gcp_compute_instance_group – Creates a GCP InstanceGroup¶
New in version 2.6.
Synopsis¶
- Represents an Instance Group resource. Instance groups are self-managed and can contain identical or different instances. Instance groups do not use an instance template. Unlike managed instance groups, you must create and add instances to an instance group manually.
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¶
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 network
gcp_compute_network:
name: network-instancegroup
project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
state: present
register: network
- name: create a instance group
gcp_compute_instance_group:
name: test_object
named_ports:
- name: ansible
port: 1234
network: "{{ network }}"
zone: us-central1-a
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:
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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