gcp_compute_target_tcp_proxy – Creates a GCP TargetTcpProxy

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gcp_compute_target_tcp_proxy – Creates a GCP TargetTcpProxy

New in version 2.6.


Synopsis

  • Represents a TargetTcpProxy resource, which is used by one or more global forwarding rule to route incoming TCP requests to a Backend service.

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

- / required

  • machineaccount
  • serviceaccount
  • application

The type of credential used.

description

-

An optional description of this resource.

name

- / 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.

project

-

Default:

null

The Google Cloud Platform project to use.

proxy_header

-

  • NONE
  • PROXY_V1

Specifies the type of proxy header to append before sending data to the backend, either NONE or PROXY_V1. The default is NONE.

scopes

-

Array of scopes to be used.

service

- / required

A reference to the BackendService resource.

service_account_email

-

An optional service account email address if machineaccount is selected and the user does not wish to use the default email.

service_account_file

-

The path of a Service Account JSON file if serviceaccount is selected as type.

state

-

  • present

  • absent

Whether the given object should exist in GCP



Notes

Note

  • API Reference: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/latest/targetTcpProxies
  • Setting Up TCP proxy for Google Cloud Load Balancing: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/load-balancing/tcp-ssl/tcp-proxy
  • For authentication, you can set service_account_file using the GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_FILE env variable.
  • For authentication, you can set service_account_email using the GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL env variable.
  • For authentication, you can set auth_kind using the GCP_AUTH_KIND env variable.
  • For authentication, you can set scopes using the GCP_SCOPES env 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 instance group
  gcp_compute_instance_group:
      name: "instancegroup-targettcpproxy"
      zone: us-central1-a
      project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
      auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
      state: present
  register: instancegroup

- name: create a health check
  gcp_compute_health_check:
      name: "healthcheck-targettcpproxy"
      type: TCP
      tcp_health_check:
        port_name: service-health
        request: ping
        response: pong
      healthy_threshold: 10
      timeout_sec: 2
      unhealthy_threshold: 5
      project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
      auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
      state: present
  register: healthcheck

- name: create a backend service
  gcp_compute_backend_service:
      name: "backendservice-targettcpproxy"
      backends:
      - group: "{{ instancegroup }}"
      health_checks:
      - "{{ healthcheck.selfLink }}"
      protocol: TCP
      project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
      auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
      state: present
  register: backendservice

- name: create a target tcp proxy
  gcp_compute_target_tcp_proxy:
      name: "test_object"
      proxy_header: PROXY_V1
      service: "{{ backendservice }}"
      project: "test_project"
      auth_kind: "service_account"
      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

creation_timestamp

string

success

Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.


description

string

success

An optional description of this resource.


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.


proxy_header

string

success

Specifies the type of proxy header to append before sending data to the backend, either NONE or PROXY_V1. The default is NONE.


service

dictionary

success

A reference to the BackendService resource.





Status

Authors

  • Google Inc. (@googlecloudplatform)

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