Great work Rene. Thank you. ~ Rajani
http://cloudplatform.accelerite.com/ On April 12, 2017 at 8:43 PM, Rene Moser (m...@renemoser.net) wrote: Hi CloudStack users Ansible 2.3 is about to be released, I would like to summarize the CloudStack related features and changes in this release. New modules ----------- - cs_host - cs_nic - cs_region - cs_role - cs_vpc Examples and usage for these modules can be found in the docs, http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/list_of_cloud_modules.html#cloudstack as usual. Docs ---- The CloudStack guide http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/guide_cloudstack.html has been updated, note the new feature "Environment Variables" http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/guide_cloudstack.html#environment-variables VPC --- The VPC support has been improved in the related modules, but there is still some work to do. Integration tests ----------------- Soon, CloudStack related new Ansible PRs will be automatically tested (~1.000 tasks) on a CI against a CloudStack Simulator running 4.9.x. Future Module Development ------------------------- Due some other side projects of mine (writing books takes more time than one would might think), development of new modules is lagging a bit. One module (cs_serviceoffer) is currently WIP https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/19041. But no worries, new modules are planed: - cs_diskoffer - modules for VPN setup Cloud Role ---------- At SWISS TXT, we created a Ansible role for setting up VMs in a cloudstack cloud with advanced networking for different customer projects, The role is open source (BSD) and can be found on GitHub https://github.com/swisstxt/ansible-role-cloud-infra Feel free to fork and improve it. Goal of my Ansible CloudStack Project ------------------------------------- I often get ask, why I am doing it. My goal is to not only install and upgrade CloudStack by Ansible (that is relatively easy... and can even be done without that much cloudstack api interaction) but configure _and_ maintaining a cloud (basic or advanced networking) in a reliable way! It will install the OS and install cloudstack management server, install the OS on the hosts, setup hypversisors, create zones, pods, clusters, accounts, users, add configured hosts to cloudstack all this by a single run and the best of it, you can re-run it safely again and again, without fear breaking anything. Have to add a new host? No problem, put the hardware in the rack and connect it to the net, ansible will take care on the next run: it can be that simple. Also note, ansible can manage your network switches, routers and firewalls too! http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/list_of_network_modules.html The possibilities are endless... Thanks René
