gcp_compute_* modules: trying to link using selfLink

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I am new to using Ansible and the gcp_* modules.

This is in relation to making use of Google Cloud Platform and Ansible.

Let us say that I have two projects: HOST_PROJECT and SERVICE_PROJECT. They are both part of the same organisation.
The host project, serves as a shared VPC host, while the service project is using the shared VPC from the host project.

Using Ansible, I want to create an instance template (using the gcp_compute_instance_template module) to create a template the makes use of the shared VPC network.

Here is my ansible playbook:

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Hello.
Try to use ‘- network: " {{ network }}"’ instead of ‘- network: “{{ network.selfLink }}”’

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What fixed this for me was the following:
Instead of using “{{ network.selfLink }}”, I used “{{ network.resources[0] }}”.

Not the most elegant solution, but it worked

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Thank you for the response,

But unfortunately, this also did not work for me

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Hi Lujaina,

Were you able to get this working I’m currently working on a project trying to get this working exactly in the same setup as your post.