Google Cloud Platform - Compute VM Node Source

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a cloud service in wide use for dynamic infrastructure; it is easy to start up and shut down Node "Instances" in the cloud.

Configuring the Node Source

Authentication & Configuration

Follow the steps outlined in the Google Cloud Integration Overview doc to configure credentials for the GCP plugins. Credentials can be configured on a per Project basis or for the entire Runbook Automation system.

Project ID: Specify your GCP Project ID.
Zone: Specify your GCP Secret Key. If using the GCP Node Source it's possible to use ${node.zone} and the Zone will be dynamically populated with the region for that node.
Access Key Path: Path to Key Storage entry containing the Access Key.
Hostname Source: Which value to use as the node hostname (connection string): Instance Name (default, requires the Rundeck server to resolve it via DNS), Internal IP (the instance's primary internal IP, useful across peered VPCs or different GCP projects), or External IP (the instance's external/NAT IP). If the selected IP is not available for an instance, the instance name is used as a fallback.
Username: Default username to set on discovered nodes. Leave blank to keep it empty and rely on node enhancers or project defaults.

Note: This node source does not support pulling these settings from the System Configuration.

Discovered nodes also expose their internal IP and external IP as the internalIP and natIP node attributes, regardless of the selected Hostname Source, making it easier to connect to instances across peered VPCs or different GCP projects.

Filtering Nodes

Just running instances: Will return only running instances to populate the Node listing.