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profitbricks_volume - Create or destroy a volume.

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis

  • Allows you to create or remove a volume from a ProfitBricks datacenter. This module has a dependency on profitbricks >= 1.0.0

Requirements

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

  • profitbricks

Parameters

Parameter
Choices/Defaults
Comments
auto_increment
    Choices:
  • yes ←
  • no
Whether or not to increment a single number in the name for created virtual machines.
bus
    Choices:
  • IDE
  • VIRTIO ←
The bus type.
count
Default:
yes
The number of volumes you wish to create.
datacenter
required
The datacenter in which to create the volumes.
disk_type
    Choices:
  • HDD ←
  • SSD
The disk type of the volume.
image
required
The system image ID for the volume, e.g. a3eae284-a2fe-11e4-b187-5f1f641608c8. This can also be a snapshot image ID.
image_password
(added in 2.2)
Password set for the administrative user.
instance_ids
list of instance ids, currently only used when state='absent' to remove instances.
licence_type
    Choices:
  • LINUX
  • WINDOWS
  • UNKNOWN ←
  • OTHER
The licence type for the volume. This is used when the image is non-standard.
name
required
The name of the volumes. You can enumerate the names using auto_increment.
size
Default:
10
The size of the volume.
ssh_keys
(added in 2.2)
Public SSH keys allowing access to the virtual machine.
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
create or terminate datacenters
subscription_password
THe ProfitBricks password. Overrides the PB_PASSWORD environment variable.
subscription_user
The ProfitBricks username. Overrides the PB_SUBSCRIPTION_ID environment variable.
wait
    Choices:
  • yes ←
  • no
wait for the datacenter to be created before returning
wait_timeout
Default:
600
how long before wait gives up, in seconds

Examples

# Create Multiple Volumes

- profitbricks_volume:
    datacenter: Tardis One
    name: vol%02d
    count: 5
    auto_increment: yes
    wait_timeout: 500
    state: present

# Remove Volumes

- profitbricks_volume:
    datacenter: Tardis One
    instance_ids:
      - 'vol01'
      - 'vol02'
    wait_timeout: 500
    state: absent

Status

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

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