google.cloud.gcp_compute_global_address module – Creates a GCP GlobalAddress

Note

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

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

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

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

Synopsis

  • Represents a Global Address resource. Global addresses are used for HTTP(S) load balancing.

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

Comments

address

string

The static external IP address represented by this resource.

address_type

string

The type of the address to reserve.

  • EXTERNAL indicates public/external single IP address.

  • INTERNAL indicates internal IP ranges belonging to some network.

Some valid choices include: “EXTERNAL”, “INTERNAL”

Default: “EXTERNAL”

auth_kind

string / required

The type of credential used.

Choices:

  • application

  • machineaccount

  • serviceaccount

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.

ip_version

string

The IP Version that will be used by this address. The default value is IPV4.

Some valid choices include: “IPV4”, “IPV6”

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.

network

dictionary

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.

This field represents a link to a Network resource in GCP. It can be specified in two ways. First, you can place a dictionary with key ‘selfLink’ and value of your resource’s selfLink Alternatively, you can add register: name-of-resource to a gcp_compute_network task and then set this network field to “{{ name-of-resource }}”

prefix_length

integer

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.

project

string

The Google Cloud Platform project to use.

purpose

string

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.

Some valid choices include: “VPC_PEERING”

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

Whether the given object should exist in GCP

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

Notes

Note

  • API Reference: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/v1/globalAddresses

  • Reserving a Static External IP Address: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/ip-addresses/reserve-static-external-ip-address

  • 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 global address
  google.cloud.gcp_compute_global_address:
    name: test_object
    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

Description

address

string

The static external IP address represented by this resource.

Returned: success

addressType

string

The type of the address to reserve.

  • EXTERNAL indicates public/external single IP address.

  • INTERNAL indicates internal IP ranges belonging to some network.

Returned: success

creationTimestamp

string

Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.

Returned: success

description

string

An optional description of this resource.

Returned: success

id

integer

The unique identifier for the resource. This identifier is defined by the server.

Returned: success

ipVersion

string

The IP Version that will be used by this address. The default value is IPV4.

Returned: success

name

string

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.

Returned: success

network

dictionary

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.

Returned: success

prefixLength

integer

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.

Returned: success

purpose

string

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.

Returned: success

region

string

A reference to the region where the regional address resides.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Google Inc. (@googlecloudplatform)