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# gcp_compute_global_address – Creates a GCP GlobalAddress

New in version 2.6.

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- Represents a Global Address resource. Global addresses are used for HTTP(S) load balancing.

## 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
--- | --- | ---
address string added in 2.8 |  | The static external IP address represented by this resource.
address_type string added in 2.8 | Default: "EXTERNAL" | The type of the address to reserve, default is EXTERNAL. * EXTERNAL indicates public/external single IP address. * INTERNAL indicates internal IP ranges belonging to some network. Some valid choices include: "EXTERNAL", "INTERNAL"
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.
ip_version string |  | The IP Version that will be used by this address. Valid options are `IPV4` or `IPV6`. The default value is `IPV4`. Some valid choices include: "IPV4", "IPV6"
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.
network dictionary added in 2.9 |  | The URL of the network in which to reserve the IP range. The IP range must be in RFC1918 space. The network cannot be deleted if there are any reserved IP ranges referring to it. This should only be set when using an Internal address. This field represents a link to a Network 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_network task and then set this network field to "{{ name-of-resource }}"
prefix_length integer added in 2.9 |  | The prefix length of the IP range. If not present, it means the address field is a single IP address. This field is not applicable to addresses with addressType=EXTERNAL.
project string |  | The Google Cloud Platform project to use.
purpose string added in 2.9 |  | The purpose of the resource. For global internal addresses it can be * VPC_PEERING - for peer networks This should only be set when using an Internal address. Some valid choices include: "VPC_PEERING"
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/v1/globalAddresses

- Reserving a Static External IP Address: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/ip-addresses/reserve-static-external-ip-address

- 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 global address
      gcp_compute_global_address:
        name: test_object
        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
--- | --- | ---
address string | success | The static external IP address represented by this resource.
addressType string | success | The type of the address to reserve, default is EXTERNAL. * EXTERNAL indicates public/external single IP address. * INTERNAL indicates internal IP ranges belonging to some network.
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. This identifier is defined by the server.
ipVersion string | success | The IP Version that will be used by this address. Valid options are `IPV4` or `IPV6`. The default value is `IPV4`.
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.
network dictionary | success | The URL of the network in which to reserve the IP range. The IP range must be in RFC1918 space. The network cannot be deleted if there are any reserved IP ranges referring to it. This should only be set when using an Internal address.
prefixLength integer | success | The prefix length of the IP range. If not present, it means the address field is a single IP address. This field is not applicable to addresses with addressType=EXTERNAL.
purpose string | success | The purpose of the resource. For global internal addresses it can be * VPC_PEERING - for peer networks This should only be set when using an Internal address.
region string | success | A reference to the region where the regional address resides.

## 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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