gcp_compute_network – Creates a GCP Network — Ansible Documentation

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# gcp_compute_network – Creates a GCP Network

New in version 2.6.

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

## Synopsis

- Manages a VPC network or legacy network resource on GCP.

## 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.
auto_create_subnetworks boolean | Choices: no yes | When set to `true`, the network is created in "auto subnet mode" and it will create a subnet for each region automatically across the `10.128.0.0/9` address range. When set to `false`, the network is created in "custom subnet mode" so the user can explicitly connect subnetwork resources.
description string |  | An optional description of this resource. The resource must be recreated to modify this field.
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.
ipv4_range string |  | If this field is specified, a deprecated legacy network is created. You will no longer be able to create a legacy network on Feb 1, 2020. See the [legacy network docs](https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/legacy) for more details. The range of internal addresses that are legal on this legacy network. This range is a CIDR specification, for example: `192.168.0.0/16`. The resource must be recreated to modify this field.
name string / required |  | 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.
project string |  | The Google Cloud Platform project to use.
routing_config dictionary added in 2.8 |  | The network-level routing configuration for this network. Used by Cloud Router to determine what type of network-wide routing behavior to enforce.
| routing_mode string / required |  | The network-wide routing mode to use. If set to `REGIONAL`, this network's cloud routers will only advertise routes with subnetworks of this network in the same region as the router. If set to `GLOBAL`, this network's cloud routers will advertise routes with all subnetworks of this network, across regions. Some valid choices include: "REGIONAL", "GLOBAL"
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.
state string | Choices: present ← absent | Whether the given object should exist in GCP

## Notes

Note

- API Reference: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/networks
- Official Documentation: https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/vpc
- 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 network
      gcp_compute_network:
        name: test_object
        auto_create_subnetworks: 'true'
        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
--- | --- | ---
autoCreateSubnetworks boolean | success | When set to `true`, the network is created in "auto subnet mode" and it will create a subnet for each region automatically across the `10.128.0.0/9` address range. When set to `false`, the network is created in "custom subnet mode" so the user can explicitly connect subnetwork resources.
creationTimestamp string | success | Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
description string | success | An optional description of this resource. The resource must be recreated to modify this field.
gateway_ipv4 string | success | The gateway address for default routing out of the network. This value is selected by GCP.
id integer | success | The unique identifier for the resource.
ipv4_range string | success | If this field is specified, a deprecated legacy network is created. You will no longer be able to create a legacy network on Feb 1, 2020. See the [legacy network docs](https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/legacy) for more details. The range of internal addresses that are legal on this legacy network. This range is a CIDR specification, for example: `192.168.0.0/16`. The resource must be recreated to modify this field.
name string | success | 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.
routingConfig complex | success | The network-level routing configuration for this network. Used by Cloud Router to determine what type of network-wide routing behavior to enforce.
| routingMode string | success | The network-wide routing mode to use. If set to `REGIONAL`, this network's cloud routers will only advertise routes with subnetworks of this network in the same region as the router. If set to `GLOBAL`, this network's cloud routers will advertise routes with all subnetworks of this network, across regions.
subnetworks list | success | Server-defined fully-qualified URLs for all subnetworks in this network.

## 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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