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google.cloud.gcp_iam_service_account – Creates a GCP ServiceAccount
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_iam_service_account.
Synopsis
- A service account in the Identity and Access Management API.
 
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.
         | 
     
| display_name
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        User specified description of service account.
         | 
     |
| 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
         | 
      
        
        The name of the service account.
         | 
     |
| 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.
         | 
     |
| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Whether the given object should exist in GCP
         | 
     
Examples
- name: create a service account
  google.cloud.gcp_iam_service_account:
    name: sa-{{ resource_name.split("-")[-1] }}@graphite-playground.google.com.iam.gserviceaccount.com
    display_name: My Ansible test key
    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 | 
|---|---|---|
| displayName
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        User specified description of service account.
          | 
     
| email
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        Email address of the service account.
          | 
     
| name
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        The name of the service account.
          | 
     
| oauth2ClientId
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        OAuth2 client id for the service account.
          | 
     
| projectId
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        Id of the project that owns the service account.
          | 
     
| uniqueId
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        Unique and stable id of the service account.
          | 
     
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_iam_service_account_module.html