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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# 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/>.
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: proxmox
+short_description: management of instances in Proxmox VE cluster
+description:
+  - allows you to create/delete/stop instances in Proxmox VE cluster
+options:
+  api_host:
+    description:
+      - the host of the Proxmox VE cluster
+    default: null
+    required: true
+  api_user:
+    description:
+      - the user to authenticate with
+    default: null
+    required: true
+  api_password:
+    description:
+      - the password to authenticate with
+      - you can use PROXMOX_PASSWORD environment variable
+    default: null
+    required: false
+  vmid:
+    description:
+      - the instance id
+    default: null
+    required: true
+  https_verify_ssl:
+    description:
+      - enable / disable https certificate verification
+    default: false
+    required: false
+    type: boolean
+  node:
+    description:
+      - Proxmox VE node, when new VM will be created
+      - required only for state="present"
+      - for another states will be autodiscovered
+    default: null
+    required: false
+  password:
+    description:
+      - the instance root password
+      - required only for state="present"
+    default: null
+    required: false
+  hostname:
+    description:
+      - the instance hostname
+      - required only for state="present"
+    default: null
+    required: false
+  ostemplate:
+    description:
+      - the template for VM creating
+      - required only for state="present"
+    default: null
+    required: false
+  disk:
+    description:
+      - hard disk size in GB for instance
+    default: 3
+    required: false
+  cpus:
+    description:
+      - numbers of allocated cpus for instance
+    default: 1
+    required: false
+  memory:
+    description:
+      - memory size in MB for instance
+    default: 512
+    required: false
+  swap:
+    description:
+      - swap memory size in MB for instance
+    default: 0
+    required: false
+  netif:
+    description:
+      - specifies network interfaces for the container
+    default: null
+    required: false
+    type: string
+  ip_address:
+    description:
+      - specifies the address the container will be assigned
+    default: null
+    required: false
+    type: string
+  onboot:
+    description:
+      - specifies whether a VM will be started during system bootup
+    default: false
+    required: false
+    type: boolean
+  storage:
+    description:
+      - target storage
+    default: 'local'
+    required: false
+    type: string
+  cpuunits:
+    description:
+      - CPU weight for a VM
+    default: 1000
+    required: false
+    type: integer
+  nameserver:
+    description:
+      - sets DNS server IP address for a container
+    default: null
+    required: false
+    type: string
+  searchdomain:
+    description:
+      - sets DNS search domain for a container
+    default: null
+    required: false
+    type: string
+  timeout:
+    description:
+      - timeout for operations
+    default: 30
+    required: false
+    type: integer
+  force:
+    description:
+      - forcing operations
+      - can be used only with states "present", "stopped", "restarted"
+      - with state="present" force option allow to overwrite existing container
+      - with states "stopped", "restarted" allow to force stop instance
+    default: false
+    required: false
+    type: boolean
+  state:
+    description:
+     - Indicate desired state of the instance
+    choices: ['present', 'started', 'absent', 'stopped', 'restarted']
+    default: present
+notes:
+  - Requires proxmoxer and requests modules on host. This modules can be installed with pip.
+requirements: [ "proxmoxer", "requests" ]
+author: Sergei Antipov
+'''
+
+import os
+import time
+
+try:
+  from proxmoxer import ProxmoxAPI
+  HAS_PROXMOXER = True
+except ImportError:
+  HAS_PROXMOXER = False
+
+def get_instance(proxmox, vmid):
+  return [ vm for vm in proxmox.cluster.resources.get(type='vm') if vm['vmid'] == int(vmid) ]
+
+def content_check(proxmox, node, ostemplate, storage):
+  return [ True for cnt in proxmox.nodes(node).storage(storage).content.get() if cnt['volid'] == ostemplate ]
+
+def node_check(proxmox, node):
+  return [ True for nd in proxmox.nodes.get() if nd['node'] == node ]
+
+def create_instance(module, proxmox, vmid, node, disk, storage, cpus, memory, swap, timeout, **kwargs):
+  proxmox_node = proxmox.nodes(node)
+  taskid = proxmox_node.openvz.create(vmid=vmid, storage=storage, memory=memory, swap=swap,
+                             cpus=cpus, disk=disk, **kwargs)
+
+  while timeout:
+    if ( proxmox_node.tasks(taskid).status.get()['status'] == 'stopped'
+        and proxmox_node.tasks(taskid).status.get()['exitstatus'] == 'OK' ):
+      return True
+    timeout = timeout - 1
+    if timeout == 0:
+      module.fail_json(msg='Reached timeout while waiting for creating VM. Last line in task before timeout: %s'
+                       % proxmox_node.tasks(taskid).log.get()[:1])
+
+    time.sleep(1)
+
+def start_instance(module, proxmox, vm, vmid, timeout):
+  taskid = proxmox.nodes(vm[0]['node']).openvz(vmid).status.start.post()
+  while timeout:
+    if ( proxmox.nodes(vm[0]['node']).tasks(taskid).status.get()['status'] == 'stopped'
+        and proxmox.nodes(vm[0]['node']).tasks(taskid).status.get()['exitstatus'] == 'OK' ):
+      return True
+    timeout = timeout - 1
+    if timeout == 0:
+      module.fail_json(msg='Reached timeout while waiting for starting VM. Last line in task before timeout: %s'
+                       % proxmox.nodes(vm[0]['node']).tasks(taskid).log.get()[:1])
+
+    time.sleep(1)
+  return False
+
+def stop_instance(module, proxmox, vm, vmid, timeout, force):
+  if force:
+    taskid = proxmox.nodes(vm[0]['node']).openvz(vmid).status.shutdown.post(forceStop=1)
+  else:
+    taskid = proxmox.nodes(vm[0]['node']).openvz(vmid).status.shutdown.post()
+  while timeout:
+    if ( proxmox.nodes(vm[0]['node']).tasks(taskid).status.get()['status'] == 'stopped'
+        and proxmox.nodes(vm[0]['node']).tasks(taskid).status.get()['exitstatus'] == 'OK' ):
+      return True
+    timeout = timeout - 1
+    if timeout == 0:
+      module.fail_json(msg='Reached timeout while waiting for stopping VM. Last line in task before timeout: %s'
+                       % proxmox_node.tasks(taskid).log.get()[:1])
+
+    time.sleep(1)
+  return False
+
+def umount_instance(module, proxmox, vm, vmid, timeout):
+  taskid = proxmox.nodes(vm[0]['node']).openvz(vmid).status.umount.post()
+  while timeout:
+    if ( proxmox.nodes(vm[0]['node']).tasks(taskid).status.get()['status'] == 'stopped'
+        and proxmox.nodes(vm[0]['node']).tasks(taskid).status.get()['exitstatus'] == 'OK' ):
+      return True
+    timeout = timeout - 1
+    if timeout == 0:
+      module.fail_json(msg='Reached timeout while waiting for unmounting VM. Last line in task before timeout: %s'
+                       % proxmox_node.tasks(taskid).log.get()[:1])
+
+    time.sleep(1)
+  return False
+
+def main():
+  module = AnsibleModule(
+    argument_spec = dict(
+      api_host = dict(required=True),
+      api_user = dict(required=True),
+      api_password = dict(),
+      vmid = dict(required=True),
+      https_verify_ssl = dict(type='bool', choices=BOOLEANS, default='no'),
+      node = dict(),
+      password = dict(),
+      hostname = dict(),
+      ostemplate = dict(),
+      disk = dict(type='int', default=3),
+      cpus = dict(type='int', default=1),
+      memory = dict(type='int', default=512),
+      swap = dict(type='int', default=0),
+      netif = dict(),
+      ip_address = dict(),
+      onboot = dict(type='bool', choices=BOOLEANS, default='no'),
+      storage = dict(default='local'),
+      cpuunits = dict(type='int', default=1000),
+      nameserver = dict(),
+      searchdomain = dict(),
+      timeout = dict(type='int', default=30),
+      force = dict(type='bool', choices=BOOLEANS, default='no'),
+      state = dict(default='present', choices=['present', 'absent', 'stopped', 'started', 'restarted']),
+    )
+  )
+
+  if not HAS_PROXMOXER:
+    module.fail_json(msg='proxmoxer required for this module')
+
+  state = module.params['state']
+  api_user = module.params['api_user']
+  api_host = module.params['api_host']
+  api_password = module.params['api_password']
+  vmid = module.params['vmid']
+  https_verify_ssl = module.params['https_verify_ssl']
+  node = module.params['node']
+  disk = module.params['disk']
+  cpus = module.params['cpus']
+  memory = module.params['memory']
+  swap = module.params['swap']
+  storage = module.params['storage']
+  timeout = module.params['timeout']
+
+  # If password not set get it from PROXMOX_PASSWORD env
+  if not api_password:
+    try:
+      api_password = os.environ['PROXMOX_PASSWORD']
+    except KeyError, e:
+      module.fail_json(msg='You should set api_password param or use PROXMOX_PASSWORD environment variable')
+
+  try:
+    proxmox = ProxmoxAPI(api_host, user=api_user, password=api_password, verify_ssl=https_verify_ssl)
+  except Exception, e:
+    module.fail_json(msg='authorization on proxmox cluster failed with exception: %s' % e)
+
+  if state == 'present':
+    try:
+      if get_instance(proxmox, vmid) and not module.params['force']:
+        module.exit_json(changed=False, msg="VM with vmid = %s is already exists" % vmid)
+      elif not (node, module.params['hostname'] and module.params['password'] and module.params['ostemplate']):
+        module.fail_json(msg='node, hostname, password and ostemplate are mandatory for creating vm')
+      elif not node_check(proxmox, node):
+        module.fail_json(msg="node '%s' not exists in cluster" % node)
+      elif not content_check(proxmox, node, module.params['ostemplate'], storage):
+        module.fail_json(msg="ostemplate '%s' not exists on node %s and storage %s"
+                         % (module.params['ostemplate'], node, storage))
+
+      create_instance(module, proxmox, vmid, node, disk, storage, cpus, memory, swap, timeout,
+                      password = module.params['password'],
+                      hostname = module.params['hostname'],
+                      ostemplate = module.params['ostemplate'],
+                      netif = module.params['netif'],
+                      ip_address = module.params['ip_address'],
+                      onboot = int(module.params['onboot']),
+                      cpuunits = module.params['cpuunits'],
+                      nameserver = module.params['nameserver'],
+                      searchdomain = module.params['searchdomain'],
+                      force = int(module.params['force']))
+
+      module.exit_json(changed=True, msg="deployed VM %s from template %s"  % (vmid, module.params['ostemplate']))
+    except Exception, e:
+      module.fail_json(msg="creation of VM %s failed with exception: %s" % ( vmid, e ))
+
+  elif state == 'started':
+    try:
+      vm = get_instance(proxmox, vmid)
+      if not vm:
+        module.fail_json(msg='VM with vmid = %s not exists in cluster' % vmid)
+      if proxmox.nodes(vm[0]['node']).openvz(vmid).status.current.get()['status'] == 'running':
+        module.exit_json(changed=False, msg="VM %s is already running" % vmid)
+
+      if start_instance(module, proxmox, vm, vmid, timeout):
+        module.exit_json(changed=True, msg="VM %s started" % vmid)
+    except Exception, e:
+      module.fail_json(msg="starting of VM %s failed with exception: %s" % ( vmid, e ))
+
+  elif state == 'stopped':
+    try:
+      vm = get_instance(proxmox, vmid)
+      if not vm:
+        module.fail_json(msg='VM with vmid = %s not exists in cluster' % vmid)
+
+      if proxmox.nodes(vm[0]['node']).openvz(vmid).status.current.get()['status'] == 'mounted':
+        if module.params['force']:
+          if umount_instance(module, proxmox, vm, vmid, timeout):
+            module.exit_json(changed=True, msg="VM %s is shutting down" % vmid)
+        else:
+          module.exit_json(changed=False, msg=("VM %s is already shutdown, but mounted. "
+                                               "You can use force option to umount it.") % vmid)
+
+      if proxmox.nodes(vm[0]['node']).openvz(vmid).status.current.get()['status'] == 'stopped':
+        module.exit_json(changed=False, msg="VM %s is already shutdown" % vmid)
+
+      if stop_instance(module, proxmox, vm, vmid, timeout, force = module.params['force']):
+        module.exit_json(changed=True, msg="VM %s is shutting down" % vmid)
+    except Exception, e:
+      module.fail_json(msg="stopping of VM %s failed with exception: %s" % ( vmid, e ))
+
+  elif state == 'restarted':
+    try:
+      vm = get_instance(proxmox, vmid)
+      if not vm:
+        module.fail_json(msg='VM with vmid = %s not exists in cluster' % vmid)
+      if ( proxmox.nodes(vm[0]['node']).openvz(vmid).status.current.get()['status'] == 'stopped'
+          or proxmox.nodes(vm[0]['node']).openvz(vmid).status.current.get()['status'] == 'mounted' ):
+        module.exit_json(changed=False, msg="VM %s is not running" % vmid)
+
+      if ( stop_instance(module, proxmox, vm, vmid, timeout, force = module.params['force']) and
+          start_instance(module, proxmox, vm, vmid, timeout) ):
+        module.exit_json(changed=True, msg="VM %s is restarted" % vmid)
+    except Exception, e:
+      module.fail_json(msg="restarting of VM %s failed with exception: %s" % ( vmid, e ))
+
+  elif state == 'absent':
+    try:
+      vm = get_instance(proxmox, vmid)
+      if not vm:
+        module.exit_json(changed=False, msg="VM %s does not exist" % vmid)
+
+      if proxmox.nodes(vm[0]['node']).openvz(vmid).status.current.get()['status'] == 'running':
+        module.exit_json(changed=False, msg="VM %s is running. Stop it before deletion." % vmid)
+
+      if proxmox.nodes(vm[0]['node']).openvz(vmid).status.current.get()['status'] == 'mounted':
+        module.exit_json(changed=False, msg="VM %s is mounted. Stop it with force option before deletion." % vmid)
+
+      taskid = proxmox.nodes(vm[0]['node']).openvz.delete(vmid)
+      while timeout:
+        if ( proxmox.nodes(vm[0]['node']).tasks(taskid).status.get()['status'] == 'stopped'
+            and proxmox.nodes(vm[0]['node']).tasks(taskid).status.get()['exitstatus'] == 'OK' ):
+          module.exit_json(changed=True, msg="VM %s removed" % vmid)
+        timeout = timeout - 1
+        if timeout == 0:
+          module.fail_json(msg='Reached timeout while waiting for removing VM. Last line in task before timeout: %s'
+                           % proxmox_node.tasks(taskid).log.get()[:1])
+
+        time.sleep(1)
+    except Exception, e:
+      module.fail_json(msg="deletion of VM %s failed with exception: %s" % ( vmid, e ))
+
+# import module snippets
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
+main()