diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/dimensiondata.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/dimensiondata.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2016 Dimension Data
+#
+# This module is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this software.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# Authors:
+#   - Aimon Bustardo <aimon.bustardo@dimensiondata.com>
+#   - Mark Maglana   <mmaglana@gmail.com>
+#   - Adam Friedman  <tintoy@tintoy.io>
+#
+# Common methods to be used by versious module components
+import os
+from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.configparser import ConfigParser
+from ansible.module_utils.pycompat24 import get_exception
+from os.path import expanduser
+from uuid import UUID
+
+try:
+    from libcloud.common.dimensiondata import \
+        API_ENDPOINTS, DimensionDataAPIException
+    HAS_LIBCLOUD = True
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_LIBCLOUD = False
+
+
+# Custom Exceptions
+
+class LibcloudNotFound(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class MissingCredentialsError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class UnknownNetworkError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class UnknownVLANError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+def check_libcloud_or_fail():
+    """
+    Checks if libcloud is installed and fails if not
+    """
+    if not HAS_LIBCLOUD:
+        raise LibcloudNotFound("apache-libcloud is required.")
+
+
+def get_credentials(module):
+    """
+    Get user_id and key from module configuration, environment, or dotfile.
+    Order of priority is module, environment, dotfile.
+
+    To set in environment:
+
+        export MCP_USER='myusername'
+        export MCP_PASSWORD='mypassword'
+
+    To set in dot file place a file at ~/.dimensiondata with
+    the following contents:
+
+        [dimensiondatacloud]
+        MCP_USER: myusername
+        MCP_PASSWORD: mypassword
+    """
+
+    if not HAS_LIBCLOUD:
+        module.fail_json(msg='libcloud is required for this module.')
+
+        return None
+
+    user_id = None
+    key = None
+
+    # First, try the module configuration
+    if 'mcp_user' in module.params:
+        if 'mcp_password' not in module.params:
+            module.fail_json(
+                '"mcp_user" parameter was specified, but not "mcp_password" ' +
+                '(either both must be specified, or neither).'
+            )
+
+            return None
+
+        user_id = module.params['mcp_user']
+        key = module.params['mcp_password']
+
+    # Fall back to environment
+    if not user_id or not key:
+        user_id = os.environ.get('MCP_USER', None)
+        key = os.environ.get('MCP_PASSWORD', None)
+
+    # Finally, try dotfile (~/.dimensiondata)
+    if not user_id or not key:
+        home = expanduser('~')
+        config = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser()
+        config.read("%s/.dimensiondata" % home)
+
+        try:
+            user_id = config.get("dimensiondatacloud", "MCP_USER")
+            key = config.get("dimensiondatacloud", "MCP_PASSWORD")
+        except (ConfigParser.NoSectionError, ConfigParser.NoOptionError):
+            pass
+
+    # One or more credentials not found. Function can't recover from this
+    # so it has to raise an error instead of fail silently.
+    if not user_id:
+        raise MissingCredentialsError("Dimension Data user id not found")
+    elif not key:
+        raise MissingCredentialsError("Dimension Data key not found")
+
+    # Both found, return data
+    return dict(user_id=user_id, key=key)
+
+
+def get_dd_regions():
+    """
+    Get the list of available regions whose vendor is Dimension Data.
+    """
+    check_libcloud_or_fail()
+
+    # Get endpoints
+    all_regions = API_ENDPOINTS.keys()
+
+    # Only Dimension Data endpoints (no prefix)
+    regions = [region[3:] for region in all_regions if region.startswith('dd-')]
+
+    return regions
+
+
+def get_network_domain_by_name(driver, name, location):
+    """
+    Get a network domain object by its name
+    """
+    networks = driver.ex_list_network_domains(location=location)
+    found_networks = [network for network in networks if network.name == name]
+
+    if not found_networks:
+        raise UnknownNetworkError("Network '%s' could not be found" % name)
+
+    return found_networks[0]
+
+
+def get_network_domain(driver, locator, location):
+    """
+    Get a network domain object by its name or id
+    """
+    if is_uuid(locator):
+        net_id = locator
+    else:
+        name = locator
+        networks = driver.ex_list_network_domains(location=location)
+        found_networks = [network for network in networks if network.name == name]
+
+        if not found_networks:
+            raise UnknownNetworkError("Network '%s' could not be found" % name)
+
+        net_id = found_networks[0].id
+
+    return driver.ex_get_network_domain(net_id)
+
+
+def get_vlan(driver, locator, location, network_domain):
+    """
+    Get a VLAN object by its name or id
+    """
+    if is_uuid(locator):
+        vlan_id = locator
+    else:
+        vlans = driver.ex_list_vlans(location=location,
+                                     network_domain=network_domain)
+        found_vlans = [vlan for vlan in vlans if vlan.name == locator]
+
+        if not found_vlans:
+            raise UnknownVLANError("VLAN '%s' could not be found" % locator)
+
+        vlan_id = found_vlans[0].id
+
+    return driver.ex_get_vlan(vlan_id)
+
+
+def get_mcp_version(driver, location):
+    """
+    Get a locations MCP version
+    """
+    # Get location to determine if MCP 1.0 or 2.0
+    location = driver.ex_get_location_by_id(location)
+    if 'MCP 2.0' in location.name:
+        return '2.0'
+    return '1.0'
+
+
+def is_uuid(u, version=4):
+    """
+    Test if valid v4 UUID
+    """
+    try:
+        uuid_obj = UUID(u, version=version)
+        return str(uuid_obj) == u
+    except:
+        return False
+
+
+def expand_ip_block(block):
+    """
+    Expand public IP block to show all addresses
+    """
+    addresses = []
+    ip_r = block.base_ip.split('.')
+    last_quad = int(ip_r[3])
+    address_root = "%s.%s.%s." % (ip_r[0], ip_r[1], ip_r[2])
+    for i in range(int(block.size)):
+        addresses.append(address_root + str(last_quad + i))
+    return addresses
+
+
+def get_public_ip_block(module, driver, network_domain, block_id=False,
+                        base_ip=False):
+    """
+    Get public IP block details
+    """
+    # Block ID given, try to use it.
+    if block_id is not False:
+        try:
+            block = driver.ex_get_public_ip_block(block_id)
+        except DimensionDataAPIException:
+            e = get_exception()
+            # 'UNEXPECTED_ERROR' should be removed once upstream bug is fixed.
+            # Currently any call to ex_get_public_ip_block where the block does
+            # not exist will return UNEXPECTED_ERROR rather than
+            # 'RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND'.
+            if e.code == "RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND" or e.code == 'UNEXPECTED_ERROR':
+                module.exit_json(changed=False, msg="Public IP Block does "
+                                 "not exist")
+            else:
+                module.fail_json(msg="Unexpected error while retrieving "
+                                 "block: %s" % e.code)
+            module.fail_json(msg="Error retreving Public IP Block " +
+                                 "'%s': %s" % (block.id, e.message))
+    # Block ID not given, try to use base_ip.
+    else:
+        blocks = list_public_ip_blocks(module, driver, network_domain)
+        if blocks is not False:
+            block = next(block for block in blocks if block.base_ip == base_ip)
+        else:
+            module.exit_json(changed=False, msg="IP block starting with "
+                             "'%s' does not exist." % base_ip)
+    return block
+
+
+def list_nat_rules(module, driver, network_domain):
+    """
+    Get list of NAT rules for domain
+    """
+    try:
+        return driver.ex_list_nat_rules(network_domain)
+    except DimensionDataAPIException:
+        e = get_exception()
+        module.fail_json(msg="Failed to list NAT rules: %s" % e.message)
+
+
+def list_public_ip_blocks(module, driver, network_domain):
+    """
+    Get list of public IP blocks for a domain
+    """
+    try:
+        blocks = driver.ex_list_public_ip_blocks(network_domain)
+        return blocks
+    except DimensionDataAPIException:
+        e = get_exception()
+
+        module.fail_json(msg="Error retreving Public IP Blocks: %s" % e)
+
+
+def get_block_allocation(module, cp_driver, lb_driver, network_domain, block):
+    """
+    Get public IP block allocation details. Shows all ips in block and if
+    they are allocated. Example:
+
+        {'id': 'eb8b16ca-3c91-45fb-b04b-5d7d387a9f4a',
+          'addresses': [{'address': '162.2.100.100',
+                         'allocated': True
+                         },
+                         {'address': '162.2.100.101',
+                          'allocated': False
+                         }
+                        ]
+        }
+    """
+    nat_rules = list_nat_rules(module, cp_driver, network_domain)
+    balancers = list_balancers(module, lb_driver)
+    pub_ip_block = get_public_ip_block(module, cp_driver, network_domain,
+                                       block.id, False)
+    pub_ips = expand_ip_block(pub_ip_block)
+    block_detailed = {'id': block.id, 'addresses': []}
+    for ip in pub_ips:
+        allocated = False
+
+        nat_match = [nat_rule for nat_rule in nat_rules
+                     if nat_rule.external_ip == ip]
+        lb_match = [balancer for balancer in balancers
+                    if balancer.ip == ip]
+
+        if len(nat_match) > 0 or len(lb_match) > 0:
+            allocated = True
+        else:
+            allocated = False
+
+        block_detailed['addresses'].append({'address': ip,
+                                            'allocated': allocated})
+    return block_detailed
+
+
+def list_balancers(module, lb_driver):
+    try:
+        return lb_driver.list_balancers()
+    except DimensionDataAPIException:
+        e = get_exception()
+
+        module.fail_json(msg="Failed to list Load Balancers: %s" % e.message)
+
+
+def get_blocks_with_unallocated(module, cp_driver, lb_driver, network_domain):
+    """
+    Gets ip blocks with one or more unallocated IPs.
+    ex:
+        {'unallocated_count': <total count of unallocated ips>,
+         'ip_blocks': [<list of expanded blocks with details
+                       (see get_block_allocation())>],
+         'unallocated_addresses': [<list of unallocated ip addresses>]
+        }
+    """
+    total_unallocated_ips = 0
+    all_blocks = list_public_ip_blocks(module, cp_driver, network_domain)
+    unalloc_blocks = []
+    unalloc_addresses = []
+    for block in all_blocks:
+        d_blocks = get_block_allocation(module, cp_driver, lb_driver,
+                                        network_domain, block)
+        i = 0
+        for addr in d_blocks['addresses']:
+            if addr['allocated'] is False:
+                if i == 0:
+                    unalloc_blocks.append(d_blocks)
+                unalloc_addresses.append(addr['address'])
+                total_unallocated_ips += 1
+            i += 1
+    return {'unallocated_count': total_unallocated_ips,
+            'ip_blocks': unalloc_blocks,
+            'unallocated_addresses': unalloc_addresses}
+
+
+def get_unallocated_public_ips(module, cp_driver, lb_driver, network_domain,
+                               reuse_free, count=0):
+    """
+    Get and/or provision unallocated public IPs
+    """
+    free_ips = []
+    if reuse_free is True:
+        blocks_with_unallocated = get_blocks_with_unallocated(module,
+                                                              cp_driver,
+                                                              lb_driver,
+                                                              network_domain)
+        free_ips = blocks_with_unallocated['unallocated_addresses']
+    if len(free_ips) < count:
+        num_needed = count - len(free_ips)
+        for i in range(num_needed):
+            block = cp_driver.ex_add_public_ip_block_to_network_domain(
+                network_domain)
+            block_dict = get_block_allocation(module, cp_driver, lb_driver,
+                                              network_domain, block)
+            for addr in block_dict['addresses']:
+                free_ips.append(addr['address'])
+            if len(free_ips) >= count:
+                break
+        return {'changed': True, 'msg': 'Allocated public IP block(s)',
+                'addresses': free_ips[:count]}
+    else:
+        return {'changed': False, 'msg': 'Found enough unallocated IPs' +
+                ' without provisioning.', 'addresses': free_ips}
+
+
+def is_ipv4_addr(ip):
+    """
+    Simple way to check if IPv4 address
+    """
+    parts = ip.split('.')
+    try:
+        return len(parts) == 4 and all(0 <= int(part) < 256 for part in parts)
+    except:
+        return False
+
+
+def get_node_by_name_and_ip(module, lb_driver, name, ip):
+    """
+    Nodes do not have unique names, we need to match name and IP to be
+    sure we get the correct one
+    """
+    nodes = lb_driver.ex_get_nodes()
+    found_nodes = []
+    if not is_ipv4_addr(ip):
+        module.fail_json(msg="Node '%s' ip is not a valid IPv4 address" % ip)
+
+    found_nodes = [node for node in nodes
+                   if node.name == name and node.ip == ip]
+    if len(found_nodes) == 0:
+        return None
+    elif len(found_nodes) == 1:
+        return found_nodes[0]
+    else:
+        module.fail_json(msg="More than one node of name '%s' found." % name)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/dimensiondata/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/dimensiondata/__init__.py
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