delowan.googlecloud.gcp_compute_forwarding_rule (1.0.2) — module

Creates a GCP ForwardingRule

Authors: Google Inc. (@googlecloudplatform)

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Install collection

Install with ansible-galaxy collection install delowan.googlecloud:==1.0.2


Add to requirements.yml

  collections:
    - name: delowan.googlecloud
      version: 1.0.2

Description

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

Usage examples

  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: create a address
  google.cloud.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
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: create a target pool
  google.cloud.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
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: create a forwarding rule
  google.cloud.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

Inputs

    
name:
    description:
    - 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.
    required: true
    type: str

ports:
    description:
    - This field is used along with the backend_service field for internal load balancing.
    - When the load balancing scheme is INTERNAL, a single port or a comma separated list
      of ports can be configured. Only packets addressed to these ports will be forwarded
      to the backends configured with this forwarding rule.
    - You may specify a maximum of up to 5 ports.
    elements: str
    required: false
    type: list

state:
    choices:
    - present
    - absent
    default: present
    description:
    - Whether the given object should exist in GCP
    type: str

region:
    description:
    - A reference to the region where the regional forwarding rule resides.
    - This field is not applicable to global forwarding rules.
    required: true
    type: str

scopes:
    description:
    - Array of scopes to be used
    elements: str
    type: list

target:
    description:
    - The URL of the target resource to receive the matched traffic.
    - The target must live in the same region as the forwarding rule.
    - The forwarded traffic must be of a type appropriate to the target object.
    required: false
    type: str

network:
    description:
    - For internal load balancing, this field identifies the network that the load balanced
      IP should belong to for this Forwarding Rule. If this field is not specified, the
      default network will be used.
    - This field is only used for INTERNAL load balancing.
    - 'This field represents a link to a Network resource in GCP. It can be specified
      in two ways. First, you can place a dictionary with key ''selfLink'' and value of
      your resource''s selfLink Alternatively, you can add `register: name-of-resource`
      to a gcp_compute_network task and then set this network field to "{{ name-of-resource
      }}"'
    required: false
    type: dict

project:
    description:
    - The Google Cloud Platform project to use.
    type: str

env_type:
    description:
    - 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.
    type: str

all_ports:
    description:
    - For internal TCP/UDP load balancing (i.e. load balancing scheme is INTERNAL and
      protocol is TCP/UDP), set this to true to allow packets addressed to any ports to
      be forwarded to the backends configured with this forwarding rule. Used with backend
      service. Cannot be set if port or portRange are set.
    required: false
    type: bool

auth_kind:
    choices:
    - application
    - machineaccount
    - serviceaccount
    description:
    - The type of credential used.
    required: true
    type: str

ip_address:
    description:
    - The IP address that this forwarding rule is serving on behalf of.
    - Addresses are restricted based on the forwarding rule's load balancing scheme (EXTERNAL
      or INTERNAL) and scope (global or regional).
    - When the load balancing scheme is EXTERNAL, for global forwarding rules, the address
      must be a global IP, and for regional forwarding rules, the address must live in
      the same region as the forwarding rule. If this field is empty, an ephemeral IPv4
      address from the same scope (global or regional) will be assigned. A regional forwarding
      rule supports IPv4 only. A global forwarding rule supports either IPv4 or IPv6.
    - When the load balancing scheme is INTERNAL, this can only be an RFC 1918 IP address
      belonging to the network/subnet configured for the forwarding rule. By default,
      if this field is empty, an ephemeral internal IP address will be automatically allocated
      from the IP range of the subnet or network configured for this forwarding rule.
    - 'An address can be specified either by a literal IP address or a URL reference to
      an existing Address resource. The following examples are all valid: * 100.1.2.3
      * U(https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/regions/region/addresses/address)
      * projects/project/regions/region/addresses/address * regions/region/addresses/address
      * global/addresses/address * address .'
    required: false
    type: str

port_range:
    description:
    - This field is used along with the target field for TargetHttpProxy, TargetHttpsProxy,
      TargetSslProxy, TargetTcpProxy, TargetVpnGateway, TargetPool, TargetInstance.
    - Applicable only when IPProtocol is TCP, UDP, or SCTP, only packets addressed to
      ports in the specified range will be forwarded to target.
    - Forwarding rules with the same [IPAddress, IPProtocol] pair must have disjoint port
      ranges.
    - 'Some types of forwarding target have constraints on the acceptable ports: * TargetHttpProxy:
      80, 8080 * TargetHttpsProxy: 443 * TargetTcpProxy: 25, 43, 110, 143, 195, 443, 465,
      587, 700, 993, 995, 1883, 5222 * TargetSslProxy: 25, 43, 110, 143, 195, 443, 465,
      587, 700, 993, 995, 1883, 5222 * TargetVpnGateway: 500, 4500 .'
    required: false
    type: str

subnetwork:
    description:
    - The subnetwork that the load balanced IP should belong to for this Forwarding Rule.
      This field is only used for INTERNAL load balancing.
    - If the network specified is in auto subnet mode, this field is optional. However,
      if the network is in custom subnet mode, a subnetwork must be specified.
    - 'This field represents a link to a Subnetwork resource in GCP. It can be specified
      in two ways. First, you can place a dictionary with key ''selfLink'' and value of
      your resource''s selfLink Alternatively, you can add `register: name-of-resource`
      to a gcp_compute_subnetwork task and then set this subnetwork field to "{{ name-of-resource
      }}"'
    required: false
    type: dict

description:
    description:
    - An optional description of this resource. Provide this property when you create
      the resource.
    required: false
    type: str

ip_protocol:
    description:
    - The IP protocol to which this rule applies.
    - When the load balancing scheme is INTERNAL, only TCP and UDP are valid.
    - 'Some valid choices include: "TCP", "UDP", "ESP", "AH", "SCTP", "ICMP"'
    required: false
    type: str

network_tier:
    description:
    - The networking tier used for configuring this address. If this field is not specified,
      it is assumed to be PREMIUM.
    - 'Some valid choices include: "PREMIUM", "STANDARD"'
    required: false
    type: str

service_label:
    description:
    - An optional prefix to the service name for this Forwarding Rule.
    - If specified, will be the first label of the fully qualified service name.
    - The label must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035.
    - Specifically, the label 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.
    - This field is only used for INTERNAL load balancing.
    required: false
    type: str

backend_service:
    description:
    - A BackendService to receive the matched traffic. This is used only for INTERNAL
      load balancing.
    - 'This field represents a link to a BackendService resource in GCP. It can be specified
      in two ways. First, you can place a dictionary with key ''selfLink'' and value of
      your resource''s selfLink Alternatively, you can add `register: name-of-resource`
      to a gcp_compute_backend_service task and then set this backend_service field to
      "{{ name-of-resource }}"'
    required: false
    type: dict

allow_global_access:
    description:
    - If true, clients can access ILB from all regions.
    - Otherwise only allows from the local region the ILB is located at.
    required: false
    type: bool

service_account_file:
    description:
    - The path of a Service Account JSON file if serviceaccount is selected as type.
    type: path

load_balancing_scheme:
    description:
    - This signifies what the ForwardingRule will be used for and can be EXTERNAL, INTERNAL,
      or INTERNAL_MANAGED. EXTERNAL is used for Classic Cloud VPN gateways, protocol forwarding
      to VMs from an external IP address, and HTTP(S), SSL Proxy, TCP Proxy, and Network
      TCP/UDP load balancers.
    - INTERNAL is used for protocol forwarding to VMs from an internal IP address, and
      internal TCP/UDP load balancers.
    - INTERNAL_MANAGED is used for internal HTTP(S) load balancers.
    - 'Some valid choices include: "EXTERNAL", "INTERNAL", "INTERNAL_MANAGED"'
    required: false
    type: str

service_account_email:
    description:
    - An optional service account email address if machineaccount is selected and the
      user does not wish to use the default email.
    type: str

is_mirroring_collector:
    description:
    - Indicates whether or not this load balancer can be used as a collector for packet
      mirroring. To prevent mirroring loops, instances behind this load balancer will
      not have their traffic mirrored even if a PacketMirroring rule applies to them.
      This can only be set to true for load balancers that have their loadBalancingScheme
      set to INTERNAL.
    required: false
    type: bool

service_account_contents:
    description:
    - The contents of a Service Account JSON file, either in a dictionary or as a JSON
      string that represents it.
    type: jsonarg

Outputs

IPAddress:
  description:
  - The IP address that this forwarding rule is serving on behalf of.
  - Addresses are restricted based on the forwarding rule's load balancing scheme
    (EXTERNAL or INTERNAL) and scope (global or regional).
  - When the load balancing scheme is EXTERNAL, for global forwarding rules, the address
    must be a global IP, and for regional forwarding rules, the address must live
    in the same region as the forwarding rule. If this field is empty, an ephemeral
    IPv4 address from the same scope (global or regional) will be assigned. A regional
    forwarding rule supports IPv4 only. A global forwarding rule supports either IPv4
    or IPv6.
  - When the load balancing scheme is INTERNAL, this can only be an RFC 1918 IP address
    belonging to the network/subnet configured for the forwarding rule. By default,
    if this field is empty, an ephemeral internal IP address will be automatically
    allocated from the IP range of the subnet or network configured for this forwarding
    rule.
  - 'An address can be specified either by a literal IP address or a URL reference
    to an existing Address resource. The following examples are all valid: * 100.1.2.3
    * U(https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/regions/region/addresses/address)
    * projects/project/regions/region/addresses/address * regions/region/addresses/address
    * global/addresses/address * address .'
  returned: success
  type: str
IPProtocol:
  description:
  - The IP protocol to which this rule applies.
  - When the load balancing scheme is INTERNAL, only TCP and UDP are valid.
  returned: success
  type: str
allPorts:
  description:
  - For internal TCP/UDP load balancing (i.e. load balancing scheme is INTERNAL and
    protocol is TCP/UDP), set this to true to allow packets addressed to any ports
    to be forwarded to the backends configured with this forwarding rule. Used with
    backend service. Cannot be set if port or portRange are set.
  returned: success
  type: bool
allowGlobalAccess:
  description:
  - If true, clients can access ILB from all regions.
  - Otherwise only allows from the local region the ILB is located at.
  returned: success
  type: bool
backendService:
  description:
  - A BackendService to receive the matched traffic. This is used only for INTERNAL
    load balancing.
  returned: success
  type: dict
creationTimestamp:
  description:
  - Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
  returned: success
  type: str
description:
  description:
  - An optional description of this resource. Provide this property when you create
    the resource.
  returned: success
  type: str
id:
  description:
  - The unique identifier for the resource.
  returned: success
  type: int
isMirroringCollector:
  description:
  - Indicates whether or not this load balancer can be used as a collector for packet
    mirroring. To prevent mirroring loops, instances behind this load balancer will
    not have their traffic mirrored even if a PacketMirroring rule applies to them.
    This can only be set to true for load balancers that have their loadBalancingScheme
    set to INTERNAL.
  returned: success
  type: bool
loadBalancingScheme:
  description:
  - This signifies what the ForwardingRule will be used for and can be EXTERNAL, INTERNAL,
    or INTERNAL_MANAGED. EXTERNAL is used for Classic Cloud VPN gateways, protocol
    forwarding to VMs from an external IP address, and HTTP(S), SSL Proxy, TCP Proxy,
    and Network TCP/UDP load balancers.
  - INTERNAL is used for protocol forwarding to VMs from an internal IP address, and
    internal TCP/UDP load balancers.
  - INTERNAL_MANAGED is used for internal HTTP(S) load balancers.
  returned: success
  type: str
name:
  description:
  - 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.
  returned: success
  type: str
network:
  description:
  - For internal load balancing, this field identifies the network that the load balanced
    IP should belong to for this Forwarding Rule. If this field is not specified,
    the default network will be used.
  - This field is only used for INTERNAL load balancing.
  returned: success
  type: dict
networkTier:
  description:
  - The networking tier used for configuring this address. If this field is not specified,
    it is assumed to be PREMIUM.
  returned: success
  type: str
portRange:
  description:
  - This field is used along with the target field for TargetHttpProxy, TargetHttpsProxy,
    TargetSslProxy, TargetTcpProxy, TargetVpnGateway, TargetPool, TargetInstance.
  - Applicable only when IPProtocol is TCP, UDP, or SCTP, only packets addressed to
    ports in the specified range will be forwarded to target.
  - Forwarding rules with the same [IPAddress, IPProtocol] pair must have disjoint
    port ranges.
  - 'Some types of forwarding target have constraints on the acceptable ports: * TargetHttpProxy:
    80, 8080 * TargetHttpsProxy: 443 * TargetTcpProxy: 25, 43, 110, 143, 195, 443,
    465, 587, 700, 993, 995, 1883, 5222 * TargetSslProxy: 25, 43, 110, 143, 195, 443,
    465, 587, 700, 993, 995, 1883, 5222 * TargetVpnGateway: 500, 4500 .'
  returned: success
  type: str
ports:
  description:
  - This field is used along with the backend_service field for internal load balancing.
  - When the load balancing scheme is INTERNAL, a single port or a comma separated
    list of ports can be configured. Only packets addressed to these ports will be
    forwarded to the backends configured with this forwarding rule.
  - You may specify a maximum of up to 5 ports.
  returned: success
  type: list
region:
  description:
  - A reference to the region where the regional forwarding rule resides.
  - This field is not applicable to global forwarding rules.
  returned: success
  type: str
serviceLabel:
  description:
  - An optional prefix to the service name for this Forwarding Rule.
  - If specified, will be the first label of the fully qualified service name.
  - The label must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035.
  - Specifically, the label 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.
  - This field is only used for INTERNAL load balancing.
  returned: success
  type: str
serviceName:
  description:
  - The internal fully qualified service name for this Forwarding Rule.
  - This field is only used for INTERNAL load balancing.
  returned: success
  type: str
subnetwork:
  description:
  - The subnetwork that the load balanced IP should belong to for this Forwarding
    Rule. This field is only used for INTERNAL load balancing.
  - If the network specified is in auto subnet mode, this field is optional. However,
    if the network is in custom subnet mode, a subnetwork must be specified.
  returned: success
  type: dict
target:
  description:
  - The URL of the target resource to receive the matched traffic.
  - The target must live in the same region as the forwarding rule.
  - The forwarded traffic must be of a type appropriate to the target object.
  returned: success
  type: str