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gce_tag - add or remove tag(s) to/from GCE instances
New in version 2.0.
Synopsis
- This module can add or remove tags https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/label-or-tag-resources#tags to/from GCE instances. Use ‘instance_pattern’ to update multiple instances in a specify zone.
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- python >= 2.6
 - apache-libcloud >= 0.17.0
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| instance_name | 
        
        The name of the GCE instance to add/remove tags.
        
       
        Required if  instance_pattern is not specified.
        | 
     |
| instance_pattern  
        (added in 2.3)
         | 
      
        
        The pattern of GCE instance names to match for adding/removing tags. Full-Python regex is supported. See https://docs.python.org/2/library/re.html for details.
        
       
        If  instance_name is not specified, this field is required.
        | 
     |
| pem_file | 
        
        Path to the PEM file associated with the service account email.
         | 
     |
| project_id | 
        
        Your GCE project ID.
         | 
     |
| service_account_email | 
        
        Service account email.
         | 
     |
| state | 
       
  | 
      
        
        Desired state of the tags.
         | 
     
| tags  
        required
         | 
      
        
        Comma-separated list of tags to add or remove.
         | 
     |
| zone | Default: 
        "us-central1-a"
         | 
      
        
        The zone of the disk specified by source.
         | 
     
Notes
Note
- Either instance_name or instance_pattern is required.
 
Examples
- name: Add tags to instance
  gce_tag:
    instance_name: staging-server
    tags: http-server,https-server,staging
    zone: us-central1-a
    state: present
- name: Remove tags from instance in default zone (us-central1-a)
  gce_tag:
    instance_name: test-server
    tags: foo,bar
    state: absent
- name: Add tags to instances in zone that match pattern
  gce_tag:
    instance_pattern: test-server-*
    tags: foo,bar
    zone: us-central1-a
    state: present
  Status
This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.
Maintenance
This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.
For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.
Author
- Do Hoang Khiem (dohoangkhiem@gmail.com)
 - Tom Melendez (@supertom)
 
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