gcp_spanner_database – Creates a GCP Database

New in version 2.7.

Synopsis

• A Cloud Spanner Database which is hosted on a Spanner 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 string / required	Choices: application machineaccount serviceaccount	The type of credential used.
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.
extra_statements list		An optional list of DDL statements to run inside the newly created database. Statements can create tables, indexes, etc. These statements execute atomically with the creation of the database: if there is an error in any statement, the database is not created.
instance dictionary / required		The instance to create the database on. This field represents a link to a Instance resource in GCP. It can be specified in two ways. First, you can place a dictionary with key 'name' and value of your resource's name Alternatively, you can add `register: name-of-resource` to a gcp_spanner_instance task and then set this instance field to "{{ name-of-resource }}"
name string / required		A unique identifier for the database, which cannot be changed after the instance is created. Values are of the form [a-z][-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9].
project string		The Google Cloud Platform project to use.
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/spanner/docs/reference/rest/v1/projects.instances.databases
• Official Documentation: https://cloud.google.com/spanner/
• 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
  gcp_spanner_instance:
    name: instance-database
    display_name: My Spanner Instance
    node_count: 2
    labels:
      cost_center: ti-1700004
    config: regional-us-central1
    project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
    auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
    state: present
  register: instance

- name: create a database
  gcp_spanner_database:
    name: webstore
    instance: "{{ instance }}"
    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
extraStatements list	success	An optional list of DDL statements to run inside the newly created database. Statements can create tables, indexes, etc. These statements execute atomically with the creation of the database: if there is an error in any statement, the database is not created.
instance dictionary	success	The instance to create the database on.
name string	success	A unique identifier for the database, which cannot be changed after the instance is created. Values are of the form [a-z][-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9].

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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