Automating this task was pretty straightforward and did not require any new framework decisions. All the other automation decisions we reviewed previously were carried over.
There is one area worth highlighting that you may also face when automating OpenStack tasks using the CLI. The default output of the CLI is pretty-printed (using the Python prettytable module), which at times is not so pretty when you want to sort through the output. Some CLI commands give the option of specific formatting, but in the event the command does not allow it, you have other options. This is where again the awk command becomes your very close ally. You will note that in the next section the specific use of the awk command is to filter out the values that we need for the next task within the role.
It feels like we are ready to proceed with creating our next playbook and role.