gce_img - utilize GCE image resources

• Synopsis
  • Requirements
• Parameters
• Examples
• Status
  • Author

Synopsis

• This module can create and delete GCE private images from gzipped compressed tarball containing raw disk data or from existing detached disks in any zone. https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/images

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• python >= 2.6
• apache-libcloud

Parameters

Examples

# Create an image named test-image from the disk 'test-disk' in zone us-central1-a.
- gce_img:
    name: test-image
    source: test-disk
    zone: us-central1-a
    state: present

# Create an image named test-image from a tarball in Google Cloud Storage.
- gce_img:
    name: test-image
    source: https://storage.googleapis.com/bucket/path/to/image.tgz

# Alternatively use the gs scheme
- gce_img:
    name: test-image
    source: gs://bucket/path/to/image.tgz

# Delete an image named test-image.
- gce_img:
    name: test-image
    state: absent

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Author

• Tom Melendez (supertom)