cs_portforward – Manages port forwarding rules on Apache CloudStack based clouds¶
Requirements¶
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
python >= 2.6
cs >= 0.6.10
Parameters¶
Notes¶
Note
Ansible uses the
cslibrary’s configuration method if credentials are not provided by the argumentsapi_url,api_key,api_secret. Configuration is read from several locations, in the following order. TheCLOUDSTACK_ENDPOINT,CLOUDSTACK_KEY,CLOUDSTACK_SECRETandCLOUDSTACK_METHOD.CLOUDSTACK_TIMEOUTenvironment variables. ACLOUDSTACK_CONFIGenvironment variable pointing to an.inifile. Acloudstack.inifile in the current working directory. A.cloudstack.inifile in the users home directory. Optionally multiple credentials and endpoints can be specified using ini sections incloudstack.ini. Use the argumentapi_regionto select the section name, default section iscloudstack. See https://github.com/exoscale/cs for more information.A detailed guide about cloudstack modules can be found in the CloudStack Cloud Guide.
This module supports check mode.
Examples¶
- name: 1.2.3.4:80 -> web01:8080
cs_portforward:
ip_address: 1.2.3.4
vm: web01
public_port: 80
private_port: 8080
delegate_to: localhost
- name: forward SSH and open firewall
cs_portforward:
ip_address: '{{ public_ip }}'
vm: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
public_port: '{{ ansible_ssh_port }}'
private_port: 22
open_firewall: true
delegate_to: localhost
- name: forward DNS traffic, but do not open firewall
cs_portforward:
ip_address: 1.2.3.4
vm: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
public_port: 53
private_port: 53
protocol: udp
delegate_to: localhost
- name: remove ssh port forwarding
cs_portforward:
ip_address: 1.2.3.4
public_port: 22
private_port: 22
state: absent
delegate_to: localhost
Return Values¶
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Status¶
This module is guaranteed to have backward compatible interface changes going forward. [stableinterface]
This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors¶
René Moser (@resmo)
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