gcp_forwarding_rule - Create, Update or Destroy a Forwarding_Rule.
New in version 2.4.
Synopsis
- Create, Update or Destroy a Forwarding_Rule. See https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/load-balancing/http/target-proxies for an overview. More details on the Global Forwarding_Rule API can be found at https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/latest/globalForwardingRules More details on the Forwarding Rules API can be found at https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/latest/forwardingRules
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- python >= 2.6
- google-api-python-client >= 1.6.2
- google-auth >= 0.9.0
- google-auth-httplib2 >= 0.0.2
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
address | IPv4 or named IP address. Must be of the same scope (regional, global). Reserved addresses can (and probably should) be used for global forwarding rules. You may reserve IPs from the console or via the gce_eip module. | |
forwarding_rule_name required | Name of the Forwarding_Rule. | |
port_range | For global forwarding rules, must be set to 80 or 8080 for TargetHttpProxy, and 443 for TargetHttpsProxy or TargetSslProxy. | |
protocol | For global forwarding rules, TCP, UDP, ESP, AH, SCTP or ICMP. Default is TCP. | |
region | The region for this forwarding rule. Currently, only 'global' is supported. | |
state required |
| The state of the Forwarding Rule. 'present' or 'absent' |
target | Target resource for forwarding rule. For global proxy, this is a Global TargetProxy resource. Required for external load balancing (including Global load balancing) |
Notes
Note
- Currently only supports global forwarding rules. As such, Load Balancing Scheme is always EXTERNAL.
Examples
- name: Create Minimum GLOBAL Forwarding_Rule gcp_forwarding_rule: service_account_email: "{{ service_account_email }}" credentials_file: "{{ credentials_file }}" project_id: "{{ project_id }}" forwarding_rule_name: my-forwarding_rule protocol: TCP port_range: 80 region: global target: my-target-proxy state: present - name: Create Forwarding_Rule w/reserved static address gcp_forwarding_rule: service_account_email: "{{ service_account_email }}" credentials_file: "{{ credentials_file }}" project_id: "{{ project_id }}" forwarding_rule_name: my-forwarding_rule protocol: TCP port_range: 80 address: my-reserved-static-address-name region: global target: my-target-proxy state: present
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key | Returned | Description |
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forwarding_rule dict | Always. Refer to GCP documentation for detailed field descriptions. | GCP Forwarding_Rule dictionary Sample: {'name': 'my-forwarding_rule', 'target': '...'} |
forwarding_rule_name str | Always | Name of the Forwarding_Rule Sample: my-target-proxy |
region bool | Always | Region for Forwarding Rule. Sample: True |
state str | Always. | state of the Forwarding_Rule Sample: present |
Status
This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.
Author
- Tom Melendez (@supertom) <tom@supertom.com>
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