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gcp_healthcheck - Create, Update or Destroy a Healthcheck.

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

Requirements (on host that executes module)

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

Options

parameter required default choices comments
check_interval
 no 5
How often (in seconds) to send a health check.
credentials_file
 no
Path to the JSON file associated with the service account email
healthcheck_name
 yes
Name of the Healthcheck.
healthcheck_type
 yes
  • HTTP
  • HTTPS
Type of Healthcheck.
healthy_threshold
 no 2
A so-far unhealthy instance will be marked healthy after this many consecutive successes.
host_header
 yes
The value of the host header in the health check request. If left empty, the public IP on behalf of which this health check is performed will be used.
port
 no
The TCP port number for the health check request. The default value is 443 for HTTPS and 80 for HTTP.
project_id
 no
Your GCP project ID
request_path
 no /
The request path of the HTTPS health check request.
service_account_email
 no
service account email
service_account_permissions
(added in 2.0)
no
  • bigquery
  • cloud-platform
  • compute-ro
  • compute-rw
  • useraccounts-ro
  • useraccounts-rw
  • datastore
  • logging-write
  • monitoring
  • sql-admin
  • storage-full
  • storage-ro
  • storage-rw
  • taskqueue
  • userinfo-email
service account permissions (see https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/compute/instances/create, --scopes section for detailed information)
state
 yes
  • present
  • absent
State of the Healthcheck.
timeout
 no 5
How long (in seconds) to wait for a response before claiming failure. It is invalid for timeout to have a greater value than check_interval.
unhealthy_threshold
 no 2
A so-far healthy instance will be marked unhealthy after this many consecutive failures.

Examples

- name: Create Minimum HealthCheck
  gcp_healthcheck:
    service_account_email: "{{ service_account_email }}"
    credentials_file: "{{ credentials_file }}"
    project_id: "{{ project_id }}"
    healthcheck_name: my-healthcheck
    healthcheck_type: HTTP
    state: present
- name: Create HTTP HealthCheck
  gcp_healthcheck:
    service_account_email: "{{ service_account_email }}"
    credentials_file: "{{ credentials_file }}"
    project_id: "{{ project_id }}"
    healthcheck_name: my-healthcheck
    healthcheck_type: HTTP
    host: my-host
    request_path: /hc
    check_interval: 10
    timeout: 30
    unhealthy_threshhold: 2
    healthy_threshhold: 1
    state: present
- name: Create HTTPS HealthCheck
  gcp_healthcheck:
    service_account_email: "{{ service_account_email }}"
    credentials_file: "{{ credentials_file }}"
    project_id: "{{ project_id }}"
    healthcheck_name: "{{ https_healthcheck }}"
    healthcheck_type: HTTPS
    host_header: my-host
    request_path: /hc
    check_interval: 5
    timeout: 5
    unhealthy_threshold: 2
    healthy_threshold: 1
    state: present

Return Values

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

name description returned type sample
healthcheck
GCP Healthcheck dictionary
Always. Refer to GCP documentation for detailed field descriptions. dict {'port': 443, 'requestPath': '/foo', 'name': 'my-hc'}
healthcheck_name
Name of the Healthcheck
Always str my-url-map
healthcheck_type
Type of the Healthcheck
Always str HTTP
state
state of the Healthcheck
Always. str present

Notes

Note

  • Only supports HTTP and HTTPS Healthchecks currently.

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

For help in developing on modules, should you be so inclined, please read Community Information & Contributing, Testing Ansible and Developing Modules.

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© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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