community.google.gce_pd – utilize GCE persistent disk resources

Note

This plugin is part of the community.google collection (version 1.0.0).

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

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.google.gce_pd.

Synopsis

  • This module can create and destroy unformatted GCE persistent disks https://developers.google.com/compute/docs/disks#persistentdisks. It also supports attaching and detaching disks from running instances. Full install/configuration instructions for the gce* modules can be found in the comments of ansible/test/gce_tests.py.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6

  • apache-libcloud >= 0.13.3, >= 0.17.0 if using JSON credentials

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
credentials_file
path
path to the JSON file associated with the service account email
delete_on_termination
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
If yes, deletes the volume when instance is terminated
detach_only
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
do not destroy the disk, merely detach it from an instance
disk_type
string
Default:
"pd-standard"
Specify a pd-standard disk or pd-ssd for an SSD disk.
external_projects
list / elements=string
A list of other projects (accessible with the provisioning credentials) to be searched for the image.
image
string
the source image to use for the disk
image_family
string
The image family to use to create the instance. If image has been used image_family is ignored. Cannot specify both image and source.
instance_name
string
instance name if you wish to attach or detach the disk
mode
string
    Choices:
  • READ_WRITE
  • READ_ONLY ←
GCE mount mode of disk, READ_ONLY (default) or READ_WRITE
name
string / required
name of the disk
pem_file
path
path to the pem file associated with the service account email This option is deprecated. Use 'credentials_file'.
project_id
string
your GCE project ID
service_account_email
string
service account email
size_gb
string
Default:
"10"
whole integer size of disk (in GB) to create, default is 10 GB
snapshot
string
the source snapshot to use for the disk
state
string
Default:
"present"
desired state of the persistent disk
Available choices are: active, present, absent, deleted.
zone
string
Default:
"us-central1-b"
zone in which to create the disk

Examples

- name: Simple attachment action to an existing instance
  local_action:
    module: gce_pd
    instance_name: notlocalhost
    size_gb: 5
    name: pd

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