Equinix Metal (packet)

Create Secret file

equinix_metal_secrets.yaml

equinix_metal_payment_method_id: ...
equinix_metal_organization_id: ...
equinix_metal_api_token: ...

Create var file

equinix_metal_example.yaml

env_type: just-a-bunch-of-nodes
cloud_provider: equinix_metal

Use podman with image Dockerfile-equinix_metal or install the same python modules as done in the image.

Run

ansible-playbook main.yml -e @/secrets/equinix_metal_secrets.yaml -e @/vars/equinix_metal_secrets.yaml

Differences with other Cloud Providers

Tags in Equinix Metal are not a dictionary, but just a list of strings.

That means, agnosticd converts the tags provided by the config developer.

AgnosticD

tags:
  - key: "AnsibleGroup"
    value: "nodes"
  - key: "ostype"
    value: "linux"
  - key: "guid"
    value: "{{ guid }}"

Equinix Metal

tags:
  - AnsibleGroup=nodes
  - ostype=linux
  - guid=abcdf

List all available Operating Systems

curl -H "X-Auth-Token: $PACKET_API_TOKEN" \
https://api.equinix.com/metal/v1/operating-systems

List all facilities

curl -H "X-Auth-Token: $PACKET_API_TOKEN"  https://api.equinix.com/metal/v1/facilities

Equinix Metal API: https://metal.equinix.com/developers/api/
Packet ansible guide: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/scenario_guides/guide_packet.html
Underlying python library: https://pypi.org/project/packet-python/