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# 02a\_\_create\_postgres\_cluster.yml.md

The source files for this tutorial can be downloaded from its [GitHub repository](https://github.com/ionos-cloud/module-ansible/tree/master/docs/), or cloned into your current working directory using the command `git clone https://github.com/ionos-cloud/module-ansible.git` before changing into the `module-ansible/docs/tutorials/09__a_quick_introduction_to_dbaas` sub-directory.

{% code title="01\_\_create\_jumpbox\_and\_nlb.yml" overflow="wrap" lineNumbers="true" %}

```
- name: Set the fact 'internal_lan' based on the above
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    internal_lan: "{{ (lan_info_response | json_query(query))[0] }}"
  vars:
    query: "lans[?properties.name=='{{ lan.name }}']"


- name: Get information about our reserved IP Blocks
  ionoscloudsdk.ionoscloud.ipblock_info:
    filters: "{ 'properties.name': 'IP Block for {{ datacenter_name }}' }"
  register: ipblock_info_response
  when: ENABLE_EXPLICITLY_UNSUPPORTED_CONFIGURATIONS


- name: Set 'ip_block' based on the above
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    ip_block: "{{ ipblock_info_response.ipblocks[0].properties.ips }}"
  when: ENABLE_EXPLICITLY_UNSUPPORTED_CONFIGURATIONS


- name: Get information about the servers in our data center
  ionoscloudsdk.ionoscloud.server_info:
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    depth: 5
  register: get_server_response


- name: Retrieve the object describing the jumpbox
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    desired_server_info__query: "{{ get_server_response | json_query(query) }}"
  vars:
    query: "servers[?properties.name=='{{ server_config['jumpbox'].name }}']"


- name: Retrieve the jumpbox's public IP
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    jumpbox_ip: "{{ (desired_server_info__query[0] | json_query(query))[0] }}"
  vars:
    query: "entities.nics.items[?properties.name!='{{ server_config['jumpbox'].name }}.eth1'].properties.ips[]"




# =======================================================================
# See https://docs.ionos.com/ansible/api/dbaas-postgres/postgres_cluster
- name: Create Postgres Cluster
  ionoscloudsdk.ionoscloud.postgres_cluster:
    postgres_version: 12
    instances: 1
    cores: "{{ dbaas_config.postgres_cluster.cores }}"
    ram: "{{ dbaas_config.postgres_cluster.ram }}"
    storage_size: "{{ dbaas_config.postgres_cluster.volume_size }}"
    storage_type: "{{ dbaas_config.postgres_cluster.storage_type }}"
    location: "{{ location }}"
    connections:
      - cidr: "{{ dbaas_config.postgres_cluster.ip }}/24"
        datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
        lan: "{{ internal_lan.id }}"
    display_name: "Postgres Cluster for {{ datacenter_name }}"
    synchronization_mode: ASYNCHRONOUS
    db_username: dbadmin
    db_password: "{{ default_password }}"

    wait: true
    wait_timeout: "{{ wait_timeout }}"
  register: postgres_cluster_response    




# =======================================================================
- name: Print usage information
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg:
      - "To access your Postgres Cluster via, e.g., psql, use one of the following commands:"
      - "    From the jumpbox:"
      - "        psql -h {{ dbaas_config.postgres_cluster.ip }} -U dbadmin postgres"
      - "    Externally via the jumpbox:"
      - "        In one shell:     ssh -L 5432:{{ postgres_cluster_response.postgres_cluster.properties.dns_name }}:5432 root@{{ jumpbox_ip }}"
      - "        In another shell: psql -h localhost -U dbadmin postgres"
      - "{% if ENABLE_EXPLICITLY_UNSUPPORTED_CONFIGURATIONS %}    Externally via the NLB:{% endif %}"
      - "{% if ENABLE_EXPLICITLY_UNSUPPORTED_CONFIGURATIONS %}        psql -h {{ ip_block[0] }} -U dbadmin postgres{% endif %}"
```

{% endcode %}


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