google.cloud.gcp_container_node_pool module – Creates a GCP NodePool

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. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

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

Synopsis

  • NodePool contains the name and configuration for a cluster’s node pool.

  • Node pools are a set of nodes (i.e. VM’s), with a common configuration and specification, under the control of the cluster master. They may have a set of Kubernetes labels applied to them, which may be used to reference them during pod scheduling. They may also be resized up or down, to accommodate the workload.

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"

autoscaling

dictionary

Autoscaler configuration for this NodePool. Autoscaler is enabled only if a valid configuration is present.

enabled

boolean

Is autoscaling enabled for this node pool.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

max_node_count

integer

Maximum number of nodes in the NodePool. Must be >= minNodeCount.

There has to enough quota to scale up the cluster.

min_node_count

integer

Minimum number of nodes in the NodePool. Must be >= 1 and <= maxNodeCount.

cluster

dictionary / required

The cluster this node pool belongs to.

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

conditions

list / elements=dictionary

Which conditions caused the current node pool state.

code

string

Machine-friendly representation of the condition.

Some valid choices include: “UNKNOWN”, “GCE_STOCKOUT”, “GKE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_DELETED”, “GCE_QUOTA_EXCEEDED”, “SET_BY_OPERATOR”

config

dictionary

The node configuration of the pool.

accelerators

list / elements=dictionary

A list of hardware accelerators to be attached to each node.

accelerator_count

integer

The number of the accelerator cards exposed to an instance.

accelerator_type

string

The accelerator type resource name.

disk_size_gb

integer

Size of the disk attached to each node, specified in GB. The smallest allowed disk size is 10GB. If unspecified, the default disk size is 100GB.

disk_type

string

Type of the disk attached to each node (e.g. ‘pd-standard’ or ‘pd-ssd’) If unspecified, the default disk type is ‘pd-standard’ .

image_type

string

The image type to use for this node. Note that for a given image type, the latest version of it will be used.

labels

dictionary

The map of Kubernetes labels (key/value pairs) to be applied to each node. These will added in addition to any default label(s) that Kubernetes may apply to the node. In case of conflict in label keys, the applied set may differ depending on the Kubernetes version – it’s best to assume the behavior is undefined and conflicts should be avoided. For more information, including usage and the valid values, see: http://kubernetes.io/v1.1/docs/user-guide/labels.html An object containing a list of “key”: value pairs.

Example: { “name”: “wrench”, “mass”: “1.3kg”, “count”: “3” }.

local_ssd_count

integer

The number of local SSD disks to be attached to the node.

The limit for this value is dependant upon the maximum number of disks available on a machine per zone. See: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/disks/local-ssd#local_ssd_limits for more information.

machine_type

string

The name of a Google Compute Engine machine type (e.g.

n1-standard-1). If unspecified, the default machine type is n1-standard-1.

metadata

dictionary

The metadata key/value pairs assigned to instances in the cluster.

Keys must conform to the regexp [a-zA-Z0-9-_]+ and be less than 128 bytes in length. These are reflected as part of a URL in the metadata server. Additionally, to avoid ambiguity, keys must not conflict with any other metadata keys for the project or be one of the four reserved keys: “instance-template”, “kube-env”, “startup-script”, and “user-data” Values are free-form strings, and only have meaning as interpreted by the image running in the instance. The only restriction placed on them is that each value’s size must be less than or equal to 32 KB.

The total size of all keys and values must be less than 512 KB.

An object containing a list of “key”: value pairs.

Example: { “name”: “wrench”, “mass”: “1.3kg”, “count”: “3” }.

min_cpu_platform

string

Minimum CPU platform to be used by this instance. The instance may be scheduled on the specified or newer CPU platform .

oauth_scopes

list / elements=string

The set of Google API scopes to be made available on all of the node VMs under the “default” service account.

The following scopes are recommended, but not required, and by default are not included: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute is required for mounting persistent storage on your nodes.

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/devstorage.read_only is required for communicating with gcr.io (the Google Container Registry).

If unspecified, no scopes are added, unless Cloud Logging or Cloud Monitoring are enabled, in which case their required scopes will be added.

preemptible

boolean

Whether the nodes are created as preemptible VM instances. See: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/preemptible for more information about preemptible VM instances.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

service_account

string

The Google Cloud Platform Service Account to be used by the node VMs. If no Service Account is specified, the “default” service account is used.

shielded_instance_config

dictionary

Shielded Instance options.

enable_integrity_monitoring

boolean

Defines whether the instance has integrity monitoring enabled.

Enables monitoring and attestation of the boot integrity of the instance.

The attestation is performed against the integrity policy baseline. This baseline is initially derived from the implicitly trusted boot image when the instance is created.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

enable_secure_boot

boolean

Defines whether the instance has Secure Boot enabled.

Secure Boot helps ensure that the system only runs authentic software by verifying the digital signature of all boot components, and halting the boot process if signature verification fails.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

tags

list / elements=string

The list of instance tags applied to all nodes. Tags are used to identify valid sources or targets for network firewalls and are specified by the client during cluster or node pool creation. Each tag within the list must comply with RFC1035.

taints

list / elements=dictionary

List of kubernetes taints to be applied to each node.

effect

string

Effect for taint.

key

string

Key for taint.

value

string

Value for taint.

workload_meta_config

dictionary

WorkloadMetadataConfig defines the metadata configuration to expose to workloads on the node pool.

mode

string

Mode is the configuration for how to expose metadata to workloads running on the node pool.

Some valid choices include: “GCE_METADATA”, “GKE_METADATA”

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.

initial_node_count

integer / required

The initial node count for the pool. You must ensure that your Compute Engine resource quota is sufficient for this number of instances. You must also have available firewall and routes quota.

location

aliases: region, zone

string / required

The location where the node pool is deployed.

management

dictionary

Management configuration for this NodePool.

auto_repair

boolean

A flag that specifies whether the node auto-repair is enabled for the node pool. If enabled, the nodes in this node pool will be monitored and, if they fail health checks too many times, an automatic repair action will be triggered.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

auto_upgrade

boolean

A flag that specifies whether node auto-upgrade is enabled for the node pool. If enabled, node auto-upgrade helps keep the nodes in your node pool up to date with the latest release version of Kubernetes.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

upgrade_options

dictionary

Specifies the Auto Upgrade knobs for the node pool.

max_pods_constraint

dictionary

The constraint on the maximum number of pods that can be run simultaneously on a node in the node pool.

max_pods_per_node

integer

Constraint enforced on the max num of pods per node.

name

string

The name of the node pool.

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"

version

string

The version of the Kubernetes of this node.

Examples

- name: create a cluster
  google.cloud.gcp_container_cluster:
    name: cluster-nodepool
    initial_node_count: 4
    location: us-central1-a
    project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
    auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
    state: present
  register: cluster

- name: create a node pool
  google.cloud.gcp_container_node_pool:
    name: my-pool
    initial_node_count: 4
    cluster: "{{ cluster }}"
    location: us-central1-a
    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

autoscaling

complex

Autoscaler configuration for this NodePool. Autoscaler is enabled only if a valid configuration is present.

Returned: success

enabled

boolean

Is autoscaling enabled for this node pool.

Returned: success

maxNodeCount

integer

Maximum number of nodes in the NodePool. Must be >= minNodeCount.

There has to enough quota to scale up the cluster.

Returned: success

minNodeCount

integer

Minimum number of nodes in the NodePool. Must be >= 1 and <= maxNodeCount.

Returned: success

cluster

dictionary

The cluster this node pool belongs to.

Returned: success

conditions

complex

Which conditions caused the current node pool state.

Returned: success

code

string

Machine-friendly representation of the condition.

Returned: success

config

complex

The node configuration of the pool.

Returned: success

accelerators

complex

A list of hardware accelerators to be attached to each node.

Returned: success

acceleratorCount

integer

The number of the accelerator cards exposed to an instance.

Returned: success

acceleratorType

string

The accelerator type resource name.

Returned: success

diskSizeGb

integer

Size of the disk attached to each node, specified in GB. The smallest allowed disk size is 10GB. If unspecified, the default disk size is 100GB.

Returned: success

diskType

string

Type of the disk attached to each node (e.g. ‘pd-standard’ or ‘pd-ssd’) If unspecified, the default disk type is ‘pd-standard’ .

Returned: success

imageType

string

The image type to use for this node. Note that for a given image type, the latest version of it will be used.

Returned: success

labels

dictionary

The map of Kubernetes labels (key/value pairs) to be applied to each node. These will added in addition to any default label(s) that Kubernetes may apply to the node. In case of conflict in label keys, the applied set may differ depending on the Kubernetes version – it’s best to assume the behavior is undefined and conflicts should be avoided. For more information, including usage and the valid values, see: http://kubernetes.io/v1.1/docs/user-guide/labels.html An object containing a list of “key”: value pairs.

Example: { “name”: “wrench”, “mass”: “1.3kg”, “count”: “3” }.

Returned: success

localSsdCount

integer

The number of local SSD disks to be attached to the node.

The limit for this value is dependant upon the maximum number of disks available on a machine per zone. See: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/disks/local-ssd#local_ssd_limits for more information.

Returned: success

machineType

string

The name of a Google Compute Engine machine type (e.g.

n1-standard-1). If unspecified, the default machine type is n1-standard-1.

Returned: success

metadata

dictionary

The metadata key/value pairs assigned to instances in the cluster.

Keys must conform to the regexp [a-zA-Z0-9-_]+ and be less than 128 bytes in length. These are reflected as part of a URL in the metadata server. Additionally, to avoid ambiguity, keys must not conflict with any other metadata keys for the project or be one of the four reserved keys: “instance-template”, “kube-env”, “startup-script”, and “user-data” Values are free-form strings, and only have meaning as interpreted by the image running in the instance. The only restriction placed on them is that each value’s size must be less than or equal to 32 KB.

The total size of all keys and values must be less than 512 KB.

An object containing a list of “key”: value pairs.

Example: { “name”: “wrench”, “mass”: “1.3kg”, “count”: “3” }.

Returned: success

minCpuPlatform

string

Minimum CPU platform to be used by this instance. The instance may be scheduled on the specified or newer CPU platform .

Returned: success

oauthScopes

list / elements=string

The set of Google API scopes to be made available on all of the node VMs under the “default” service account.

The following scopes are recommended, but not required, and by default are not included: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute is required for mounting persistent storage on your nodes.

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/devstorage.read_only is required for communicating with gcr.io (the Google Container Registry).

If unspecified, no scopes are added, unless Cloud Logging or Cloud Monitoring are enabled, in which case their required scopes will be added.

Returned: success

preemptible

boolean

Whether the nodes are created as preemptible VM instances. See: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/preemptible for more information about preemptible VM instances.

Returned: success

serviceAccount

string

The Google Cloud Platform Service Account to be used by the node VMs. If no Service Account is specified, the “default” service account is used.

Returned: success

shieldedInstanceConfig

complex

Shielded Instance options.

Returned: success

enableIntegrityMonitoring

boolean

Defines whether the instance has integrity monitoring enabled.

Enables monitoring and attestation of the boot integrity of the instance.

The attestation is performed against the integrity policy baseline. This baseline is initially derived from the implicitly trusted boot image when the instance is created.

Returned: success

enableSecureBoot

boolean

Defines whether the instance has Secure Boot enabled.

Secure Boot helps ensure that the system only runs authentic software by verifying the digital signature of all boot components, and halting the boot process if signature verification fails.

Returned: success

tags

list / elements=string

The list of instance tags applied to all nodes. Tags are used to identify valid sources or targets for network firewalls and are specified by the client during cluster or node pool creation. Each tag within the list must comply with RFC1035.

Returned: success

taints

complex

List of kubernetes taints to be applied to each node.

Returned: success

effect

string

Effect for taint.

Returned: success

key

string

Key for taint.

Returned: success

value

string

Value for taint.

Returned: success

workloadMetaConfig

complex

WorkloadMetadataConfig defines the metadata configuration to expose to workloads on the node pool.

Returned: success

mode

string

Mode is the configuration for how to expose metadata to workloads running on the node pool.

Returned: success

initialNodeCount

integer

The initial node count for the pool. You must ensure that your Compute Engine resource quota is sufficient for this number of instances. You must also have available firewall and routes quota.

Returned: success

location

string

The location where the node pool is deployed.

Returned: success

management

complex

Management configuration for this NodePool.

Returned: success

autoRepair

boolean

A flag that specifies whether the node auto-repair is enabled for the node pool. If enabled, the nodes in this node pool will be monitored and, if they fail health checks too many times, an automatic repair action will be triggered.

Returned: success

autoUpgrade

boolean

A flag that specifies whether node auto-upgrade is enabled for the node pool. If enabled, node auto-upgrade helps keep the nodes in your node pool up to date with the latest release version of Kubernetes.

Returned: success

upgradeOptions

complex

Specifies the Auto Upgrade knobs for the node pool.

Returned: success

autoUpgradeStartTime

string

This field is set when upgrades are about to commence with the approximate start time for the upgrades, in RFC3339 text format.

Returned: success

description

string

This field is set when upgrades are about to commence with the description of the upgrade.

Returned: success

maxPodsConstraint

complex

The constraint on the maximum number of pods that can be run simultaneously on a node in the node pool.

Returned: success

maxPodsPerNode

integer

Constraint enforced on the max num of pods per node.

Returned: success

name

string

The name of the node pool.

Returned: success

podIpv4CidrSize

integer

The pod CIDR block size per node in this node pool.

Returned: success

status

string

Status of nodes in this pool instance.

Returned: success

statusMessage

string

Additional information about the current status of this node pool instance.

Returned: success

version

string

The version of the Kubernetes of this node.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Google Inc. (@googlecloudplatform)