NOTE:

This repository is no longer maintained - role has been moved to Ansible collection now ➡️ https://github.com/stackhpc/ansible-collection-openstack

OpenStack Volumes

This role can be used to register volumes and volume types in cinder using the os_volume module.

Requirements

The OpenStack cinder API should be accessible from the target host.

Role Variables

os_volumes_venv is a path to a directory in which to create a virtualenv.

os_volumes_auth_type is an authentication type compatible with the auth_type argument of os_* Ansible modules.

os_volumes_auth is a dict containing authentication information compatible with the auth argument of os_* Ansible modules.

os_volumes is a list of volumes to register. Each item should be a dict containing the following items:

• display_description: Optional description of the volume.
• display_name: Name of the volume.
• image: Optional image name or ID for boot from volume.
• scheduler_hints: Optional dict of scheduler hints pass to the volume API.
• size: Size of the volume in GB.
• snapshot_id: Optional ID of a volume snapshot from which to create the volume.
• state: Optional state of the volume, default is present.
• volume: Optional name or ID of a volume from which to create the volume.
• volume_type: Optional type of the volume.

os_volumes_types is a list of volume types to register. Each item should be a dict containing the following items:

• name: Name of the volume type.
• description: Optional description of the volume type.
• public: Whether the volume type is public, default value is True.
• extra_specs: Optional dict of additional specifications for the volume type.

Dependencies

This role depends on the stackhpc.os_openstacksdk role.

Example Playbook

The following playbook registers a cinder volume and volume type.

---
- name: Ensure volumes and volume types are registered
  hosts: cinder-api
  roles:
    - role: os-volumes
      os_volumes_venv: "~/os-volumes-venv"
      os_volumes_auth_type: "password"
      os_volumes_auth:
        project_name: <keystone project>
        username: <keystone user>
        password: <keystone password>
        auth_url: <keystone auth URL>
      os_volumes:
        - display_name: my-volume
          size: 3
      os_volumes_types:
        - name: type-1
          extra_specs:
            volume_backend_name: my-backend

Author Information

• Mark Goddard (mark@stackhpc.com)