sl_vm - create or cancel a virtual instance in SoftLayer

• Synopsis
  • Requirements
• Parameters
• Examples
• Status
  • Author

Synopsis

• Creates or cancels SoftLayer instances.
• When created, optionally waits for it to be ‘running’.

Requirements

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

• python >= 2.6
• softlayer >= 4.1.1

Parameters

Examples

- name: Build instance
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: no
  tasks:
  - name: Build instance request
    sl_vm:
      hostname: instance-1
      domain: anydomain.com
      datacenter: dal09
      tags: ansible-module-test
      hourly: yes
      private: no
      dedicated: no
      local_disk: yes
      cpus: 1
      memory: 1024
      disks: [25]
      os_code: UBUNTU_LATEST
      wait: no

- name: Build additional instances
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: no
  tasks:
  - name: Build instances request
    sl_vm:
      hostname: "{{ item.hostname }}"
      domain: "{{ item.domain }}"
      datacenter: "{{ item.datacenter }}"
      tags: "{{ item.tags }}"
      hourly: "{{ item.hourly }}"
      private: "{{ item.private }}"
      dedicated: "{{ item.dedicated }}"
      local_disk: "{{ item.local_disk }}"
      cpus: "{{ item.cpus }}"
      memory: "{{ item.memory }}"
      disks: "{{ item.disks }}"
      os_code: "{{ item.os_code }}"
      ssh_keys: "{{ item.ssh_keys }}"
      wait: "{{ item.wait }}"
    with_items:
      - hostname: instance-2
        domain: anydomain.com
        datacenter: dal09
        tags:
          - ansible-module-test
          - ansible-module-test-slaves
        hourly: yes
        private: no
        dedicated: no
        local_disk: yes
        cpus: 1
        memory: 1024
        disks:
          - 25
          - 100
        os_code: UBUNTU_LATEST
        ssh_keys: []
        wait: True
      - hostname: instance-3
        domain: anydomain.com
        datacenter: dal09
        tags:
          - ansible-module-test
          - ansible-module-test-slaves
        hourly: yes
        private: no
        dedicated: no
        local_disk: yes
        cpus: 1
        memory: 1024
        disks:
          - 25
          - 100
        os_code: UBUNTU_LATEST
        ssh_keys: []
        wait: yes

- name: Cancel instances
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: no
  tasks:
  - name: Cancel by tag
    sl_vm:
      state: absent
      tags: ansible-module-test

Status

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

Author

• Matt Colton (@mcltn)