gce_net - create/destroy GCE networks and firewall rules

New in version 1.5.

Synopsis

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6
  • apache-libcloud >= 0.13.3, >= 0.17.0 if using JSON credentials

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
allowed
the protocol:ports to allow (tcp:80 or tcp:80,443 or tcp:80-800;udp:1-25) this parameter is mandatory when creating or updating a firewall rule
credentials_file
(added in 2.1.0)
path to the JSON file associated with the service account email
fwname
name of the firewall rule

aliases: fwrule
ipv4_range
the IPv4 address range in CIDR notation for the network this parameter is not mandatory when you specified existing network in name parameter, but when you create new network, this parameter is mandatory

aliases: cidr
mode
(added in 2.2)
    Choices:
  • legacy ←
  • auto
  • custom
network mode for Google Cloud legacy indicates a network with an IP address range; auto automatically generates subnetworks in different regions; custom uses networks to group subnets of user specified IP address ranges https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/networking#network_types
name
name of the network
pem_file
(added in 1.6)
path to the pem file associated with the service account email This option is deprecated. Use credentials_file.
project_id
(added in 1.6)
your GCE project ID
service_account_email
(added in 1.6)
service account email
src_range Default:
[]
the source IPv4 address range in CIDR notation

aliases: src_cidr
src_tags Default:
[]
the source instance tags for creating a firewall rule
state
    Choices:
  • active
  • present ←
  • absent
  • deleted
desired state of the network or firewall
subnet_desc
(added in 2.2)
description of subnet to create
subnet_name
(added in 2.2)
name of subnet to create
subnet_region
(added in 2.2)
region of subnet to create
target_tags
(added in 1.9)
 Default:
[]
the target instance tags for creating a firewall rule

Examples

# Create a 'legacy' Network
- name: Create Legacy Network
  gce_net:
    name: legacynet
    ipv4_range: '10.24.17.0/24'
    mode: legacy
    state: present

# Create an 'auto' Network
- name: Create Auto Network
  gce_net:
    name: autonet
    mode: auto
    state: present

# Create a 'custom' Network
- name: Create Custom Network
  gce_net:
    name: customnet
    mode: custom
    subnet_name: "customsubnet"
    subnet_region: us-east1
    ipv4_range: '10.240.16.0/24'
    state: "present"

# Create Firewall Rule with Source Tags
- name: Create Firewall Rule w/Source Tags
  gce_net:
    name: default
    fwname: "my-firewall-rule"
    allowed: tcp:80
    state: "present"
    src_tags: "foo,bar"

# Create Firewall Rule with Source Range
- name: Create Firewall Rule w/Source Range
  gce_net:
    name: default
    fwname: "my-firewall-rule"
    allowed: tcp:80
    state: "present"
    src_range: ['10.1.1.1/32']

# Create Custom Subnetwork
- name: Create Custom Subnetwork
  gce_net:
    name: privatenet
    mode: custom
    subnet_name: subnet_example
    subnet_region: us-central1
    ipv4_range: '10.0.0.0/16'

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
allowed
string
 When specified
Rules (ports and protocols) specified by this firewall rule.

Sample:
tcp:80;icmp
fwname
string
 When specified
Name of the firewall rule.

Sample:
my-fwname
ipv4_range
string
 when specified or when a subnetwork is created
IPv4 range of the specified network or subnetwork.

Sample:
10.0.0.0/16
name
string
 always
Name of the network.

Sample:
my-network
src_range
list
 when specified
IP address blocks a firewall rule applies to.

Sample:
['10.1.1.12/8']
src_tags
list
 when specified while creating a firewall rule
Instance Tags firewall rule applies to.

Sample:
['foo', 'bar']
state
string
 always
State of the item operated on.

Sample:
present
subnet_name
string
 when specified or when a subnetwork is created
Name of the subnetwork.

Sample:
my-subnetwork
subnet_region
string
 when specified or when a subnetwork is created
Region of the specified subnet.

Sample:
us-east1
target_tags
list
 when specified while creating a firewall rule
Instance Tags with these tags receive traffic allowed by firewall rule.

Sample:
['foo', 'bar']


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.

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