google.cloud.gcp_compute_node_template module – Creates a GCP NodeTemplate

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_template.

Synopsis

  • Represents a NodeTemplate resource. Node templates specify properties for creating sole-tenant nodes, such as node type, vCPU and memory requirements, node affinity labels, and region.

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

description

string

An optional textual description of the 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.

name

string

Name of the resource.

node_affinity_labels

dictionary

Labels to use for node affinity, which will be used in instance scheduling.

node_type

string

Node type to use for nodes group that are created from this template.

Only one of nodeTypeFlexibility and nodeType can be specified.

node_type_flexibility

dictionary

Flexible properties for the desired node type. Node groups that use this node template will create nodes of a type that matches these properties. Only one of nodeTypeFlexibility and nodeType can be specified.

cpus

string

Number of virtual CPUs to use.

memory

string

Physical memory available to the node, defined in MB.

project

string

The Google Cloud Platform project to use.

region

string / required

Region where nodes using the node template will be created .

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/rest/v1/nodeTemplates

  • Sole-Tenant Nodes: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/nodes/

  • 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 node template
  google.cloud.gcp_compute_node_template:
    name: test_object
    region: us-central1
    node_type: n1-node-96-624
    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

creationTimestamp

string

Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.

Returned: success

description

string

An optional textual description of the resource.

Returned: success

name

string

Name of the resource.

Returned: success

nodeAffinityLabels

dictionary

Labels to use for node affinity, which will be used in instance scheduling.

Returned: success

nodeType

string

Node type to use for nodes group that are created from this template.

Only one of nodeTypeFlexibility and nodeType can be specified.

Returned: success

nodeTypeFlexibility

complex

Flexible properties for the desired node type. Node groups that use this node template will create nodes of a type that matches these properties. Only one of nodeTypeFlexibility and nodeType can be specified.

Returned: success

cpus

string

Number of virtual CPUs to use.

Returned: success

localSsd

string

Use local SSD .

Returned: success

memory

string

Physical memory available to the node, defined in MB.

Returned: success

region

string

Region where nodes using the node template will be created .

Returned: success

Authors

  • Google Inc. (@googlecloudplatform)