gce_img - utilize GCE image resources

New in version 1.9.

Synopsis

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python >= 2.6
  • apache-libcloud

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
description
an optional description
family
(added in 2.2)
an optional family name
name
required
the name of the image to create or delete
pem_file
path to the pem file associated with the service account email
project_id
your GCE project ID
service_account_email
service account email
source
the source disk or the Google Cloud Storage URI to create the image from
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
desired state of the image
timeout
(added in 2.0)
 Default:
180
timeout for the operation
zone Default:
us-central1-a
the zone of the disk specified by source

Examples

# Create an image named test-image from the disk 'test-disk' in zone us-central1-a.
- gce_img:
    name: test-image
    source: test-disk
    zone: us-central1-a
    state: present

# Create an image named test-image from a tarball in Google Cloud Storage.
- gce_img:
    name: test-image
    source: https://storage.googleapis.com/bucket/path/to/image.tgz

# Alternatively use the gs scheme
- gce_img:
    name: test-image
    source: gs://bucket/path/to/image.tgz

# Delete an image named test-image.
- gce_img:
    name: test-image
    state: absent

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

  • Tom Melendez (supertom)

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