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# gcp_cloudscheduler_job – Creates a GCP Job

New in version 2.9.

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- A scheduled job that can publish a pubsub message or a http request every X interval of time, using crontab format string.

- To use Cloud Scheduler your project must contain an App Engine app that is located in one of the supported regions. If your project does not have an App Engine app, you must create one.

## 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
--- | --- | ---
app_engine_http_target dictionary |  | App Engine HTTP target. If the job providers a App Engine HTTP target the cron will send a request to the service instance .
| app_engine_routing dictionary |  | App Engine Routing setting for the job.
|  | instance string |  | App instance. By default, the job is sent to an instance which is available when the job is attempted.
|  | service string |  | App service. By default, the job is sent to the service which is the default service when the job is attempted.
|  | version string |  | App version. By default, the job is sent to the version which is the default version when the job is attempted.
| body string |  | HTTP request body. A request body is allowed only if the HTTP method is POST or PUT. It will result in invalid argument error to set a body on a job with an incompatible HttpMethod.
| headers dictionary |  | HTTP request headers. This map contains the header field names and values. Headers can be set when the job is created.
| http_method string |  | Which HTTP method to use for the request.
| relative_uri string / required |  | The relative URI.
auth_kind string / required | Choices: application machineaccount serviceaccount | The type of credential used.
description string |  | A human-readable description for the job. This string must not contain more than 500 characters.
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.
http_target dictionary |  | HTTP target. If the job providers a http_target the cron will send a request to the targeted url .
| body string |  | HTTP request body. A request body is allowed only if the HTTP method is POST, PUT, or PATCH. It is an error to set body on a job with an incompatible HttpMethod.
| headers dictionary |  | This map contains the header field names and values. Repeated headers are not supported, but a header value can contain commas.
| http_method string |  | Which HTTP method to use for the request.
| oauth_token dictionary |  | Contains information needed for generating an OAuth token. This type of authorization should be used when sending requests to a GCP endpoint.
|  | scope string |  | OAuth scope to be used for generating OAuth access token. If not specified, "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform" will be used.
|  | service_account_email string |  | Service account email to be used for generating OAuth token. The service account must be within the same project as the job.
| oidc_token dictionary |  | Contains information needed for generating an OpenID Connect token. This type of authorization should be used when sending requests to third party endpoints or Cloud Run.
|  | audience string |  | Audience to be used when generating OIDC token. If not specified, the URI specified in target will be used.
|  | service_account_email string |  | Service account email to be used for generating OAuth token. The service account must be within the same project as the job.
| uri string / required |  | The full URI path that the request will be sent to.
name string / required |  | The name of the job.
project string |  | The Google Cloud Platform project to use.
pubsub_target dictionary |  | Pub/Sub target If the job providers a Pub/Sub target the cron will publish a message to the provided topic .
| attributes dictionary |  | Attributes for PubsubMessage. Pubsub message must contain either non-empty data, or at least one attribute.
| data string |  | The message payload for PubsubMessage. Pubsub message must contain either non-empty data, or at least one attribute.
| topic_name string / required |  | The name of the Cloud Pub/Sub topic to which messages will be published when a job is delivered. The topic name must be in the same format as required by PubSub's PublishRequest.name, for example projects/PROJECT_ID/topics/TOPIC_ID.
region string / required |  | Region where the scheduler job resides .
retry_config dictionary |  | By default, if a job does not complete successfully, meaning that an acknowledgement is not received from the handler, then it will be retried with exponential backoff according to the settings .
| max_backoff_duration string |  | The maximum amount of time to wait before retrying a job after it fails. A duration in seconds with up to nine fractional digits, terminated by 's'.
| max_doublings integer |  | The time between retries will double maxDoublings times. A job's retry interval starts at minBackoffDuration, then doubles maxDoublings times, then increases linearly, and finally retries retries at intervals of maxBackoffDuration up to retryCount times.
| max_retry_duration string |  | The time limit for retrying a failed job, measured from time when an execution was first attempted. If specified with retryCount, the job will be retried until both limits are reached. A duration in seconds with up to nine fractional digits, terminated by 's'.
| min_backoff_duration string |  | The minimum amount of time to wait before retrying a job after it fails. A duration in seconds with up to nine fractional digits, terminated by 's'.
| retry_count integer |  | The number of attempts that the system will make to run a job using the exponential backoff procedure described by maxDoublings. Values greater than 5 and negative values are not allowed.
schedule string |  | Describes the schedule on which the job will be executed.
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
time_zone string | Default: "Etc/UTC" | Specifies the time zone to be used in interpreting schedule. The value of this field must be a time zone name from the tz database.

## Notes

Note

- API Reference: https://cloud.google.com/scheduler/docs/reference/rest/

- Official Documentation: https://cloud.google.com/scheduler/

- 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 job
      gcp_cloudscheduler_job:
        name: job
        region: us-central1
        schedule: "*/4 * * * *"
        description: test app engine job
        time_zone: Europe/London
        app_engine_http_target:
          http_method: POST
          app_engine_routing:
            service: web
            version: prod
            instance: my-instance-001
          relative_uri: "/ping"
        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
--- | --- | ---
appEngineHttpTarget complex | success | App Engine HTTP target. If the job providers a App Engine HTTP target the cron will send a request to the service instance .
| appEngineRouting complex | success | App Engine Routing setting for the job.
|  | instance string | success | App instance. By default, the job is sent to an instance which is available when the job is attempted.
|  | service string | success | App service. By default, the job is sent to the service which is the default service when the job is attempted.
|  | version string | success | App version. By default, the job is sent to the version which is the default version when the job is attempted.
| body string | success | HTTP request body. A request body is allowed only if the HTTP method is POST or PUT. It will result in invalid argument error to set a body on a job with an incompatible HttpMethod.
| headers dictionary | success | HTTP request headers. This map contains the header field names and values. Headers can be set when the job is created.
| httpMethod string | success | Which HTTP method to use for the request.
| relativeUri string | success | The relative URI.
description string | success | A human-readable description for the job. This string must not contain more than 500 characters.
httpTarget complex | success | HTTP target. If the job providers a http_target the cron will send a request to the targeted url .
| body string | success | HTTP request body. A request body is allowed only if the HTTP method is POST, PUT, or PATCH. It is an error to set body on a job with an incompatible HttpMethod.
| headers dictionary | success | This map contains the header field names and values. Repeated headers are not supported, but a header value can contain commas.
| httpMethod string | success | Which HTTP method to use for the request.
| oauthToken complex | success | Contains information needed for generating an OAuth token. This type of authorization should be used when sending requests to a GCP endpoint.
|  | scope string | success | OAuth scope to be used for generating OAuth access token. If not specified, "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform" will be used.
|  | serviceAccountEmail string | success | Service account email to be used for generating OAuth token. The service account must be within the same project as the job.
| oidcToken complex | success | Contains information needed for generating an OpenID Connect token. This type of authorization should be used when sending requests to third party endpoints or Cloud Run.
|  | audience string | success | Audience to be used when generating OIDC token. If not specified, the URI specified in target will be used.
|  | serviceAccountEmail string | success | Service account email to be used for generating OAuth token. The service account must be within the same project as the job.
| uri string | success | The full URI path that the request will be sent to.
name string | success | The name of the job.
pubsubTarget complex | success | Pub/Sub target If the job providers a Pub/Sub target the cron will publish a message to the provided topic .
| attributes dictionary | success | Attributes for PubsubMessage. Pubsub message must contain either non-empty data, or at least one attribute.
| data string | success | The message payload for PubsubMessage. Pubsub message must contain either non-empty data, or at least one attribute.
| topicName string | success | The name of the Cloud Pub/Sub topic to which messages will be published when a job is delivered. The topic name must be in the same format as required by PubSub's PublishRequest.name, for example projects/PROJECT_ID/topics/TOPIC_ID.
region string | success | Region where the scheduler job resides .
retryConfig complex | success | By default, if a job does not complete successfully, meaning that an acknowledgement is not received from the handler, then it will be retried with exponential backoff according to the settings .
| maxBackoffDuration string | success | The maximum amount of time to wait before retrying a job after it fails. A duration in seconds with up to nine fractional digits, terminated by 's'.
| maxDoublings integer | success | The time between retries will double maxDoublings times. A job's retry interval starts at minBackoffDuration, then doubles maxDoublings times, then increases linearly, and finally retries retries at intervals of maxBackoffDuration up to retryCount times.
| maxRetryDuration string | success | The time limit for retrying a failed job, measured from time when an execution was first attempted. If specified with retryCount, the job will be retried until both limits are reached. A duration in seconds with up to nine fractional digits, terminated by 's'.
| minBackoffDuration string | success | The minimum amount of time to wait before retrying a job after it fails. A duration in seconds with up to nine fractional digits, terminated by 's'.
| retryCount integer | success | The number of attempts that the system will make to run a job using the exponential backoff procedure described by maxDoublings. Values greater than 5 and negative values are not allowed.
schedule string | success | Describes the schedule on which the job will be executed.
timeZone string | success | Specifies the time zone to be used in interpreting schedule. The value of this field must be a time zone name from the tz database.

## 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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