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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# (c) 2014, Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+#
+# This module is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this software.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+try:
+    import shade
+    HAS_SHADE = True
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_SHADE = False
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: os_ironic_node
+version_added: "1.10"
+short_description: Activate/Deactivate Bare Metal Resources from OpenStack
+extends_documentation_fragment: openstack
+description:
+    - Deploy to nodes controlled by Ironic.
+options:
+    state:
+      description:
+        - Indicates desired state of the resource
+      choices: ['present', 'absent']
+      default: present
+    uuid:
+      description:
+        - globally unique identifier (UUID) to be given to the resource.
+      required: false
+      default: None
+    ironic_url:
+      description:
+        - If noauth mode is utilized, this is required to be set to the
+          endpoint URL for the Ironic API.  Use with "auth" and "auth_plugin"
+          settings set to None.
+      required: false
+      default: None
+    config_drive:
+      description:
+        - A configdrive file or HTTP(S) URL that will be passed along to the
+          node.
+      required: false
+      default: None
+    instance_info:
+      description:
+        - Definition of the instance information which is used to deploy
+          the node.
+        image_source:
+          description:
+            - An HTTP(S) URL where the image can be retrieved from.
+        image_checksum:
+          description:
+            - The checksum of image_source.
+        image_disk_format:
+          description:
+            - The type of image that has been requested to be deployed.
+requirements: ["shade"]
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+# Activate a node by booting an image with a configdrive attached
+os_ironic_node:
+  cloud: "openstack"
+  uuid: "d44666e1-35b3-4f6b-acb0-88ab7052da69"
+  state: present
+  config_drive: "http://192.168.1.1/host-configdrive.iso"
+  instance_info:
+    image_source: "http://192.168.1.1/deploy_image.img"
+    image_checksum: "356a6b55ecc511a20c33c946c4e678af"
+    image_disk_format: "qcow"
+  delegate_to: localhost
+'''
+
+
+def _prepare_instance_info_patch(instance_info):
+    patch = []
+    patch.append({
+        'op': 'replace',
+        'path': '/instance_info',
+        'value': instance_info
+    })
+    return patch
+
+
+def main():
+    argument_spec = openstack_full_argument_spec(
+        uuid=dict(required=True),
+        instance_info=dict(type='dict', required=True),
+        config_drive=dict(required=False),
+        ironic_url=dict(required=False),
+    )
+    module_kwargs = openstack_module_kwargs()
+    module = AnsibleModule(argument_spec, **module_kwargs)
+    if not HAS_SHADE:
+        module.fail_json(msg='shade is required for this module')
+    if (module.params['auth_plugin'] == 'None' and
+            module.params['ironic_url'] is None):
+        module.fail_json(msg="Authentication appears disabled, Please "
+                             "define an ironic_url parameter")
+
+    if module.params['ironic_url'] and module.params['auth_plugin'] == 'None':
+        module.params['auth'] = dict(endpoint=module.params['ironic_url'])
+
+    try:
+        cloud = shade.operator_cloud(**module.params)
+        server = cloud.get_machine_by_uuid(module.params['uuid'])
+        instance_info = module.params['instance_info']
+        uuid = module.params['uuid']
+        if module.params['state'] == 'present':
+            if server is None:
+                module.fail_json(msg="node not found")
+            else:
+                # TODO: compare properties here and update if necessary
+                #       ... but the interface for that is terrible!
+                if server.provision_state is "active":
+                    module.exit_json(
+                        changed=False,
+                        result="Node already in an active state"
+                    )
+
+                patch = _prepare_instance_info_patch(instance_info)
+                cloud.set_node_instance_info(uuid, patch)
+                cloud.validate_node(uuid)
+                cloud.activate_node(uuid, module.params['config_drive'])
+                # TODO: Add more error checking and a wait option.
+                module.exit_json(changed=False, result="node activated")
+
+        if module.params['state'] == 'absent':
+            if server.provision_state is not "deleted":
+                cloud.purge_node_instance_info(uuid)
+                cloud.deactivate_node(uuid)
+                module.exit_json(changed=True, result="deleted")
+            else:
+                module.exit_json(changed=False, result="node not found")
+    except shade.OpenStackCloudException as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg=e.message)
+
+
+# this is magic, see lib/ansible/module_common.py
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
+from ansible.module_utils.openstack import *
+main()