rax_facts – Gather facts for Rackspace Cloud Servers

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Status

Synopsis

Gather facts for Rackspace Cloud Servers.

Requirements

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

python >= 2.6
pyrax

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
address -		Server IP address to retrieve facts for, will match any IP assigned to the server
api_key -		Rackspace API key, overrides credentials. aliases: password
auth_endpoint -	Default: "https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/"	The URI of the authentication service.
credentials -		File to find the Rackspace credentials in. Ignored if api_key and username are provided. aliases: creds_file
env -		Environment as configured in ~/.pyrax.cfg, see https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#pyrax-configuration.
id -		Server ID to retrieve facts for
identity_type -	Default: "rackspace"	Authentication mechanism to use, such as rackspace or keystone.
name -		Server name to retrieve facts for
region -	Default: "DFW"	Region to create an instance in.
tenant_id -		The tenant ID used for authentication.
tenant_name -		The tenant name used for authentication.
username -		Rackspace username, overrides credentials.
validate_certs boolean	Choices: no yes	Whether or not to require SSL validation of API endpoints. aliases: verify_ssl

Notes

Note

The following environment variables can be used, RAX_USERNAME, RAX_API_KEY, RAX_CREDS_FILE, RAX_CREDENTIALS, RAX_REGION.
RAX_CREDENTIALS and RAX_CREDS_FILE points to a credentials file appropriate for pyrax. See https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#authenticating
RAX_USERNAME and RAX_API_KEY obviate the use of a credentials file
RAX_REGION defines a Rackspace Public Cloud region (DFW, ORD, LON, …)

Examples

- name: Gather info about servers
  hosts: all
  gather_facts: False
  tasks:
    - name: Get facts about servers
      local_action:
        module: rax_facts
        credentials: ~/.raxpub
        name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
        region: DFW
    - name: Map some facts
      set_fact:
        ansible_ssh_host: "{{ rax_accessipv4 }}"

Status

This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

Matt Martz (@sivel)

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.8/modules/rax_facts_module.html