google.cloud.gcp_appengine_firewall_rule – Creates a GCP FirewallRule

Note

This plugin is part of the google.cloud collection (version 1.0.2).

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

To use it in a playbook, specify: google.cloud.gcp_appengine_firewall_rule.

Synopsis

• A single firewall rule that is evaluated against incoming traffic and provides an action to take on matched requests.

Requirements

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

• python >= 2.6

• requests >= 2.18.4

• google-auth >= 1.3.0

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
action string / required		The action to take if this rule matches. Some valid choices include: "UNSPECIFIED_ACTION", "ALLOW", "DENY"
auth_kind string / required	Choices: application machineaccount serviceaccount	The type of credential used.
description string		An optional string description of this rule.
env_type string		Specifies which Ansible environment you're running this module within. This should not be set unless you know what you're doing. This only alters the User Agent string for any API requests.
priority integer		A positive integer that defines the order of rule evaluation. Rules with the lowest priority are evaluated first. A default rule at priority Int32.MaxValue matches all IPv4 and IPv6 traffic when no previous rule matches. Only the action of this rule can be modified by the user.
project string		The Google Cloud Platform project to use.
scopes list / elements=string		Array of scopes to be used
service_account_contents jsonarg		The contents of a Service Account JSON file, either in a dictionary or as a JSON string that represents it.
service_account_email string		An optional service account email address if machineaccount is selected and the user does not wish to use the default email.
service_account_file path		The path of a Service Account JSON file if serviceaccount is selected as type.
source_range string / required		IP address or range, defined using CIDR notation, of requests that this rule applies to.
state string	Choices: present ← absent	Whether the given object should exist in GCP

Notes

Note

• API Reference: https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/admin-api/reference/rest/v1/apps.firewall.ingressRules

• Official Documentation: https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/standard/python/creating-firewalls#creating_firewall_rules

• for authentication, you can set service_account_file using the gcp_service_account_file env variable.

• for authentication, you can set service_account_contents using the GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_CONTENTS env variable.

• For authentication, you can set service_account_email using the GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL env variable.

• For authentication, you can set auth_kind using the GCP_AUTH_KIND env variable.

• For authentication, you can set scopes using the GCP_SCOPES env variable.

• Environment variables values will only be used if the playbook values are not set.

• The service_account_email and service_account_file options are mutually exclusive.

Examples

- name: create a firewall rule
  google.cloud.gcp_appengine_firewall_rule:
    priority: 1000
    source_range: 10.0.0.0
    action: ALLOW
    project: test_project
    auth_kind: serviceaccount
    service_account_file: "/tmp/auth.pem"
    state: present

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
action string	success	The action to take if this rule matches.
description string	success	An optional string description of this rule.
priority integer	success	A positive integer that defines the order of rule evaluation. Rules with the lowest priority are evaluated first. A default rule at priority Int32.MaxValue matches all IPv4 and IPv6 traffic when no previous rule matches. Only the action of this rule can be modified by the user.
sourceRange string	success	IP address or range, defined using CIDR notation, of requests that this rule applies to.

Authors

• Google Inc. (@googlecloudplatform)