google.cloud.gcp_compute_instance_group_info module – Gather info for GCP InstanceGroup

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_instance_group_info.

Synopsis 

Gather info for GCP InstanceGroup

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"`
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.
zone string / required	A reference to the zone where the instance group resides.

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 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: get info on an instance group
  gcp_compute_instance_group_info:
    zone: us-central1-a
    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. Provide this property when you create the resource. Returned: success
id integer	A unique identifier for this instance group. Returned: success
instances list / elements=string	The list of instances associated with this InstanceGroup. All instances must be created before being added to an InstanceGroup. All instances not in this list will be removed from the InstanceGroup and will not be deleted. Only the full identifier of the instance will be returned. Returned: success
name string	The name of the instance group. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035. Returned: success
namedPorts complex	Assigns a name to a port number. For example: {name: “http”, port: 80}. This allows the system to reference ports by the assigned name instead of a port number. Named ports can also contain multiple ports. For example: [{name: “http”, port: 80},{name: “http”, port: 8080}] Named ports apply to all instances in this instance group. Returned: success
name string	The name for this named port. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035. Returned: success
port integer	The port number, which can be a value between 1 and 65535. Returned: success
network dictionary	The network to which all instances in the instance group belong. Returned: success
region string	The region where the instance group is located (for regional resources). Returned: success
subnetwork dictionary	The subnetwork to which all instances in the instance group belong. Returned: success
zone string	A reference to the zone where the instance group resides. Returned: success

Authors

Google Inc. (@googlecloudplatform)

google.cloud.gcp_compute_instance_group_info module – Gather info for GCP InstanceGroup

Synopsis

Requirements

Parameters

Notes

Examples

Return Values