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# clc_server – Create, Delete, Start and Stop servers in CenturyLink Cloud

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- An Ansible module to Create, Delete, Start and Stop servers in CenturyLink Cloud.

## Requirements

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

- python = 2.7

- requests >= 2.5.0

- clc-sdk

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
add_public_ip boolean | Choices: no ← yes | Whether to add a public ip to the server
additional_disks - | Default: [] | The list of additional disks for the server
alert_policy_id - |  | The alert policy to assign to the server. This is mutually exclusive with 'alert_policy_name'.
alert_policy_name - |  | The alert policy to assign to the server. This is mutually exclusive with 'alert_policy_id'.
alias - |  | The account alias to provision the servers under.
anti_affinity_policy_id - |  | The anti-affinity policy to assign to the server. This is mutually exclusive with 'anti_affinity_policy_name'.
anti_affinity_policy_name - |  | The anti-affinity policy to assign to the server. This is mutually exclusive with 'anti_affinity_policy_id'.
configuration_id - |  | Only required for bare metal servers. Specifies the identifier for the specific configuration type of bare metal server to deploy.
count - | Default: 1 | The number of servers to build (mutually exclusive with exact_count)
count_group - |  | Required when exact_count is specified. The Server Group use to determine how many servers to deploy.
cpu - | Default: 1 | How many CPUs to provision on the server
cpu_autoscale_policy_id - |  | The autoscale policy to assign to the server.
custom_fields - | Default: [] | The list of custom fields to set on the server.
description - |  | The description to set for the server.
exact_count - |  | Run in idempotent mode. Will insure that this exact number of servers are running in the provided group, creating and deleting them to reach that count. Requires count_group to be set.
group - | Default: "Default Group" | The Server Group to create servers under.
ip_address - |  | The IP Address for the server. One is assigned if not provided.
location - |  | The Datacenter to create servers in.
managed_os boolean | Choices: no ← yes | Whether to create the server as 'Managed' or not.
memory - | Default: 1 | Memory in GB.
name - |  | A 1 to 6 character identifier to use for the server. This is required when state is 'present'
network_id - |  | The network UUID on which to create servers.
os_type - | Choices: redHat6_64Bit centOS6_64Bit windows2012R2Standard_64Bit ubuntu14_64Bit | Only required for bare metal servers. Specifies the OS to provision with the bare metal server.
packages - | Default: [] | The list of blue print packages to run on the server after its created.
password - |  | Password for the administrator / root user
primary_dns - |  | Primary DNS used by the server.
public_ip_ports - | Default: [] | A list of ports to allow on the firewall to the servers public ip, if add_public_ip is set to True.
public_ip_protocol - | Choices: TCP ← UDP ICMP | The protocol to use for the public ip if add_public_ip is set to True.
secondary_dns - |  | Secondary DNS used by the server.
server_ids - | Default: [] | Required for started, stopped, and absent states. A list of server Ids to insure are started, stopped, or absent.
source_server_password - |  | The password for the source server if a clone is specified.
state - | Choices: present ← absent started stopped | The state to insure that the provided resources are in.
storage_type - | Choices: standard ← hyperscale | The type of storage to attach to the server.
template - |  | The template to use for server creation. Will search for a template if a partial string is provided. This is required when state is 'present'
ttl - |  | The time to live for the server in seconds. The server will be deleted when this time expires.
type - | Choices: standard ← hyperscale bareMetal | The type of server to create.
wait boolean | Choices: no yes ← | Whether to wait for the provisioning tasks to finish before returning.

## Notes

Note

- To use this module, it is required to set the below environment variables which enables access to the Centurylink Cloud - CLC_V2_API_USERNAME, the account login id for the centurylink cloud - CLC_V2_API_PASSWORD, the account password for the centurylink cloud

- Alternatively, the module accepts the API token and account alias. The API token can be generated using the CLC account login and password via the HTTP api call @ https://api.ctl.io/v2/authentication/login - CLC_V2_API_TOKEN, the API token generated from https://api.ctl.io/v2/authentication/login - CLC_ACCT_ALIAS, the account alias associated with the centurylink cloud

- Users can set CLC_V2_API_URL to specify an endpoint for pointing to a different CLC environment.

## Examples

    # Note - You must set the CLC_V2_API_USERNAME And CLC_V2_API_PASSWD Environment variables before running these examples

    - name: Provision a single Ubuntu Server
      clc_server:
        name: test
        template: ubuntu-14-64
        count: 1
        group: Default Group
        state: present

    - name: Ensure 'Default Group' has exactly 5 servers
      clc_server:
        name: test
        template: ubuntu-14-64
        exact_count: 5
        count_group: Default Group
        group: Default Group

    - name: Stop a Server
      clc_server:
        server_ids:
          - UC1ACCT-TEST01
        state: stopped

    - name: Start a Server
      clc_server:
        server_ids:
          - UC1ACCT-TEST01
        state: started

    - name: Delete a Server
      clc_server:
        server_ids:
          - UC1ACCT-TEST01
        state: absent

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
partially_created_server_ids list | success | The list of server ids that are partially created Sample: ['UC1TEST-SVR01', 'UC1TEST-SVR02']
server_ids list | success | The list of server ids that are created Sample: ['UC1TEST-SVR01', 'UC1TEST-SVR02']
servers list | success | The list of server objects returned from CLC Sample: [{'changeInfo': {'createdBy': 'service.wfad', 'createdDate': 1438196820, 'modifiedBy': 'service.wfad', 'modifiedDate': 1438196820}, 'description': 'test-server', 'details': {'alertPolicies': [], 'cpu': 1, 'customFields': [], 'diskCount': 3, 'disks': [{'id': '0:0', 'partitionPaths': [], 'sizeGB': 1}, {'id': '0:1', 'partitionPaths': [], 'sizeGB': 2}, {'id': '0:2', 'partitionPaths': [], 'sizeGB': 14}], 'hostName': '', 'inMaintenanceMode': False, 'ipAddresses': [{'internal': '10.1.1.1'}], 'memoryGB': 1, 'memoryMB': 1024, 'partitions': [], 'powerState': 'started', 'snapshots': [], 'storageGB': 17}, 'groupId': '086ac1dfe0b6411989e8d1b77c4065f0', 'id': 'test-server', 'ipaddress': '10.120.45.23', 'isTemplate': False, 'links': [{'href': '/v2/servers/wfad/test-server', 'id': 'test-server', 'rel': 'self', 'verbs': ['GET', 'PATCH', 'DELETE']}, {'href': '/v2/groups/wfad/086ac1dfe0b6411989e8d1b77c4065f0', 'id': '086ac1dfe0b6411989e8d1b77c4065f0', 'rel': 'group'}, {'href': '/v2/accounts/wfad', 'id': 'wfad', 'rel': 'account'}, {'href': '/v2/billing/wfad/serverPricing/test-server', 'rel': 'billing'}, {'href': '/v2/servers/wfad/test-server/publicIPAddresses', 'rel': 'publicIPAddresses', 'verbs': ['POST']}, {'href': '/v2/servers/wfad/test-server/credentials', 'rel': 'credentials'}, {'href': '/v2/servers/wfad/test-server/statistics', 'rel': 'statistics'}, {'href': '/v2/servers/wfad/510ec21ae82d4dc89d28479753bf736a/upcomingScheduledActivities', 'rel': 'upcomingScheduledActivities'}, {'href': '/v2/servers/wfad/510ec21ae82d4dc89d28479753bf736a/scheduledActivities', 'rel': 'scheduledActivities', 'verbs': ['GET', 'POST']}, {'href': '/v2/servers/wfad/test-server/capabilities', 'rel': 'capabilities'}, {'href': '/v2/servers/wfad/test-server/alertPolicies', 'rel': 'alertPolicyMappings', 'verbs': ['POST']}, {'href': '/v2/servers/wfad/test-server/antiAffinityPolicy', 'rel': 'antiAffinityPolicyMapping', 'verbs': ['PUT', 'DELETE']}, {'href': '/v2/servers/wfad/test-server/cpuAutoscalePolicy', 'rel': 'cpuAutoscalePolicyMapping', 'verbs': ['PUT', 'DELETE']}], 'locationId': 'UC1', 'name': 'test-server', 'os': 'ubuntu14_64Bit', 'osType': 'Ubuntu 14 64-bit', 'status': 'active', 'storageType': 'standard', 'type': 'standard'}]

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- CLC Runner (@clc-runner)

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