# gcp_compute_target_http_proxy – Creates a GCP TargetHttpProxy

New in version 2.6.

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- Represents a TargetHttpProxy resource, which is used by one or more global forwarding rule to route incoming HTTP requests to a URL map.

## 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.
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

url_map
dictionary / required

A reference to the UrlMap resource that defines the mapping from URL to the BackendService.
This field represents a link to a UrlMap 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_url_map task and then set this url_map field to "{{ name-of-resource }}"

## Notes

Note

- API Reference: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/v1/targetHttpProxies

- Official Documentation: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/load-balancing/http/target-proxies

- 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-targethttpproxy
        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 HTTP health check
      gcp_compute_http_health_check:
        name: httphealthcheck-targethttpproxy
        healthy_threshold: 10
        port: 8080
        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-targethttpproxy
        backends:
        - group: "{{ instancegroup.selfLink }}"
        health_checks:
        - "{{ healthcheck.selfLink }}"
        enable_cdn: 'true'
        project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
        auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
        service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
        state: present
      register: backendservice

    - name: create a URL map
      gcp_compute_url_map:
        name: urlmap-targethttpproxy
        default_service: "{{ backendservice }}"
        project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
        auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
        service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
        state: present
      register: urlmap

    - name: create a target HTTP proxy
      gcp_compute_target_http_proxy:
        name: test_object
        url_map: "{{ urlmap }}"
        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.

urlMap dictionary | success | A reference to the UrlMap resource that defines the mapping from URL to the BackendService.

## 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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