gcp_compute_target_vpn_gateway – Creates a GCP TargetVpnGateway

New in version 2.7.

Synopsis

  • Represents a VPN gateway running in GCP. This virtual device is managed by Google, but used only by you.

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.
description
-
An optional description of this resource.
name
- / required
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.
network
- / required
The network this VPN gateway is accepting traffic for.
project
-
Default:
null
The Google Cloud Platform project to use.
region
- / required
The region this gateway should sit in.
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.
state
-
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Whether the given object should exist in GCP

Notes

Note

  • API Reference: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/targetVpnGateways
  • 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: create a address
  gcp_compute_address:
      name: "address-vpngateway"
      region: us-west1
      project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
      auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
      state: present
  register: address

- name: create a network
  gcp_compute_network:
      name: "network-vpngateway"
      project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
      auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
      state: present
  register: network

- name: create a target vpn gateway
  gcp_compute_target_vpn_gateway:
      name: "test_object"
      region: us-west1
      network: "{{ network }}"
      project: "test_project"
      auth_kind: "service_account"
      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
creation_timestamp
string
 success
Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
description
string
 success
An optional description of this resource.
forwarding_rules
list
 success
A list of references to the ForwardingRule resources associated to this VPN gateway.
id
integer
 success
The unique identifier for the resource.
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.
network
dictionary
 success
The network this VPN gateway is accepting traffic for.
region
string
 success
The region this gateway should sit in.
tunnels
list
 success
A list of references to VpnTunnel resources associated to this VPN gateway.


Status

Authors

  • Google Inc. (@googlecloudplatform)

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