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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# (c) 2018, Chris Houseknecht <@chouseknecht>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+
+
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.1',
+                    'status': ['preview'],
+                    'supported_by': 'community'}
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+
+module: openshift_scale
+
+short_description: Set a new size for a Deployment Config, Deployment, Replica Set, Replication Controller, or Job.
+
+version_added: "2.5"
+
+author: "Chris Houseknecht (@chouseknecht)"
+
+description:
+  - Similar to the oc scale command. Use to set the number of replicas for a Deployment Config, Deployment,
+    ReplicatSet, or Replication Controller, or the parallelism attribute of a Job. Supports check mode.
+
+extends_documentation_fragment:
+  - k8s_name_options
+  - k8s_auth_options
+  - k8s_resource_options
+  - k8s_scale_options
+
+requirements:
+    - "python >= 2.7"
+    - "openshift >= 0.3"
+    - "PyYAML >= 3.11"
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+- name: Scale deployment config up, and extend timeout
+  openshift_scale:
+    api_version: v1
+    kind: DeploymentConfig
+    name: elastic
+    namespace: myproject
+    replicas: 3
+    wait_timeout: 60
+
+- name: Scale deployment config down when current replicas match
+  openshift_scale:
+    api_version: v1
+    kind: DeploymentConfig
+    name: elastic
+    namespace: myproject
+    current_replicas: 3
+    replicas: 2
+
+- name: Increase job parallelism
+  openshift_scale:
+    api_version: batch/v1
+    kind: job
+    name: pi-with-timeout
+    namespace: testing
+    replicas: 2
+
+# Match object using local file or inline definition
+
+- name: Scale deployment based on a file from the local filesystem
+  openshift_scale:
+    src: /myproject/elastic_deployment.yml
+    replicas: 3
+    wait: no
+
+- name: Scale deployment based on a template output
+  openshift_scale:
+    resource_definition: "{{ lookup('template', '/myproject/elastic_deployment.yml') | from_yaml }}"
+    replicas: 3
+    wait: no
+
+- name: Scale deployment based on a file from the Ansible controller filesystem
+  openshift_scale:
+    resource_definition: "{{ lookup('file', '/myproject/elastic_deployment.yml') | from_yaml }}"
+    replicas: 3
+    wait: no
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+result:
+  description:
+  - If a change was made, will return the patched object, otherwise returns the existing object.
+  returned: success
+  type: complex
+  contains:
+     api_version:
+       description: The versioned schema of this representation of an object.
+       returned: success
+       type: str
+     kind:
+       description: Represents the REST resource this object represents.
+       returned: success
+       type: str
+     metadata:
+       description: Standard object metadata. Includes name, namespace, annotations, labels, etc.
+       returned: success
+       type: complex
+     spec:
+       description: Specific attributes of the object. Will vary based on the I(api_version) and I(kind).
+       returned: success
+       type: complex
+     status:
+       description: Current status details for the object.
+       returned: success
+       type: complex
+'''
+
+from ansible.module_utils.k8s.scale import KubernetesAnsibleScaleModule
+
+
+def main():
+    KubernetesAnsibleScaleModule().execute_module()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()