community.general.packet_ip_subnet (8.5.0) — module

Assign IP subnet to a bare metal server

| "added in version" 0.2.0 of community.general"

Authors: Tomas Karasek (@t0mk) <tom.to.the.k@gmail.com>, Nurfet Becirevic (@nurfet-becirevic) <nurfet.becirevic@gmail.com>

Install collection

Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.general:==8.5.0


Add to requirements.yml

  collections:
    - name: community.general
      version: 8.5.0

Description

Assign or unassign IPv4 or IPv6 subnets to or from a device in the Packet host.

IPv4 subnets must come from already reserved block.

IPv6 subnets must come from publicly routable /56 block from your project.

See U(https://support.packet.com/kb/articles/elastic-ips) for more info on IP block reservation.


Requirements

Usage examples

  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# All the examples assume that you have your Packet API token in env var PACKET_API_TOKEN.
# You can also pass it to the auth_token parameter of the module instead.

- name: Create 1 device and assign an arbitrary public IPv4 subnet to it
  hosts: localhost
  tasks:

  - packet_device:
      project_id: 89b497ee-5afc-420a-8fb5-56984898f4df
      hostnames: myserver
      operating_system: ubuntu_16_04
      plan: baremetal_0
      facility: sjc1
      state: active

# Pick an IPv4 address from a block allocated to your project.

  - community.general.packet_ip_subnet:
      project_id: 89b497ee-5afc-420a-8fb5-56984898f4df
      hostname: myserver
      cidr: "147.75.201.78/32"
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# Release IP address 147.75.201.78

- name: Unassign IP address from any device in your project
  hosts: localhost
  tasks:
  - community.general.packet_ip_subnet:
      project_id: 89b497ee-5afc-420a-8fb5-56984898f4df
      cidr: "147.75.201.78/32"
      state: absent

Inputs

    
cidr:
    aliases:
    - name
    description:
    - IPv4 or IPv6 subnet which you want to manage. It must come from a reserved block
      for your project in the Packet Host.
    required: true
    type: str

state:
    choices:
    - present
    - absent
    default: present
    description:
    - Desired state of the IP subnet on the specified device.
    - With O(state=present), you must specify either O(hostname) or O(device_id). Subnet
      with given CIDR will then be assigned to the specified device.
    - With O(state=absent), you can specify either O(hostname) or O(device_id). The subnet
      will be removed from specified devices.
    - If you leave both O(hostname) and O(device_id) empty, the subnet will be removed
      from any device it's assigned to.
    type: str

hostname:
    description:
    - A hostname of a device to/from which to assign/remove a subnet.
    required: false
    type: str

device_id:
    description:
    - UUID of a device to/from which to assign/remove a subnet.
    required: false
    type: str

auth_token:
    description:
    - Packet API token. You can also supply it in environment variable E(PACKET_API_TOKEN).
    type: str

project_id:
    description:
    - UUID of a project of the device to/from which to assign/remove a subnet.
    type: str

device_count:
    default: 100
    description:
    - The number of devices to retrieve from the project. The max allowed value is 1000.
    - See U(https://www.packet.com/developers/api/#retrieve-all-devices-of-a-project)
      for more info.
    type: int

Outputs

changed:
  description: True if an IP address assignments were altered in any way (created
    or removed).
  returned: success
  sample: true
  type: bool
device_id:
  description: UUID of the device associated with the specified IP address.
  returned: success
  type: str
subnet:
  description: Dict with data about the handled IP subnet.
  returned: success
  sample:
    address: 147.75.90.241
    address_family: 4
    assigned_to:
      href: /devices/61f9aa5e-0530-47f5-97c2-113828e61ed0
    cidr: 31
    created_at: '2017-08-07T15:15:30Z'
    enabled: true
    gateway: 147.75.90.240
    href: /ips/31eda960-0a16-4c0f-b196-f3dc4928529f
    id: 1eda960-0a16-4c0f-b196-f3dc4928529f
    manageable: true
    management: true
    netmask: 255.255.255.254
    network: 147.75.90.240
    public: true
  type: dict