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alicloud_instance_facts - Gather facts on instances of Alibaba Cloud ECS.

DEPRECATED

Removed in Ansible:
 version: 1.5.0
Why:Alibaba Cloud module name prefix “ali” will be more concise.
Alternative:Use ali_instance_facts instead.

Synopsis

  • This module fetches data from the Open API in Alicloud. The module must be called from within the ECS instance itself.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • footmark >= 1.1.16
  • python >= 2.6

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
alicloud_access_key
Aliyun Cloud access key. If not set then the value of environment variable ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY, ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID will be used instead.

aliases: access_key_id, access_key
alicloud_region
The Aliyun Cloud region to use. If not specified then the value of environment variable ALICLOUD_REGION, ALICLOUD_REGION_ID will be used instead.

aliases: region, region_id
alicloud_secret_key
Aliyun Cloud secret key. If not set then the value of environment variable ALICLOUD_SECRET_KEY, ALICLOUD_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY will be used instead.

aliases: secret_access_key, secret_key
alicloud_security_token
The Aliyun Cloud security token. If not specified then the value of environment variable ALICLOUD_SECURITY_TOKEN will be used instead.

aliases: security_token
alicloud_zone
Aliyun availability zone ID in which to launch the instance

aliases: zone_id, zone
instance_ids
A list of ECS instance ids.

aliases: ids
instance_names
A list of ECS instance names.

aliases: names
instance_tags
A hash/dictionaries of instance tags. {"key":"value"}

aliases: tags

Notes

Note

  • If parameters are not set within the module, the following environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY or ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID, ALICLOUD_SECRET_KEY or ALICLOUD_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, ALICLOUD_REGION or ALICLOUD_REGION_ID, ALICLOUD_SECURITY_TOKEN
  • ALICLOUD_REGION or ALICLOUD_REGION_ID can be typically be used to specify the ALICLOUD region, when required, but this can also be configured in the footmark config file

Examples

# Fetch instances details according to setting different filters
- name: fetch instances details example
  hosts: localhost
  vars:
    alicloud_access_key: <your-alicloud-access-key>
    alicloud_secret_key: <your-alicloud-secret-key>
    alicloud_region: cn-beijing
    alicloud_zone: cn-beijing-a

  tasks:
    - name: Find all instances in the specified region
      alicloud_instance_facts:
      register: all_instances
    - name: Find all instances based on the specified ids
      alicloud_instance_facts:
        instance_ids:
          - "i-35b333d9"
          - "i-ddav43kd"
      register: instances_by_ids
    - name: Find all instances based on the specified names/name-prefixes
      alicloud_instance_facts:
        instance_names:
          - "ecs_instance-1"
          - "ecs_instance_2"
      register: instances_by_ids

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
instance_ids
list
when success
List all instances's id after operating ecs instance.

Sample:
['i-2ze9zfjdhtasdrfbgay1']
instances
list
when success
Details about the ecs instances that were created.

Sample:
[{'status': 'running', 'region_id': 'cn-beijing', 'block_device_mapping': {'d-2ze9mho1vp79mctdoro0': {'status': 'in_use', 'delete_on_termination': True, 'volume_id': 'd-2ze9mho1vp79mctdoro0'}}, 'key_name': 'test', 'public_ip': '47.94.45.175', 'image_id': 'ubuntu1404_64_40G_cloudinit_20160727.raw', 'private_ip': '10.31.153.209', 'vpc_attributes': {'nat_ip_address': '', 'private_ip_address': {'ip_address': []}, 'vswitch_id': '', 'vpc_id': ''}, 'eip': {'ip_address': '', 'internet_charge_type': '', 'allocation_id': ''}, 'group_ids': {'security_group_id': ['sg-2zegcq33l0yz9sknp08o']}, 'zone_id': 'cn-beijing-a', 'io_optimized': True, 'tags': {'create_test': '0.01'}, 'launch_time': '2017-05-23T00:56Z', 'id': 'i-2ze9zfjdhtasdrfbgay1', 'instance_name': 'test-instance', 'instance_type': 'ecs.n1.small', 'host_name': 'myhost'}]
total
int
when success
The number of all instances after operating ecs instance.

Sample:
1


Status

This module is flagged as deprecated and will be removed in version 1.5.0. For more information see DEPRECATED.

Author

  • He Guimin (@xiaozhu36)

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