netbox.netbox.netbox_cluster – Create, update or delete clusters within Netbox

Note

This plugin is part of the netbox.netbox collection (version 3.3.0).

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 netbox.netbox.

To use it in a playbook, specify: netbox.netbox.netbox_cluster.

New in version 0.1.0: of netbox.netbox

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values

Synopsis

Creates, updates or removes clusters from Netbox

Requirements

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

pynetbox

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
cert raw			Certificate path
data dictionary / required			Defines the cluster configuration
	cluster_group raw		group of the cluster
	cluster_type raw		type of the cluster
	comments string		Comments that may include additional information in regards to the cluster
	custom_fields dictionary		must exist in Netbox
	name string / required		The name of the cluster
	site raw		Required if state=present and the cluster does not exist yet
	tags list / elements=raw		Any tags that the cluster may need to be associated with
	tenant raw		Tenant the cluster will be assigned to.
netbox_token string / required			The token created within Netbox to authorize API access
netbox_url string / required			URL of the Netbox instance resolvable by Ansible control host
query_params list / elements=string			This can be used to override the specified values in ALLOWED_QUERY_PARAMS that is defined in plugins/module_utils/netbox_utils.py and provides control to users on what may make an object unique in their environment.
state string		Choices: absent present ←	Use `present` or `absent` for adding or removing.
validate_certs raw		Default: "yes"	If `no`, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Notes

Note

Tags should be defined as a YAML list
This should be ran with connection local and hosts localhost

Examples

- name: "Test Netbox modules"
  connection: local
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: False

  tasks:
    - name: Create cluster within Netbox with only required information
      netbox_cluster:
        netbox_url: http://netbox.local
        netbox_token: thisIsMyToken
        data:
          name: Test Cluster
          cluster_type: libvirt
        state: present

    - name: Delete cluster within netbox
      netbox_cluster:
        netbox_url: http://netbox.local
        netbox_token: thisIsMyToken
        data:
          name: Test Cluster
        state: absent

    - name: Create cluster with tags
      netbox_cluster:
        netbox_url: http://netbox.local
        netbox_token: thisIsMyToken
        data:
          name: Another Test Cluster
          cluster_type: libvirt
          tags:
            - Schnozzberry
        state: present

    - name: Update the group and site of an existing cluster
      netbox_cluster:
        netbox_url: http://netbox.local
        netbox_token: thisIsMyToken
        data:
          name: Test Cluster
          cluster_type: qemu
          cluster_group: GROUP
          site: SITE
        state: present

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
cluster dictionary	success (when state=present)	Serialized object as created or already existent within Netbox
msg string	always	Message indicating failure or info about what has been achieved

Authors

Gaelle MANGIN (@gmangin)

© 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/netbox/netbox/netbox_cluster_module.html