# os_network – Creates/removes networks from OpenStack

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- Add or remove network from OpenStack.

## Requirements

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

- openstacksdk

- openstacksdk >= 0.12.0

- python >= 2.7

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---

admin_state_up
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes ←

Whether the state should be marked as up or down.

api_timeout integer |  | How long should the socket layer wait before timing out for API calls. If this is omitted, nothing will be passed to the requests library.

auth
dictionary

Dictionary containing auth information as needed by the cloud's auth plugin strategy. For the default password plugin, this would contain auth_url, username, password, project_name and any information about domains (for example, os_user_domain_name or os_project_domain_name) if the cloud supports them. For other plugins, this param will need to contain whatever parameters that auth plugin requires. This parameter is not needed if a named cloud is provided or OpenStack OS_* environment variables are present.

auth_type string |  | Name of the auth plugin to use. If the cloud uses something other than password authentication, the name of the plugin should be indicated here and the contents of the auth parameter should be updated accordingly.
availability_zone - |  | Ignored. Present for backwards compatibility
ca_cert string |  | A path to a CA Cert bundle that can be used as part of verifying SSL API requests. aliases: cacert
client_cert string |  | A path to a client certificate to use as part of the SSL transaction. aliases: cert
client_key string |  | A path to a client key to use as part of the SSL transaction. aliases: key

cloud
raw

Named cloud or cloud config to operate against. If cloud is a string, it references a named cloud config as defined in an OpenStack clouds.yaml file. Provides default values for auth and auth_type. This parameter is not needed if auth is provided or if OpenStack OS_* environment variables are present. If cloud is a dict, it contains a complete cloud configuration like would be in a section of clouds.yaml.

dns_domain - added in 2.9 |  | The DNS domain value to set. Network will use Openstack defaults if this option is not provided.

external
boolean

Choices:
- no ←
- yes

Whether this network is externally accessible.

interface
string

Choices:
- admin
- internal
- public ←

Endpoint URL type to fetch from the service catalog.
aliases: endpoint_type

mtu integer added in 2.9 |  | The maximum transmission unit (MTU) value to address fragmentation. Network will use OpenStack defaults if this option is not provided. Requires openstacksdk>=0.18.
name - / required |  | Name to be assigned to the network.

port_security_enabled
boolean
added in 2.8

Choices:
- no
- yes

Whether port security is enabled on the network or not. Network will use OpenStack defaults if this option is not utilised. Requires openstacksdk>=0.18.

project - |  | Project name or ID containing the network (name admin-only)
provider_network_type - |  | The type of physical network that maps to this network resource.
provider_physical_network - |  | The physical network where this network object is implemented.
provider_segmentation_id - |  | An isolated segment on the physical network. The network_type attribute defines the segmentation model. For example, if the network_type value is vlan, this ID is a vlan identifier. If the network_type value is gre, this ID is a gre key.
region_name string |  | Name of the region.

shared
boolean

Choices:
- no ←
- yes

Whether this network is shared or not.

state
-

Choices:
- present ←
- absent

Indicate desired state of the resource.

timeout integer | Default: 180 | How long should ansible wait for the requested resource.

validate_certs
boolean

Choices:
- no ←
- yes

Whether or not SSL API requests should be verified.
Before Ansible 2.3 this defaulted to `yes`.
aliases: verify

wait
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes ←

Should ansible wait until the requested resource is complete.

## Notes

Note

- The standard OpenStack environment variables, such as `OS_USERNAME` may be used instead of providing explicit values.

- Auth information is driven by openstacksdk, which means that values can come from a yaml config file in /etc/ansible/openstack.yaml, /etc/openstack/clouds.yaml or ~/.config/openstack/clouds.yaml, then from standard environment variables, then finally by explicit parameters in plays. More information can be found at https://docs.openstack.org/openstacksdk/

## Examples

    # Create an externally accessible network named 'ext_network'.
    - os_network:
        cloud: mycloud
        state: present
        name: ext_network
        external: true

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
network complex | On success when state is 'present'. | Dictionary describing the network.
| admin_state_up boolean |  | The administrative state of the network. Sample: True
| dns_domain string |  | The DNS domain of a network resource. Requires openstacksdk>=0.29. Sample: sample.openstack.org.
| id string |  | Network ID. Sample: 4bb4f9a5-3bd2-4562-bf6a-d17a6341bb56
| mtu integer |  | The MTU of a network resource.
| name string |  | Network name. Sample: ext_network
| port_security_enabled boolean |  | The port security status Sample: True
| provider:network_type string |  | The type of physical network that maps to this network resource. Sample: vlan
| provider:physical_network string |  | The physical network where this network object is implemented. Sample: my_vlan_net
| provider:segmentation_id string |  | An isolated segment on the physical network. Sample: 101
| router:external boolean |  | Indicates whether this network is externally accessible. Sample: True
| shared boolean |  | Indicates whether this network is shared across all tenants.
| status string |  | Network status. Sample: ACTIVE
| subnets list |  | The associated subnets.
| tenant_id string |  | The tenant ID. Sample: 06820f94b9f54b119636be2728d216fc

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Monty Taylor (@emonty)

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