.small vswitch_id: vsw-abcd1234 assign_public_ip: True max_bandwidth_out: 10 host_name: myhost password: mypassword system_disk_category: cloud_efficiency system_disk_size: 100 internet_charge_type: PayByBandwidth security_groups: ["sg-f2rwnfh23r"] instance_ids: ["i-abcd12346", "i-abcd12345"] force: True tasks: - name: Launch ECS instance in VPC network community.general.ali_instance: alicloud_access_key: '{{ alicloud_access_key }}' alicloud_secret_key: '{{ alicloud_secret_key }}' alicloud_region: '{{ alicloud_region }}' image: '{{ image }}' system_disk_category: '{{ system_disk_category }}' system_disk_size: '{{ system_disk_size }}' instance_type: '{{ instance_type }}' vswitch_id: '{{ vswitch_id }}' assign_public_ip: '{{ assign_public_ip }}' internet_charge_type: '{{ internet_charge_type }}' max_bandwidth_out: '{{ max_bandwidth_out }}' tags: Name: created_one host_name: '{{ host_name }}' password: '{{ password }}' - name: With count and count_tag to create a number of instances community.general.ali_instance: alicloud_access_key: '{{ alicloud_access_key }}' alicloud_secret_key: '{{ alicloud_secret_key }}' alicloud_region: '{{ alicloud_region }}' image: '{{ image }}' system_disk_category: '{{ system_disk_category }}' system_disk_size: '{{ system_disk_size }}' instance_type: '{{ instance_type }}' assign_public_ip: '{{ assign_public_ip }}' security_groups: '{{ security_groups }}' internet_charge_type: '{{ internet_charge_type }}' max_bandwidth_out: '{{ max_bandwidth_out }}' tags: Name: created_one Version: 0.1 count: 2 count_tag: Name: created_one host_name: '{{ host_name }}' password: '{{ password }}' - name: Start instance community.general.ali_instance: alicloud_access_key: '{{ alicloud_access_key }}' alicloud_secret_key: '{{ alicloud_secret_key }}' alicloud_region: '{{ alicloud_region }}' instance_ids: '{{ instance_ids }}' state: 'running' - name: Reboot instance forcibly ecs: alicloud_access_key: '{{ alicloud_access_key }}' alicloud_secret_key: '{{ alicloud_secret_key }}' alicloud_region: '{{ alicloud_region }}' instance_ids: '{{ instance_ids }}' state: 'restarted' force: '{{ force }}' - name: Add instances to an security group ecs: alicloud_access_key: '{{ alicloud_access_key }}' alicloud_secret_key: '{{ alicloud_secret_key }}' alicloud_region: '{{ alicloud_region }}' instance_ids: '{{ instance_ids }}' security_groups: '{{ security_groups }}'
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key | Returned | Description | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
ids list / elements=string | always | List of ECS instance IDs Sample: ['i-12345er', 'i-3245fs'] | ||
instances complex | always | List of ECS instances | ||
availability_zone string | always | The availability zone of the instance is in. Sample: cn-beijing-a | ||
block_device_mappings complex | always | Any block device mapping entries for the instance. | ||
attach_time string | always | The time stamp when the attachment initiated. Sample: 2018-06-25T04:08:26Z | ||
delete_on_termination boolean | always | Indicates whether the volume is deleted on instance termination. Sample: True | ||
device_name string | always | The device name exposed to the instance (for example, /dev/xvda). Sample: /dev/xvda | ||
status string | always | The attachment state. Sample: in_use | ||
volume_id string | always | The ID of the cloud disk. Sample: d-2zei53pjsi117y6gf9t6 | ||
cpu integer | always | The CPU core count of the instance. Sample: 4 | ||
creation_time string | always | The time the instance was created. Sample: 2018-06-25T04:08Z | ||
description string | always | The instance description. Sample: my ansible instance | ||
eip complex | always | The attribution of EIP associated with the instance. | ||
allocation_id string | always | The ID of the EIP. Sample: eip-12345 | ||
internet_charge_type string | always | The internet charge type of the EIP. Sample: paybybandwidth | ||
ip_address string | always | EIP address. Sample: 42.10.2.2 | ||
expired_time string | always | The time the instance will expire. Sample: 2099-12-31T15:59Z | ||
gpu complex | always | The attribution of instance GPU. | ||
amount integer | always | The count of the GPU. | ||
spec string | always | The specification of the GPU. | ||
host_name string | always | The host name of the instance. Sample: iZ2zewaoZ | ||
id string | always | Alias of instance_id. Sample: i-abc12345 | ||
image_id string | always | The ID of the image used to launch the instance. Sample: m-0011223344 | ||
inner_ip_address string | always | The inner IPv4 address of the classic instance. Sample: 10.0.0.2 | ||
instance_charge_type string | always | The instance charge type. Sample: PostPaid | ||
instance_id string | always | ECS instance resource ID. Sample: i-abc12345 | ||
instance_name string | always | The name of the instance. Sample: my-ecs | ||
instance_type string | always | The instance type of the running instance. Sample: ecs.sn1ne.xlarge | ||
instance_type_family string | always | The instance type family of the instance belongs. Sample: ecs.sn1ne | ||
internet_charge_type string | always | The billing method of the network bandwidth. Sample: PayByBandwidth | ||
internet_max_bandwidth_in integer | always | Maximum incoming bandwidth from the internet network. Sample: 200 | ||
internet_max_bandwidth_out integer | always | Maximum incoming bandwidth from the internet network. Sample: 20 | ||
io_optimized boolean | always | Indicates whether the instance is optimized for EBS I/O. | ||
memory integer | always | Memory size of the instance. Sample: 8192 | ||
network_interfaces complex | always | One or more network interfaces for the instance. | ||
mac_address string | always | The MAC address. Sample: 00:11:22:33:44:55 | ||
network_interface_id string | always | The ID of the network interface. Sample: eni-01234567 | ||
primary_ip_address string | always | The primary IPv4 address of the network interface within the vswitch. Sample: 10.0.0.1 | ||
osname string | always | The operation system name of the instance owned. Sample: CentOS | ||
ostype string | always | The operation system type of the instance owned. Sample: linux | ||
private_ip_address string | always | The IPv4 address of the network interface within the subnet. Sample: 10.0.0.1 | ||
public_ip_address string | always | The public IPv4 address assigned to the instance or eip address Sample: 43.0.0.1 | ||
resource_group_id string | always | The id of the resource group to which the instance belongs. Sample: my-ecs-group | ||
security_groups list / elements=dictionary | always | One or more security groups for the instance. | ||
group_id string | always | The ID of the security group. Sample: sg-0123456 | ||
group_name string | always | The name of the security group. Sample: my-security-group | ||
spot_price_limit float | always | The maximum hourly price for the preemptible instance. Sample: 0.97 | ||
spot_strategy string | always | The bidding mode of the pay-as-you-go instance. Sample: NoSpot | ||
status string | always | The current status of the instance. Sample: running | ||
tags dictionary | always | Any tags assigned to the instance. | ||
user_data dictionary | always | User-defined data. | ||
vpc_id string | always | The ID of the VPC the instance is in. Sample: vpc-0011223344 | ||
vswitch_id string | always | The ID of the vswitch in which the instance is running. Sample: vsw-dew00abcdef |
Authors
- He Guimin (@xiaozhu36)
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/ali_instance_module.html