community.general.proxmox_pool module – Pool management for Proxmox VE cluster

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 9.4.0).

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. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.proxmox_pool.

New in community.general 7.1.0

Synopsis

Requirements

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

  • proxmoxer

  • requests

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

api_host

string / required

Specify the target host of the Proxmox VE cluster.

api_password

string

Specify the password to authenticate with.

You can use PROXMOX_PASSWORD environment variable.

api_port

integer

added in community.general 9.1.0

Specify the target port of the Proxmox VE cluster.

Uses the PROXMOX_PORT environment variable if not specified.

api_token_id

string

added in community.general 1.3.0

Specify the token ID.

Requires proxmoxer>=1.1.0 to work.

api_token_secret

string

added in community.general 1.3.0

Specify the token secret.

Requires proxmoxer>=1.1.0 to work.

api_user

string / required

Specify the user to authenticate with.

comment

string

Specify the description for the pool.

Parameter is ignored when pool already exists or state=absent.

poolid

aliases: name

string / required

The pool ID.

state

string

Indicate desired state of the pool.

The pool must be empty prior deleting it with state=absent.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

validate_certs

boolean

If false, SSL certificates will not be validated.

This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

action_group

Action group: community.general.proxmox

added in community.general 9.0.0

Use group/community.general.proxmox in module_defaults to set defaults for this module.

check_mode

Support: full

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

diff_mode

Support: none

Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Examples

- name: Create new Proxmox VE pool
  community.general.proxmox_pool:
    api_host: node1
    api_user: root@pam
    api_password: password
    poolid: test
    comment: 'New pool'

- name: Delete the Proxmox VE pool
  community.general.proxmox_pool:
    api_host: node1
    api_user: root@pam
    api_password: password
    poolid: test
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key

Description

msg

string

A short message on what the module did.

Returned: always

Sample: "Pool test successfully created"

poolid

string

The pool ID.

Returned: success

Sample: "test"

Authors

  • Sergei Antipov (@UnderGreen)