cs_template - Manages templates on Apache CloudStack based clouds.

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis
Requirements (on host that executes module)
Options
Examples
Return Values
Notes
This is an Extras Module

Synopsis

Register a template from URL, create a template from a ROOT volume of a stopped VM or its snapshot, extract and delete templates.

Requirements (on host that executes module)

python >= 2.6

cs >= 0.6.10

Options

parameter	required	default	choices	comments
api_http_method	no	get	get post	HTTP method used.
api_key	no			API key of the CloudStack API.
api_region	no	cloudstack		Name of the ini section in the `cloustack.ini` file.
api_secret	no			Secret key of the CloudStack API.
api_timeout	no	10		HTTP timeout.
api_url	no			URL of the CloudStack API e.g. https://cloud.example.com/client/api.
bits	no	64		32 or 64 bits support.
checksum	no			The MD5 checksum value of this template. If set, we search by checksum instead of name.
cross_zones	no			Whether the template should be syned or removed across zones. Only used if `state` is present or absent.
details	no			Template details in key/value pairs.
display_text	no			Display text of the template.
format	no		QCOW2 RAW VHD OVA	The format for the template. Relevant when using `state=present`.
hypervisor	no	none	KVM VMware BareMetal XenServer LXC HyperV UCS OVM	Name the hypervisor to be used for creating the new template. Relevant when using `state=present`.
is_dynamically_scalable	no			Register the template having XS/VMWare tools installed in order to support dynamic scaling of VM CPU/memory. Only used if `state` is present.
is_extractable	no			True if the template or its derivatives are extractable.
is_featured	no			Register the template to be featured. Only used if `state` is present.
is_public	no			Register the template to be publicly available to all users. Only used if `state` is present.
is_ready	no			This flag is used for searching existing templates. If set to `true`, it will only list template ready for deployment e.g. successfully downloaded and installed. Recommended to set it to `false`.
is_routing	no			True if the template type is routing i.e., if template is used to deploy router. Only considered if `url` is used.
name	yes			Name of the template.
os_type	no			OS type that best represents the OS of this template.
password_enabled	no			True if the template supports the password reset feature.
poll_async	no	True		Poll async jobs until job has finished.
project	no			Name of the project the template to be registered in.
requires_hvm	no			true if this template requires HVM.
snapshot	no			Name of the snapshot, created from the VM ROOT volume, the template will be created from. `vm` is required together with this argument.
sshkey_enabled	no			True if the template supports the sshkey upload feature.
state	no	present	present absent extacted	State of the template.
template_filter	no	self	featured self selfexecutable sharedexecutable executable community	Name of the filter used to search for the template.
template_tag	no			the tag for this template.
url	no			URL of where the template is hosted on `state=present`. URL to which the template would be extracted on `state=extracted`. Mutually exclusive with `vm`.
vm	no			VM name the template will be created from its volume or alternatively from a snapshot. VM must be in stopped state if created from its volume. Mutually exclusive with `url`.
zone	no			Name of the zone you wish the template to be registered or deleted from. If not specified, first found zone will be used.

Examples

# Register a systemvm template
- local_action:
    module: cs_template
    name: systemvm-vmware-4.5
    url: "http://packages.shapeblue.com/systemvmtemplate/4.5/systemvm64template-4.5-vmware.ova"
    hypervisor: VMware
    format: OVA
    cross_zones: yes
    os_type: Debian GNU/Linux 7(64-bit)

# Create a template from a stopped virtual machine's volume
- local_action:
    module: cs_template
    name: debian-base-template
    vm: debian-base-vm
    os_type: Debian GNU/Linux 7(64-bit)
    zone: tokio-ix
    password_enabled: yes
    is_public: yes

# Create a template from a virtual machine's root volume snapshot
- local_action:
    module: cs_template
    name: debian-base-template
    vm: debian-base-vm
    snapshot: ROOT-233_2015061509114
    os_type: Debian GNU/Linux 7(64-bit)
    zone: tokio-ix
    password_enabled: yes
    is_public: yes

# Remove a template
- local_action:
    module: cs_template
    name: systemvm-4.2
    cross_zones: yes
    state: absent

Return Values

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

name	description	returned	type	sample
status	Status of the template.	success	string	Download Complete
is_featured	True if the template is featured.	success	boolean	True
format	Format of the template.	success	string	OVA
domain	Domain the template is related to.	success	string	example domain
is_extractable	True if the template is extractable.	success	boolean	True
is_public	True if the template is public.	success	boolean	True
id	UUID of the template.	success	string	a6f7a5fc-43f8-11e5-a151-feff819cdc9f
tags	List of resource tags associated with the template.	success	dict	[ { "key": "foo", "value": "bar" } ]
name	Name of the template.	success	string	Debian 7 64-bit
display_text	Display text of the template.	success	string	Debian 7.7 64-bit minimal 2015-03-19
project	Name of project the template is related to.	success	string	Production
account	Account the template is related to.	success	string	example account
password_enabled	True if the reset password feature is enabled, false otherwise.	success	boolean	False
zone	Name of zone the template is registered in.	success	string	zuerich
created	Date of registering.	success	string	2015-03-29T14:57:06+0200
url	Url to which the template is extracted to	success	string	http://1.2.3.4/userdata/eb307f13-4aca-45e8-b157-a414a14e6b04.ova
hypervisor	Hypervisor related to this template.	success	string	VMware
sshkey_enabled	true if template is sshkey enabled, false otherwise.	success	boolean	False
cross_zones	true if the template is managed across all zones, false otherwise.	success	boolean	False
template_type	Type of the template.	success	string	USER
state	State of the extracted template	success	string	DOWNLOAD_URL_CREATED
is_ready	True if the template is ready to be deployed from.	success	boolean	True
mode	Mode of extraction	success	string	http_download
checksum	MD5 checksum of the template.	success	string	0b31bccccb048d20b551f70830bb7ad0
os_type	Typo of the OS.	success	string	CentOS 6.5 (64-bit)
template_tag	Template tag related to this template.	success	string	special

Notes

Note

Ansible uses the cs library’s configuration method if credentials are not provided by the arguments api_url, api_key, api_secret. Configuration is read from several locations, in the following order. - The CLOUDSTACK_ENDPOINT, CLOUDSTACK_KEY, CLOUDSTACK_SECRET and CLOUDSTACK_METHOD. CLOUDSTACK_TIMEOUT environment variables. - A CLOUDSTACK_CONFIG environment variable pointing to an .ini file, - A cloudstack.ini file in the current working directory. - A .cloudstack.ini file in the users home directory. Optionally multiple credentials and endpoints can be specified using ini sections in cloudstack.ini. Use the argument api_region to select the section name, default section is cloudstack. See https://github.com/exoscale/cs for more information.

Note

This module supports check mode.

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