google.cloud.gcp_kms_key_ring module – Creates a GCP KeyRing

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_kms_key_ring.

Synopsis

  • A KeyRing is a toplevel logical grouping of CryptoKeys.

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.

location

string / required

The location for the KeyRing.

A full list of valid locations can be found by running gcloud kms locations list.

name

string / required

The resource name for the KeyRing.

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.

state

string

Whether the given object should exist in GCP

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

Notes

Note

  • API Reference: https://cloud.google.com/kms/docs/reference/rest/v1/projects.locations.keyRings

  • Creating a key ring: https://cloud.google.com/kms/docs/creating-keys#create_a_key_ring

  • 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 key ring
  google.cloud.gcp_kms_key_ring:
    name: test_object
    location: us-central1
    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

createTime

string

The time that this resource was created on the server.

This is in RFC3339 text format.

Returned: success

location

string

The location for the KeyRing.

A full list of valid locations can be found by running gcloud kms locations list.

Returned: success

name

string

The resource name for the KeyRing.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Google Inc. (@googlecloudplatform)