google.cloud.gcp_compute_external_vpn_gateway – Creates a GCP ExternalVpnGateway

Note

This plugin is part of the google.cloud collection (version 1.0.2).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install google.cloud.

To use it in a playbook, specify: google.cloud.gcp_compute_external_vpn_gateway.

Synopsis

  • Represents a VPN gateway managed outside of GCP.

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.
description
string
An optional description of this resource.
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.
interfaces
list / elements=dictionary
A list of interfaces on this external VPN gateway.
id
integer
The numberic ID for this interface. Allowed values are based on the redundancy type of this external VPN gateway * `0 - SINGLE_IP_INTERNALLY_REDUNDANT` * `0, 1 - TWO_IPS_REDUNDANCY` * `0, 1, 2, 3 - FOUR_IPS_REDUNDANCY` .
ip_address
string
IP address of the interface in the external VPN gateway.
Only IPv4 is supported. This IP address can be either from your on-premise gateway or another Cloud provider's VPN gateway, it cannot be an IP address from Google Compute Engine.
name
string / 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.
project
string
The Google Cloud Platform project to use.
redundancy_type
string
Indicates the redundancy type of this external VPN gateway .
Some valid choices include: "FOUR_IPS_REDUNDANCY", "SINGLE_IP_INTERNALLY_REDUNDANT", "TWO_IPS_REDUNDANCY"
scopes
list / elements=string
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

  • API Reference: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/beta/externalVpnGateways

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

  • for authentication, you can set service_account_contents using the 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 external vpn gateway
  google.cloud.gcp_compute_external_vpn_gateway:
    name: test_object
    redundancy_type: SINGLE_IP_INTERNALLY_REDUNDANT
    descrpition: An externalyl managed VPN gateway
    interfaces:
    - id: 0
      ip_address: 8.8.8.8
    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
description
string
success
An optional description of this resource.
interfaces
complex
success
A list of interfaces on this external VPN gateway.
 
id
integer
success
The numberic ID for this interface. Allowed values are based on the redundancy type of this external VPN gateway * `0 - SINGLE_IP_INTERNALLY_REDUNDANT` * `0, 1 - TWO_IPS_REDUNDANCY` * `0, 1, 2, 3 - FOUR_IPS_REDUNDANCY` .
 
ipAddress
string
success
IP address of the interface in the external VPN gateway.
Only IPv4 is supported. This IP address can be either from your on-premise gateway or another Cloud provider's VPN gateway, it cannot be an IP address from Google Compute Engine.
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.
redundancyType
string
success
Indicates the redundancy type of this external VPN gateway .


Authors

  • Google Inc. (@googlecloudplatform)