cs_instance_password_reset – Allows resetting VM the default passwords on Apache CloudStack based clouds¶
New in version 2.8.
Synopsis¶
- Resets the default user account’s password on an instance.
- Requires cloud-init to be installed in the virtual machine.
- The passwordenabled flag must be set on the template associated with the VM.
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: stop the virtual machine before resetting the password
cs_instance:
name: myvirtualmachine
state: stopped
delegate_to: localhost
- name: reset and get new default password
cs_instance_password_reset:
vm: myvirtualmachine
register: root
delegate_to: localhost
- debug:
msg: "new default password is {{ root.password }}"
- name: boot the virtual machine to activate the new password
cs_instance:
name: myvirtualmachine
state: started
delegate_to: localhost
when: root is changed
Return Values¶
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description |
|---|---|---|
|
id
string
|
success |
ID of the virtual machine.
Sample:
a6f7a5fc-43f8-11e5-a151-feff819cdc9f
|
|
password
string
|
success |
The new default password.
Sample:
ahQu5nuNge3keesh
|
Status¶
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors¶
- Gregor Riepl (@onitake)
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