gce_img - utilize GCE image resources
New in version 1.9.
Synopsis
- This module can create and delete GCE private images from gzipped compressed tarball containing raw disk data or from existing detached disks in any zone. https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/images
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- python >= 2.6
- apache-libcloud
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| description | Default:
None
|
an optional description
|
| family
(added in 2.2)
|
Default:
None
|
an optional family name
|
| name
required
|
Default:
None
|
the name of the image to create or delete
|
| pem_file | Default:
None
|
path to the pem file associated with the service account email
|
| project_id | Default:
None
|
your GCE project ID
|
| service_account_email | Default:
None
|
service account email
|
| source | Default:
None
|
the source disk or the Google Cloud Storage URI to create the image from
|
| state |
|
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.
Author
- Tom Melendez (supertom)
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