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google.cloud.gcp_appengine_firewall_rule module – Creates a GCP FirewallRule

Note

This module is part of the google.cloud collection (version 1.3.0).

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_appengine_firewall_rule.

Synopsis 

A single firewall rule that is evaluated against incoming traffic and provides an action to take on matched requests.

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
access_token string	An OAuth2 access token if credential type is accesstoken.
action string / required	The action to take if this rule matches. Some valid choices include: “UNSPECIFIED_ACTION”, “ALLOW”, “DENY”
auth_kind string / required	The type of credential used. Choices: `"application"` `"machineaccount"` `"serviceaccount"` `"accesstoken"`
description string	An optional string description of this rule.
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.
priority integer	A positive integer that defines the order of rule evaluation. Rules with the lowest priority are evaluated first. A default rule at priority Int32.MaxValue matches all IPv4 and IPv6 traffic when no previous rule matches. Only the action of this rule can be modified by the user.
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.
source_range string / required	IP address or range, defined using CIDR notation, of requests that this rule applies to.
state string	Whether the given object should exist in GCP Choices: `"present"` ← (default) `"absent"`

Notes 

Note

API Reference: https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/admin-api/reference/rest/v1/apps.firewall.ingressRules
Official Documentation: https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/standard/python/creating-firewalls#creating_firewall_rules
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 access_token using the GCP_ACCESS_TOKEN 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 firewall rule
  google.cloud.gcp_appengine_firewall_rule:
    priority: 1000
    source_range: 10.0.0.0
    action: ALLOW
    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
action string	The action to take if this rule matches. Returned: success
description string	An optional string description of this rule. Returned: success
priority integer	A positive integer that defines the order of rule evaluation. Rules with the lowest priority are evaluated first. A default rule at priority Int32.MaxValue matches all IPv4 and IPv6 traffic when no previous rule matches. Only the action of this rule can be modified by the user. Returned: success
sourceRange string	IP address or range, defined using CIDR notation, of requests that this rule applies to. Returned: success

Authors

Google Inc. (@googlecloudplatform)

google.cloud.gcp_appengine_firewall_rule module – Creates a GCP FirewallRule

Synopsis

Requirements

Parameters

Notes

Examples

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