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google.cloud.gcp_compute_health_check module – Creates a GCP HealthCheck

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_compute_health_check.

Synopsis

• Health Checks determine whether instances are responsive and able to do work.

• They are an important part of a comprehensive load balancing configuration, as they enable monitoring instances behind load balancers.

• Health Checks poll instances at a specified interval. Instances that do not respond successfully to some number of probes in a row are marked as unhealthy. No new connections are sent to unhealthy instances, though existing connections will continue. The health check will continue to poll unhealthy instances. If an instance later responds successfully to some number of consecutive probes, it is marked healthy again and can receive new connections.

• ~>**NOTE**: Legacy HTTP(S) health checks must be used for target pool-based network load balancers. See the [official guide](https://cloud.google.com/load-balancing/docs/health-check-concepts#selecting_hc) for choosing a type of health check.

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.
auth_kind string / required	The type of credential used. Choices: "application" "machineaccount" "serviceaccount" "accesstoken"
check_interval_sec integer	How often (in seconds) to send a health check. The default value is 5 seconds. Default: 5
description string	An optional description of this resource. Provide this property when you create 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.
grpc_health_check dictionary	A nested object resource.
grpc_service_name string	The gRPC service name for the health check. The value of grpcServiceName has the following meanings by convention: - Empty serviceName means the overall status of all services at the backend. Non-empty serviceName means the health of that gRPC service, as defined by the owner of the service. The grpcServiceName can only be ASCII.
port integer	The port number for the health check request. Must be specified if portName and portSpecification are not set or if port_specification is USE_FIXED_PORT. Valid values are 1 through 65535.
port_name string	Port name as defined in InstanceGroup#NamedPort#name. If both port and port_name are defined, port takes precedence.
port_specification string	Specifies how port is selected for health checking, can be one of the following values: * `USE_FIXED_PORT`: The port number in `port` is used for health checking. * `USE_NAMED_PORT`: The `portName` is used for health checking. * `USE_SERVING_PORT`: For NetworkEndpointGroup, the port specified for each network endpoint is used for health checking. For other backends, the port or named port specified in the Backend Service is used for health checking. If not specified, gRPC health check follows behavior specified in `port` and `portName` fields. Some valid choices include: “USE_FIXED_PORT”, “USE_NAMED_PORT”, “USE_SERVING_PORT”
healthy_threshold integer	A so-far unhealthy instance will be marked healthy after this many consecutive successes. The default value is 2. Default: 2
http2_health_check dictionary	A nested object resource.
host string	The value of the host header in the HTTP2 health check request. If left empty (default value), the public IP on behalf of which this health check is performed will be used.
port integer	The TCP port number for the HTTP2 health check request. The default value is 443.
port_name string	Port name as defined in InstanceGroup#NamedPort#name. If both port and port_name are defined, port takes precedence.
port_specification string	Specifies how port is selected for health checking, can be one of the following values: * `USE_FIXED_PORT`: The port number in `port` is used for health checking. * `USE_NAMED_PORT`: The `portName` is used for health checking. * `USE_SERVING_PORT`: For NetworkEndpointGroup, the port specified for each network endpoint is used for health checking. For other backends, the port or named port specified in the Backend Service is used for health checking. If not specified, HTTP2 health check follows behavior specified in `port` and `portName` fields. Some valid choices include: “USE_FIXED_PORT”, “USE_NAMED_PORT”, “USE_SERVING_PORT”
proxy_header string	Specifies the type of proxy header to append before sending data to the backend. Some valid choices include: “NONE”, “PROXY_V1” Default: "NONE"
request_path string	The request path of the HTTP2 health check request. The default value is /. Default: "/"
response string	The bytes to match against the beginning of the response data. If left empty (the default value), any response will indicate health. The response data can only be ASCII.
http_health_check dictionary	A nested object resource.
host string	The value of the host header in the HTTP health check request. If left empty (default value), the public IP on behalf of which this health check is performed will be used.
port integer	The TCP port number for the HTTP health check request. The default value is 80.
port_name string	Port name as defined in InstanceGroup#NamedPort#name. If both port and port_name are defined, port takes precedence.
port_specification string	Specifies how port is selected for health checking, can be one of the following values: * `USE_FIXED_PORT`: The port number in `port` is used for health checking. * `USE_NAMED_PORT`: The `portName` is used for health checking. * `USE_SERVING_PORT`: For NetworkEndpointGroup, the port specified for each network endpoint is used for health checking. For other backends, the port or named port specified in the Backend Service is used for health checking. If not specified, HTTP health check follows behavior specified in `port` and `portName` fields. Some valid choices include: “USE_FIXED_PORT”, “USE_NAMED_PORT”, “USE_SERVING_PORT”
proxy_header string	Specifies the type of proxy header to append before sending data to the backend. Some valid choices include: “NONE”, “PROXY_V1” Default: "NONE"
request_path string	The request path of the HTTP health check request. The default value is /. Default: "/"
response string	The bytes to match against the beginning of the response data. If left empty (the default value), any response will indicate health. The response data can only be ASCII.
https_health_check dictionary	A nested object resource.
host string	The value of the host header in the HTTPS health check request. If left empty (default value), the public IP on behalf of which this health check is performed will be used.
port integer	The TCP port number for the HTTPS health check request. The default value is 443.
port_name string	Port name as defined in InstanceGroup#NamedPort#name. If both port and port_name are defined, port takes precedence.
port_specification string	Specifies how port is selected for health checking, can be one of the following values: * `USE_FIXED_PORT`: The port number in `port` is used for health checking. * `USE_NAMED_PORT`: The `portName` is used for health checking. * `USE_SERVING_PORT`: For NetworkEndpointGroup, the port specified for each network endpoint is used for health checking. For other backends, the port or named port specified in the Backend Service is used for health checking. If not specified, HTTPS health check follows behavior specified in `port` and `portName` fields. Some valid choices include: “USE_FIXED_PORT”, “USE_NAMED_PORT”, “USE_SERVING_PORT”
proxy_header string	Specifies the type of proxy header to append before sending data to the backend. Some valid choices include: “NONE”, “PROXY_V1” Default: "NONE"
request_path string	The request path of the HTTPS health check request. The default value is /. Default: "/"
response string	The bytes to match against the beginning of the response data. If left empty (the default value), any response will indicate health. The response data can only be ASCII.
log_config dictionary	Configure logging on this health check.
enable boolean	Indicates whether or not to export logs. This is false by default, which means no health check logging will be done. Choices: false ← (default) true
name string / required	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.
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.
ssl_health_check dictionary	A nested object resource.
port integer	The TCP port number for the SSL health check request. The default value is 443.
port_name string	Port name as defined in InstanceGroup#NamedPort#name. If both port and port_name are defined, port takes precedence.
port_specification string	Specifies how port is selected for health checking, can be one of the following values: * `USE_FIXED_PORT`: The port number in `port` is used for health checking. * `USE_NAMED_PORT`: The `portName` is used for health checking. * `USE_SERVING_PORT`: For NetworkEndpointGroup, the port specified for each network endpoint is used for health checking. For other backends, the port or named port specified in the Backend Service is used for health checking. If not specified, SSL health check follows behavior specified in `port` and `portName` fields. Some valid choices include: “USE_FIXED_PORT”, “USE_NAMED_PORT”, “USE_SERVING_PORT”
proxy_header string	Specifies the type of proxy header to append before sending data to the backend. Some valid choices include: “NONE”, “PROXY_V1” Default: "NONE"
request string	The application data to send once the SSL connection has been established (default value is empty). If both request and response are empty, the connection establishment alone will indicate health. The request data can only be ASCII.
response string	The bytes to match against the beginning of the response data. If left empty (the default value), any response will indicate health. The response data can only be ASCII.
state string	Whether the given object should exist in GCP Choices: "present" ← (default) "absent"
tcp_health_check dictionary	A nested object resource.
port integer	The TCP port number for the TCP health check request. The default value is 443.
port_name string	Port name as defined in InstanceGroup#NamedPort#name. If both port and port_name are defined, port takes precedence.
port_specification string	Specifies how port is selected for health checking, can be one of the following values: * `USE_FIXED_PORT`: The port number in `port` is used for health checking. * `USE_NAMED_PORT`: The `portName` is used for health checking. * `USE_SERVING_PORT`: For NetworkEndpointGroup, the port specified for each network endpoint is used for health checking. For other backends, the port or named port specified in the Backend Service is used for health checking. If not specified, TCP health check follows behavior specified in `port` and `portName` fields. Some valid choices include: “USE_FIXED_PORT”, “USE_NAMED_PORT”, “USE_SERVING_PORT”
proxy_header string	Specifies the type of proxy header to append before sending data to the backend. Some valid choices include: “NONE”, “PROXY_V1” Default: "NONE"
request string	The application data to send once the TCP connection has been established (default value is empty). If both request and response are empty, the connection establishment alone will indicate health. The request data can only be ASCII.
response string	The bytes to match against the beginning of the response data. If left empty (the default value), any response will indicate health. The response data can only be ASCII.
timeout_sec aliases: timeout_seconds integer	How long (in seconds) to wait before claiming failure. The default value is 5 seconds. It is invalid for timeoutSec to have greater value than checkIntervalSec. Default: 5
type string	Specifies the type of the healthCheck, either TCP, SSL, HTTP or HTTPS. If not specified, the default is TCP. Exactly one of the protocol-specific health check field must be specified, which must match type field. Some valid choices include: “TCP”, “SSL”, “HTTP”, “HTTPS”, “HTTP2”
unhealthy_threshold integer	A so-far healthy instance will be marked unhealthy after this many consecutive failures. The default value is 2. Default: 2

Notes

Note

• API Reference: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/healthChecks

• Official Documentation: https://cloud.google.com/load-balancing/docs/health-checks

• 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 health check
  google.cloud.gcp_compute_health_check:
    name: test_object
    type: TCP
    tcp_health_check:
      port_name: service-health
      request: ping
      response: pong
    healthy_threshold: 10
    timeout_sec: 2
    unhealthy_threshold: 5
    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
checkIntervalSec integer	How often (in seconds) to send a health check. The default value is 5 seconds. Returned: success
creationTimestamp string	Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format. Returned: success
description string	An optional description of this resource. Provide this property when you create the resource. Returned: success
grpcHealthCheck complex	A nested object resource. Returned: success
grpcServiceName string	The gRPC service name for the health check. The value of grpcServiceName has the following meanings by convention: - Empty serviceName means the overall status of all services at the backend. Non-empty serviceName means the health of that gRPC service, as defined by the owner of the service. The grpcServiceName can only be ASCII. Returned: success
port integer	The port number for the health check request. Must be specified if portName and portSpecification are not set or if port_specification is USE_FIXED_PORT. Valid values are 1 through 65535. Returned: success
portName string	Port name as defined in InstanceGroup#NamedPort#name. If both port and port_name are defined, port takes precedence. Returned: success
portSpecification string	Specifies how port is selected for health checking, can be one of the following values: * `USE_FIXED_PORT`: The port number in `port` is used for health checking. * `USE_NAMED_PORT`: The `portName` is used for health checking. * `USE_SERVING_PORT`: For NetworkEndpointGroup, the port specified for each network endpoint is used for health checking. For other backends, the port or named port specified in the Backend Service is used for health checking. If not specified, gRPC health check follows behavior specified in `port` and `portName` fields. Returned: success
healthyThreshold integer	A so-far unhealthy instance will be marked healthy after this many consecutive successes. The default value is 2. Returned: success
http2HealthCheck complex	A nested object resource. Returned: success
host string	The value of the host header in the HTTP2 health check request. If left empty (default value), the public IP on behalf of which this health check is performed will be used. Returned: success
port integer	The TCP port number for the HTTP2 health check request. The default value is 443. Returned: success
portName string	Port name as defined in InstanceGroup#NamedPort#name. If both port and port_name are defined, port takes precedence. Returned: success
portSpecification string	Specifies how port is selected for health checking, can be one of the following values: * `USE_FIXED_PORT`: The port number in `port` is used for health checking. * `USE_NAMED_PORT`: The `portName` is used for health checking. * `USE_SERVING_PORT`: For NetworkEndpointGroup, the port specified for each network endpoint is used for health checking. For other backends, the port or named port specified in the Backend Service is used for health checking. If not specified, HTTP2 health check follows behavior specified in `port` and `portName` fields. Returned: success
proxyHeader string	Specifies the type of proxy header to append before sending data to the backend. Returned: success
requestPath string	The request path of the HTTP2 health check request. The default value is /. Returned: success
response string	The bytes to match against the beginning of the response data. If left empty (the default value), any response will indicate health. The response data can only be ASCII. Returned: success
httpHealthCheck complex	A nested object resource. Returned: success
host string	The value of the host header in the HTTP health check request. If left empty (default value), the public IP on behalf of which this health check is performed will be used. Returned: success
port integer	The TCP port number for the HTTP health check request. The default value is 80. Returned: success
portName string	Port name as defined in InstanceGroup#NamedPort#name. If both port and port_name are defined, port takes precedence. Returned: success
portSpecification string	Specifies how port is selected for health checking, can be one of the following values: * `USE_FIXED_PORT`: The port number in `port` is used for health checking. * `USE_NAMED_PORT`: The `portName` is used for health checking. * `USE_SERVING_PORT`: For NetworkEndpointGroup, the port specified for each network endpoint is used for health checking. For other backends, the port or named port specified in the Backend Service is used for health checking. If not specified, HTTP health check follows behavior specified in `port` and `portName` fields. Returned: success
proxyHeader string	Specifies the type of proxy header to append before sending data to the backend. Returned: success
requestPath string	The request path of the HTTP health check request. The default value is /. Returned: success
response string	The bytes to match against the beginning of the response data. If left empty (the default value), any response will indicate health. The response data can only be ASCII. Returned: success
httpsHealthCheck complex	A nested object resource. Returned: success
host string	The value of the host header in the HTTPS health check request. If left empty (default value), the public IP on behalf of which this health check is performed will be used. Returned: success
port integer	The TCP port number for the HTTPS health check request. The default value is 443. Returned: success
portName string	Port name as defined in InstanceGroup#NamedPort#name. If both port and port_name are defined, port takes precedence. Returned: success
portSpecification string	Specifies how port is selected for health checking, can be one of the following values: * `USE_FIXED_PORT`: The port number in `port` is used for health checking. * `USE_NAMED_PORT`: The `portName` is used for health checking. * `USE_SERVING_PORT`: For NetworkEndpointGroup, the port specified for each network endpoint is used for health checking. For other backends, the port or named port specified in the Backend Service is used for health checking. If not specified, HTTPS health check follows behavior specified in `port` and `portName` fields. Returned: success
proxyHeader string	Specifies the type of proxy header to append before sending data to the backend. Returned: success
requestPath string	The request path of the HTTPS health check request. The default value is /. Returned: success
response string	The bytes to match against the beginning of the response data. If left empty (the default value), any response will indicate health. The response data can only be ASCII. Returned: success
id integer	The unique identifier for the resource. This identifier is defined by the server. Returned: success
logConfig complex	Configure logging on this health check. Returned: success
enable boolean	Indicates whether or not to export logs. This is false by default, which means no health check logging will be done. 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
sslHealthCheck complex	A nested object resource. Returned: success
port integer	The TCP port number for the SSL health check request. The default value is 443. Returned: success
portName string	Port name as defined in InstanceGroup#NamedPort#name. If both port and port_name are defined, port takes precedence. Returned: success
portSpecification string	Specifies how port is selected for health checking, can be one of the following values: * `USE_FIXED_PORT`: The port number in `port` is used for health checking. * `USE_NAMED_PORT`: The `portName` is used for health checking. * `USE_SERVING_PORT`: For NetworkEndpointGroup, the port specified for each network endpoint is used for health checking. For other backends, the port or named port specified in the Backend Service is used for health checking. If not specified, SSL health check follows behavior specified in `port` and `portName` fields. Returned: success
proxyHeader string	Specifies the type of proxy header to append before sending data to the backend. Returned: success
request string	The application data to send once the SSL connection has been established (default value is empty). If both request and response are empty, the connection establishment alone will indicate health. The request data can only be ASCII. Returned: success
response string	The bytes to match against the beginning of the response data. If left empty (the default value), any response will indicate health. The response data can only be ASCII. Returned: success
tcpHealthCheck complex	A nested object resource. Returned: success
port integer	The TCP port number for the TCP health check request. The default value is 443. Returned: success
portName string	Port name as defined in InstanceGroup#NamedPort#name. If both port and port_name are defined, port takes precedence. Returned: success
portSpecification string	Specifies how port is selected for health checking, can be one of the following values: * `USE_FIXED_PORT`: The port number in `port` is used for health checking. * `USE_NAMED_PORT`: The `portName` is used for health checking. * `USE_SERVING_PORT`: For NetworkEndpointGroup, the port specified for each network endpoint is used for health checking. For other backends, the port or named port specified in the Backend Service is used for health checking. If not specified, TCP health check follows behavior specified in `port` and `portName` fields. Returned: success
proxyHeader string	Specifies the type of proxy header to append before sending data to the backend. Returned: success
request string	The application data to send once the TCP connection has been established (default value is empty). If both request and response are empty, the connection establishment alone will indicate health. The request data can only be ASCII. Returned: success
response string	The bytes to match against the beginning of the response data. If left empty (the default value), any response will indicate health. The response data can only be ASCII. Returned: success
timeoutSec integer	How long (in seconds) to wait before claiming failure. The default value is 5 seconds. It is invalid for timeoutSec to have greater value than checkIntervalSec. Returned: success
type string	Specifies the type of the healthCheck, either TCP, SSL, HTTP or HTTPS. If not specified, the default is TCP. Exactly one of the protocol-specific health check field must be specified, which must match type field. Returned: success
unhealthyThreshold integer	A so-far healthy instance will be marked unhealthy after this many consecutive failures. The default value is 2. Returned: success

Authors

• Google Inc. (@googlecloudplatform)

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