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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: SoftLayer
+short_description: create or cancel a virtual instance in SoftLayer
+description:
+  - Creates or cancels SoftLayer instances. When created, optionally waits for it to be 'running'.
+version_added: "2.1"
+options:
+  instance_id:
+    description:
+      - Instance Id of the virtual instance to perform action option
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  hostname:
+    description:
+      - Hostname to be provided to a virtual instance
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  domain:
+    description:
+      - Domain name to be provided to a virtual instance
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  datacenter:
+    description:
+      - Datacenter for the virtual instance to be deployed
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  tags:
+    description:
+      - Tag or list of tags to be provided to a virtual instance
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  hourly:
+    description:
+      - Flag to determine if the instance should be hourly billed
+    required: false
+    default: true
+  private:
+    description:
+      - Flag to determine if the instance should be private only
+    required: false
+    default: false
+  dedicated:
+    description:
+      - Falg to determine if the instance should be deployed in dedicated space
+    required: false
+    default: false
+  local_disk:
+    description:
+      - Flag to determine if local disk should be used for the new instance
+    required: false
+    default: true
+  cpus:
+    description:
+      - Count of cpus to be assigned to new virtual instance
+    required: true
+    default: null
+  memory:
+    description:
+      - Amount of memory to be assigned to new virtual instance
+    required: true
+    default: null
+  disks:
+    description:
+      - List of disk sizes to be assigned to new virtual instance
+    required: true
+    default: [25]
+  os_code:
+    description:
+      - OS Code to be used for new virtual instance
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  image_id:
+    description:
+      - Image Template to be used for new virtual instance
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  nic_speed:
+    description:
+      - NIC Speed to be assigned to new virtual instance
+    required: false
+    default: 10
+  public_vlan:
+    description:
+      - VLAN by its Id to be assigned to the public NIC
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  private_vlan:
+    description:
+      - VLAN by its Id to be assigned to the private NIC
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  ssh_keys:
+    description:
+      - List of ssh keys by their Id to be assigned to a virtual instance
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  post_uri:
+    description:
+      - URL of a post provisioning script ot be loaded and exectued on virtual instance
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  state:
+    description:
+      - Create, or cancel a virtual instance. Specify "present" for create, "absent" to cancel.
+    required: false
+    default: 'present'
+  wait:
+    description:
+      - Flag used to wait for active status before returning
+    required: false
+    default: true
+  wait_timeout:
+    description:
+      - time in seconds before wait returns
+    required: false
+    default: 600
+
+requirements:
+    - "python >= 2.6"
+    - "softlayer >= 4.1.1"
+author: "Matt Colton (@mcltn)"
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+- name: Build instance
+  hosts: localhost
+  gather_facts: False
+  tasks:
+  - name: Build instance request
+    local_action:
+      module: sl
+      hostname: instance-1
+      domain: anydomain.com
+      datacenter: dal09
+      tags: ansible-module-test
+      hourly: True
+      private: False
+      dedicated: False
+      local_disk: True
+      cpus: 1
+      memory: 1024
+      disks: [25]
+      os_code: UBUNTU_LATEST
+      wait: False
+
+- name: Build additional instances
+  hosts: localhost
+  gather_facts: False
+  tasks:
+  - name: Build instances request
+    local_action:
+      module: sl
+      hostname: "{{ item.hostname }}"
+      domain: "{{ item.domain }}"
+      datacenter: "{{ item.datacenter }}"
+      tags: "{{ item.tags }}"
+      hourly: "{{ item.hourly }}"
+      private: "{{ item.private }}"
+      dedicated: "{{ item.dedicated }}"
+      local_disk: "{{ item.local_disk }}"
+      cpus: "{{ item.cpus }}"
+      memory: "{{ item.memory }}"
+      disks: "{{ item.disks }}"
+      os_code: "{{ item.os_code }}"
+      ssh_keys: "{{ item.ssh_keys }}"
+      wait: "{{ item.wait }}"
+    with_items:
+      - { hostname: 'instance-2', domain: 'anydomain.com', datacenter: 'dal09', tags: ['ansible-module-test', 'ansible-module-test-slaves'], hourly: True, private: False, dedicated: False, local_disk: True, cpus: 1, memory: 1024, disks: [25,100], os_code: 'UBUNTU_LATEST', ssh_keys: [], wait: True }
+      - { hostname: 'instance-3', domain: 'anydomain.com', datacenter: 'dal09', tags: ['ansible-module-test', 'ansible-module-test-slaves'], hourly: True, private: False, dedicated: False, local_disk: True, cpus: 1, memory: 1024, disks: [25,100], os_code: 'UBUNTU_LATEST', ssh_keys: [], wait: True }
+
+
+- name: Cancel instances
+  hosts: localhost
+  gather_facts: False
+  tasks:
+  - name: Cancel by tag
+    local_action:
+      module: sl
+      state: absent
+      tags: ansible-module-test
+'''
+
+# TODO: Disabled RETURN as it is breaking the build for docs. Needs to be fixed.
+RETURN = '''# '''
+
+import time
+
+STATES = ['present', 'absent']
+DATACENTERS = ['ams01','ams03','dal01','dal05','dal06','dal09','fra02','hkg02','hou02','lon2','mel01','mex01','mil01','mon01','par01','sjc01','sjc03','sao01','sea01','sng01','syd01','tok02','tor01','wdc01','wdc04']
+CPU_SIZES = [1,2,4,8,16]
+MEMORY_SIZES = [1024,2048,4096,6144,8192,12288,16384,32768,49152,65536]
+INITIALDISK_SIZES = [25,100]
+LOCALDISK_SIZES = [25,100,150,200,300]
+SANDISK_SIZES = [10,20,25,30,40,50,75,100,125,150,175,200,250,300,350,400,500,750,1000,1500,2000]
+NIC_SPEEDS = [10,100,1000]
+
+try:
+  import SoftLayer
+  from SoftLayer import VSManager
+
+  HAS_SL = True
+  vsManager = VSManager(SoftLayer.create_client_from_env())
+except ImportError:
+  HAS_SL = False
+
+
+def create_virtual_instance(module):
+
+  # Check if OS or Image Template is provided (Can't be both, defaults to OS)
+  if (module.params.get('os_code') != None and module.params.get('os_code') != ''):
+    module.params['image_id'] = ''
+  elif (module.params.get('image_id') != None and module.params.get('image_id') != ''):
+    module.params['os_code'] = ''
+    module.params['disks'] = [] # Blank out disks since it will use the template
+  else:
+    return False, None
+
+  tags = module.params.get('tags')
+  if isinstance(tags, list):
+    tags = ','.join(map(str, module.params.get('tags')))
+
+  instance = vsManager.create_instance(
+    hostname = module.params.get('hostname'),
+    domain = module.params.get('domain'),
+    cpus = module.params.get('cpus'),
+    memory = module.params.get('memory'),
+    hourly = module.params.get('hourly'),
+    datacenter = module.params.get('datacenter'),
+    os_code = module.params.get('os_code'),
+    image_id = module.params.get('image_id'),
+    local_disk = module.params.get('local_disk'),
+    disks = module.params.get('disks'),
+    ssh_keys = module.params.get('ssh_keys'),
+    nic_speed = module.params.get('nic_speed'),
+    private = module.params.get('private'),
+    public_vlan = module.params.get('public_vlan'),
+    private_vlan = module.params.get('private_vlan'),
+    dedicated = module.params.get('dedicated'),
+    post_uri = module.params.get('post_uri'),
+    tags = tags)
+
+  if instance != None and instance['id'] > 0:
+    return True, instance
+  else:
+    return False, None
+
+
+def wait_for_instance(module,id):
+  instance = None
+  completed = False
+  wait_timeout = time.time() + module.params.get('wait_time')
+  while not completed and wait_timeout > time.time():
+    try:
+      completed = vsManager.wait_for_ready(id, 10, 2)
+      if completed:
+        instance = vsManager.get_instance(id)
+    except:
+      completed = False
+
+  return completed, instance
+
+
+def cancel_instance(module):
+  canceled = True
+  if module.params.get('instance_id') == None and (module.params.get('tags') or module.params.get('hostname') or module.params.get('domain')):
+    tags = module.params.get('tags')
+    if isinstance(tags, basestring):
+      tags = [module.params.get('tags')]
+    instances = vsManager.list_instances(tags = tags, hostname = module.params.get('hostname'), domain = module.params.get('domain'))
+    for instance in instances:
+      try:
+        vsManager.cancel_instance(instance['id'])
+      except:
+        canceled = False
+  elif module.params.get('instance_id') and module.params.get('instance_id') != 0:
+    try:
+      vsManager.cancel_instance(instance['id'])
+    except:
+      canceled = False
+  else:
+    return False, None
+  
+  return canceled, None
+
+
+def main():
+  module = AnsibleModule(
+    argument_spec=dict(
+      instance_id=dict(),
+      hostname=dict(),
+      domain=dict(),
+      datacenter=dict(choices=DATACENTERS),
+      tags=dict(),
+      hourly=dict(type='bool', default=True),
+      private=dict(type='bool', default=False),
+      dedicated=dict(type='bool', default=False),
+      local_disk=dict(type='bool', default=True),
+      cpus=dict(type='int', choices=CPU_SIZES),
+      memory=dict(type='int', choices=MEMORY_SIZES),
+      disks=dict(type='list', default=[25]),
+      os_code=dict(),
+      image_id=dict(),
+      nic_speed=dict(type='int', choices=NIC_SPEEDS),
+      public_vlan=dict(),
+      private_vlan=dict(),
+      ssh_keys=dict(type='list', default=[]),
+      post_uri=dict(),
+      state=dict(default='present', choices=STATES),
+      wait=dict(type='bool', default=True),
+      wait_time=dict(type='int', default=600)
+    )
+  )
+
+  if not HAS_SL:
+    module.fail_json(msg='softlayer python library required for this module')
+
+  if module.params.get('state') == 'absent':
+    (changed, instance) = cancel_instance(module)
+
+  elif module.params.get('state') == 'present':
+      (changed, instance) = create_virtual_instance(module)
+      if module.params.get('wait') == True:
+        (changed, instance) = wait_for_instance(module, instance['id'])
+
+  module.exit_json(changed=changed, instance=json.loads(json.dumps(instance, default=lambda o: o.__dict__)))
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  main()
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