community.general.gcp_forwarding_rule – Create, Update or Destroy a Forwarding_Rule.

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 1.3.6).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.gcp_forwarding_rule.

DEPRECATED

Removed in

version 2.0.0

Why

Updated modules released with increased functionality

Alternative

Use google.cloud.gcp_compute_forwarding_rule or google.cloud.gcp_compute_global_forwarding_rule instead.

Synopsis

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python >= 2.6

  • google-api-python-client >= 1.6.2

  • google-auth >= 0.9.0

  • google-auth-httplib2 >= 0.0.2

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
address
string
IPv4 or named IP address. Must be of the same scope (regional, global). Reserved addresses can (and probably should) be used for global forwarding rules. You may reserve IPs from the console or via the gce_eip module.
credentials_file
string
The path to the JSON file associated with the service account email.
forwarding_rule_name
string / required
Name of the Forwarding_Rule.
load_balancing_scheme
string
    Choices:
  • EXTERNAL ←
Load balancing scheme. At the moment the only choice is EXTERNAL.
pem_file
string
The path to the PEM file associated with the service account email.
This option is deprecated and may be removed in a future release. Use credentials_file instead.
port_range
string
For global forwarding rules, must be set to 80 or 8080 for TargetHttpProxy, and 443 for TargetHttpsProxy or TargetSslProxy.
project_id
string
The Google Cloud Platform project ID to use.
protocol
string
    Choices:
  • TCP ←
For global forwarding rules, TCP, UDP, ESP, AH, SCTP or ICMP. Default is TCP.
region
string / required
The region for this forwarding rule. Currently, only 'global' is supported.
service_account_email
string
service account email
service_account_permissions
list / elements=string
service account permissions
state
string / required
    Choices:
  • present
  • absent
The state of the Forwarding Rule. 'present' or 'absent'
target
string
Target resource for forwarding rule. For global proxy, this is a Global TargetProxy resource. Required for external load balancing (including Global load balancing)

Notes

Note

  • Currently only supports global forwarding rules. As such, Load Balancing Scheme is always EXTERNAL.

Examples

- name: Create Minimum GLOBAL Forwarding_Rule
  community.general.gcp_forwarding_rule:
    service_account_email: "{{ service_account_email }}"
    credentials_file: "{{ credentials_file }}"
    project_id: "{{ project_id }}"
    forwarding_rule_name: my-forwarding_rule
    protocol: TCP
    port_range: 80
    region: global
    target: my-target-proxy
    state: present

- name: Create Forwarding_Rule w/reserved static address
  community.general.gcp_forwarding_rule:
    service_account_email: "{{ service_account_email }}"
    credentials_file: "{{ credentials_file }}"
    project_id: "{{ project_id }}"
    forwarding_rule_name: my-forwarding_rule
    protocol: TCP
    port_range: 80
    address: my-reserved-static-address-name
    region: global
    target: my-target-proxy
    state: present

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
forwarding_rule
dictionary
Always. Refer to GCP documentation for detailed field descriptions.
GCP Forwarding_Rule dictionary

Sample:
{'name': 'my-forwarding_rule', 'target': '...'}
forwarding_rule_name
string
Always
Name of the Forwarding_Rule

Sample:
my-target-proxy
region
boolean
Always
Region for Forwarding Rule.

Sample:
True
state
string
Always.
state of the Forwarding_Rule

Sample:
present


Status

  • This module will be removed in version 2.0.0. [deprecated]

  • For more information see DEPRECATED.

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