gcp_forwarding_rule - Create, Update or Destroy a Forwarding_Rule.

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6
  • google-api-python-client >= 1.6.2
  • google-auth >= 0.9.0
  • google-auth-httplib2 >= 0.0.2

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
address
IPv4 or named IP address. Must be of the same scope (regional, global). Reserved addresses can (and probably should) be used for global forwarding rules. You may reserve IPs from the console or via the gce_eip module.
forwarding_rule_name
required
Name of the Forwarding_Rule.
port_range
For global forwarding rules, must be set to 80 or 8080 for TargetHttpProxy, and 443 for TargetHttpsProxy or TargetSslProxy.
protocol
For global forwarding rules, TCP, UDP, ESP, AH, SCTP or ICMP. Default is TCP.
region
The region for this forwarding rule. Currently, only 'global' is supported.
state
required
    Choices:
  • present
  • absent
The state of the Forwarding Rule. 'present' or 'absent'
target
Target resource for forwarding rule. For global proxy, this is a Global TargetProxy resource. Required for external load balancing (including Global load balancing)

Notes

Note

  • Currently only supports global forwarding rules. As such, Load Balancing Scheme is always EXTERNAL.

Examples

- name: Create Minimum GLOBAL Forwarding_Rule
  gcp_forwarding_rule:
    service_account_email: "{{ service_account_email }}"
    credentials_file: "{{ credentials_file }}"
    project_id: "{{ project_id }}"
    forwarding_rule_name: my-forwarding_rule
    protocol: TCP
    port_range: 80
    region: global
    target: my-target-proxy
    state: present

- name: Create Forwarding_Rule w/reserved static address
  gcp_forwarding_rule:
    service_account_email: "{{ service_account_email }}"
    credentials_file: "{{ credentials_file }}"
    project_id: "{{ project_id }}"
    forwarding_rule_name: my-forwarding_rule
    protocol: TCP
    port_range: 80
    address: my-reserved-static-address-name
    region: global
    target: my-target-proxy
    state: present

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
forwarding_rule
dict
 Always. Refer to GCP documentation for detailed field descriptions.
GCP Forwarding_Rule dictionary

Sample:
{'name': 'my-forwarding_rule', 'target': '...'}
forwarding_rule_name
str
 Always
Name of the Forwarding_Rule

Sample:
my-target-proxy
region
bool
 Always
Region for Forwarding Rule.

Sample:
True
state
str
 Always.
state of the Forwarding_Rule

Sample:
present


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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