gcp_storage_object – Creates a GCP Object

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status

Synopsis

Upload or download a file from a GCS bucket.

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
action string		Upload or download from the bucket. Some valid choices include: "download", "upload"
auth_kind string / required	application machineaccount serviceaccount	The type of credential used.
bucket string		The name of the bucket.
dest path		Destination location of file (may be local machine or cloud depending on action).
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.
overwrite boolean	no yes	'Overwrite the file on the bucket/local machine. If overwrite is false and a difference exists between GCS + local, module will fail with error' .
project string		The Google Cloud Platform project to use.
scopes list		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.
src path		Source location of file (may be local machine or cloud depending on action).
state string	present ← absent	Whether the given object should exist in GCP

Notes

Note

for authentication, you can set service_account_file using the c(gcp_service_account_file) env variable.
for authentication, you can set service_account_contents using the c(GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_CONTENTS) 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 object
  gcp_storage_object:
    action: download
    bucket: ansible-bucket
    src: modules.zip
    dest: "~/modules.zip"
    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
action string	success	Upload or download from the bucket.
bucket string	success	The name of the bucket.
dest string	success	Destination location of file (may be local machine or cloud depending on action).
overwrite boolean	success	'Overwrite the file on the bucket/local machine. If overwrite is false and a difference exists between GCS + local, module will fail with error' .
src string	success	Source location of file (may be local machine or cloud depending on action).

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)

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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/modules/gcp_storage_object_module.html