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google.cloud.gcp_compute_target_vpn_gateway – Creates a GCP TargetVpnGateway
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_target_vpn_gateway.
Synopsis
- Represents a VPN gateway running in GCP. This virtual device is managed by Google, but used only by you.
 
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.
         | 
     
| description
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        An optional description of this resource.
         | 
     |
| 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.
         | 
     |
| 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.
         | 
     |
| network
        
        dictionary / required
         | 
      
        
        The network this VPN gateway is accepting traffic for.
        
       
        This field represents a link to a Network resource in GCP. It can be specified in two ways. First, you can place a dictionary with key 'selfLink' and value of your resource's selfLink Alternatively, you can add `register: name-of-resource` to a gcp_compute_network task and then set this network field to "{{ name-of-resource }}"
         | 
     |
| project
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The Google Cloud Platform project to use.
         | 
     |
| region
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        The region this gateway should sit in.
         | 
     |
| 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.
         | 
     |
| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Whether the given object should exist in GCP
         | 
     
Notes
Note
- API Reference: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/targetVpnGateways
 - 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 address
  google.cloud.gcp_compute_address:
    name: address-vpngateway
    region: us-west1
    project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
    auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
    state: present
  register: address
- name: create a network
  google.cloud.gcp_compute_network:
    name: network-vpngateway
    project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
    auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
    state: present
  register: network
- name: create a target vpn gateway
  google.cloud.gcp_compute_target_vpn_gateway:
    name: test_object
    region: us-west1
    network: "{{ network }}"
    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.
          | 
     
| description
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        An optional description of this resource.
          | 
     
| forwardingRules
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      success | 
        
        A list of references to the ForwardingRule resources associated with this VPN gateway.
          | 
     
| id
        
        integer
         | 
      success | 
        
        The unique identifier for the resource.
          | 
     
| 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.
          | 
     
| network
        
        dictionary
         | 
      success | 
        
        The network this VPN gateway is accepting traffic for.
          | 
     
| region
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        The region this gateway should sit in.
          | 
     
| tunnels
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      success | 
        
        A list of references to VpnTunnel resources associated with this VPN gateway.
          | 
     
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_target_vpn_gateway_module.html