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+# New tasks to spin up instance in https://fed-cloud09.cloud.fedoraproject.org
+# DON'T USE FOR PRODUCTION !
+
+# Variables for authentication
+# OS_AUTH_URL
+# OS_USERNAME
+# OS_PASSWORD
+# OS_TENANT_ID
+# OS_TENANT_NAME
+
+
+# To use direct `nova` commands construct _OS_AUTH_OPTS as:
+# --os-auth-url {{OS_AUTH_URL}} --os-username {{OS_USERNAME}} --os-password {{OS_PASSWORD}} --os-tenant-name {{OS_TENANT_NAME}} --os-tenant-id {{OS_TENANT_ID}}
+#- name: get current VM status
+#  local_action: "shell nova --insecure  {{_OS_AUTH_OPTS}} show  {{inventory_hostname}}   2>/dev/null | grep status | cut -d'|' -f3 | cut -d' ' -f2"
+#  register: vm_status
+#- name: spinup VM: without novaclient, need to set key-pair and floating ip later
+#  local_action: "shell nova --insecure  {{_OS_AUTH_OPTS}} boot --flavor {{flavor_id}} --image {{image}}  --poll  {{inventory_hostname}}"
+#  when: vm_status.stdout != "ACTIVE"
+
+- name: spin UP VM using nova_compute
+  nova_compute:
+      # insecure: True
+      auth_url: "{{OS_AUTH_URL}}"
+      login_username: "{{OS_USERNAME}}"
+      login_password: "{{OS_PASSWORD}}"
+      login_tenant_name: "{{OS_TENANT_NAME}}"
+      name: "{{inventory_hostname}}"
+      image_id: {{ image }}
+      wait_for: 300
+      flavor_id: {{ flavor_id }}  # TODO: conversion from `instance_type`
+      security_groups: {{security_group}}
+      key_name: { {keypair }}
+      floating_ips:
+        - "{{public_ip}}"
+  register: nova_result
+  when: vm_status.stdout != "ACTIVE"
+
+# - debug: msg="{{ nova_result.info }}"
+
+# Something wrong with OS volume attach/detach at the moment
+# TODO: discover if volume is attached or not
+#- name: attach volumes
+#  local_action: "shell nova --insecure  {{_OS_AUTH_OPTS}} volume-attach {{inventory_hostname}} {{item}} "
+#  with_items: volumes
+#  when: volumes is defined and vm_status.stdout != "ACTIVE"