gcp_compute_global_address_info – Gather info for GCP GlobalAddress

New in version 2.7.

Synopsis

• Gather info for GCP GlobalAddress

• This module was called gcp_compute_global_address_facts before Ansible 2.9. The usage has not changed.

Aliases: gcp_compute_global_address_facts

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 string / required	Choices: application machineaccount serviceaccount	The type of credential used.
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.
filters list		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 string		The Google Cloud Platform project to use.
scopes list		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.

Notes

Note

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

• for authentication, you can set service_account_contents using the c(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: get info on a global address
  gcp_compute_global_address_info:
    filters:
    - name = test_object
    project: test_project
    auth_kind: serviceaccount
    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
resources complex		always	List of resources
	address string	success	The static external IP address represented by this resource.
	addressType string	success	The type of the address to reserve, default is EXTERNAL. * EXTERNAL indicates public/external single IP address. * INTERNAL indicates internal IP ranges belonging to some network.
	creationTimestamp string	success	Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
	description string	success	An optional description of this resource.
	id integer	success	The unique identifier for the resource. This identifier is defined by the server.
	ipVersion string	success	The IP Version that will be used by this address. Valid options are `IPV4` or `IPV6`. The default value is `IPV4`.
	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 URL of the network in which to reserve the IP range. The IP range must be in RFC1918 space. The network cannot be deleted if there are any reserved IP ranges referring to it. This should only be set when using an Internal address.
	prefixLength integer	success	The prefix length of the IP range. If not present, it means the address field is a single IP address. This field is not applicable to addresses with addressType=EXTERNAL.
	purpose string	success	The purpose of the resource. For global internal addresses it can be * VPC_PEERING - for peer networks This should only be set when using an Internal address.
	region string	success	A reference to the region where the regional address resides.

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Google Inc. (@googlecloudplatform)

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