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Linode: clarify how to create/delete linode machines with linode_id. (#45659)

* Attempt to explain `linode_id` a bit better.

Don't include in any example that creates a Linode.

Based on comments in

> https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/45403#issuecomment-419752856

* Add simple creation example. Show how to pass `linode_id`.
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lwm 2018-09-14 21:10:32 +02:00 committed by ansibot
parent e7426e3795
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@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ options:
version_added: "2.3" version_added: "2.3"
linode_id: linode_id:
description: description:
- Unique ID of a linode server - Unique ID of a linode server. This value is read-only in the sense that
if you specify it on creation of a Linode it will not be used. The
Linode API generates these IDs and we can those generated value here to
reference a Linode more specifically. This is useful for idempotence.
aliases: [ lid ] aliases: [ lid ]
additional_disks: additional_disks:
description: description:
@ -153,6 +156,16 @@ notes:
''' '''
EXAMPLES = ''' EXAMPLES = '''
- name: Create a new Linode
linode:
name: linode-test1
plan: 1
datacenter: 7
distribution: 129
state: present
register: linode_creation
- name: Create a server with a private IP Address - name: Create a server with a private IP Address
linode: linode:
module: linode module: linode
@ -169,6 +182,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
wait_timeout: 600 wait_timeout: 600
state: present state: present
delegate_to: localhost delegate_to: localhost
register: linode_creation
- name: Fully configure new server - name: Fully configure new server
linode: linode:
@ -203,12 +217,12 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
- {Label: 'newdisk', Size: 2000} - {Label: 'newdisk', Size: 2000}
watchdog: True watchdog: True
delegate_to: localhost delegate_to: localhost
register: linode_creation
- name: Ensure a running server (create if missing) - name: Ensure a running server (create if missing)
linode: linode:
api_key: 'longStringFromLinodeApi' api_key: 'longStringFromLinodeApi'
name: linode-test1 name: linode-test1
linode_id: 12345678
plan: 1 plan: 1
datacenter: 2 datacenter: 2
distribution: 99 distribution: 99
@ -219,12 +233,13 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
wait_timeout: 600 wait_timeout: 600
state: present state: present
delegate_to: localhost delegate_to: localhost
register: linode_creation
- name: Delete a server - name: Delete a server
linode: linode:
api_key: 'longStringFromLinodeApi' api_key: 'longStringFromLinodeApi'
name: linode-test1 name: linode-test1
linode_id: 12345678 linode_id: "{{ linode_creation.instance.id }}"
state: absent state: absent
delegate_to: localhost delegate_to: localhost
@ -232,7 +247,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
linode: linode:
api_key: 'longStringFromLinodeApi' api_key: 'longStringFromLinodeApi'
name: linode-test1 name: linode-test1
linode_id: 12345678 linode_id: "{{ linode_creation.instance.id }}"
state: stopped state: stopped
delegate_to: localhost delegate_to: localhost
@ -240,7 +255,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
linode: linode:
api_key: 'longStringFromLinodeApi' api_key: 'longStringFromLinodeApi'
name: linode-test1 name: linode-test1
linode_id: 12345678 linode_id: "{{ linode_creation.instance.id }}"
state: restarted state: restarted
delegate_to: localhost delegate_to: localhost
''' '''