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community.general.gce_eip – Create or Destroy Global or Regional External IP addresses.

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection.

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.gce_eip.

Synopsis

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6
  • apache-libcloud >= 0.19.0

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
name
string / required
Name of Address.
region
string / required
Region to create the address in. Set to 'global' to create a global address.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present
  • absent
The state the address should be in. present or absent are the only valid options.

Notes

Note

  • Global addresses can only be used with Global Forwarding Rules.

Examples

- name: Create a Global external IP address
  community.general.gce_eip:
    service_account_email: "{{ service_account_email }}"
    credentials_file: "{{ credentials_file }}"
    project_id: "{{ project_id }}"
    name: my-global-ip
    region: global
    state: present

- name: Create a Regional external IP address
  community.general.gce_eip:
    service_account_email: "{{ service_account_email }}"
    credentials_file: "{{ credentials_file }}"
    project_id: "{{ project_id }}"
    name: my-global-ip
    region: us-east1
    state: present

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
address
string
always
IP address being operated on

Sample:
35.186.222.233
name
string
always
name of the address being operated on

Sample:
my-address
region
string
always
Which region an address belongs.

Sample:
global


Authors

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/community/general/gce_eip_module.html