gcp_cloudscheduler_job – Creates a GCP Job

New in version 2.9.

Synopsis

  • A scheduled job that can publish a pubsub message or a http request every X interval of time, using crontab format string.
  • To use Cloud Scheduler your project must contain an App Engine app that is located in one of the supported regions. If your project does not have an App Engine app, you must create one.

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
app_engine_http_target
dictionary
App Engine HTTP target.
If the job providers a App Engine HTTP target the cron will send a request to the service instance .
app_engine_routing
dictionary
App Engine Routing setting for the job.
instance
string
App instance.
By default, the job is sent to an instance which is available when the job is attempted.
service
string
App service.
By default, the job is sent to the service which is the default service when the job is attempted.
version
string
App version.
By default, the job is sent to the version which is the default version when the job is attempted.
body
string
HTTP request body. A request body is allowed only if the HTTP method is POST or PUT. It will result in invalid argument error to set a body on a job with an incompatible HttpMethod.
headers
dictionary
HTTP request headers.
This map contains the header field names and values. Headers can be set when the job is created.
http_method
string
Which HTTP method to use for the request.
relative_uri
string / required
The relative URI.
auth_kind
string / required
    Choices:
  • application
  • machineaccount
  • serviceaccount
The type of credential used.
description
string
A human-readable description for the job. This string must not contain more than 500 characters.
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.
http_target
dictionary
HTTP target.
If the job providers a http_target the cron will send a request to the targeted url .
body
string
HTTP request body. A request body is allowed only if the HTTP method is POST, PUT, or PATCH. It is an error to set body on a job with an incompatible HttpMethod.
headers
dictionary
This map contains the header field names and values. Repeated headers are not supported, but a header value can contain commas.
http_method
string
Which HTTP method to use for the request.
oauth_token
dictionary
Contains information needed for generating an OAuth token.
This type of authorization should be used when sending requests to a GCP endpoint.
scope
string
OAuth scope to be used for generating OAuth access token. If not specified, "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform" will be used.
service_account_email
string
Service account email to be used for generating OAuth token.
The service account must be within the same project as the job.
oidc_token
dictionary
Contains information needed for generating an OpenID Connect token.
This type of authorization should be used when sending requests to third party endpoints or Cloud Run.
audience
string
Audience to be used when generating OIDC token. If not specified, the URI specified in target will be used.
service_account_email
string
Service account email to be used for generating OAuth token.
The service account must be within the same project as the job.
uri
string / required
The full URI path that the request will be sent to.
name
string / required
The name of the job.
project
string
The Google Cloud Platform project to use.
pubsub_target
dictionary
Pub/Sub target If the job providers a Pub/Sub target the cron will publish a message to the provided topic .
attributes
dictionary
Attributes for PubsubMessage.
Pubsub message must contain either non-empty data, or at least one attribute.
data
string
The message payload for PubsubMessage.
Pubsub message must contain either non-empty data, or at least one attribute.
topic_name
string / required
The name of the Cloud Pub/Sub topic to which messages will be published when a job is delivered. The topic name must be in the same format as required by PubSub's PublishRequest.name, for example projects/PROJECT_ID/topics/TOPIC_ID.
region
string / required
Region where the scheduler job resides .
retry_config
dictionary
By default, if a job does not complete successfully, meaning that an acknowledgement is not received from the handler, then it will be retried with exponential backoff according to the settings .
max_backoff_duration
string
The maximum amount of time to wait before retrying a job after it fails.
A duration in seconds with up to nine fractional digits, terminated by 's'.
max_doublings
integer
The time between retries will double maxDoublings times.
A job's retry interval starts at minBackoffDuration, then doubles maxDoublings times, then increases linearly, and finally retries retries at intervals of maxBackoffDuration up to retryCount times.
max_retry_duration
string
The time limit for retrying a failed job, measured from time when an execution was first attempted. If specified with retryCount, the job will be retried until both limits are reached.
A duration in seconds with up to nine fractional digits, terminated by 's'.
min_backoff_duration
string
The minimum amount of time to wait before retrying a job after it fails.
A duration in seconds with up to nine fractional digits, terminated by 's'.
retry_count
integer
The number of attempts that the system will make to run a job using the exponential backoff procedure described by maxDoublings.
Values greater than 5 and negative values are not allowed.
schedule
string
Describes the schedule on which the job will be executed.
scopes
list
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.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present
  • absent
Whether the given object should exist in GCP
time_zone
string
Default:
"Etc/UTC"
Specifies the time zone to be used in interpreting schedule.
The value of this field must be a time zone name from the tz database.

Notes

Note

  • API Reference: https://cloud.google.com/scheduler/docs/reference/rest/
  • Official Documentation: https://cloud.google.com/scheduler/
  • for authentication, you can set service_account_file using the c(gcp_service_account_file) env variable.
  • for authentication, you can set service_account_contents using the c(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: create a job
  gcp_cloudscheduler_job:
    name: job
    region: us-central1
    schedule: "*/4 * * * *"
    description: test app engine job
    time_zone: Europe/London
    app_engine_http_target:
      http_method: POST
      app_engine_routing:
        service: web
        version: prod
        instance: my-instance-001
      relative_uri: "/ping"
    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 Returned Description
appEngineHttpTarget
complex
success
App Engine HTTP target.
If the job providers a App Engine HTTP target the cron will send a request to the service instance .

appEngineRouting
complex
success
App Engine Routing setting for the job.

instance
string
success
App instance.
By default, the job is sent to an instance which is available when the job is attempted.

service
string
success
App service.
By default, the job is sent to the service which is the default service when the job is attempted.

version
string
success
App version.
By default, the job is sent to the version which is the default version when the job is attempted.

body
string
success
HTTP request body. A request body is allowed only if the HTTP method is POST or PUT. It will result in invalid argument error to set a body on a job with an incompatible HttpMethod.

headers
dictionary
success
HTTP request headers.
This map contains the header field names and values. Headers can be set when the job is created.

httpMethod
string
success
Which HTTP method to use for the request.

relativeUri
string
success
The relative URI.

description
string
success
A human-readable description for the job. This string must not contain more than 500 characters.

httpTarget
complex
success
HTTP target.
If the job providers a http_target the cron will send a request to the targeted url .

body
string
success
HTTP request body. A request body is allowed only if the HTTP method is POST, PUT, or PATCH. It is an error to set body on a job with an incompatible HttpMethod.

headers
dictionary
success
This map contains the header field names and values. Repeated headers are not supported, but a header value can contain commas.

httpMethod
string
success
Which HTTP method to use for the request.

oauthToken
complex
success
Contains information needed for generating an OAuth token.
This type of authorization should be used when sending requests to a GCP endpoint.

scope
string
success
OAuth scope to be used for generating OAuth access token. If not specified, "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform" will be used.

serviceAccountEmail
string
success
Service account email to be used for generating OAuth token.
The service account must be within the same project as the job.

oidcToken
complex
success
Contains information needed for generating an OpenID Connect token.
This type of authorization should be used when sending requests to third party endpoints or Cloud Run.

audience
string
success
Audience to be used when generating OIDC token. If not specified, the URI specified in target will be used.

serviceAccountEmail
string
success
Service account email to be used for generating OAuth token.
The service account must be within the same project as the job.

uri
string
success
The full URI path that the request will be sent to.

name
string
success
The name of the job.

pubsubTarget
complex
success
Pub/Sub target If the job providers a Pub/Sub target the cron will publish a message to the provided topic .

attributes
dictionary
success
Attributes for PubsubMessage.
Pubsub message must contain either non-empty data, or at least one attribute.

data
string
success
The message payload for PubsubMessage.
Pubsub message must contain either non-empty data, or at least one attribute.

topicName
string
success
The name of the Cloud Pub/Sub topic to which messages will be published when a job is delivered. The topic name must be in the same format as required by PubSub's PublishRequest.name, for example projects/PROJECT_ID/topics/TOPIC_ID.

region
string
success
Region where the scheduler job resides .

retryConfig
complex
success
By default, if a job does not complete successfully, meaning that an acknowledgement is not received from the handler, then it will be retried with exponential backoff according to the settings .

maxBackoffDuration
string
success
The maximum amount of time to wait before retrying a job after it fails.
A duration in seconds with up to nine fractional digits, terminated by 's'.

maxDoublings
integer
success
The time between retries will double maxDoublings times.
A job's retry interval starts at minBackoffDuration, then doubles maxDoublings times, then increases linearly, and finally retries retries at intervals of maxBackoffDuration up to retryCount times.

maxRetryDuration
string
success
The time limit for retrying a failed job, measured from time when an execution was first attempted. If specified with retryCount, the job will be retried until both limits are reached.
A duration in seconds with up to nine fractional digits, terminated by 's'.

minBackoffDuration
string
success
The minimum amount of time to wait before retrying a job after it fails.
A duration in seconds with up to nine fractional digits, terminated by 's'.

retryCount
integer
success
The number of attempts that the system will make to run a job using the exponential backoff procedure described by maxDoublings.
Values greater than 5 and negative values are not allowed.

schedule
string
success
Describes the schedule on which the job will be executed.

timeZone
string
success
Specifies the time zone to be used in interpreting schedule.
The value of this field must be a time zone name from the tz database.



Status

Authors

  • Google Inc. (@googlecloudplatform)

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