Thanks both - I had thought of using the meta attribute instead but hadn’t got round to testing it. Good to know that’s where I should be heading.
— Sent from Mailbox On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 5:44 PM, Matt Martz <[email protected]> wrote: > Per that article, it looks like you need to add metadata and not options to > extra_create_args. extra_create_args are passed to the novaclient create > method. > Something like: > - name: 1 GB General Purpose v1 > local_action: > module: rax > [snip] > meta: > build_config: "core,monitoring" > On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 5:45 AM, Dan Rough <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I'd like to be able to create servers at Rackspace which are free from any >> packages other than the ones installed by default as part of a Debian >> installation. In response to the support ticket I raised, I was pointed to >> this article in Rackspace's documentation: >> http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/post-build-options-for-servers >> . >> >> The section "Build options for configuration management software (Chef, >> Puppet, Ansible, Salt)" in that article suggests to achieve the above, I >> need to provide additional information via the build_config parameter: >> >> --meta build_config=core >> >> >> I assumed that using the rax module, I could use the extra_create_args >> attribute to supply this information. I've tested that, and I haven't been >> able to get it working. I've copied my code below, I'd like to know whether >> I'm not using the module correctly, or if I've discovered a problem in the >> implementation (the docs suggest extra_create_args has only recently been >> added): >> >> --- >> - name: Create base image >> hosts: localhost >> tasks: >> - name: 1 GB General Purpose v1 >> local_action: >> module: rax >> credentials: ~/.rackspace_cloud_credentials >> region: "LON" >> name: "base-image" >> files: >> /root/.ssh/authorized_keys: "./id-rsa.pub" >> flavor: general1-1 >> image: 04399432-ac55-4e0b-bcd1-6c90fa568a0f >> extra_create_args: >> build_config: "core,monitoring" >> >> Thanks, Dan. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ansible Project" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/96fab471-0b40-455a-9ee1-e596ac054a9f%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/96fab471-0b40-455a-9ee1-e596ac054a9f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > Matt Martz > @sivel > sivel.net > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/ansible-project/kiJGPtXz120/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAD8N0v_VSLxfJV9OPHWU_L%3DHyNFh%2BCi2Zot47EoCBD0x%2BdrpjA%40mail.gmail.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/1429117156638.4515cc45%40Nodemailer. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
