gcp_compute_instance_group - Creates a GCP InstanceGroup

New in version 2.6.

Synopsis

  • Represents an Instance Group resource. Instance groups are self-managed and can contain identical or different instances. Instance groups do not use an instance template. Unlike managed instance groups, you must create and add instances to an instance group manually.

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 Choices/Defaults Comments
auth_kind
required
    Choices:
  • machineaccount
  • serviceaccount
  • application
The type of credential used.
description
An optional description of this resource. Provide this property when you create the resource.
name
The name of the instance group.
The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035.
named_ports
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.
name
The name for this named port.
The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035.
port
The port number, which can be a value between 1 and 65535.
network
A reference to Network resource.
project
The Google Cloud Platform project to use.
region
A reference to Region resource.
scopes
required
Array of scopes to be used.
service_account_email
An optional service account email address if machineaccount is selected and the user does not wish to use the default email.
service_account_file
The path of a Service Account JSON file if serviceaccount is selected as type.
state
required
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Whether the given object should exist in GCP
subnetwork
A reference to Subnetwork resource.
zone
required
A reference to Zone resource.

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_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: create a network
  gcp_compute_network:
      name: 'network-instancegroup'
      project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
      auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
      scopes:
        - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
      state: present
  register: network
- name: create a instance group
  gcp_compute_instance_group:
      name: testObject
      named_ports:
        - name: ansible
          port: 1234
      network: "{{ network }}"
      zone: 'us-central1-a'
      project: testProject
      auth_kind: service_account
      service_account_file: /tmp/auth.pem
      scopes:
        - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
      state: present

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
creation_timestamp
str
 success
Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
description
str
 success
An optional description of this resource. Provide this property when you create the resource.
id
int
 success
A unique identifier for this instance group.
name
str
 success
The name of the instance group.
The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035.
named_ports
complex
 success
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.
name
str
 success
The name for this named port.
The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035.
port
int
 success
The port number, which can be a value between 1 and 65535.
network
dict
 success
A reference to Network resource.
region
str
 success
A reference to Region resource.
subnetwork
dict
 success
A reference to Subnetwork resource.
zone
str
 success
A reference to Zone resource.


Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

  • Google Inc. (@googlecloudplatform)

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