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google.cloud.gcp_compute_network – Creates a GCP Network
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_network.
Synopsis
- Manages a VPC network or legacy network resource on GCP.
 
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
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        The type of credential used.
         | 
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| auto_create_subnetworks
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        When set to `true`, the network is created in "auto subnet mode" and it will create a subnet for each region automatically across the `10.128.0.0/9` address range.
        
       
        When set to `false`, the network is created in "custom subnet mode" so the user can explicitly connect subnetwork resources.
         | 
     |
| description
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        An optional description of this resource. The resource must be recreated to modify this field.
         | 
     ||
| 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.
         | 
     ||
| mtu
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Maximum Transmission Unit in bytes. The minimum value for this field is 1460 and the maximum value is 1500 bytes.
         | 
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| 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.
         | 
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| routing_config
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        The network-level routing configuration for this network. Used by Cloud Router to determine what type of network-wide routing behavior to enforce.
         | 
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| routing_mode
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        The network-wide routing mode to use. If set to `REGIONAL`, this network's cloud routers will only advertise routes with subnetworks of this network in the same region as the router. If set to `GLOBAL`, this network's cloud routers will advertise routes with all subnetworks of this network, across regions.
        
       
        Some valid choices include: "REGIONAL", "GLOBAL"
         | 
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| scopes
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        Array of scopes to be used
         | 
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| service_account_contents
        
        jsonarg
         | 
      
        
        The contents of a Service Account JSON file, either in a dictionary or as a JSON string that represents it.
         | 
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| 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.
         | 
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| service_account_file
        
        path
         | 
      
        
        The path of a Service Account JSON file if serviceaccount is selected as type.
         | 
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| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Whether the given object should exist in GCP
         | 
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Notes
Note
- API Reference: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/networks
 - Official Documentation: https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/vpc
 - for authentication, you can set service_account_file using the 
gcp_service_account_fileenv variable. - for authentication, you can set service_account_contents using the 
GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_CONTENTSenv variable. - For authentication, you can set service_account_email using the 
GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAILenv variable. - For authentication, you can set auth_kind using the 
GCP_AUTH_KINDenv variable. - For authentication, you can set scopes using the 
GCP_SCOPESenv 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 network
  google.cloud.gcp_compute_network:
    name: test_object
    auto_create_subnetworks: 'true'
    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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| autoCreateSubnetworks
        
        boolean
         | 
      success | 
        
        When set to `true`, the network is created in "auto subnet mode" and it will create a subnet for each region automatically across the `10.128.0.0/9` address range.
        
       
        When set to `false`, the network is created in "custom subnet mode" so the user can explicitly connect subnetwork resources.
          | 
     |
| creationTimestamp
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
          | 
     |
| description
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        An optional description of this resource. The resource must be recreated to modify this field.
          | 
     |
| gateway_ipv4
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        The gateway address for default routing out of the network. This value is selected by GCP.
          | 
     |
| id
        
        integer
         | 
      success | 
        
        The unique identifier for the resource.
          | 
     |
| mtu
        
        integer
         | 
      success | 
        
        Maximum Transmission Unit in bytes. The minimum value for this field is 1460 and the maximum value is 1500 bytes.
          | 
     |
| 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.
          | 
     |
| routingConfig
        
        complex
         | 
      success | 
        
        The network-level routing configuration for this network. Used by Cloud Router to determine what type of network-wide routing behavior to enforce.
          | 
     |
| routingMode
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        The network-wide routing mode to use. If set to `REGIONAL`, this network's cloud routers will only advertise routes with subnetworks of this network in the same region as the router. If set to `GLOBAL`, this network's cloud routers will advertise routes with all subnetworks of this network, across regions.
          | 
     |
| subnetworks
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      success | 
        
        Server-defined fully-qualified URLs for all subnetworks in this network.
          | 
     |
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_network_module.html