gcp_compute_address_info – Gather info for GCP Address — Ansible Documentation

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# gcp_compute_address_info – Gather info for GCP Address

New in version 2.7.

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

## Synopsis

- Gather info for GCP Address
- This module was called `gcp_compute_address_facts` before Ansible 2.9. The usage has not changed.

Aliases: gcp_compute_address_facts

## 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 string / required | Choices: application machineaccount serviceaccount | The type of credential used.
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.
filters list |  | A list of filter value pairs. Available filters are listed here https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/topic/filters. Each additional filter in the list will act be added as an AND condition (filter1 and filter2) .
project string |  | The Google Cloud Platform project to use.
region string / required |  | URL of the region where the regional address resides. This field is not applicable to global addresses.
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.

## 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: get info on an address
      gcp_compute_address_info:
        region: us-west1
        filters:
        - name = test_object
        project: test_project
        auth_kind: serviceaccount
        service_account_file: "/tmp/auth.pem"

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
resources complex | always | List of resources
| address string | success | The static external IP address represented by this resource. Only IPv4 is supported. An address may only be specified for INTERNAL address types. The IP address must be inside the specified subnetwork, if any.
| addressType string | success | The type of address to reserve, either INTERNAL or EXTERNAL. If unspecified, defaults to EXTERNAL.
| creationTimestamp 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. 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.
| networkTier string | success | The networking tier used for configuring this address. This field can take the following values: PREMIUM or STANDARD. If this field is not specified, it is assumed to be PREMIUM.
| region string | success | URL of the region where the regional address resides. This field is not applicable to global addresses.
| subnetwork dictionary | success | The URL of the subnetwork in which to reserve the address. If an IP address is specified, it must be within the subnetwork's IP range. This field can only be used with INTERNAL type with GCE_ENDPOINT/DNS_RESOLVER purposes.
| users list | success | The URLs of the resources that are using this address.

## 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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