community.general.rax_network module – Create / delete an isolated network in Rackspace Public Cloud
Note
This module is part of the community.general collection (version 6.6.9).
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.rax_network
.
DEPRECATED
- Removed in:
version 9.0.0
- Why:
This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
- Alternative:
Use the Openstack modules instead.
Synopsis
creates / deletes a Rackspace Public Cloud isolated network.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
pyrax
Parameters
Parameter |
Comments |
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Rackspace API key, overrides |
|
The URI of the authentication service. If not specified will be set to https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/. |
|
cidr of the network being created |
|
Environment as configured in |
|
Authentication mechanism to use, such as rackspace or keystone. Default: |
|
Label (name) to give the network |
|
Region to create an instance in. |
|
Indicate desired state of the resource Choices:
|
|
The tenant ID used for authentication. |
|
The tenant name used for authentication. |
|
Rackspace username, overrides |
|
Whether or not to require SSL validation of API endpoints. Choices:
|
Attributes
Attribute |
Support |
Description |
---|---|---|
Support: none |
Can run in |
|
Support: none |
Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in |
Notes
Note
The following environment variables can be used,
RAX_USERNAME
,RAX_API_KEY
,RAX_CREDS_FILE
,RAX_CREDENTIALS
,RAX_REGION
.RAX_CREDENTIALS
andRAX_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
andRAX_API_KEY
obviate the use of a credentials file.RAX_REGION
defines a Rackspace Public Cloud region (DFW, ORD, LON, …).
Examples
- name: Build an Isolated Network
gather_facts: false
tasks:
- name: Network create request
local_action:
module: rax_network
credentials: ~/.raxpub
label: my-net
cidr: 192.168.3.0/24
state: present
Status
This module will be removed in version 9.0.0. [deprecated]
For more information see DEPRECATED.