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# gcp_compute_target_tcp_proxy – Creates a GCP TargetTcpProxy

New in version 2.6.

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- Represents a TargetTcpProxy resource, which is used by one or more global forwarding rule to route incoming TCP requests to a Backend service.

## 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.
description string |  | An optional description of this resource.
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.
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.
proxy_header string |  | Specifies the type of proxy header to append before sending data to the backend, either NONE or PROXY_V1. The default is NONE. Some valid choices include: "NONE", "PROXY_V1"
scopes list |  | Array of scopes to be used.
service dictionary / required |  | A reference to the BackendService resource. This field represents a link to a BackendService resource in GCP. It can be specified in two ways. First, you can place a dictionary with key 'selfLink' and value of your resource's selfLink Alternatively, you can add `register: name-of-resource` to a gcp_compute_backend_service task and then set this service field to "{{ name-of-resource }}"
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/v1/targetTcpProxies

- Setting Up TCP proxy for Google Cloud Load Balancing: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/load-balancing/tcp-ssl/tcp-proxy

- 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 instance group
      gcp_compute_instance_group:
        name: instancegroup-targettcpproxy
        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 health check
      gcp_compute_health_check:
        name: healthcheck-targettcpproxy
        type: TCP
        tcp_health_check:
          port_name: service-health
          request: ping
          response: pong
        healthy_threshold: 10
        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-targettcpproxy
        backends:
        - group: "{{ instancegroup.selfLink }}"
        health_checks:
        - "{{ healthcheck.selfLink }}"
        protocol: TCP
        project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
        auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
        service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
        state: present
      register: backendservice

    - name: create a target TCP proxy
      gcp_compute_target_tcp_proxy:
        name: test_object
        proxy_header: PROXY_V1
        service: "{{ backendservice }}"
        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
--- | --- | ---
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. 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.
proxyHeader string | success | Specifies the type of proxy header to append before sending data to the backend, either NONE or PROXY_V1. The default is NONE.
service dictionary | success | A reference to the BackendService resource.

## 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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