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gce_tag - add or remove tag(s) to/from GCE instances
New in version 2.0.
Synopsis
- This module can add or remove tags https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/label-or-tag-resources#tags to/from GCE instances. Use ‘instance_pattern’ to update multiple instances in a specify zone.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- python >= 2.6
- apache-libcloud >= 0.17.0
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
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instance_name |
The name of the GCE instance to add/remove tags.
Required if instance_pattern is not specified.
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instance_pattern
(added in 2.3)
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The pattern of GCE instance names to match for adding/removing tags. Full-Python regex is supported. See https://docs.python.org/2/library/re.html for details.
If instance_name is not specified, this field is required.
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pem_file |
Path to the PEM file associated with the service account email.
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project_id |
Your GCE project ID.
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service_account_email |
Service account email.
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state |
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Desired state of the tags.
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tags
required
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Comma-separated list of tags to add or remove.
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zone | Default:
us-central1-a
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The zone of the disk specified by source.
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Notes
Note
- Either instance_name or instance_pattern is required.
Examples
- name: Add tags to instance
gce_tag:
instance_name: staging-server
tags: http-server,https-server,staging
zone: us-central1-a
state: present
- name: Remove tags from instance in default zone (us-central1-a)
gce_tag:
instance_name: test-server
tags: foo,bar
state: absent
- name: Add tags to instances in zone that match pattern
gce_tag:
instance_pattern: test-server-*
tags: foo,bar
zone: us-central1-a
state: present
Status
This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.
Author
- Do Hoang Khiem (dohoangkhiem@gmail.com)
- Tom Melendez (@supertom)
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