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rax_facts - Gather facts for Rackspace Cloud Servers

New in version 1.4.

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
(added in 1.5)
 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
(added in 1.5)
id
Server ID to retrieve facts for
identity_type
(added in 1.5)
 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
(added in 1.5)
The tenant ID used for authentication.
tenant_name
(added in 1.5)
The tenant name used for authentication.
username
Rackspace username, overrides credentials.
verify_ssl
(added in 1.5)
Whether or not to require SSL validation of API endpoints.

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

Author

  • Matt Martz (@sivel)

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