# gcp_compute_ssl_certificate – Creates a GCP SslCertificate

New in version 2.6.

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- An SslCertificate resource, used for HTTPS load balancing. This resource provides a mechanism to upload an SSL key and certificate to the load balancer to serve secure connections from the user.

## 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.

certificate string / required |  | The certificate in PEM format. The certificate chain must be no greater than 5 certs long. The chain must include at least one intermediate cert.
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

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.

private_key string / required |  | The write-only private key in PEM format.
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/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/sslCertificates

- Official Documentation: https://cloud.google.com/load-balancing/docs/ssl-certificates

- 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 SSL certificate
      gcp_compute_ssl_certificate:
        name: test_object
        description: A certificate for testing. Do not use this certificate in production
        certificate: |-
          -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
          MIICqjCCAk+gAwIBAgIJAIuJ+0352Kq4MAoGCCqGSM49BAMCMIGwMQswCQYDVQQG
          EwJVUzETMBEGA1UECAwKV2FzaGluZ3RvbjERMA8GA1UEBwwIS2lya2xhbmQxFTAT
          BgNVBAoMDEdvb2dsZSwgSW5jLjEeMBwGA1UECwwVR29vZ2xlIENsb3VkIFBsYXRm
          b3JtMR8wHQYDVQQDDBZ3d3cubXktc2VjdXJlLXNpdGUuY29tMSEwHwYJKoZIhvcN
          AQkBFhJuZWxzb25hQGdvb2dsZS5jb20wHhcNMTcwNjI4MDQ1NjI2WhcNMjcwNjI2
          MDQ1NjI2WjCBsDELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxEzARBgNVBAgMCldhc2hpbmd0b24xETAP
          BgNVBAcMCEtpcmtsYW5kMRUwEwYDVQQKDAxHb29nbGUsIEluYy4xHjAcBgNVBAsM
          FUdvb2dsZSBDbG91ZCBQbGF0Zm9ybTEfMB0GA1UEAwwWd3d3Lm15LXNlY3VyZS1z
          aXRlLmNvbTEhMB8GCSqGSIb3DQEJARYSbmVsc29uYUBnb29nbGUuY29tMFkwEwYH
          KoZIzj0CAQYIKoZIzj0DAQcDQgAEHGzpcRJ4XzfBJCCPMQeXQpTXwlblimODQCuQ
          4mzkzTv0dXyB750fOGN02HtkpBOZzzvUARTR10JQoSe2/5PIwaNQME4wHQYDVR0O
          BBYEFKIQC3A2SDpxcdfn0YLKineDNq/BMB8GA1UdIwQYMBaAFKIQC3A2SDpxcdfn
          0YLKineDNq/BMAwGA1UdEwQFMAMBAf8wCgYIKoZIzj0EAwIDSQAwRgIhALs4vy+O
          M3jcqgA4fSW/oKw6UJxp+M6a+nGMX+UJR3YgAiEAvvl39QRVAiv84hdoCuyON0lJ
          zqGNhIPGq2ULqXKK8BY=
          -----END CERTIFICATE-----
        private_key: |-
          -----BEGIN EC PRIVATE KEY-----
          MHcCAQEEIObtRo8tkUqoMjeHhsOh2ouPpXCgBcP+EDxZCB/tws15oAoGCCqGSM49
          AwEHoUQDQgAEHGzpcRJ4XzfBJCCPMQeXQpTXwlblimODQCuQ4mzkzTv0dXyB750f
          OGN02HtkpBOZzzvUARTR10JQoSe2/5PIwQ==
          -----END EC PRIVATE KEY-----
        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
--- | --- | ---
certificate string | success | The certificate in PEM format. The certificate chain must be no greater than 5 certs long. The chain must include at least one intermediate cert.
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.

privateKey string | success | The write-only private key in PEM format.

## 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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