build-rackspace-cloud-server.yml

# Ansible playbook example for building Rackspace Cloud Servers with
# Rackspace Cloud DNS and ansible roles to install packages, inside of a
# virtualenv.
#
# Author: Nicholas Kuechler - https://github.com/nicholaskuechler
#
---
- name: Create a Rackspace Cloud Server
  hosts: localhost
  user: root
  connection: local
  gather_facts: False

  vars:
   # Rackspace Cloud DNS settings:
   # domain - the domain we will be using for the new server
   - domain: exampledomain.com
   # dns_email - admin email address for the new domain name
   - dns_email: admin@exampledomain.com
   # this is the name we will see in the Rackspace Cloud control panel, and 
   # this will also be the hostname of our new server
   - name: server01.exampledomain.com
   # the flavor specifies the server side of our instance
   - flavor: performance1-1
   # the image specifies the linux distro we will use for our server
   - image: 0766e5df-d60a-4100-ae8c-07f27ec0148f
   # the region is the Rackspace Cloud region we want to build our server in
   - region: DFW
   # credentials specifies the location of our pyrax configuration file we
   # created earlier
   - credentials: /home/username/.rackspace_cloud_credentials
   # I like to drop in my SSH pub key automatically when I create the server
   # so that I can ssh in without a password
   # Note: Instead of dropping in a file, you can use a stored Rackspace key
   # when you build the server by editing key_name below to your key's name.
   - files:
        /root/.ssh/authorized_keys: /home/username/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

  tasks:
    - name: Rackspace cloud server build request
      local_action:
        module: rax
        credentials: "{{ credentials }}"
        name: "{{ name }}"
        flavor: "{{ flavor }}"
        image: "{{ image }}"
        region: "{{ region }}"
        # key_name - specifies the Rackspace cloud key to add to the server
        # upon creation
        #key_name: my_rackspace_key
        files: "{{ files }}"
        # wait - specifies that we should wait until the server is fully
        # created before proceeding
        wait: yes
        # state - present means we want our server to exist
        state: present
        # specify that we want both a public network (public IPv4) and
        # a private network (10. aka service net)
        networks:
          - private
          - public
        # group - specifies metadata to add to the new server with a
        # server group
        #group: deploy
      # register is an ansible term to save the output in to a variable
      # named rax
      register: rax

    # Adds a cloud server to an ansible host group for later use in
    # other tasks and roles.
    - name: Add new cloud server to host group
      local_action:
        module: add_host
        hostname: "{{ item.name }}"
        ansible_ssh_host: "{{ item.rax_accessipv4 }}"
        ansible_ssh_user: root
        groupname: deploy
      with_items: rax.instances

    # A task to add a new domain to Rackspace Cloud DNS
    - name: DNS - Domain create request
      local_action:
        module: rax_dns
        credentials: "{{ credentials }}"
        name: "{{ domain }}"
        email: "{{ dns_email }}"
      register: rax_dns

    # A task to create a DNS A record in Rackspace Cloud DNS
    - name: DNS - Create A record
      local_action:
        module: rax_dns_record
        credentials: "{{ credentials }}"
        domain: "{{ domain }}"
        name: "{{ name }}"
        data: "{{ item.rax_accessipv4 }}"
        type: A
      with_items: rax.instances
      register: a_record

    # A task to create a reverse DNS / PTR record in Rackspace Cloud DNS
    - name: DNS - Create PTR record
      local_action:
        module: rax_dns_record
        credentials: "{{ credentials }}"
        server: "{{ item.id }}"
        name: "{{ name }}"
        region: "{{ region }}"
        data: "{{ item.rax_accessipv4 }}"
        type: PTR
      with_items: rax.instances
      register: ptr_record

- name: Install base packages to new cloud server
  hosts: deploy
  user: root
  gather_facts: True
  roles:
    - base