oci_ad_facts - Retrieve details of availability domains in your tenancy

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

  • This module retrieves details of all availability domains in your tenancy.

Requirements

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

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
api_user
The OCID of the user, on whose behalf, OCI APIs are invoked. If not set, then the value of the OCI_USER_OCID environment variable, if any, is used. This option is required if the user is not specified through a configuration file (See config_file_location). To get the user's OCID, please refer https://docs.us-phoenix-1.oraclecloud.com/Content/API/Concepts/apisigningkey.htm.
api_user_fingerprint
Fingerprint for the key pair being used. If not set, then the value of the OCI_USER_FINGERPRINT environment variable, if any, is used. This option is required if the key fingerprint is not specified through a configuration file (See config_file_location). To get the key pair's fingerprint value please refer https://docs.us-phoenix-1.oraclecloud.com/Content/API/Concepts/apisigningkey.htm.
api_user_key_file
Full path and filename of the private key (in PEM format). If not set, then the value of the OCI_USER_KEY_FILE variable, if any, is used. This option is required if the private key is not specified through a configuration file (See config_file_location). If the key is encrypted with a pass-phrase, the api_user_key_pass_phrase option must also be provided.
api_user_key_pass_phrase
Passphrase used by the key referenced in api_user_key_file, if it is encrypted. If not set, then the value of the OCI_USER_KEY_PASS_PHRASE variable, if any, is used. This option is required if the key passphrase is not specified through a configuration file (See config_file_location).
auth_type
    Choices:
  • api_key ←
  • instance_principal
The type of authentication to use for making API requests. By default auth_type="api_key" based authentication is performed and the API key (see api_user_key_file) in your config file will be used. If this 'auth_type' module option is not specified, the value of the OCI_ANSIBLE_AUTH_TYPE, if any, is used. Use auth_type="instance_principal" to use instance principal based authentication when running ansible playbooks within an OCI compute instance.
compartment_id
required
The OCID of the compartment (either the tenancy or another compartment in the tenancy).

aliases: id
config_file_location
Path to configuration file. If not set then the value of the OCI_CONFIG_FILE environment variable, if any, is used. Otherwise, defaults to ~/.oci/config.
config_profile_name Default:
DEFAULT
The profile to load from the config file referenced by config_file_location. If not set, then the value of the OCI_CONFIG_PROFILE environment variable, if any, is used. Otherwise, defaults to the "DEFAULT" profile in config_file_location.
region
The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure region to use for all OCI API requests. If not set, then the value of the OCI_REGION variable, if any, is used. This option is required if the region is not specified through a configuration file (See config_file_location). Please refer to https://docs.us-phoenix-1.oraclecloud.com/Content/General/Concepts/regions.htm for more information on OCI regions.
tenancy
OCID of your tenancy. If not set, then the value of the OCI_TENANCY variable, if any, is used. This option is required if the tenancy OCID is not specified through a configuration file (See config_file_location). To get the tenancy OCID, please refer https://docs.us-phoenix-1.oraclecloud.com/Content/API/Concepts/apisigningkey.htm

Examples

- name: Get details of all the availability domains in your tenancy
  oci_ad_facts:
    compartment_id: 'ocid1.compartment.oc1..xxxxxEXAMPLExxxxx...vm62xq'

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
availability_domains
complex
 on success
Information about one or more availability domains in your tenancy

Sample:
{'availability_domains': [{'name': 'IwGV:US-ASHBURN-AD-1', 'compartment_id': 'ocid1.compartment.oc1..xxxxxEXAMPLExxxxx..6glmkwq'}, {'name': 'IwGV:US-ASHBURN-AD-2', 'compartment_id': 'ocid1.compartment.oc1..xxxxxEXAMPLExxxxx..6glmkwq'}, {'name': 'IwGV:US-ASHBURN-AD-3', 'compartment_id': 'ocid1.compartment.oc1..xxxxxEXAMPLExxxxx..6glmkwq'}]}
  name
string
 always
The name of the Availability Domain.

Sample:
BnQb:PHX-AD-1
  compartment_id
string
 always
The OCID of the compartment

Sample:
ocid1.compartment.oc1..xxxxxEXAMPLExxxxx..6glmkwq


Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Author

  • Sivakumar Thyagarajan (@sivakumart)

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