oci_object - Manage objects in OCI Object Storage Service

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

  • Create, read, update or delete an object in OCI. This module allows the user to store a file as an object in OCI or download an object from OCI to a local file.

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.
bucket_name
required
Name of the bucket in which the object exists.

aliases: bucket
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.
content_encoding
The content encoding of the object to be uploaded.
content_language
The content language of the object to be uploaded.
content_length
The content length of the object body to be uploaded.
content_md5
The base-64 encoded MD5 hash of the body to be uploaded.
content_type Default:
application/octet-stream
The content type of the object to be uploaded.
dest
The destination file path when downloading an object. Use with state=present to download an object. This option is mutually exclusive with src.
force
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Force overwriting existing local file when downloading or existing remote object when uploading.

aliases: overwrite
namespace_name
required
Name of the namespace in which the object exists.

aliases: namespace
object_name
required

aliases: name, object
opc_client_request_id
The client request ID for tracing.
opc_meta
User-defined metadata dict(str,str) for the object to be uploaded.

aliases: metadata
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.
src
The source file path when uploading an object. Use with state=present to upload an object. This option is mutually exclusive with dest.
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
The final state of the object after the task. Use state=absent with object to delete a specific object. Use state=present with dest to download an object. Use state=present with src to upload an object.
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: Create/upload an object
  oci_object:
    namespace: mynamespace
    bucket: mybucket
    object: mydata.txt
    src: /usr/local/myfile.txt
    opc_meta: {language: english}

- name: Get/download an object to a file
  oci_object:
    namespace: mynamespace
    bucket: mybucket
    object: key.txt
    dest: /usr/local/new_file.txt

- name: Avoid overwriting an existing file when downloading an object. The task would fail if the local file pointed
        to by I(dest) already exists
  oci_object:
    namespace: mynamespace
    bucket: mybucket
    object: key.txt
    dest: /usr/local/myfile.txt
    force: false

- name: Delete an object
  oci_object:
    namespace: mynamespace
    bucket: mybucket
    object: key.txt
    state: 'absent'

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
object
dict
 On successful operation
OCI object details

Sample:
{'Content-Length': '165661', 'opc-request-id': '79bcd894-8a9d-fbfe-3717-fd92d518d0a1', 'Access-Control-Expose-Headers': 'Access-Control-Allow-Credentials,Access-Control-Allow-Methods, Access-Control-Allow-Origin,Content-Length,Content-MD5,Content-Type,ETag,Last-Modified,opc-client-info, opc-meta-author,opc-meta-doc-genre,opc-request-id', 'opc-meta-author': 'RC', 'Content-MD5': '3zBENq6MBnedDrpl2+SttQ==', 'Last-Modified': 'Tue, 10 Oct 2017 13:57:20 GMT', 'Connection': 'keep-alive', 'ETag': '5B3287C054A51CB6E053824310AC257B', 'Access-Control-Allow-Credentials': 'true', 'Date': 'Tue, 10 Oct 2017 13:58:02 GMT', 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin': '*', 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods': 'POST,PUT,GET,HEAD,DELETE,OPTIONS', 'Content-Type': 'image/png'}


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

  • Rohit Chaware (@rohitChaware)

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