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one_vm - Creates or terminates OpenNebula instances

New in version 2.6.

Synopsis

  • Manages OpenNebula instances

Requirements

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

  • python-oca

Parameters

Parameter
Choices/Defaults
Comments
api_password
Password of the user to login into OpenNebula RPC server. If not set
api_url
URL of the OpenNebula RPC server.
It is recommended to use HTTPS so that the username/password are not
transferred over the network unencrypted.
If not set then the value of the ONE_URL environment variable is used.
api_username
Name of the user to login into the OpenNebula RPC server. If not set
then the value of the ONE_USERNAME environment variable is used.
attributes
Default:
{}
A dictionary of key/value attributes to add to new instances, or for
setting state of instances with these attributes.
Keys are case insensitive and OpenNebula automatically converts them to upper case.
Be aware NAME is a special attribute which sets the name of the VM when it's deployed.
# character(s) can be appended to the NAME and the module will automatically add
indexes to the names of VMs.
For example':' NAME':' foo-### would create VMs with names foo-000, foo-001,...
When used with count_attributes and exact_count the module will
match the base name without the index part.
count
Default:
yes
Number of instances to launch
count_attributes
A dictionary of key/value attributes that can only be used with
exact_count to determine how many nodes based on a specific
attributes criteria should be deployed. This can be expressed in
multiple ways and is shown in the EXAMPLES section.
count_labels
A list of labels that can only be used with exact_count to determine
how many nodes based on a specific labels criteria should be deployed.
This can be expressed in multiple ways and is shown in the EXAMPLES
section.
cpu
Percentage of CPU divided by 100 required for the new instance. Half a
processor is written 0.5.
disk_saveas
Creates an image from a VM disk.
It is a dictionary where you have to specife name of the new image.
Optionally you can specife disk_id of the disk you want to save. By default disk_id is 0.
NOTE':' This operation will only be performed on the first VM (if more than one VM ID is passed)
and the VM has to be in the poweredoff state.
Also this operation will fail if an image with specified name already exists.
disk_size
The size of the disk created for new instances (in MB, GB, TB,...).
NOTE':' This option can be used only if the VM template specified with
template_id/template_name has exactly one disk.
exact_count
Indicates how many instances that match count_attributes and
count_labels parameters should be deployed. Instances are either
created or terminated based on this value.
NOTE':' Instances with the least IDs will be terminated first.
hard
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Reboot, power-off or terminate instances hard
instance_ids
A list of instance ids used for states':' absent, running, rebooted, poweredoff

aliases: ids
labels
Default:
[]
A list of labels to associate with new instances, or for setting
state of instances with these labels.
memory
The size of the memory for new instances (in MB, GB, ...)
networks
Default:
[]
A list of dictionaries with network parameters. See examples for more details.
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
  • running
  • rebooted
  • poweredoff
present - create instances from a template specified with template_id/template_name.
running - run instances
poweredoff - power-off instances
rebooted - reboot instances
absent - terminate instances
template_id
ID of a VM template to use to create a new instance
template_name
Name of VM template to use to create a new instace
vcpu
Number of CPUs (cores) new VM will have.
wait
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Wait for the instance to reach its desired state before returning. Keep
in mind if you are waiting for instance to be in running state it
doesn't mean that you will be able to SSH on that machine only that
boot process have started on that instance, see 'wait_for' example for
details.
wait_timeout
Default:
300
How long before wait gives up, in seconds

Examples

# Create a new instance
- one_vm:
    template_id: 90
  register: result

# Print VM properties
- debug:
    msg: result

# Deploy a new VM and set its name to 'foo'
- one_vm:
    template_name: 'app1_template'
    attributes:
      name: foo

# Deploy 2 new instances and set memory, vcpu, disk_size and 3 networks
- one_vm:
    template_id: 15
    disk_size: 35.2 GB
    memory: 4 GB
    vcpu: 4
    count: 2
    networks:
      - NETWORK_ID: 27
      - NETWORK: "default-network"
        NETWORK_UNAME: "app-user"
        SECURITY_GROUPS: "120,124"
      - NETWORK_ID: 27
        SECURITY_GROUPS: "10"

# Deploy an new instance with attribute 'bar: bar1' and set its name to 'foo'
- one_vm:
    template_id: 53
    attributes:
      name: foo
      bar: bar1

# Enforce that 2 instances with attributes 'foo1: app1' and 'foo2: app2' are deployed
- one_vm:
    template_id: 53
    attributes:
      foo1: app1
      foo2: app2
    exact_count: 2
    count_attributes:
      foo1: app1
      foo2: app2

# Enforce that 4 instances with an attribute 'bar' are deployed
- one_vm:
    template_id: 53
    attributes:
      name: app
      bar: bar2
    exact_count: 4
    count_attributes:
      bar:

# Deploy 2 new instances with attribute 'foo: bar' and labels 'app1' and 'app2' and names in format 'fooapp-##'
# Names will be: fooapp-00 and fooapp-01
- one_vm:
    template_id: 53
    attributes:
      name: fooapp-##
      foo: bar
    labels:
      - app1
      - app2
    count: 2

# Deploy 2 new instances with attribute 'app: app1' and names in format 'fooapp-###'
# Names will be: fooapp-002 and fooapp-003
- one_vm:
    template_id: 53
    attributes:
      name: fooapp-###
      app: app1
    count: 2

# Reboot all instances with name in format 'fooapp-#'
# Instances 'fooapp-00', 'fooapp-01', 'fooapp-002' and 'fooapp-003' will be rebooted
- one_vm:
    attributes:
      name: fooapp-#
    state: rebooted

# Enforce that only 1 instance with name in format 'fooapp-#' is deployed
# The task will delete oldest instances, so only the 'fooapp-003' will remain
- one_vm:
    template_id: 53
    exact_count: 1
    count_attributes:
      name: fooapp-#

# Deploy an new instance with a network
- one_vm:
    template_id: 53
    networks:
      - NETWORK_ID: 27
  register: vm

# Wait for SSH to come up
- wait_for_connection:
  delegate_to: '{{ vm.instances[0].networks[0].ip }}'

# Terminate VMs by ids
- one_vm:
    instance_ids:
      - 153
      - 160
    state: absent

# Reboot all VMs that have labels 'foo' and 'app1'
- one_vm:
    labels:
      - foo
      - app1
    state: rebooted

# Fetch all VMs that have name 'foo' and attribute 'app: bar'
- one_vm:
    attributes:
      name: foo
      app: bar
  register: results

# Deploy 2 new instances with labels 'foo1' and 'foo2'
- one_vm:
    template_name: app_template
    labels:
      - foo1
      - foo2
    count: 2

# Enforce that only 1 instance with label 'foo1' will be running
- one_vm:
    template_name: app_template
    labels:
      - foo1
    exact_count: 1
    count_labels:
      - foo1

# Terminate all instances that have attribute foo
- one_vm:
    template_id: 53
    exact_count: 0
    count_attributes:
      foo:

# Power-off the VM and save VM's disk with id=0 to the image with name 'foo-image'
- one_vm:
    instance_ids: 351
    state: powered-off
    disk_saveas:
      name: foo-image

# Save VM's disk with id=1 to the image with name 'bar-image'
- one_vm:
    instance_ids: 351
    disk_saveas:
      name: bar-image
      disk_id: 1

Return Values

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

Key
Returned
Description
instances
complex
success
a list of instances info whose state is changed or which are fetched with instance_ids option.

 
vm_name
string
vm name

Sample:
foo
 
labels
list
A list of string labels that are associated with the instance

Sample:
['foo', 'spec-label']
 
group_name
string
vm's group name

Sample:
one-users
 
attributes
dict
A dictionary of key/values attributes that are associated with the instance

Sample:
{'USER_INPUTS': None, 'HYPERVISOR': 'kvm', 'TE_GALAXY': 'bar', 'LOGO': 'images/logos/centos.png'}
 
disk_size
string
The size of the disk in MB

Sample:
20480 MB
 
vm_id
integer
vm id

Sample:
153
 
networks
list
a list of dictionaries with info about IP, NAME, MAC, SECURITY_GROUPS for each NIC

Sample:
[{'ip': '10.120.5.33', 'mac': '02:00:0a:78:05:21', 'name': 'default-test-private', 'security_groups': '0,10'}, {'ip': '10.120.5.34', 'mac': '02:00:0a:78:05:22', 'name': 'default-test-private', 'security_groups': '0'}]
 
group_id
integer
vm's group id

Sample:
1
 
user_id
integer
vm's user id

Sample:
143
 
vcpu
int
Number of CPUs (cores)

Sample:
2
 
template_id
integer
vm's template id

Sample:
153
 
state
string
state of an instance

Sample:
ACTIVE
 
memory
string
The size of the memory in MB

Sample:
4096 MB
 
uptime_h
integer
Uptime of the instance in hours

Sample:
35
 
lcm_state
string
lcm state of an instance that is only relevant when the state is ACTIVE

Sample:
RUNNING
 
user_name
string
vm's user name

Sample:
app-user
 
cpu
float
Percentage of CPU divided by 100

Sample:
0.2
instances_ids
list
success
a list of instances ids whose state is changed or which are fetched with instance_ids option.

Sample:
[1234, 1235]
tagged_instances
complex
success
A list of instances info based on a specific attributes and/or
labels that are specified with count_attributes and count_labels
options.

 
vm_name
string
vm name

Sample:
foo
 
labels
list
A list of string labels that are associated with the instance

Sample:
['foo', 'spec-label']
 
group_name
string
vm's group name

Sample:
one-users
 
attributes
dict
A dictionary of key/values attributes that are associated with the instance

Sample:
{'USER_INPUTS': None, 'HYPERVISOR': 'kvm', 'TE_GALAXY': 'bar', 'LOGO': 'images/logos/centos.png'}
 
disk_size
string
The size of the disk in MB

Sample:
20480 MB
 
vm_id
integer
vm id

Sample:
153
 
networks
list
a list of dictionaries with info about IP, NAME, MAC, SECURITY_GROUPS for each NIC

Sample:
[{'ip': '10.120.5.33', 'mac': '02:00:0a:78:05:21', 'name': 'default-test-private', 'security_groups': '0,10'}, {'ip': '10.120.5.34', 'mac': '02:00:0a:78:05:22', 'name': 'default-test-private', 'security_groups': '0'}]
 
group_id
integer
vm's group id

Sample:
1
 
user_id
integer
vm's user id

Sample:
143
 
vcpu
int
Number of CPUs (cores)

Sample:
2
 
template_id
integer
vm's template id

Sample:
153
 
state
string
state of an instance

Sample:
ACTIVE
 
memory
string
The size of the memory in MB

Sample:
4096 MB
 
uptime_h
integer
Uptime of the instance in hours

Sample:
35
 
lcm_state
string
lcm state of an instance that is only relevant when the state is ACTIVE

Sample:
RUNNING
 
user_name
string
vm's user name

Sample:
app-user
 
cpu
float
Percentage of CPU divided by 100

Sample:
0.2


Status

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

Author

  • Milan Ilic (@ilicmilan)

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