gcp_compute_forwarding_rule – Creates a GCP ForwardingRule

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

Synopsis

• A ForwardingRule resource. A ForwardingRule resource specifies which pool of target virtual machines to forward a packet to if it matches the given [IPAddress, IPProtocol, portRange] tuple.

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

Notes

Examples

- name: create a address
  gcp_compute_address:
    name: address-forwardingrule
    region: us-west1
    project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
    auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
    state: present
  register: address

- name: create a target pool
  gcp_compute_target_pool:
    name: targetpool-forwardingrule
    region: us-west1
    project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
    auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
    state: present
  register: targetpool

- name: create a forwarding rule
  gcp_compute_forwarding_rule:
    name: test_object
    region: us-west1
    target: "{{ targetpool }}"
    ip_protocol: TCP
    port_range: 80-80
    ip_address: "{{ address.address }}"
    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:

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Google Inc. (@googlecloudplatform)