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gcp_compute_backend_bucket - Creates a GCP BackendBucket
New in version 2.6.
Synopsis
- Backend buckets allow you to use Google Cloud Storage buckets with HTTP(S) load balancing.
 - An HTTP(S) load balancer can direct traffic to specified URLs to a backend bucket rather than a backend service. It can send requests for static content to a Cloud Storage bucket and requests for dynamic content a virtual machine instance.
 
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  
        required
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        The type of credential used.
         | 
     
| bucket_name  
        required
         | 
      
        
        Cloud Storage bucket name.
         | 
     |
| description | 
        
        An optional textual description of the resource; provided by the client when the resource is created.
         | 
     |
| enable_cdn  
        bool
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If true, enable Cloud CDN for this BackendBucket.
         | 
     
| name  
        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 | 
        
        The Google Cloud Platform project to use.
         | 
     |
| scopes  
        required
         | 
      
        
        Array of scopes to be used.
         | 
     |
| service_account_email | 
        
        An optional service account email address if machineaccount is selected and the user does not wish to use the default email.
         | 
     |
| service_account_file | 
        
        The path of a Service Account JSON file if serviceaccount is selected as type.
         | 
     |
| state  
        required
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Whether the given object should exist in GCP
         | 
     
Notes
Note
- For authentication, you can set service_account_file using the 
GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_FILEenv variable. - For authentication, you can set service_account_email using the 
GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAILenv variable. - For authentication, you can set auth_kind using the 
GCP_AUTH_KINDenv variable. - For authentication, you can set scopes using the 
GCP_SCOPESenv 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 bucket
  gcp_storage_bucket:
      name: 'bucket-backendbucket'
      project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
      auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
      scopes:
        - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/devstorage.full_control
      state: present
  register: bucket
- name: create a backend bucket
  gcp_compute_backend_bucket:
      name: testObject
      bucket_name: "{{ bucket.name }}"
      description: "A BackendBucket to connect LNB w/ Storage Bucket"
      enable_cdn: true
      project: testProject
      auth_kind: service_account
      service_account_file: /tmp/auth.pem
      scopes:
        - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
      state: present
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| bucket_name  
        str
         | 
      success | 
        
        Cloud Storage bucket name.
          | 
     
| creation_timestamp  
        str
         | 
      success | 
        
        Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
          | 
     
| description  
        str
         | 
      success | 
        
        An optional textual description of the resource; provided by the client when the resource is created.
          | 
     
| enable_cdn  
        bool
         | 
      success | 
        
        If true, enable Cloud CDN for this BackendBucket.
          | 
     
| id  
        int
         | 
      success | 
        
        Unique identifier for the resource.
          | 
     
| name  
        str
         | 
      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.
          | 
     
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
- Google Inc. (@googlecloudplatform)
 
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