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google.cloud.gcp_compute_health_check – Creates a GCP HealthCheck
Note
This plugin is part of the google.cloud collection (version 1.0.2).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible
package. It is not included in ansible-core
. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list
.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install google.cloud
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: google.cloud.gcp_compute_health_check
.
Synopsis
- Health Checks determine whether instances are responsive and able to do work.
- They are an important part of a comprehensive load balancing configuration, as they enable monitoring instances behind load balancers.
- Health Checks poll instances at a specified interval. Instances that do not respond successfully to some number of probes in a row are marked as unhealthy. No new connections are sent to unhealthy instances, though existing connections will continue. The health check will continue to poll unhealthy instances. If an instance later responds successfully to some number of consecutive probes, it is marked healthy again and can receive new connections.
- ~>**NOTE**: Legacy HTTP(S) health checks must be used for target pool-based network load balancers. See the [official guide](https://cloud.google.com/load-balancing/docs/health-check-concepts#selecting_hc) for choosing a type of health check.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- python >= 2.6
- requests >= 2.18.4
- google-auth >= 1.3.0
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | |
---|---|---|---|
auth_kind
string / required
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The type of credential used.
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check_interval_sec
integer
|
Default:
"5"
|
How often (in seconds) to send a health check. The default value is 5 seconds.
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description
string
|
An optional description of this resource. Provide this property when you create the resource.
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env_type
string
|
Specifies which Ansible environment you're running this module within.
This should not be set unless you know what you're doing.
This only alters the User Agent string for any API requests.
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grpc_health_check
dictionary
|
A nested object resource.
|
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grpc_service_name
string
|
The gRPC service name for the health check. The value of grpcServiceName has the following meanings by convention: - Empty serviceName means the overall status of all services at the backend.
- Non-empty serviceName means the health of that gRPC service, as defined by the owner of the service.
The grpcServiceName can only be ASCII.
|
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port
integer
|
The port number for the health check request. Must be specified if portName and portSpecification are not set or if port_specification is USE_FIXED_PORT. Valid values are 1 through 65535.
|
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port_name
string
|
Port name as defined in InstanceGroup#NamedPort#name. If both port and port_name are defined, port takes precedence.
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port_specification
string
|
Specifies how port is selected for health checking, can be one of the following values: * `USE_FIXED_PORT`: The port number in `port` is used for health checking.
* `USE_NAMED_PORT`: The `portName` is used for health checking.
* `USE_SERVING_PORT`: For NetworkEndpointGroup, the port specified for each network endpoint is used for health checking. For other backends, the port or named port specified in the Backend Service is used for health checking.
If not specified, gRPC health check follows behavior specified in `port` and `portName` fields.
Some valid choices include: "USE_FIXED_PORT", "USE_NAMED_PORT", "USE_SERVING_PORT"
|
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healthy_threshold
integer
|
Default:
"2"
|
A so-far unhealthy instance will be marked healthy after this many consecutive successes. The default value is 2.
|
|
http2_health_check
dictionary
|
A nested object resource.
|
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host
string
|
The value of the host header in the HTTP2 health check request.
If left empty (default value), the public IP on behalf of which this health check is performed will be used.
|
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port
integer
|
The TCP port number for the HTTP2 health check request.
The default value is 443.
|
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port_name
string
|
Port name as defined in InstanceGroup#NamedPort#name. If both port and port_name are defined, port takes precedence.
|
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port_specification
string
|
Specifies how port is selected for health checking, can be one of the following values: * `USE_FIXED_PORT`: The port number in `port` is used for health checking.
* `USE_NAMED_PORT`: The `portName` is used for health checking.
* `USE_SERVING_PORT`: For NetworkEndpointGroup, the port specified for each network endpoint is used for health checking. For other backends, the port or named port specified in the Backend Service is used for health checking.
If not specified, HTTP2 health check follows behavior specified in `port` and `portName` fields.
Some valid choices include: "USE_FIXED_PORT", "USE_NAMED_PORT", "USE_SERVING_PORT"
|
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proxy_header
string
|
Default:
"NONE"
|
Specifies the type of proxy header to append before sending data to the backend.
Some valid choices include: "NONE", "PROXY_V1"
|
|
request_path
string
|
Default:
"/"
|
The request path of the HTTP2 health check request.
The default value is /.
|
|
response
string
|
The bytes to match against the beginning of the response data. If left empty (the default value), any response will indicate health. The response data can only be ASCII.
|
||
http_health_check
dictionary
|
A nested object resource.
|
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host
string
|
The value of the host header in the HTTP health check request.
If left empty (default value), the public IP on behalf of which this health check is performed will be used.
|
||
port
integer
|
The TCP port number for the HTTP health check request.
The default value is 80.
|
||
port_name
string
|
Port name as defined in InstanceGroup#NamedPort#name. If both port and port_name are defined, port takes precedence.
|
||
port_specification
string
|
Specifies how port is selected for health checking, can be one of the following values: * `USE_FIXED_PORT`: The port number in `port` is used for health checking.
* `USE_NAMED_PORT`: The `portName` is used for health checking.
* `USE_SERVING_PORT`: For NetworkEndpointGroup, the port specified for each network endpoint is used for health checking. For other backends, the port or named port specified in the Backend Service is used for health checking.
If not specified, HTTP health check follows behavior specified in `port` and `portName` fields.
Some valid choices include: "USE_FIXED_PORT", "USE_NAMED_PORT", "USE_SERVING_PORT"
|
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proxy_header
string
|
Default:
"NONE"
|
Specifies the type of proxy header to append before sending data to the backend.
Some valid choices include: "NONE", "PROXY_V1"
|
|
request_path
string
|
Default:
"/"
|
The request path of the HTTP health check request.
The default value is /.
|
|
response
string
|
The bytes to match against the beginning of the response data. If left empty (the default value), any response will indicate health. The response data can only be ASCII.
|
||
https_health_check
dictionary
|
A nested object resource.
|
||
host
string
|
The value of the host header in the HTTPS health check request.
If left empty (default value), the public IP on behalf of which this health check is performed will be used.
|
||
port
integer
|
The TCP port number for the HTTPS health check request.
The default value is 443.
|
||
port_name
string
|
Port name as defined in InstanceGroup#NamedPort#name. If both port and port_name are defined, port takes precedence.
|
||
port_specification
string
|
Specifies how port is selected for health checking, can be one of the following values: * `USE_FIXED_PORT`: The port number in `port` is used for health checking.
* `USE_NAMED_PORT`: The `portName` is used for health checking.
* `USE_SERVING_PORT`: For NetworkEndpointGroup, the port specified for each network endpoint is used for health checking. For other backends, the port or named port specified in the Backend Service is used for health checking.
If not specified, HTTPS health check follows behavior specified in `port` and `portName` fields.
Some valid choices include: "USE_FIXED_PORT", "USE_NAMED_PORT", "USE_SERVING_PORT"
|
||
proxy_header
string
|
Default:
"NONE"
|
Specifies the type of proxy header to append before sending data to the backend.
Some valid choices include: "NONE", "PROXY_V1"
|
|
request_path
string
|
Default:
"/"
|
The request path of the HTTPS health check request.
The default value is /.
|
|
response
string
|
The bytes to match against the beginning of the response data. If left empty (the default value), any response will indicate health. The response data can only be ASCII.
|
||
name
string / required
|
Name of the resource. Provided by the client when the resource is created. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035. Specifically, the name must be 1-63 characters long and match the regular expression `[a-z]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?` which means the first character must be a lowercase letter, and all following characters must be a dash, lowercase letter, or digit, except the last character, which cannot be a dash.
|
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project
string
|
The Google Cloud Platform project to use.
|
||
scopes
list / elements=string
|
Array of scopes to be used
|
||
service_account_contents
jsonarg
|
The contents of a Service Account JSON file, either in a dictionary or as a JSON string that represents it.
|
||
service_account_email
string
|
An optional service account email address if machineaccount is selected and the user does not wish to use the default email.
|
||
service_account_file
path
|
The path of a Service Account JSON file if serviceaccount is selected as type.
|
||
ssl_health_check
dictionary
|
A nested object resource.
|
||
port
integer
|
The TCP port number for the SSL health check request.
The default value is 443.
|
||
port_name
string
|
Port name as defined in InstanceGroup#NamedPort#name. If both port and port_name are defined, port takes precedence.
|
||
port_specification
string
|
Specifies how port is selected for health checking, can be one of the following values: * `USE_FIXED_PORT`: The port number in `port` is used for health checking.
* `USE_NAMED_PORT`: The `portName` is used for health checking.
* `USE_SERVING_PORT`: For NetworkEndpointGroup, the port specified for each network endpoint is used for health checking. For other backends, the port or named port specified in the Backend Service is used for health checking.
If not specified, SSL health check follows behavior specified in `port` and `portName` fields.
Some valid choices include: "USE_FIXED_PORT", "USE_NAMED_PORT", "USE_SERVING_PORT"
|
||
proxy_header
string
|
Default:
"NONE"
|
Specifies the type of proxy header to append before sending data to the backend.
Some valid choices include: "NONE", "PROXY_V1"
|
|
request
string
|
The application data to send once the SSL connection has been established (default value is empty). If both request and response are empty, the connection establishment alone will indicate health. The request data can only be ASCII.
|
||
response
string
|
The bytes to match against the beginning of the response data. If left empty (the default value), any response will indicate health. The response data can only be ASCII.
|
||
state
string
|
|
Whether the given object should exist in GCP
|
|
tcp_health_check
dictionary
|
A nested object resource.
|
||
port
integer
|
The TCP port number for the TCP health check request.
The default value is 443.
|
||
port_name
string
|
Port name as defined in InstanceGroup#NamedPort#name. If both port and port_name are defined, port takes precedence.
|
||
port_specification
string
|
Specifies how port is selected for health checking, can be one of the following values: * `USE_FIXED_PORT`: The port number in `port` is used for health checking.
* `USE_NAMED_PORT`: The `portName` is used for health checking.
* `USE_SERVING_PORT`: For NetworkEndpointGroup, the port specified for each network endpoint is used for health checking. For other backends, the port or named port specified in the Backend Service is used for health checking.
If not specified, TCP health check follows behavior specified in `port` and `portName` fields.
Some valid choices include: "USE_FIXED_PORT", "USE_NAMED_PORT", "USE_SERVING_PORT"
|
||
proxy_header
string
|
Default:
"NONE"
|
Specifies the type of proxy header to append before sending data to the backend.
Some valid choices include: "NONE", "PROXY_V1"
|
|
request
string
|
The application data to send once the TCP connection has been established (default value is empty). If both request and response are empty, the connection establishment alone will indicate health. The request data can only be ASCII.
|
||
response
string
|
The bytes to match against the beginning of the response data. If left empty (the default value), any response will indicate health. The response data can only be ASCII.
|
||
timeout_sec
integer
|
Default:
"5"
|
How long (in seconds) to wait before claiming failure.
The default value is 5 seconds. It is invalid for timeoutSec to have greater value than checkIntervalSec.
aliases: timeout_seconds |
|
type
string
|
Specifies the type of the healthCheck, either TCP, SSL, HTTP or HTTPS. If not specified, the default is TCP. Exactly one of the protocol-specific health check field must be specified, which must match type field.
Some valid choices include: "TCP", "SSL", "HTTP", "HTTPS", "HTTP2"
|
||
unhealthy_threshold
integer
|
Default:
"2"
|
A so-far healthy instance will be marked unhealthy after this many consecutive failures. The default value is 2.
|
Notes
Note
- API Reference: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/healthChecks
- Official Documentation: https://cloud.google.com/load-balancing/docs/health-checks
- for authentication, you can set service_account_file using the
gcp_service_account_file
env variable. - for authentication, you can set service_account_contents using the
GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_CONTENTS
env variable. - For authentication, you can set service_account_email using the
GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL
env variable. - For authentication, you can set auth_kind using the
GCP_AUTH_KIND
env variable. - For authentication, you can set scopes using the
GCP_SCOPES
env variable. - Environment variables values will only be used if the playbook values are not set.
- The service_account_email and service_account_file options are mutually exclusive.
Examples
- name: create a health check
google.cloud.gcp_compute_health_check:
name: test_object
type: TCP
tcp_health_check:
port_name: service-health
request: ping
response: pong
healthy_threshold: 10
timeout_sec: 2
unhealthy_threshold: 5
project: test_project
auth_kind: serviceaccount
service_account_file: "/tmp/auth.pem"
state: present
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key | Returned | Description | |
---|---|---|---|
checkIntervalSec
integer
|
success |
How often (in seconds) to send a health check. The default value is 5 seconds.
|
|
creationTimestamp
string
|
success |
Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
|
|
description
string
|
success |
An optional description of this resource. Provide this property when you create the resource.
|
|
grpcHealthCheck
complex
|
success |
A nested object resource.
|
|
grpcServiceName
string
|
success |
The gRPC service name for the health check. The value of grpcServiceName has the following meanings by convention: - Empty serviceName means the overall status of all services at the backend.
- Non-empty serviceName means the health of that gRPC service, as defined by the owner of the service.
The grpcServiceName can only be ASCII.
|
|
port
integer
|
success |
The port number for the health check request. Must be specified if portName and portSpecification are not set or if port_specification is USE_FIXED_PORT. Valid values are 1 through 65535.
|
|
portName
string
|
success |
Port name as defined in InstanceGroup#NamedPort#name. If both port and port_name are defined, port takes precedence.
|
|
portSpecification
string
|
success |
Specifies how port is selected for health checking, can be one of the following values: * `USE_FIXED_PORT`: The port number in `port` is used for health checking.
* `USE_NAMED_PORT`: The `portName` is used for health checking.
* `USE_SERVING_PORT`: For NetworkEndpointGroup, the port specified for each network endpoint is used for health checking. For other backends, the port or named port specified in the Backend Service is used for health checking.
If not specified, gRPC health check follows behavior specified in `port` and `portName` fields.
|
|
healthyThreshold
integer
|
success |
A so-far unhealthy instance will be marked healthy after this many consecutive successes. The default value is 2.
|
|
http2HealthCheck
complex
|
success |
A nested object resource.
|
|
host
string
|
success |
The value of the host header in the HTTP2 health check request.
If left empty (default value), the public IP on behalf of which this health check is performed will be used.
|
|
port
integer
|
success |
The TCP port number for the HTTP2 health check request.
The default value is 443.
|
|
portName
string
|
success |
Port name as defined in InstanceGroup#NamedPort#name. If both port and port_name are defined, port takes precedence.
|
|
portSpecification
string
|
success |
Specifies how port is selected for health checking, can be one of the following values: * `USE_FIXED_PORT`: The port number in `port` is used for health checking.
* `USE_NAMED_PORT`: The `portName` is used for health checking.
* `USE_SERVING_PORT`: For NetworkEndpointGroup, the port specified for each network endpoint is used for health checking. For other backends, the port or named port specified in the Backend Service is used for health checking.
If not specified, HTTP2 health check follows behavior specified in `port` and `portName` fields.
|
|
proxyHeader
string
|
success |
Specifies the type of proxy header to append before sending data to the backend.
|
|
requestPath
string
|
success |
The request path of the HTTP2 health check request.
The default value is /.
|
|
response
string
|
success |
The bytes to match against the beginning of the response data. If left empty (the default value), any response will indicate health. The response data can only be ASCII.
|
|
httpHealthCheck
complex
|
success |
A nested object resource.
|
|
host
string
|
success |
The value of the host header in the HTTP health check request.
If left empty (default value), the public IP on behalf of which this health check is performed will be used.
|
|
port
integer
|
success |
The TCP port number for the HTTP health check request.
The default value is 80.
|
|
portName
string
|
success |
Port name as defined in InstanceGroup#NamedPort#name. If both port and port_name are defined, port takes precedence.
|
|
portSpecification
string
|
success |
Specifies how port is selected for health checking, can be one of the following values: * `USE_FIXED_PORT`: The port number in `port` is used for health checking.
* `USE_NAMED_PORT`: The `portName` is used for health checking.
* `USE_SERVING_PORT`: For NetworkEndpointGroup, the port specified for each network endpoint is used for health checking. For other backends, the port or named port specified in the Backend Service is used for health checking.
If not specified, HTTP health check follows behavior specified in `port` and `portName` fields.
|
|
proxyHeader
string
|
success |
Specifies the type of proxy header to append before sending data to the backend.
|
|
requestPath
string
|
success |
The request path of the HTTP health check request.
The default value is /.
|
|
response
string
|
success |
The bytes to match against the beginning of the response data. If left empty (the default value), any response will indicate health. The response data can only be ASCII.
|
|
httpsHealthCheck
complex
|
success |
A nested object resource.
|
|
host
string
|
success |
The value of the host header in the HTTPS health check request.
If left empty (default value), the public IP on behalf of which this health check is performed will be used.
|
|
port
integer
|
success |
The TCP port number for the HTTPS health check request.
The default value is 443.
|
|
portName
string
|
success |
Port name as defined in InstanceGroup#NamedPort#name. If both port and port_name are defined, port takes precedence.
|
|
portSpecification
string
|
success |
Specifies how port is selected for health checking, can be one of the following values: * `USE_FIXED_PORT`: The port number in `port` is used for health checking.
* `USE_NAMED_PORT`: The `portName` is used for health checking.
* `USE_SERVING_PORT`: For NetworkEndpointGroup, the port specified for each network endpoint is used for health checking. For other backends, the port or named port specified in the Backend Service is used for health checking.
If not specified, HTTPS health check follows behavior specified in `port` and `portName` fields.
|
|
proxyHeader
string
|
success |
Specifies the type of proxy header to append before sending data to the backend.
|
|
requestPath
string
|
success |
The request path of the HTTPS health check request.
The default value is /.
|
|
response
string
|
success |
The bytes to match against the beginning of the response data. If left empty (the default value), any response will indicate health. The response data can only be ASCII.
|
|
id
integer
|
success |
The unique identifier for the resource. This identifier is defined by the server.
|
|
name
string
|
success |
Name of the resource. Provided by the client when the resource is created. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035. Specifically, the name must be 1-63 characters long and match the regular expression `[a-z]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?` which means the first character must be a lowercase letter, and all following characters must be a dash, lowercase letter, or digit, except the last character, which cannot be a dash.
|
|
sslHealthCheck
complex
|
success |
A nested object resource.
|
|
port
integer
|
success |
The TCP port number for the SSL health check request.
The default value is 443.
|
|
portName
string
|
success |
Port name as defined in InstanceGroup#NamedPort#name. If both port and port_name are defined, port takes precedence.
|
|
portSpecification
string
|
success |
Specifies how port is selected for health checking, can be one of the following values: * `USE_FIXED_PORT`: The port number in `port` is used for health checking.
* `USE_NAMED_PORT`: The `portName` is used for health checking.
* `USE_SERVING_PORT`: For NetworkEndpointGroup, the port specified for each network endpoint is used for health checking. For other backends, the port or named port specified in the Backend Service is used for health checking.
If not specified, SSL health check follows behavior specified in `port` and `portName` fields.
|
|
proxyHeader
string
|
success |
Specifies the type of proxy header to append before sending data to the backend.
|
|
request
string
|
success |
The application data to send once the SSL connection has been established (default value is empty). If both request and response are empty, the connection establishment alone will indicate health. The request data can only be ASCII.
|
|
response
string
|
success |
The bytes to match against the beginning of the response data. If left empty (the default value), any response will indicate health. The response data can only be ASCII.
|
|
tcpHealthCheck
complex
|
success |
A nested object resource.
|
|
port
integer
|
success |
The TCP port number for the TCP health check request.
The default value is 443.
|
|
portName
string
|
success |
Port name as defined in InstanceGroup#NamedPort#name. If both port and port_name are defined, port takes precedence.
|
|
portSpecification
string
|
success |
Specifies how port is selected for health checking, can be one of the following values: * `USE_FIXED_PORT`: The port number in `port` is used for health checking.
* `USE_NAMED_PORT`: The `portName` is used for health checking.
* `USE_SERVING_PORT`: For NetworkEndpointGroup, the port specified for each network endpoint is used for health checking. For other backends, the port or named port specified in the Backend Service is used for health checking.
If not specified, TCP health check follows behavior specified in `port` and `portName` fields.
|
|
proxyHeader
string
|
success |
Specifies the type of proxy header to append before sending data to the backend.
|
|
request
string
|
success |
The application data to send once the TCP connection has been established (default value is empty). If both request and response are empty, the connection establishment alone will indicate health. The request data can only be ASCII.
|
|
response
string
|
success |
The bytes to match against the beginning of the response data. If left empty (the default value), any response will indicate health. The response data can only be ASCII.
|
|
timeoutSec
integer
|
success |
How long (in seconds) to wait before claiming failure.
The default value is 5 seconds. It is invalid for timeoutSec to have greater value than checkIntervalSec.
|
|
type
string
|
success |
Specifies the type of the healthCheck, either TCP, SSL, HTTP or HTTPS. If not specified, the default is TCP. Exactly one of the protocol-specific health check field must be specified, which must match type field.
|
|
unhealthyThreshold
integer
|
success |
A so-far healthy instance will be marked unhealthy after this many consecutive failures. The default value is 2.
|
Authors
- Google Inc. (@googlecloudplatform)
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/google/cloud/gcp_compute_health_check_module.html