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gcp_compute_global_address_facts - Gather facts for GCP GlobalAddress

New in version 2.7.

Synopsis

  • Gather facts for GCP GlobalAddress

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.
filters
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 Default:
None
The Google Cloud Platform project to use.
scopes
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.

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:  a global address facts
  gcp_compute_global_address_facts:
      filters:
      - name = test_object
      project: test_project
      auth_kind: service_account
      service_account_file: "/tmp/auth.pem"

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
items
complex
 always
List of items
description
str
 success
An optional description of this resource.
Provide this property when you create the resource.
address
str
 success
The static external IP address represented by this resource.
ip_version
str
 success
The IP Version that will be used by this address. Valid options are IPV4 or IPV6. The default value is IPV4.
region
str
 success
A reference to the region where the regional address resides.
creation_timestamp
str
 success
Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
id
int
 success
The unique identifier for the resource. This identifier is defined by the server.
name
str
 success
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.


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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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.7/modules/gcp_compute_global_address_facts_module.html