clc_server_snapshot - Create, Delete and Restore server snapshots in CenturyLink Cloud.

Synopsis

  • An Ansible module to Create, Delete and Restore server snapshots in CenturyLink Cloud.

Requirements (on host that executes module)

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

Options

parameter required default choices comments
expiration_days
 no 7
The number of days to keep the server snapshot before it expires.
server_ids
 yes
The list of CLC server Ids.
state
 no present
  • present
  • absent
  • restore
The state to insure that the provided resources are in.
wait
 no True
  • True
  • False
Whether to wait for the provisioning tasks to finish before returning.

Examples

# Note - You must set the CLC_V2_API_USERNAME And CLC_V2_API_PASSWD Environment variables before running these examples

- name: Create server snapshot
  clc_server_snapshot:
    server_ids:
        - UC1TEST-SVR01
        - UC1TEST-SVR02
    expiration_days: 10
    wait: True
    state: present

- name: Restore server snapshot
  clc_server_snapshot:
    server_ids:
        - UC1TEST-SVR01
        - UC1TEST-SVR02
    wait: True
    state: restore

- name: Delete server snapshot
  clc_server_snapshot:
    server_ids:
        - UC1TEST-SVR01
        - UC1TEST-SVR02
    wait: True
    state: absent

Return Values

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

name description returned type sample
server_ids
The list of server ids that are changed
 success list ['UC1TEST-SVR01', 'UC1TEST-SVR02']

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.

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.4/clc_server_snapshot_module.html