google.cloud.gcp_compute_node_group_info module – Gather info for GCP NodeGroup

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_node_group_info.

Synopsis

  • Gather info for GCP NodeGroup

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

auth_kind

string / required

The type of credential used.

Choices:

  • application

  • machineaccount

  • serviceaccount

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 / elements=string

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 / 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.

zone

string / required

Zone where this node group is located .

Notes

Note

  • 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: get info on a node group
  gcp_compute_node_group_info:
    zone: us-central1-a
    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

Description

resources

complex

List of resources

Returned: always

autoscalingPolicy

complex

If you use sole-tenant nodes for your workloads, you can use the node group autoscaler to automatically manage the sizes of your node groups.

Returned: success

maxNodes

integer

Maximum size of the node group. Set to a value less than or equal to 100 and greater than or equal to min-nodes.

Returned: success

minNodes

integer

Minimum size of the node group. Must be less than or equal to max-nodes. The default value is 0.

Returned: success

mode

string

The autoscaling mode. Set to one of the following: - OFF: Disables the autoscaler.

  • ON: Enables scaling in and scaling out.

  • ONLY_SCALE_OUT: Enables only scaling out.

You must use this mode if your node groups are configured to restart their hosted VMs on minimal servers.

Returned: success

creationTimestamp

string

Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.

Returned: success

description

string

An optional textual description of the resource.

Returned: success

maintenancePolicy

string

Specifies how to handle instances when a node in the group undergoes maintenance. Set to one of: DEFAULT, RESTART_IN_PLACE, or MIGRATE_WITHIN_NODE_GROUP. The default value is DEFAULT.

Returned: success

name

string

Name of the resource.

Returned: success

nodeTemplate

dictionary

The URL of the node template to which this node group belongs.

Returned: success

size

integer

The total number of nodes in the node group.

Returned: success

zone

string

Zone where this node group is located .

Returned: success

Authors

  • Google Inc. (@googlecloudplatform)