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os_network - Creates/removes networks from OpenStack

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis

  • Add or remove network from OpenStack.

Requirements

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

  • openstacksdk
  • python >= 2.7

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
admin_state_up
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Whether the state should be marked as up or down.
api_timeout
How long should the socket layer wait before timing out for API calls. If this is omitted, nothing will be passed to the requests library.
auth
Dictionary containing auth information as needed by the cloud's auth plugin strategy. For the default password plugin, this would contain auth_url, username, password, project_name and any information about domains if the cloud supports them. For other plugins, this param will need to contain whatever parameters that auth plugin requires. This parameter is not needed if a named cloud is provided or OpenStack OS_* environment variables are present.
auth_type
Name of the auth plugin to use. If the cloud uses something other than password authentication, the name of the plugin should be indicated here and the contents of the auth parameter should be updated accordingly.
availability_zone
Ignored. Present for backwards compatibility
cacert
A path to a CA Cert bundle that can be used as part of verifying SSL API requests.
cert
A path to a client certificate to use as part of the SSL transaction.
cloud
Named cloud or cloud config to operate against. If cloud is a string, it references a named cloud config as defined in an OpenStack clouds.yaml file. Provides default values for auth and auth_type. This parameter is not needed if auth is provided or if OpenStack OS_* environment variables are present. If cloud is a dict, it contains a complete cloud configuration like would be in a section of clouds.yaml.
external
bool
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Whether this network is externally accessible.
interface
(added in 2.3)
    Choices:
  • public ←
  • internal
  • admin
Endpoint URL type to fetch from the service catalog.

aliases: endpoint_type
key
A path to a client key to use as part of the SSL transaction.
name
required
Name to be assigned to the network.
project
(added in 2.1)
Project name or ID containing the network (name admin-only)
provider_network_type
(added in 2.1)
The type of physical network that maps to this network resource.
provider_physical_network
(added in 2.1)
The physical network where this network object is implemented.
provider_segmentation_id
(added in 2.1)
An isolated segment on the physical network. The network_type attribute defines the segmentation model. For example, if the network_type value is vlan, this ID is a vlan identifier. If the network_type value is gre, this ID is a gre key.
region_name
Name of the region.
shared
bool
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Whether this network is shared or not.
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Indicate desired state of the resource.
timeout Default:
180
How long should ansible wait for the requested resource.
verify
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether or not SSL API requests should be verified. Before 2.3 this defaulted to True.

aliases: validate_certs
wait
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Should ansible wait until the requested resource is complete.

Notes

Note

  • The standard OpenStack environment variables, such as OS_USERNAME may be used instead of providing explicit values.
  • Auth information is driven by os-client-config, which means that values can come from a yaml config file in /etc/ansible/openstack.yaml, /etc/openstack/clouds.yaml or ~/.config/openstack/clouds.yaml, then from standard environment variables, then finally by explicit parameters in plays. More information can be found at http://docs.openstack.org/developer/os-client-config

Examples

# Create an externally accessible network named 'ext_network'.
- os_network:
    cloud: mycloud
    state: present
    name: ext_network
    external: true

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
network
complex
 On success when state is 'present'.
Dictionary describing the network.
  status
string
Network status.

Sample:
ACTIVE
  router:external
bool
Indicates whether this network is externally accessible.

Sample:
True
  name
string
Network name.

Sample:
ext_network
  provider:physical_network
string
The physical network where this network object is implemented.

Sample:
my_vlan_net
  subnets
list
The associated subnets.
  tenant_id
string
The tenant ID.

Sample:
06820f94b9f54b119636be2728d216fc
  admin_state_up
bool
The administrative state of the network.

Sample:
True
  mtu
integer
The MTU of a network resource.
  shared
bool
Indicates whether this network is shared across all tenants.
  port_security_enabled
bool
The port security status

Sample:
True
  provider:network_type
string
The type of physical network that maps to this network resource.

Sample:
vlan
  id
string
Network ID.

Sample:
4bb4f9a5-3bd2-4562-bf6a-d17a6341bb56
  provider:segmentation_id
string
An isolated segment on the physical network.

Sample:
101


Status

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

Author

  • Monty Taylor (@emonty)

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