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volume_action

Generated on 15 Jul 2025 from digitalocean.cloud version v1.2.1

Synopsis

Attach or detach volumes from Droplets. Block storage actions are commands that can be given to a DigitalOcean Block Storage Volume. Each volume may only be attached to a single Droplet. However, up to five volumes may be attached to a Droplet at a time. Pre-formatted volumes will be automatically mounted to Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Fedora Atomic, and CentOS Droplets created on or after April 26, 2018 when attached. On older Droplets, additional configuration is required. View the API documentation at https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/api-reference/#tag/Block-Storage-Actions.

Requirements

pydo >= 0.1.3
azure-core >= 1.26.1

Parameters

Parameter	Choices / Default	Description
`client_override_options` dict		Client override options (developer use). For example, can be used to override the DigitalOcean API endpoint for an internal test suite. If provided, these options will knock out existing options.
`droplet_name` str / required		The name of the Droplet to attach or detach to the volume to.
`module_override_options` dict		Module override options (developer use). Can be used to override module options to support experimental or future options. If provided, these options will knock out existing options.
`region` str / required		Set to the slug representing the region where the volume and Droplet is located.
`state` str	Choices: `present` (default) `absent`	State of the resource, `present` to create, `absent` to destroy.
`timeout` int	Default: `300`	Polling timeout in seconds.
`token` str		DigitalOcean API token. There are several environment variables which can be used to provide this value. `DIGITALOCEAN_ACCESS_TOKEN`, `DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN`, `DO_API_TOKEN`, `DO_API_KEY`, `DO_OAUTH_TOKEN` and `OAUTH_TOKEN`
`volume_name` str / required		The name of the block storage volume to attach or detach.

Examples

- name: Attach volume to Droplet
  digitalocean.cloud.volume_action:
    token: "{{ token }}"
    state: present
    volume_name: test-vol-delete-1
    droplet_name: test-droplet-delete-1
    region: nyc3

- name: Detach volume from Droplet
  digitalocean.cloud.volume_action:
    token: "{{ token }}"
    state: absent
    volume_name: test-vol-delete-1
    droplet_name: test-droplet-delete-1
    region: nyc3

Return Values

Key Returned Description

Key	Returned	Description
`action` dict	always	DigitalOcean volume action information. Sample: { "completed_at": "2020-11-12T17:51:14Z", "id": 72531856, "region": { "available": true, "features": [ "private_networking", "backups", "ipv6", "metadata" ], "name": "New York 1", "sizes": [ "s-1vcpu-1gb", "s-1vcpu-2gb", "s-1vcpu-3gb", "s-2vcpu-2gb", "s-3vcpu-1gb", "s-2vcpu-4gb", "s-4vcpu-8gb", "s-6vcpu-16gb", "s-8vcpu-32gb", "s-12vcpu-48gb", "s-16vcpu-64gb", "s-20vcpu-96gb", "s-24vcpu-128gb", "s-32vcpu-192gb" ], "slug": "nyc1" }, "region_slug": "nyc1", "resource_type": "volume", "started_at": "2020-11-12T17:51:03Z", "status": "completed", "type": "attach_volume" }
`error` dict	failure	DigitalOcean API error. Sample: `{ "Message": "Informational error message.", "Reason": "Unauthorized", "Status Code": 401 }`
`msg` str	always	DigitalOcean volume action information. Sample: [ "No volume named test-vol in nyc3", "Multiple volumes named test-vol in nyc3", "No Droplet named test-droplet in nyc3", "Multiple Droplets named test-droplet in nyc3", "Volume test-vol in nyc3 attached to test-droplet", "Attached volume test-vol in nyc3 to test-droplet", "Volume test-vol in nyc3 not attached to test-droplet", "Detached volume test-vol in nyc3 from test-droplet", "Volume test-vol in nyc3 would be attahed to test-droplet", "Volume test-vol in nyc3 would be detached from test-droplet" ]

action
dict

always

DigitalOcean volume action information.
Sample:

{
  "completed_at": "2020-11-12T17:51:14Z",
  "id": 72531856,
  "region": {
    "available": true,
    "features": [
      "private_networking",
      "backups",
      "ipv6",
      "metadata"
    ],
    "name": "New York 1",
    "sizes": [
      "s-1vcpu-1gb",
      "s-1vcpu-2gb",
      "s-1vcpu-3gb",
      "s-2vcpu-2gb",
      "s-3vcpu-1gb",
      "s-2vcpu-4gb",
      "s-4vcpu-8gb",
      "s-6vcpu-16gb",
      "s-8vcpu-32gb",
      "s-12vcpu-48gb",
      "s-16vcpu-64gb",
      "s-20vcpu-96gb",
      "s-24vcpu-128gb",
      "s-32vcpu-192gb"
    ],
    "slug": "nyc1"
  },
  "region_slug": "nyc1",
  "resource_type": "volume",
  "started_at": "2020-11-12T17:51:03Z",
  "status": "completed",
  "type": "attach_volume"
}

error
dict

failure

DigitalOcean API error.
Sample:

{
  "Message": "Informational error message.",
  "Reason": "Unauthorized",
  "Status Code": 401
}

msg
str