netbox.netbox.netbox_virtual_disk module – Creates or removes disks from virtual machines in NetBox

Note

This module is part of the netbox.netbox collection (version 3.20.0).

It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install netbox.netbox. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: netbox.netbox.netbox_virtual_disk.

New in netbox.netbox 3.17.0

Synopsis

• Creates or removes disks from virtual machines in NetBox

Requirements

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

• pynetbox

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
cert	Certificate path
data	Defines the vm disk configuration
custom_fields	Must exist in NetBox
description	The description of the disk
name	Name of the disk to be created
size	The size (in GB) of the disk
tags	Any tags that the virtual disk may need to be associated with
virtual_machine	Name of the virtual machine the disk will be associated with (case-sensitive)
netbox_token	The NetBox API token.
netbox_url	The URL of the NetBox instance. Must be accessible by the Ansible control host.
query_params	This can be used to override the specified values in ALLOWED_QUERY_PARAMS that are defined in plugins/module_utils/netbox_utils.py and provides control to users on what may make an object unique in their environment.
state	The state of the object. :ansible-option-choices:`Choices:` :ansible-option-choices-entry-default:`"present"` :ansible-option-choices-default-mark:`← (default)` :ansible-option-choices-entry:`"absent"`
validate_certs	If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using a self-signed certificates. :ansible-option-default-bold:`Default:` :ansible-option-default:`true`

Notes

Note

• Tags should be defined as a YAML list

• This should be ran with connection local and hosts localhost

Examples

- name: "Test NetBox virtual disk module"
  connection: local
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  tasks:
    - name: Create virtual disk
      netbox_virtual_disk:
        data:
          virtual_machine: test100
          name: disk0
          size: 50
        state: present

Return Values

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

Key	Description
msg	Message indicating failure or info about what has been achieved :ansible-option-returned-bold:`Returned:` always
virtual_disk	Serialized object as created or already existent within NetBox :ansible-option-returned-bold:`Returned:` on creation

Authors

• Martin Rødvand (@rodvand)

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