Official nutanix ansible collection
Nutanix ansible collection nutanix.ncp is the official Nutanix ansible collection to automate Nutanix Cloud Platform (ncp).
It is designed keeping simplicity as the core value. Hence it is
- Easy to use
- Easy to develop
This collection has been tested against following Ansible versions: >=2.12.2.
This collection requires Python 2.7 or greater
For the 1.1.0 release of the ansible plugin it will have N-2 compatibility with the Prism Central APIs. This release was tested against Prism Central versions pc2022.1.0.2, pc.2021.9.0.5 and pc.2021.8.0.1. For the 1.2.0 release of the ansible plugin it will have N-2 compatibility with the Prism Central APIs. This release was tested against Prism Central versions pc.2022.4, pc2022.1.0.2 and pc.2021.9.0.5.
Prism Central based examples: https://github.com/nutanix/nutanix.ansible/tree/main/examples/
For the 1.1.0 release of the ansible plugin, it will have N-1 compatibility with the Foundation. This release was tested against Foundation versions v5.2 and v5.1.1
Foundation based examples : https://github.com/nutanix/nutanix.ansible/tree/main/examples/foundation
For the 1.1.0 release of the ansible plugin, it will have N-1 compatibility with the Foundation Central . This release was tested against Foundation Central versions v1.3 and v1.2
Foundation Central based examples : https://github.com/nutanix/nutanix.ansible/tree/main/examples/fc
Prerequisite
Ansible should be pre-installed. If not, please follow official ansible install guide .
For Developers, please follow this install guide for setting up dev environment.
1. Clone the GitHub repository to a local directory
git clone https://github.com/nutanix/nutanix.ansible.git
2. Git checkout release version
git checkout <release_version> -b <release_version>
3. Build the collection
ansible-galaxy collection build
4. Install the collection
ansible-galaxy collection install nutanix-ncp-<version>.tar.gz
Note Add --force option for rebuilding or reinstalling to overwrite existing data
You can either call modules by their Fully Qualified Collection Namespace (FQCN), such as nutanix.ncp.ntnx_vms, or you can call modules by their short name if you list the nutanix.ncp collection in the playbook's collections: keyword
For example, the playbook for iaas.yml is as follows:
---
- name: IaaS Provisioning
hosts: localhost
gather_facts: false
collections:
- nutanix.ncp
module_defaults:
group/nutanix.ncp.ntnx:
nutanix_host: <host_ip>
nutanix_username: <user>
nutanix_password: <pass>
validate_certs: true
tasks:
- include_role:
name: external_subnet
- include_role:
name: vpc
- include_role:
name: overlay_subnet
- include_role:
name: vm
- include_role:
name: fipTo run this playbook, use ansible-playbook command as follows:
ansible-playbook <playbook_name>
ansible-playbook examples/iaas/iaas.yml
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ntnx_vms | Create or delete a VM. |
| ntnx_vms_clone | Clone VM. |
| ntnx_vms_ova | Create OVA image from VM. |
| ntnx_vms_info | List existing VMs. |
| ntnx_vpcs | Create or delete a VPC. |
| ntnx_vpcs_info | List existing VPCs. |
| ntnx_subnets | Create or delete a Subnet. |
| ntnx_subnets_info | List existing Subnets. |
| ntnx_floating_ips | Create or delete a Floating Ip. |
| ntnx_floating_ips_info | List existing Floating_Ips. |
| ntnx_pbrs | Create or delete a PBR. |
| ntnx_pbrs_info | List existing PBRs. |
| ntnx_foundation | Image nodes and create new cluster. |
| ntnx_foundation_bmc_ipmi_config | Configure IPMI IP address on BMC of nodes. |
| ntnx_foundation_image_upload | Upload hypervisor or AOS image to Foundation VM. |
| ntnx_foundation_aos_packages_info | List the AOS packages uploaded to Foundation. |
| ntnx_foundation_discover_nodes_info | List the nodes discovered by Foundation. |
| ntnx_foundation_hypervisor_images_info | List the hypervisor images uploaded to Foundation. |
| ntnx_foundation_node_network_info | Get node network information discovered by Foundation. |
| ntnx_foundation_central | Create a cluster out of nodes registered with Foundation Central. |
| ntnx_foundation_central_api_keys | Create a new api key which will be used by remote nodes to authenticate with Foundation Central. |
| ntnx_foundation_central_api_keys_info | List all the api keys created in Foundation Central. |
| ntnx_foundation_central_imaged_clusters_info | List all the clusters created using Foundation Central. |
| ntnx_foundation_central_imaged_nodes_info | List all the nodes registered with Foundation Central. |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ntnx_vms_inventory | Nutanix VMs inventory source |
ansible-doc nutanix.ncp.<module_name>
We glady welcome contributions from the community. From updating the documentation to adding more functions for Ansible, all ideas are welcome. Thank you in advance for all of your issues, pull requests, and comments!
Refer to examples/iaas for full implementation
---
- name: IaaS Provisioning
hosts: localhost
gather_facts: false
collections:
- nutanix.ncp
vars:
nutanix_host: <host_ip>
nutanix_username: <user>
nutanix_password: <pass>
validate_certs: true
tasks:
- name: Inputs for external subnets task
include_tasks: external_subnet.yml
with_items:
- { name: Ext-Nat, vlan_id: 102, ip: 10.44.3.192, prefix: 27, gip: 10.44.3.193, sip: 10.44.3.198, eip: 10.44.3.207, eNat: True }
- name: Inputs for vpcs task
include_tasks: vpc.yml
with_items:
- { name: Prod, subnet_name: Ext-Nat}
- { name: Dev, subnet_name: Ext-Nat}
- name: Inputs for overlay subnets
include_tasks: overlay_subnet.yml
with_items:
- { name: Prod-SubnetA, vpc_name: Prod , nip: 10.1.1.0, prefix: 24, gip: 10.1.1.1, sip: 10.1.1.2, eip: 10.1.1.5,
domain_name: "calm.nutanix.com", dns_servers : ["8.8.8.8","8.8.8.4"], domain_search: ["calm.nutanix.com","eng.nutanix.com"] }
- { name: Prod-SubnetB, vpc_name: Prod , nip: 10.1.2.0, prefix: 24, gip: 10.1.2.1, sip: 10.1.2.2, eip: 10.1.2.5,
domain_name: "calm.nutanix.com", dns_servers : ["8.8.8.8","8.8.8.4"], domain_search: ["calm.nutanix.com","eng.nutanix.com"] }
- { name: Dev-SubnetA, vpc_name: Dev , nip: 10.1.1.0, prefix: 24, gip: 10.1.1.1, sip: 10.1.1.2, eip: 10.1.1.5,
domain_name: "calm.nutanix.com", dns_servers : ["8.8.8.8","8.8.8.4"], domain_search: ["calm.nutanix.com","eng.nutanix.com"] }
- { name: Dev-SubnetB, vpc_name: Dev , nip: 10.1.2.0, prefix: 24, gip: 10.1.2.1, sip: 10.1.2.2, eip: 10.1.2.5,
domain_name: "calm.nutanix.com", dns_servers : ["8.8.8.8","8.8.8.4"], domain_search: ["calm.nutanix.com","eng.nutanix.com"] }
- name: Inputs for vm task
include_tasks: vm.yml
with_items:
- {name: "Prod-Wordpress-App", desc: "Prod-Wordpress-App", is_connected: True , subnet_name: Prod-SubnetA, image_name: "wordpress-appserver", private_ip: ""}
- {name: "Prod-Wordpress-DB", desc: "Prod-Wordpress-DB", is_connected: True , subnet_name: Prod-SubnetB, image_name: "wordpress-db", private_ip: 10.1.2.5}
- {name: "Dev-Wordpress-App", desc: "Dev-Wordpress-App", is_connected: True , subnet_name: Dev-SubnetA, image_name: "wordpress-appserver", private_ip: ""}
- {name: "Dev-Wordpress-DB", desc: "Dev-Wordpress-DB", is_connected: True , subnet_name: Dev-SubnetB, image_name: "wordpress-db",private_ip: 10.1.2.5}
- name: Inputs for Floating IP task
include_tasks: fip.yml
with_items:
- {vm_name: "Prod-Wordpress-App"}
- {vm_name: "Dev-Wordpress-App"}