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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils.gce import gce_connect
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: gce_snapshot
+version_added: "2.3"
+short_description: Create or destroy snapshots for GCE storage volumes
+description:
+ - Manages snapshots for GCE instances. This module manages snapshots for
+ the storage volumes of a GCE compute instance. If there are multiple
+ volumes, each snapshot will be prepended with the disk name
+options:
+ instance_name:
+ description:
+ - The GCE instance to snapshot
+ required: True
+ snapshot_name:
+ description:
+ - The name of the snapshot to manage
+ disks:
+ description:
+ - A list of disks to create snapshots for. If none is provided,
+ all of the volumes will be snapshotted
+ default: all
+ required: False
+ state:
+ description:
+ - Whether a snapshot should be C(present) or C(absent)
+ required: false
+ default: present
+ choices: [present, absent]
+ service_account_email:
+ description:
+ - GCP service account email for the project where the instance resides
+ required: true
+ credentials_file:
+ description:
+ - The path to the credentials file associated with the service account
+ required: true
+ project_id:
+ description:
+ - The GCP project ID to use
+ required: true
+requirements:
+ - "python >= 2.6"
+ - "apache-libcloud >= 0.19.0"
+author: Rob Wagner (@robwagner33)
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+- name: Create gce snapshot
+ gce_snapshot:
+ instance_name: example-instance
+ snapshot_name: example-snapshot
+ state: present
+ service_account_email: project_name@appspot.gserviceaccount.com
+ credentials_file: /path/to/credentials
+ project_id: project_name
+ delegate_to: localhost
+
+- name: Delete gce snapshot
+ gce_snapshot:
+ instance_name: example-instance
+ snapshot_name: example-snapshot
+ state: absent
+ service_account_email: project_name@appspot.gserviceaccount.com
+ credentials_file: /path/to/credentials
+ project_id: project_name
+ delegate_to: localhost
+
+# This example creates snapshots for only two of the available disks as
+# disk0-example-snapshot and disk1-example-snapshot
+- name: Create snapshots of specific disks
+ gce_snapshot:
+ instance_name: example-instance
+ snapshot_name: example-snapshot
+ state: present
+ disks:
+ - disk0
+ - disk1
+ service_account_email: project_name@appspot.gserviceaccount.com
+ credentials_file: /path/to/credentials
+ project_id: project_name
+ delegate_to: localhost
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+snapshots_created:
+ description: List of newly created snapshots
+ returned: When snapshots are created
+ type: list
+ sample: "[disk0-example-snapshot, disk1-example-snapshot]"
+
+snapshots_deleted:
+ description: List of destroyed snapshots
+ returned: When snapshots are deleted
+ type: list
+ sample: "[disk0-example-snapshot, disk1-example-snapshot]"
+
+snapshots_existing:
+ description: List of snapshots that already existed (no-op)
+ returned: When snapshots were already present
+ type: list
+ sample: "[disk0-example-snapshot, disk1-example-snapshot]"
+
+snapshots_absent:
+ description: List of snapshots that were already absent (no-op)
+ returned: When snapshots were already absent
+ type: list
+ sample: "[disk0-example-snapshot, disk1-example-snapshot]"
+'''
+
+try:
+ from libcloud.compute.types import Provider
+ _ = Provider.GCE
+ HAS_LIBCLOUD = True
+except ImportError:
+ HAS_LIBCLOUD = False
+
+
+def find_snapshot(volume, name):
+ '''
+ Check if there is a snapshot already created with the given name for
+ the passed in volume.
+
+ Args:
+ volume: A gce StorageVolume object to manage
+ name: The name of the snapshot to look for
+
+ Returns:
+ The VolumeSnapshot object if one is found
+ '''
+ found_snapshot = None
+ snapshots = volume.list_snapshots()
+ for snapshot in snapshots:
+ if name == snapshot.name:
+ found_snapshot = snapshot
+ return found_snapshot
+
+
+def main():
+ module = AnsibleModule(
+ argument_spec=dict(
+ instance_name=dict(required=True),
+ snapshot_name=dict(required=True),
+ state=dict(choices=['present', 'absent'], default='present'),
+ disks=dict(default=None, type='list'),
+ service_account_email=dict(type='str'),
+ credentials_file=dict(type='path'),
+ project_id=dict(type='str')
+ )
+ )
+
+ if not HAS_LIBCLOUD:
+ module.fail_json(msg='libcloud with GCE support (0.19.0+) is required for this module')
+
+ gce = gce_connect(module)
+
+ instance_name = module.params.get('instance_name')
+ snapshot_name = module.params.get('snapshot_name')
+ disks = module.params.get('disks')
+ state = module.params.get('state')
+
+ json_output = dict(
+ changed=False,
+ snapshots_created=[],
+ snapshots_deleted=[],
+ snapshots_existing=[],
+ snapshots_absent=[]
+ )
+
+ snapshot = None
+
+ instance = gce.ex_get_node(instance_name, 'all')
+ instance_disks = instance.extra['disks']
+
+ for instance_disk in instance_disks:
+ device_name = instance_disk['deviceName']
+ if disks is None or device_name in disks:
+ volume_obj = gce.ex_get_volume(device_name)
+
+ # If we have more than one disk to snapshot, prepend the disk name
+ if len(instance_disks) > 1:
+ snapshot_name = device_name + "-" + snapshot_name
+
+ snapshot = find_snapshot(volume_obj, snapshot_name)
+
+ if snapshot and state == 'present':
+ json_output['snapshots_existing'].append(snapshot_name)
+
+ elif snapshot and state == 'absent':
+ snapshot.destroy()
+ json_output['changed'] = True
+ json_output['snapshots_deleted'].append(snapshot_name)
+
+ elif not snapshot and state == 'present':
+ volume_obj.snapshot(snapshot_name)
+ json_output['changed'] = True
+ json_output['snapshots_created'].append(snapshot_name)
+
+ elif not snapshot and state == 'absent':
+ json_output['snapshots_absent'].append(snapshot_name)
+
+ module.exit_json(**json_output)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ main()