gcp_compute_global_forwarding_rule – Creates a GCP GlobalForwardingRule

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

Synopsis

• Represents a GlobalForwardingRule resource. Global forwarding rules are used to forward traffic to the correct load balancer for HTTP load balancing. Global forwarding rules can only be used for HTTP load balancing.
• For more information, see https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/load-balancing/http/ .

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 global address
  gcp_compute_global_address:
    name: globaladdress-globalforwardingrule
    project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
    auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
    state: present
  register: globaladdress

- name: create a instance group
  gcp_compute_instance_group:
    name: instancegroup-globalforwardingrule
    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 HTTP health check
  gcp_compute_http_health_check:
    name: httphealthcheck-globalforwardingrule
    healthy_threshold: 10
    port: 8080
    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-globalforwardingrule
    backends:
    - group: "{{ instancegroup.selfLink }}"
    health_checks:
    - "{{ healthcheck.selfLink }}"
    enable_cdn: 'true'
    project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
    auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
    state: present
  register: backendservice

- name: create a URL map
  gcp_compute_url_map:
    name: urlmap-globalforwardingrule
    default_service: "{{ backendservice }}"
    project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
    auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
    state: present
  register: urlmap

- name: create a target HTTP proxy
  gcp_compute_target_http_proxy:
    name: targethttpproxy-globalforwardingrule
    url_map: "{{ urlmap }}"
    project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
    auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
    state: present
  register: httpproxy

- name: create a global forwarding rule
  gcp_compute_global_forwarding_rule:
    name: test_object
    ip_address: "{{ globaladdress.address }}"
    ip_protocol: TCP
    port_range: 80-80
    target: "{{ httpproxy.selfLink }}"
    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)