gcp_compute_network_facts – Gather facts for GCP Network

New in version 2.7.

Synopsis

  • Gather facts for GCP Network

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
auth_kind
- / required
    Choices:
  • machineaccount
  • serviceaccount
  • application
The type of credential used.
filters
-
A list of filter value pairs. Available filters are listed here https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/topic/filters. Each additional filter in the list will act be added as an AND condition (filter1 and filter2)
project
-
Default:
null
The Google Cloud Platform project to use.
scopes
-
Array of scopes to be used.
service_account_email
-
An optional service account email address if machineaccount is selected and the user does not wish to use the default email.
service_account_file
-
The path of a Service Account JSON file if serviceaccount is selected as type.

Notes

Note

  • For authentication, you can set service_account_file using the GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_FILE 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:  a network facts
  gcp_compute_network_facts:
      filters:
      - name = test_object
      project: test_project
      auth_kind: service_account
      service_account_file: "/tmp/auth.pem"

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
items
complex
 always
List of items
  auto_create_subnetworks
boolean
 success
When set to true, the network is created in "auto subnet mode". When set to false, the network is in "custom subnet mode".
In "auto subnet mode", a newly created network is assigned the default CIDR of 10.128.0.0/9 and it automatically creates one subnetwork per region.
  creation_timestamp
string
 success
Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
  description
string
 success
An optional description of this resource. Provide this property when you create the resource.
  gateway_ipv4
string
 success
A gateway address for default routing to other networks. This value is read only and is selected by the Google Compute Engine, typically as the first usable address in the IPv4Range.
  id
integer
 success
The unique identifier for the resource.
  ipv4_range
string
 success
The range of internal addresses that are legal on this network. This range is a CIDR specification, for example: 192.168.0.0/16. Provided by the client when the network is created.
  name
string
 success
Name of the resource. Provided by the client when the resource is created. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035. Specifically, the name must be 1-63 characters long and match the regular expression `[a-z]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?` which means the first character must be a lowercase letter, and all following characters must be a dash, lowercase letter, or digit, except the last character, which cannot be a dash.
  subnetworks
list
 success
Server-defined fully-qualified URLs for all subnetworks in this network.


Status

Authors

  • Google Inc. (@googlecloudplatform)

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