gcp_iam_service_account – Creates a GCP ServiceAccount

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

  • A service account in the Identity and Access Management API.

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.
display_name
string
User specified description of service account.
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.
name
string
The name of the service account.
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.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Whether the given object should exist in GCP

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: create a service account
  gcp_iam_service_account:
    name: sa-{{ resource_name.split("-")[-1] }}@graphite-playground.google.com.iam.gserviceaccount.com
    display_name: My Ansible test key
    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
displayName
string
success
User specified description of service account.
email
string
success
Email address of the service account.
name
string
success
The name of the service account.
oauth2ClientId
string
success
OAuth2 client id for the service account.
projectId
string
success
Id of the project that owns the service account.
uniqueId
string
success
Unique and stable id of the service account.


Status

Authors

  • Google Inc. (@googlecloudplatform)

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