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gce_pd - utilize GCE persistent disk resources
New in version 1.4.
Synopsis
- This module can create and destroy unformatted GCE persistent disks https://developers.google.com/compute/docs/disks#persistentdisks. It also supports attaching and detaching disks from running instances. Full install/configuration instructions for the gce* modules can be found in the comments of ansible/test/gce_tests.py.
 
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 | 
|---|---|---|
| credentials_file  
        (added in 2.1.0)
         | 
      
        
        path to the JSON file associated with the service account email
         | 
     |
| delete_on_termination  
        bool
         
        (added in 2.3)
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If  yes, deletes the volume when instance is terminated
        | 
     
| detach_only  
        bool
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        do not destroy the disk, merely detach it from an instance
         | 
     
| disk_type  
        (added in 1.9)
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        type of disk provisioned
         | 
     
| image  
        (added in 1.7)
         | 
      
        
        the source image to use for the disk
         | 
     |
| instance_name | 
        
        instance name if you wish to attach or detach the disk
         | 
     |
| mode | 
       
  | 
      
        
        GCE mount mode of disk, READ_ONLY (default) or READ_WRITE
         | 
     
| name  
        required
         | 
      
        
        name of the disk
         | 
     |
| 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
         | 
     |
| size_gb | Default: 
        10
         | 
      
        
        whole integer size of disk (in GB) to create, default is 10 GB
         | 
     
| snapshot  
        (added in 1.7)
         | 
      
        
        the source snapshot to use for the disk
         | 
     |
| state | 
       
  | 
      
        
        desired state of the persistent disk
         | 
     
| zone | Default: 
        "us-central1-b"
         | 
      
        
        zone in which to create the disk
         | 
     
Examples
# Simple attachment action to an existing instance
- local_action:
    module: gce_pd
    instance_name: notlocalhost
    size_gb: 5
    name: pd
  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.
Author
- Eric Johnson (@erjohnso) <erjohnso@google.com>
 
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