google.cloud.gcp_compute_snapshot_info module – Gather info for GCP Snapshot

Note

This module is part of the google.cloud collection (version 1.1.3).

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_compute_snapshot_info.

Synopsis

  • Gather info for GCP Snapshot

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.

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 snapshot
  gcp_compute_snapshot_info:
    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

creationTimestamp

string

Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.

Returned: success

description

string

An optional description of this resource.

Returned: success

diskSizeGb

integer

Size of the snapshot, specified in GB.

Returned: success

id

integer

The unique identifier for the resource.

Returned: success

labelFingerprint

string

The fingerprint used for optimistic locking of this resource. Used internally during updates.

Returned: success

labels

dictionary

Labels to apply to this Snapshot.

Returned: success

licenses

list / elements=string

A list of public visible licenses that apply to this snapshot. This can be because the original image had licenses attached (such as a Windows image). snapshotEncryptionKey nested object Encrypts the snapshot using a customer-supplied encryption key.

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

snapshotEncryptionKey

complex

The customer-supplied encryption key of the snapshot. Required if the source snapshot is protected by a customer-supplied encryption key.

Returned: success

kmsKeyName

string

The name of the encryption key that is stored in Google Cloud KMS.

Returned: success

kmsKeyServiceAccount

string

The service account used for the encryption request for the given KMS key.

If absent, the Compute Engine Service Agent service account is used.

Returned: success

rawKey

string

Specifies a 256-bit customer-supplied encryption key, encoded in RFC 4648 base64 to either encrypt or decrypt this resource.

Returned: success

sha256

string

The RFC 4648 base64 encoded SHA-256 hash of the customer-supplied encryption key that protects this resource.

Returned: success

sourceDisk

dictionary

A reference to the disk used to create this snapshot.

Returned: success

sourceDiskEncryptionKey

complex

The customer-supplied encryption key of the source snapshot. Required if the source snapshot is protected by a customer-supplied encryption key.

Returned: success

kmsKeyName

string

The name of the encryption key that is stored in Google Cloud KMS.

Returned: success

kmsKeyServiceAccount

string

The service account used for the encryption request for the given KMS key.

If absent, the Compute Engine Service Agent service account is used.

Returned: success

rawKey

string

Specifies a 256-bit customer-supplied encryption key, encoded in RFC 4648 base64 to either encrypt or decrypt this resource.

Returned: success

storageBytes

integer

A size of the storage used by the snapshot. As snapshots share storage, this number is expected to change with snapshot creation/deletion.

Returned: success

storageLocations

list / elements=string

Cloud Storage bucket storage location of the snapshot (regional or multi-regional).

Returned: success

zone

string

A reference to the zone where the disk is hosted.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Google Inc. (@googlecloudplatform)