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An introduction to Ansible Collection for Vultr 

Ansible is an open-source automation platform that helps us automate tasks and manage infrastructure through code. In other words, it simplifies IT operations. Furthermore, Ansible’s simple syntax and diverse set of modules help it to manage multiple systems as well as applications seamlessly.

Did you know that Vultr recently released an Ansible collection? This made it easier to manage Vultr cloud infrastructure via Ansible. Today we are going to take a closer look at the Ansible Collection for Vultr.

Ansible collections can be described as a method of packaging and distributing Ansible content. This makes it easier to share playbooks, modules, roles, and plugins.

The Ansible Collection for Vultr offers a complete set of modules and plugins in order to manage the Vultr cloud infrastructure. This includes modules for managing Vultr cloud instances, snapshots, firewall rules, and so on. Additionally, with this collection, we can also automate tasks like managing snapshots, updating firewall rules, and so on.

How to use the Ansible Collection for Vultr

According to our experts, the Ansible package version higher than 6.0.0 includes the Vultr Ansible Collection. However, if we have a minimal installation, we can install the collection from the Ansible Gallery with this command:

ansible-galaxy collection install vultr.vultr

Alternatively, we can also include it as a requirements.yml file and then install it with

 ansible-galaxy collection install -r requirements.yml 

with the format:

collections:
- name: vultr.cloud

Our experts would like to point out that we will have to run the following command to upgrade the collection to the latest available version if we installed this Ansible collection manually:

ansible-galaxy collection install vultr.cloud --upgrade

After installation, we can use the modules and plugins in the collection. This involves creating a playbook, It is a file that defines the tasks we want to automate. We have to reference the modules in the Vultr collection and specify the parameters you want to use.

For instance, to create a new Vultr instance, you can use this playbook:

- name: Create a new Vultr instance
hosts: localhost
tasks:
- name: Provision a new Vultr instance
vultr_instance:
api_key: "{{ vultr_api_key }}"
name: "test_instance"
region: "nyc1"
size: "1GB"
image: "CentOS 7 x64"
ssh_key_ids:
- 123456
register: instance

Here, we use the vultr_instance module to provision a new instance in the “nyc1” region. We also mention the name of the instance, the size, the image, as well as the SSH key to use.

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Conclusion

To conclude, the Ansible collection for Vultr makes it easy to manage Vultr cloud infrastructure with Ansible. Our Support techs demonstrated how to install this Ansible collection for Vultr manually as well.