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google.cloud.gcp_compute_node_template – Creates a GCP NodeTemplate
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_node_template.
Synopsis
- Represents a NodeTemplate resource. Node templates specify properties for creating sole-tenant nodes, such as node type, vCPU and memory requirements, node affinity labels, and region.
 
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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| description
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        An optional textual description of 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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| name
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Name of the resource.
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| node_affinity_labels
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Labels to use for node affinity, which will be used in instance scheduling.
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| node_type
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Node type to use for nodes group that are created from this template.
        
       
        Only one of nodeTypeFlexibility and nodeType can be specified.
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| node_type_flexibility
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Flexible properties for the desired node type. Node groups that use this node template will create nodes of a type that matches these properties. Only one of nodeTypeFlexibility and nodeType can be specified.
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| cpus
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Number of virtual CPUs to use.
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| memory
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Physical memory available to the node, defined in MB.
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| project
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The Google Cloud Platform project to use.
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| region
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Region where nodes using the node template will be created .
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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/nodeTemplates
 - Sole-Tenant Nodes: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/nodes/
 - 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 node template
  google.cloud.gcp_compute_node_template:
    name: test_object
    region: us-central1
    node_type: n1-node-96-624
    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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| creationTimestamp
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
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| description
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        An optional textual description of the resource.
          | 
     |
| name
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        Name of the resource.
          | 
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| nodeAffinityLabels
        
        dictionary
         | 
      success | 
        
        Labels to use for node affinity, which will be used in instance scheduling.
          | 
     |
| nodeType
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        Node type to use for nodes group that are created from this template.
        
       
        Only one of nodeTypeFlexibility and nodeType can be specified.
          | 
     |
| nodeTypeFlexibility
        
        complex
         | 
      success | 
        
        Flexible properties for the desired node type. Node groups that use this node template will create nodes of a type that matches these properties. Only one of nodeTypeFlexibility and nodeType can be specified.
          | 
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| cpus
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        Number of virtual CPUs to use.
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| localSsd
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        Use local SSD .
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| memory
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        Physical memory available to the node, defined in MB.
          | 
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| region
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        Region where nodes using the node template will be created .
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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_node_template_module.html