GCE Deploy new host

[Mark Olliver]

Hi,

I am trying to create a new host using the GCE module but I keep hitting the same user. The credentials I am using do have full access.

## Playbook

- name: Create instances

  hosts: localhost

  tasks:

  - name: Launch instances

    local_action: gce instance_names=dcom

                  machine_type=n1-highcpu-2

                  image=backports-debian-7-wheezy

                  zone=europe-west1-b

                  metadata='{"dc":"gce"}'

                  project_id=111111111

                  pem_file=/opt/ansible/.keys/pkey.pem

                  service_account_email=X...@developer.gserviceaccount.com

    register: gce

## Command run:

ansible-playbook -s -i plugins/inventory/gce.py manifest/master.yml

## Error

PLAY [Create instances] *******************************************************

GATHERING FACTS ***************************************************************

ok: [localhost]

TASK: [Launch instances] ******************************************************

failed: [localhost] => {"changed": false, "failed": true}

msg: Missing required create instance variable

FATAL: all hosts have already failed -- aborting

PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************

localhost                  : ok=1    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1

Any ideas or help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Mark

[Michael DeHaan]

That's a pretty terrible error message IMHO, can you file a bug on this (github.com/ansible/ansible) so we can report the actual parameter that is missing.

From reading the code:

    # These variables all have default values but check just in case

    if not lc_image or not lc_network or not lc_machine_type or not lc_zone:

        module.fail_json(msg='Missing required create instance variable',

                changed=False)

Appears to be one of those 4.   We should totally say which one errored it out though.

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[Eric Johnson]

Feel free to flag me, @erjohnso to the issue so I can fix up the error messages on my next pass through the modules.

[James Laska]

I've filed an issue in github to track this issue.

https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/8265

Thanks,
James