The easiest way to play with an ansible module is from the command line. This post demonstrates some of the Rackspace modules.
Setup
I started by creating my credentials file and setting the environmental RAX_CREDS_FILE to point to it. As I was running pyrax from a Python virtual environment I also setup up the rax.py inventory and inventory file to point to a virtual environment.
Add a host key
ansible localhost -m rax_keypair -a "name=rs_kp public_key=/path/to/public_key region=LON" -c local -i inventory/ Worth noting that the path to the key will not expand ~ :(
Create a network
ansible localhost -m rax_network -a "region=LON label=alabel cidr=10.1.2.0/24" -c local -i inventory/
Create a VM
ansible localhost -m rax -a "flavor=general1-1 image="3cdcd2cc-238c-4f42-a9f4-0a80de217f7a" group=management name=vpn key_name=rs_kp networks=management,public wait=yes region=LON" In this example 2 vm's are created with incrementing numbers i.e vpn01, vpn02
ansible localhost -m rax -a "flavor=general1-1 image="3cdcd2cc-238c-4f42-a9f4-0a80de217f7a" group=management name=vpn%02d.example.com key_name=rs_kp networks=management,public wait=yes region=LON count=2"Add DNS Zone
ansible localhost -m rax_dns -a "name=example.com email=hostmaster@example.com region=LON"
(email address is required)Add DNS Record to Zone
ansible localhost -m rax_dns_record -a "domain=example.com name=test1.example.com data=1.1.1.1 type=A region=LON" Get facts about a host
ansible localhost -m rax_facts -a name="server01" region=LON"
