# cs_instance_facts – Gathering facts from the API of instances from Apache CloudStack based clouds

- DEPRECATED
- Synopsis
- Requirements
- Parameters
- Notes
- Examples
- Return Values
- Status

## DEPRECATED

Removed in Ansible:
| version: 2.13
Why: | Transformed into an info module.
Alternative: | Use cs_instance_info instead.

## Synopsis

- Gathering facts from the API of an instance.

## Requirements

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

- python >= 2.6
- cs >= 0.6.10

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
account string |  | Account the instance is related to.

api_http_method
string

Choices:
- get
- post

HTTP method used to query the API endpoint.
If not given, the `CLOUDSTACK_METHOD` env variable is considered.
As the last option, the value is taken from the ini config file, also see the notes.
Fallback value is `get` if not specified.

api_key string |  | API key of the CloudStack API. If not given, the `CLOUDSTACK_KEY` env variable is considered. As the last option, the value is taken from the ini config file, also see the notes.
api_region string | Default: "cloudstack" | Name of the ini section in the `cloustack.ini` file. If not given, the `CLOUDSTACK_REGION` env variable is considered.
api_secret string |  | Secret key of the CloudStack API. If not set, the `CLOUDSTACK_SECRET` env variable is considered. As the last option, the value is taken from the ini config file, also see the notes.
api_timeout integer |  | HTTP timeout in seconds. If not given, the `CLOUDSTACK_TIMEOUT` env variable is considered. As the last option, the value is taken from the ini config file, also see the notes. Fallback value is 10 seconds if not specified.
api_url string |  | URL of the CloudStack API e.g. https://cloud.example.com/client/api. If not given, the `CLOUDSTACK_ENDPOINT` env variable is considered. As the last option, the value is taken from the ini config file, also see the notes.
domain string |  | Domain the instance is related to.
name string / required |  | Name or display name of the instance.
project string |  | Project the instance is related to.

## Notes

Note

- Ansible uses the `cs` library’s configuration method if credentials are not provided by the arguments `api_url`, `api_key`, `api_secret`. Configuration is read from several locations, in the following order. The `CLOUDSTACK_ENDPOINT`, `CLOUDSTACK_KEY`, `CLOUDSTACK_SECRET` and `CLOUDSTACK_METHOD`. `CLOUDSTACK_TIMEOUT` environment variables. A `CLOUDSTACK_CONFIG` environment variable pointing to an `.ini` file. A `cloudstack.ini` file in the current working directory. A `.cloudstack.ini` file in the users home directory. Optionally multiple credentials and endpoints can be specified using ini sections in `cloudstack.ini`. Use the argument `api_region` to select the section name, default section is `cloudstack`. See https://github.com/exoscale/cs for more information.
- A detailed guide about cloudstack modules can be found in the CloudStack Cloud Guide.
- This module supports check mode.

## Examples

    - name: gather instance facts
      cs_instance_facts:
        name: web-vm-1
      delegate_to: localhost
      register: vm

    - debug:
        var: cloudstack_instance

    - debug:
        var: vm

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
account string | success | Account the instance is related to. Sample: example account
affinity_groups list | success | Affinity groups the instance is in. Sample: [ "webservers" ]
created string | success | Date of the instance was created. Sample: 2014-12-01T14:57:57+0100
default_ip string | success | Default IP address of the instance. Sample: 10.23.37.42
display_name string | success | Display name of the instance. Sample: web-01
domain string | success | Domain the instance is related to. Sample: example domain
group string | success | Group name of the instance is related. Sample: web
host string added in 2.6 | success and instance is running | Host the instance is running on. Sample: host01.example.com
hypervisor string | success | Hypervisor related to this instance. Sample: KVM
id string | success | UUID of the instance. Sample: 04589590-ac63-4ffc-93f5-b698b8ac38b6
instance_name string | success | Internal name of the instance (ROOT admin only). Sample: i-44-3992-VM
iso string | success | Name of ISO the instance was deployed with. Sample: Debian-8-64bit
name string | success | Name of the instance. Sample: web-01
nic complex added in 2.8 | success | List of dictionaries of the instance nics.
| broadcasturi string | success | The broadcast uri of the nic. Sample: vlan://2250
| gateway string | success | The gateway of the nic. Sample: 10.1.2.1
| id string | success | The ID of the nic. Sample: 5dc74fa3-2ec3-48a0-9e0d-6f43365336a9
| ipaddress string | success | The ip address of the nic. Sample: 10.1.2.3
| isdefault boolean | success | True if nic is default, false otherwise. Sample: True
| isolationuri string | success | The isolation uri of the nic. Sample: vlan://2250
| macaddress string | success | The mac address of the nic. Sample: 06:a2:03:00:08:12
| netmask string | success | The netmask of the nic. Sample: 255.255.255.0
| networkid string | success | The ID of the corresponding network. Sample: 432ce27b-c2bb-4e12-a88c-a919cd3a3017
| networkname string | success | The name of the corresponding network. Sample: network1
| traffictype string | success | The traffic type of the nic. Sample: Guest
| type string | success | The type of the network. Sample: Shared
password string | success | The password of the instance if exists. Sample: Ge2oe7Do
password_enabled boolean | success | True if password setting is enabled. Sample: True
project string | success | Name of project the instance is related to. Sample: Production
public_ip string | success | Public IP address with instance via static NAT rule. Sample: 1.2.3.4
security_groups list | success | Security groups the instance is in. Sample: [ "default" ]
service_offering string | success | Name of the service offering the instance has. Sample: 2cpu_2gb
ssh_key string | success | Name of SSH key deployed to instance. Sample: key@work
state string | success | State of the instance. Sample: Running
tags list | success | List of resource tags associated with the instance. Sample: [ { "key": "foo", "value": "bar" } ]
template string | success | Name of template the instance was deployed with. Sample: Debian-8-64bit
volumes list | success | List of dictionaries of the volumes attached to the instance. Sample: [ { name: "ROOT-1369", type: "ROOT", size: 10737418240 }, { name: "data01, type: "DATADISK", size: 10737418240 } ]
zone string | success | Name of zone the instance is in. Sample: ch-gva-2

## Status

- This module will be removed in version 2.13. [deprecated]
- For more information see DEPRECATED.

### Authors

- René Moser (@resmo)

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