diff --git a/library/cloud/gce b/library/cloud/gce
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# Copyright 2013 Google Inc.
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: gce
+short_description: create or terminate GCE instances
+description:
+     - Creates or terminates Google Compute Engine (GCE) instances.  See
+       U(https://cloud.google.com/products/compute-engine) for an overview.
+       Full install/configuration instructions for the gce* modules can
+       be found in the comments of ansible/test/gce_tests.py.
+options:
+  image:
+    description:
+       - image string to use for the instance
+    required: false
+    default: "debian-7"
+    aliases: []
+  instance_names:
+    description:
+      - a comma-separated list of instance names to create or destroy
+    required: false
+    default: null
+    aliases: []
+  machine_type:
+    description:
+      - machine type to use for the instance, use 'n1-standard-1' by default
+    required: false
+    default: "n1-standard-1"
+    aliases: []
+  metadata:
+    description:
+      - a hash/dictionary of custom data for the instance; '{"key":"value",...}'
+    required: false
+    default: null
+    aliases: []
+  name:
+    description:
+      - instance name (or name prefix) to be used for each created instance
+    required: false
+    default: "gce"
+    aliases: []
+  network:
+    description:
+      - name of the network, 'default' will be used if not specified
+    required: false
+    default: "default"
+    aliases: []
+  persistent_boot_disk:
+    description:
+      - if set, create the instance with a persistent boot disk
+    required: false
+    default: "false"
+    aliases: []
+  state:
+    description:
+      - desired state of the resource
+    required: false
+    default: "present"
+    choices: ["active", "present", "absent", "deleted"]
+    aliases: []
+  tags:
+    description:
+      - a comma-separated list of tags to associate with the instance
+    required: false
+    default: null
+    aliases: []
+  zone:
+    description:
+      - the GCE zone to use
+    required: true
+    default: "us-central1-a"
+    choices: ["us-central1-a", "us-central1-b", "us-central2-a", "europe-west1-a", "europe-west1-b"]
+    aliases: []
+
+requirements: [ "libcloud" ]
+author: Eric Johnson <erjohnso@google.com>
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+# Basic provisioning example.  Create a single Debian 7 instance in the
+# us-central1-a Zone of n1-standard-1 machine type.
+- local_action:
+    module: gce
+    name: test-instance
+    zone: us-central1-a
+    machine_type: n1-standard-1
+    image: debian-7
+
+# Example using defaults and with metadata to create a single 'foo' instance
+- local_action:
+    module: gce
+    name: foo
+    metadata: '{"db":"postgres", "group":"qa", "id":500}'
+
+
+# Launch instances from a control node, runs some tasks on the new instances,
+# and then terminate them
+- name: Create a sandbox instance
+  hosts: localhost
+  vars:
+    names: foo,bar
+    machine_type: n1-standard-1
+    image: debian-6
+    zone: us-central1-a
+  tasks:
+    - name: Launch instances
+      local_action: gce instance_names=${names} machine_type=${machine_type}
+                    image=${image} zone=${zone}
+      register: gce
+    - name: Wait for SSH to come up
+      local_action: wait_for host=${item.public_ip} port=22 delay=10
+                    timeout=60 state=started
+      with_items: ${gce.instance_data}
+
+- name: Configure instance(s)
+  hosts: launched
+  sudo: True
+  roles:
+    - my_awesome_role
+    - my_awesome_tasks
+
+- name: Terminate instances
+  hosts: localhost
+  connection: local
+  tasks:
+    - name: Terminate instances that were previously launched
+      local_action:
+        module: gce
+        state: 'absent'
+        instance_names: ${gce.instance_names}
+
+'''
+
+import sys
+
+try:
+    from libcloud.compute.types import Provider
+    from libcloud.compute.providers import get_driver
+    from libcloud.common.google import GoogleBaseError, QuotaExceededError, \
+            ResourceExistsError, ResourceInUseError, ResourceNotFoundError
+    _ = Provider.GCE
+except ImportError:
+    print("failed=True " + \
+        "msg='libcloud with GCE support (0.13.3+) required for this module'")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+try:
+    from ast import literal_eval
+except ImportError:
+    print("failed=True " + \
+        "msg='GCE module requires python's 'ast' module, python v2.6+'")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+# Load in the libcloud secrets file
+try:
+    import secrets
+except ImportError:
+    secrets = None
+ARGS = getattr(secrets, 'GCE_PARAMS', ())
+KWARGS = getattr(secrets, 'GCE_KEYWORD_PARAMS', {})
+
+if not ARGS or not KWARGS.has_key('project'):
+    print("failed=True " + \
+        "msg='Missing GCE connection parametres in libcloud secrets file.'")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+def unexpected_error_msg(error):
+    """Create an error string based on passed in error."""
+    msg='Unexpected response: HTTP return_code['
+    msg+='%s], API error code[%s] and message: %s' % (
+        error.http_code, error.code, str(error.value))
+    return msg
+
+def get_instance_info(inst):
+    """Retrieves instance information from an instance object and returns it
+    as a dictionary.
+
+    """
+    metadata = {}
+    if inst.extra.has_key('metadata') and inst.extra['metadata'].has_key('items'):
+        for md in inst.extra['metadata']['items']:
+            metadata[md['key']] = md['value']
+
+    try:
+        netname = inst.extra['networkInterfaces'][0]['network'].split('/')[-1]
+    except:
+        netname = None
+    return({
+        'image': not inst.image is None and inst.image.split('/')[-1] or None,
+        'machine_type': inst.size,
+        'metadata': metadata,
+        'name': inst.name,
+        'network': netname,
+        'private_ip': inst.private_ip[0],
+        'public_ip': inst.public_ip[0],
+        'status': inst.extra.has_key('status') and inst.extra['status'] or None,
+        'tags': inst.extra.has_key('tags') and inst.extra['tags'] or [],
+        'zone': inst.extra.has_key('zone') and inst.extra['zone'].name or None,
+    })
+
+def create_instances(module, gce, instance_names):
+    """Creates new instances. Attributes other than instance_names are picked
+    up from 'module'
+
+    module : AnsbileModule object
+    gce: authenticated GCE libcloud driver
+    instance_names: python list of instance names to create
+
+    Returns:
+        A list of dictionaries with instance information
+        about the instances that were launched.
+
+    """
+    image = module.params.get('image')
+    machine_type = module.params.get('machine_type')
+    metadata = module.params.get('metadata')
+    network = module.params.get('network')
+    persistent_boot_disk = module.params.get('persistent_boot_disk')
+    state = module.params.get('state')
+    tags = module.params.get('tags')
+    zone = module.params.get('zone')
+
+    new_instances = []
+    changed = False
+
+    lc_image = gce.ex_get_image(image)
+    lc_network = gce.ex_get_network(network)
+    lc_machine_type = gce.ex_get_size(machine_type)
+    lc_zone = gce.ex_get_zone(zone)
+
+    # Try to convert the user's metadata value into the format expected
+    # by GCE.  First try to ensure user has proper quoting of a
+    # dictionary-like syntax using 'literal_eval', then convert the python
+    # dict into a python list of 'key' / 'value' dicts.  Should end up
+    # with:
+    # [ {'key': key1, 'value': value1}, {'key': key2, 'value': value2}, ...]
+    if metadata:
+        try:
+            md = literal_eval(metadata)
+            if not isinstance(md, dict):
+                raise ValueError('metadata must be a dict')
+        except ValueError as e:
+            print("failed=True msg='bad metadata: %s'" % str(e))
+            sys.exit(1)
+        except SyntaxError as e:
+            print("failed=True msg='bad metadata syntax'")
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+        items = []
+        for k,v in md.items():
+            items.append({"key": k,"value": v})
+        metadata = {'items': items}
+
+    # 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)
+
+    for name in instance_names:
+        pd = None
+        if persistent_boot_disk:
+            try:
+                pd = gce.create_volume(None, "%s" % name, image=lc_image)
+            except ResourceExistsError:
+                pd = gce.ex_get_volume("%s" % name, lc_zone)
+        inst = None
+        try:
+            inst = gce.create_node(name, lc_machine_type, lc_image,
+                    location=lc_zone, ex_network=network, ex_tags=tags,
+                    ex_metadata=metadata, ex_boot_disk=pd)
+            changed = True
+        except ResourceExistsError:
+            inst = gce.ex_get_node(name, lc_zone)
+        except GoogleBaseError as e:
+            module.fail_json(msg='Unexpected error attempting to create ' + \
+                    'instance %s, error: %s' % (name, e.value))
+
+        if inst:
+            new_instances.append(inst)
+
+    instance_names = []
+    instance_json_data = []
+    for inst in new_instances:
+        d = get_instance_info(inst)
+        instance_names.append(d['name'])
+        instance_json_data.append(d)
+
+    return (changed, instance_json_data, instance_names)
+
+
+def terminate_instances(module, gce, instance_names, zone_name):
+    """Terminates a list of instances.
+
+    module: Ansible module object
+    gce: authenticated GCE connection object
+    instance_names: a list of instance names to terminate
+    zone_name: the zone where the instances reside prior to termination
+
+    Returns a dictionary of instance names that were terminated.
+
+    """
+    changed = False
+    terminated_instance_names = []
+    for name in instance_names:
+        inst = None
+        try:
+            inst = gce.ex_get_node(name, zone_name)
+        except ResourceNotFoundError:
+            pass
+        except Exception as e:
+            module.fail_json(msg=unexpected_error_msg(e), changed=False)
+        if inst:
+            gce.destroy_node(inst)
+            terminated_instance_names.append(inst.name)
+            changed = True
+
+    return (changed, terminated_instance_names)
+
+
+def main():
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec = dict(
+            image = dict(default='debian-7'),
+            instance_names = dict(),
+            machine_type = dict(default='n1-standard-1'),
+            metadata = dict(),
+            name = dict(),
+            network = dict(default='default'),
+            persistent_boot_disk = dict(choices=BOOLEANS, default=False),
+            state = dict(choices=['active', 'present', 'absent', 'deleted'],
+                    default='present'),
+            tags = dict(type='list'),
+            zone = dict(choices=['us-central1-a', 'us-central1-b',
+                    'us-central2-a', 'europe-west1-a', 'europe-west1-b'],
+                    default='us-central1-a'),
+        )
+    )
+
+    image = module.params.get('image')
+    instance_names = module.params.get('instance_names')
+    machine_type = module.params.get('machine_type')
+    metadata = module.params.get('metadata')
+    name = module.params.get('name')
+    network = module.params.get('network')
+    persistent_boot_disk = module.params.get('persistent_boot_disk')
+    state = module.params.get('state')
+    tags = module.params.get('tags')
+    zone = module.params.get('zone')
+    changed = False
+
+    try:
+        gce = get_driver(Provider.GCE)(*ARGS, datacenter=zone, **KWARGS)
+    except Exception as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg=unexpected_error_msg(e), changed=False)
+
+    inames = []
+    if isinstance(instance_names, list):
+        inames = instance_names
+    elif isinstance(instance_names, str):
+        inames = instance_names.split(',')
+    if name:
+        inames.append(name)
+    if not inames:
+        module.fail_json(msg='Must specify a "name" or "instance_names"',
+                changed=False)
+    if not zone:
+        module.fail_json(msg='Must specify a "zone"', changed=False)
+
+    json_output = {'zone': zone}
+    if state in ['absent', 'deleted']:
+        json_output['state'] = 'absent'
+        (changed, terminated_instance_names) = terminate_instances(module,
+                gce, inames, zone)
+
+        # based on what user specified, return the same variable, although
+        # value could be different if an instance could not be destroyed
+        if instance_names:
+            json_output['instance_names'] = terminated_instance_names
+        elif name:
+            json_output['name'] = name
+
+    elif state in ['active', 'present']:
+        json_output['state'] = 'present'
+        (changed, instance_data,instance_name_list) = create_instances(
+                module, gce, inames)
+        json_output['instance_data'] = instance_data
+        if instance_names:
+            json_output['instance_names'] = instance_name_list
+        elif name:
+            json_output['name'] = name
+
+
+    json_output['changed'] = changed
+    print json.dumps(json_output)
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+# this is magic, see lib/ansible/module_common.py
+#<<INCLUDE_ANSIBLE_MODULE_COMMON>>
+
+main()
diff --git a/library/cloud/gce_lb b/library/cloud/gce_lb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fbead066f4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/cloud/gce_lb
@@ -0,0 +1,325 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# Copyright 2013 Google Inc.
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: gce_lb
+short_description: create/destroy GCE load-balancer resources
+description:
+    - This module can create and destroy Google Compue Engine C(loadbalancer)
+      and C(httphealthcheck) resources.  The primary LB resource is the
+      C(load_balancer) resource and the health check parameters are all
+      prefixed with I(httphealthcheck).
+      The full documentation for Google Compute Engine load balancing is at
+      U(https://developers.google.com/compute/docs/load-balancing/).  However,
+      the ansible module simplifies the configuration by following the
+      libcloud model.
+      Full install/configuration instructions for the gce* modules can
+      be found in the comments of ansible/test/gce_tests.py.
+options:
+  httphealthcheck_name:
+    description:
+      - the name identifier for the HTTP health check
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  httphealthcheck_port:
+    description:
+      - the TCP port to use for HTTP health checking
+    required: false
+    default: 80
+  httphealthcheck_path:
+    description:
+      - the url path to use for HTTP health checking
+    required: false
+    default: "/"
+  httphealthcheck_interval:
+    description:
+      - the duration in seconds between each health check request
+    required: false
+    default: 5
+  httphealthcheck_timeout:
+    description:
+      - the timeout in seconds before a request is considered a failed check
+    required: false
+    default: 5
+  httphealthcheck_unhealthy_count:
+    description:
+      - number of consecutive failed checks before marking a node unhealthy
+    required: false
+    default: 2
+  httphealthcheck_healthy_count:
+    description:
+      - number of consecutive successful checks before marking a node healthy
+    required: false
+    default: 2
+  httphealthcheck_host:
+    description:
+      - host header to pass through on HTTP check requests
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  name:
+    description:
+      - name of the load-balancer resource
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  protocol:
+    description:
+      - the protocol used for the load-balancer packet forwarding, tcp or udp
+    required: false
+    default: "tcp" 
+    choices: ['tcp', 'udp']
+  region:
+    description:
+      - the GCE region where the load-balancer is defined
+    required: false
+    choices: ["us-central1", "us-central2", "europe-west1"]
+  external_ip:
+    description:
+      - the external static IPv4 (or auto-assigned) address for the LB
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  port_range:
+    description:
+      - the port (range) to forward, e.g. 80 or 8000-8888 defaults to all ports
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  members:
+    description:
+      - a list of zone/nodename pairs, e.g ['us-central1-a/www-a', ...]
+    required: false
+    aliases: ['nodes']
+  state:
+    description:
+      - desired state of the LB
+    default: "present"
+    choices: ["active", "present", "absent", "deleted"]
+    aliases: []
+
+requirements: [ "libcloud" ]
+author: Eric Johnson <erjohnso@google.com>
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+# Simple example of creating a new LB, adding members, and a health check
+- local_action: 
+    module: gce_lb
+    name: testlb
+    region: us-central1
+    members: ["us-central1-a/www-a", "us-central1-b/www-b"]
+    httphealthcheck_name: hc
+    httphealthcheck_port: 80
+    httphealthcheck_path: "/up"
+'''
+
+import sys
+
+try:                                                                            
+    from libcloud.compute.types import Provider
+    from libcloud.compute.providers import get_driver
+    from libcloud.loadbalancer.types import Provider as Provider_lb
+    from libcloud.loadbalancer.providers import get_driver as get_driver_lb
+    from libcloud.common.google import GoogleBaseError, QuotaExceededError, \
+            ResourceExistsError, ResourceNotFoundError
+    _ = Provider.GCE                                                            
+except ImportError:                                                             
+    print("failed=True " + \
+            "msg='libcloud with GCE support required for this module.'")
+    sys.exit(1)                                                                 
+                                                                                
+# Load in the libcloud secrets file                                             
+try:                                                                            
+    import secrets                                                              
+except ImportError:                                                             
+    secrets = None                                                              
+ARGS = getattr(secrets, 'GCE_PARAMS', ())                                       
+KWARGS = getattr(secrets, 'GCE_KEYWORD_PARAMS', {})                             
+
+if not ARGS or not KWARGS.has_key('project'):
+    print("failed=True msg='Missing GCE connection " + \
+            "parameters in libcloud secrets file.'")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+def unexpected_error_msg(error):
+    """Format error string based on passed in error."""
+    msg='Unexpected response: HTTP return_code['
+    msg+='%s], API error code[%s] and message: %s' % (
+            error.http_code, error.code, str(error.value))
+    return msg
+
+def main():
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec = dict(
+            httphealthcheck_name = dict(),
+            httphealthcheck_port = dict(default=80),
+            httphealthcheck_path = dict(default='/'),
+            httphealthcheck_interval = dict(default=5),
+            httphealthcheck_timeout = dict(default=5),
+            httphealthcheck_unhealthy_count = dict(default=2),
+            httphealthcheck_healthy_count = dict(default=2),
+            httphealthcheck_host = dict(),
+            name = dict(),
+            protocol = dict(default='tcp'),
+            region = dict(),
+            external_ip = dict(),
+            port_range = dict(),
+            members = dict(type='list'),
+            state = dict(default='present'),
+        )
+    )
+
+    httphealthcheck_name = module.params.get('httphealthcheck_name')
+    httphealthcheck_port = module.params.get('httphealthcheck_port')
+    httphealthcheck_path = module.params.get('httphealthcheck_path')
+    httphealthcheck_interval = module.params.get('httphealthcheck_interval')
+    httphealthcheck_timeout = module.params.get('httphealthcheck_timeout')
+    httphealthcheck_unhealthy_count = \
+            module.params.get('httphealthcheck_unhealthy_count')
+    httphealthcheck_healthy_count = \
+            module.params.get('httphealthcheck_healthy_count')
+    httphealthcheck_host = module.params.get('httphealthcheck_host')
+    name = module.params.get('name')
+    protocol = module.params.get('protocol')
+    region = module.params.get('region')
+    external_ip = module.params.get('external_ip')
+    port_range = module.params.get('port_range')
+    members = module.params.get('members')
+    state = module.params.get('state')
+
+    try:
+        gce = get_driver(Provider.GCE)(*ARGS, **KWARGS)
+        gcelb = get_driver_lb(Provider_lb.GCE)(gce_driver=gce)
+    except Exception as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg=unexpected_error_msg(e), changed=False)
+
+    changed = False
+    json_output = {'name': name, 'state': state}
+
+    if not name and not httphealthcheck_name:
+        module.fail_json(msg='Nothing to do, please specify a "name" ' + \
+                'or "httphealthcheck_name" parameter', changed=False)
+
+    if state in ['active', 'present']:
+        # first, create the httphealthcheck if requested
+        hc = None
+        if httphealthcheck_name:
+            json_output['httphealthcheck_name'] = httphealthcheck_name
+            try:
+                hc = gcelb.ex_create_healthcheck(httphealthcheck_name,
+                    host=httphealthcheck_host, path=httphealthcheck_path,
+                    port=httphealthcheck_port,
+                    interval=httphealthcheck_interval,
+                    timeout=httphealthcheck_timeout,
+                    unhealthy_threshold=httphealthcheck_unhealthy_count,
+                    healthy_threshold=httphealthcheck_healthy_count)
+                changed = True
+            except ResourceExistsError:
+                hc = gce.ex_get_healthcheck(httphealthcheck_name)
+            except Exception as e:
+                module.fail_json(msg=unexpected_error_msg(e), changed=False)
+
+            if hc is not None:
+                json_output['httphealthcheck_host'] = hc.extra['host']
+                json_output['httphealthcheck_path'] = hc.path
+                json_output['httphealthcheck_port'] = hc.port
+                json_output['httphealthcheck_interval'] = hc.interval
+                json_output['httphealthcheck_timeout'] = hc.timeout
+                json_output['httphealthcheck_unhealthy_count'] = \
+                        hc.unhealthy_threshold
+                json_output['httphealthcheck_healthy_count'] = \
+                        hc.healthy_threshold
+
+        # create the forwarding rule (and target pool under the hood)
+        lb = None
+        if name:
+            if not region:
+                module.fail_json(msg='Missing required region name',
+                        changed=False)
+            nodes = []
+            output_nodes = []
+            json_output['name'] = name
+            # members is a python list of 'zone/inst' strings
+            if members:
+                for node in members:
+                    try:
+                        zone, node_name = node.split('/')
+                        nodes.append(gce.ex_get_node(node_name, zone))
+                        output_nodes.append(node)
+                    except:
+                        # skip nodes that are badly formatted or don't exist
+                        pass
+            try:
+                if hc is not None:
+                    lb = gcelb.create_balancer(name, port_range, protocol,
+                        None, nodes, ex_region=region, ex_healthchecks=[hc],
+                        ex_address=external_ip)
+                else:
+                    lb = gcelb.create_balancer(name, port_range, protocol,
+                        None, nodes, ex_region=region, ex_address=external_ip)
+                changed = True
+            except ResourceExistsError:
+                lb = gcelb.get_balancer(name)
+            except Exception as e:
+                module.fail_json(msg=unexpected_error_msg(e), changed=False)
+
+            if lb is not None:
+                json_output['members'] = output_nodes
+                json_output['protocol'] = protocol
+                json_output['region'] = region
+                json_output['external_ip'] = lb.ip
+                json_output['port_range'] = lb.port
+                hc_names = []
+                if lb.extra.has_key('healthchecks'):
+                    for hc in lb.extra['healthchecks']:
+                        hc_names.append(hc.name)
+                json_output['httphealthchecks'] = hc_names
+
+    if state in ['absent', 'deleted']:
+        # first, delete the load balancer (forwarding rule and target pool)
+        # if specified.
+        if name:
+            json_output['name'] = name
+            try:
+                lb = gcelb.get_balancer(name)
+                gcelb.destroy_balancer(lb)
+                changed = True
+            except ResourceNotFoundError:
+                pass
+            except Exception as e:
+                module.fail_json(msg=unexpected_error_msg(e), changed=False)
+
+        # destroy the health check if specified
+        if httphealthcheck_name:
+            json_output['httphealthcheck_name'] = httphealthcheck_name
+            try:
+                hc = gce.ex_get_healthcheck(httphealthcheck_name)
+                gce.ex_destroy_healthcheck(hc)
+                changed = True
+            except ResourceNotFoundError:
+                pass
+            except Exception as e:
+                module.fail_json(msg=unexpected_error_msg(e), changed=False)
+
+
+    json_output['changed'] = changed
+    print json.dumps(json_output)
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+# this is magic, see lib/ansible/module_common.py
+#<<INCLUDE_ANSIBLE_MODULE_COMMON>>
+
+main()
diff --git a/library/cloud/gce_net b/library/cloud/gce_net
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..903d2b23e6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/cloud/gce_net
@@ -0,0 +1,267 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# Copyright 2013 Google Inc.
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: gce_net
+short_description: create/destroy GCE networks and firewall rules
+description:
+    - This module can create and destroy Google Compue Engine networks and
+      firewall rules U(https://developers.google.com/compute/docs/networking).
+      The I(name) parameter is reserved for referencing a network while the
+      I(fwname) parameter is used to reference firewall rules.
+      IPv4 Address ranges must be specified using the CIDR
+      U(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classless_Inter-Domain_Routing) format.
+      Full install/configuration instructions for the gce* modules can
+      be found in the comments of ansible/test/gce_tests.py.
+options:
+  allowed:
+    description:
+      - the protocol:ports to allow ('tcp:80' or 'tcp:80,443' or 'tcp:80-800')
+    required: false
+    default: null 
+    aliases: []
+  ipv4_range:
+    description:
+      - the IPv4 address range in CIDR notation for the network
+    required: false
+    aliases: ['cidr']
+  fwname:
+    description:
+      - name of the firewall rule
+    required: false
+    default: null
+    aliases: ['fwrule']
+  name:
+    description:
+      - name of the network
+    required: false
+    default: null
+    aliases: []
+  src_range:
+    description:
+      - the source IPv4 address range in CIDR notation
+    required: false
+    default: null
+    aliases: ['src_cidr']
+  src_tags:
+    description:
+      - the source instance tags for creating a firewall rule
+    required: false
+    default: null
+    aliases: []
+  state:
+    description:
+      - desired state of the persistent disk
+    required: false
+    default: "present"
+    choices: ["active", "present", "absent", "deleted"]
+    aliases: []
+
+requirements: [ "libcloud" ]
+author: Eric Johnson <erjohnso@google.com>
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+# Simple example of creating a new network
+- local_action: 
+    module: gce_net
+    name: privatenet
+    ipv4_range: '10.240.16.0/24'
+   
+# Simple example of creating a new firewall rule
+- local_action: 
+    module: gce_net
+    name: privatenet
+    allowed: tcp:80,8080
+    src_tags: ["web", "proxy"]
+
+'''
+
+import sys
+
+try:                                                                            
+    from libcloud.compute.types import Provider                                 
+    from libcloud.compute.providers import get_driver                           
+    from libcloud.common.google import GoogleBaseError, QuotaExceededError, \
+            ResourceExistsError, ResourceNotFoundError
+    _ = Provider.GCE                                                            
+except ImportError:                                                             
+    print("failed=True " + \
+            "msg='libcloud with GCE support required for this module.'")
+    sys.exit(1)                                                                 
+                                                                                
+# Load in the libcloud secrets file                                             
+try:                                                                            
+    import secrets                                                              
+except ImportError:                                                             
+    secrets = None                                                              
+ARGS = getattr(secrets, 'GCE_PARAMS', ())                                       
+KWARGS = getattr(secrets, 'GCE_KEYWORD_PARAMS', {})                             
+
+if not ARGS or not KWARGS.has_key('project'):
+    print("failed=True msg='Missing GCE connection " + \
+            "parameters in libcloud secrets file.'")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+def unexpected_error_msg(error):
+    """Format error string based on passed in error."""
+    msg='Unexpected response: HTTP return_code['
+    msg+='%s], API error code[%s] and message: %s' % (
+            error.http_code, error.code, str(error.value))
+    return msg
+
+def format_allowed(allowed):
+    """Format the 'allowed' value so that it is GCE compatible."""
+    if allowed.count(":") == 0:
+        protocol = allowed
+        ports = []
+    elif allowed.count(":") == 1:
+        protocol, ports = allowed.split(":")
+    else:
+        return []
+    if ports.count(","):
+        ports = ports.split(",")
+    else:
+        ports = [ports]
+    return_val = {"IPProtocol": protocol}
+    if ports:
+        return_val["ports"] = ports
+    return [return_val]
+
+
+def main():
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec = dict(
+            allowed = dict(),
+            ipv4_range = dict(),
+            fwname = dict(),
+            name = dict(),
+            src_range = dict(),
+            src_tags = dict(type='list'),
+            state = dict(default='present'),
+        )
+    )
+
+    allowed = module.params.get('allowed')
+    ipv4_range = module.params.get('ipv4_range')
+    fwname = module.params.get('fwname')
+    name = module.params.get('name')
+    src_range = module.params.get('src_range')
+    src_tags = module.params.get('src_tags')
+    state = module.params.get('state')
+
+    try:
+        gce = get_driver(Provider.GCE)(*ARGS, **KWARGS)
+    except Exception as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg=unexpected_error_msg(e), changed=False)
+
+    changed = False
+    json_output = {'state': state}
+
+    if state in ['active', 'present']:
+        network = None
+        try:
+            network = gce.ex_get_network(name)
+            json_output['name'] = name
+            json_output['ipv4_range'] = network.cidr
+        except ResourceNotFoundError:
+            pass
+        except Exception as e:
+            module.fail_json(msg=unexpected_error_msg(e), changed=False)
+
+        # user wants to create a new network that doesn't yet exist
+        if name and not network:
+            if not ipv4_range:
+                module.fail_json(msg="Missing required 'ipv4_range' parameter",
+                    changed=False)
+
+            try:
+                network = gce.ex_create_network(name, ipv4_range)
+                json_output['name'] = name
+                json_output['ipv4_range'] = ipv4_range
+                changed = True
+            except Exception as e:
+                module.fail_json(msg=unexpected_error_msg(e), changed=False)
+
+        if fwname:
+            # user creating a firewall rule
+            if not allowed and not src_range and not src_tags:
+                if changed and network:
+                    module.fail_json(
+                        msg="Network created, but missing required " + \
+                        "firewall rule parameter(s)", changed=True)
+                module.fail_json(
+                    msg="Missing required firewall rule parameter(s)",
+                    changed=False)
+
+            allowed_list = format_allowed(allowed)
+
+            try:
+                gce.ex_create_firewall(fwname, allowed_list, network=name,
+                        source_ranges=src_range, source_tags=src_tags)
+                changed = True
+            except ResourceExistsError:
+                pass
+            except Exception as e:
+                module.fail_json(msg=unexpected_error_msg(e), changed=False)
+
+            json_output['fwname'] = fwname
+            json_output['allowed'] = allowed
+            json_output['src_range'] = src_range
+            json_output['src_tags'] = src_tags
+
+    if state in ['absent', 'deleted']:
+        if fwname:
+            json_output['fwname'] = fwname
+            fw = None
+            try:
+                fw = gce.ex_get_firewall(fwname)
+            except ResourceNotFoundError:
+                pass
+            except Exception as e:
+                module.fail_json(msg=unexpected_error_msg(e), changed=False)
+            if fw:
+                gce.ex_destroy_firewall(fw)
+                changed = True
+        if name:
+            json_output['name'] = name
+            network = None
+            try:
+                network = gce.ex_get_network(name)
+#                json_output['d1'] = 'found network name %s' % name
+            except ResourceNotFoundError:
+#                json_output['d2'] = 'not found network name %s' % name
+                pass
+            except Exception as e:
+#                json_output['d3'] = 'error with %s' % name
+                module.fail_json(msg=unexpected_error_msg(e), changed=False)
+            if network:
+#                json_output['d4'] = 'deleting %s' % name
+                gce.ex_destroy_network(network)
+#                json_output['d5'] = 'deleted %s' % name
+                changed = True
+
+    json_output['changed'] = changed
+    print json.dumps(json_output)
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+# this is magic, see lib/ansible/module_common.py
+#<<INCLUDE_ANSIBLE_MODULE_COMMON>>
+
+main()
diff --git a/library/cloud/gce_pd b/library/cloud/gce_pd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..36d4750a5d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/cloud/gce_pd
@@ -0,0 +1,248 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# Copyright 2013 Google Inc.
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: gce_pd
+short_description: utilize GCE persistent disk resources
+description:
+    - This module can create and destroy unformatted GCE persistent disks
+      U(https://developers.google.com/compute/docs/disks#persistentdisks).
+      It also supports attaching and detaching disks from running instances
+      but does not support creating boot disks from images or snapshots.  The
+      'gce' module supports creating instances with boot disks.
+      Full install/configuration instructions for the gce* modules can
+      be found in the comments of ansible/test/gce_tests.py.
+options:
+  detach_only:
+    description:
+      - do not destroy the disk, merely detach it from an instance
+    required: false
+    default: "no"
+    choices: ["yes", "no"]
+    aliases: []
+  instance_name:
+    description:
+      - instance name if you wish to attach or detach the disk 
+    required: false
+    default: null 
+    aliases: []
+  mode:
+    description:
+      - GCE mount mode of disk, READ_ONLY (default) or READ_WRITE
+    required: false
+    default: "READ_ONLY" 
+    choices: ["READ_WRITE", "READ_ONLY"]
+    aliases: []
+  name:
+    description:
+      - name of the disk
+    required: true
+    default: null 
+    aliases: []
+  size_gb:
+    description:
+      - whole integer size of disk (in GB) to create, default is 10 GB
+    required: false
+    default: 10
+    aliases: []
+  state:
+    description:
+      - desired state of the persistent disk
+    required: false
+    default: "present"
+    choices: ["active", "present", "absent", "deleted"]
+    aliases: []
+  zone:
+    description:
+      - zone in which to create the disk
+    required: false
+    default: "us-central1-b"
+    aliases: []
+
+requirements: [ "libcloud" ]
+author: Eric Johnson <erjohnso@google.com>
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+# Simple attachment action to an existing instance
+- local_action: 
+    module: gce_pd 
+    instance_name: notlocalhost
+    size_gb: 5 
+    name: pd
+'''
+
+import sys
+
+try:                                                                            
+    from libcloud.compute.types import Provider                                 
+    from libcloud.compute.providers import get_driver                           
+    from libcloud.common.google import GoogleBaseError, QuotaExceededError, \
+            ResourceExistsError, ResourceNotFoundError, ResourceInUseError
+    _ = Provider.GCE                                                            
+except ImportError:                                                             
+    print("failed=True " + \
+        "msg='libcloud with GCE support is required for this module.'")
+    sys.exit(1)                                                                 
+                                                                                
+# Load in the libcloud secrets file                                             
+try:                                                                            
+    import secrets                                                              
+except ImportError:                                                             
+    secrets = None                                                              
+ARGS = getattr(secrets, 'GCE_PARAMS', ())                                       
+KWARGS = getattr(secrets, 'GCE_KEYWORD_PARAMS', {})                             
+
+if not ARGS or not KWARGS.has_key('project'):
+    print("failed=True " + \
+        "msg='Missing GCE connection parameters in libcloud secrets file.'")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+def unexpected_error_msg(error):
+    msg='Unexpected response: HTTP return_code['
+    msg+='%s], API error code[%s] and message: %s' % (
+        error.http_code, error.code, str(error.value))
+    return msg
+
+def main():
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec = dict(
+            detach_only = dict(choice=BOOLEANS),
+            instance_name = dict(),
+            mode = dict(default='READ_ONLY',
+                choices=['READ_WRITE', 'READ_ONLY']),
+            name = dict(required=True),
+            size_gb = dict(default=10),
+            state = dict(default='present'),
+            zone = dict(default='us-central1-b'),
+        )
+    )
+
+    detach_only = module.params.get('detach_only')
+    instance_name = module.params.get('instance_name')
+    mode = module.params.get('mode')
+    name = module.params.get('name')
+    size_gb = module.params.get('size_gb')
+    state = module.params.get('state')
+    zone = module.params.get('zone')
+
+    if detach_only and not instance_name:
+        module.fail_json(
+            msg='Must specify an instance name when detaching a disk',
+            changed=False)
+
+    try:
+        gce = get_driver(Provider.GCE)(*ARGS, datacenter=zone, **KWARGS)
+    except Exception as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg=unexpected_error_msg(e), changed=False)
+
+    disk = inst = None
+    changed = is_attached = False
+
+    json_output = { 'name': name, 'zone': zone, 'state': state }
+    if detach_only:
+        json_output['detach_only'] = True
+        json_output['detached_from_instance'] = instance_name
+
+    if instance_name:
+        # user wants to attach/detach from an existing instance
+        try:
+            inst = gce.ex_get_node(instance_name, zone)
+            # is the disk attached?
+            for d in inst.extra['disks']:
+                if d['deviceName'] == name:
+                    is_attached = True
+                    json_output['attached_mode'] = d['mode']
+                    json_output['attached_to_instance'] = inst.name
+        except:
+            pass
+
+    # find disk if it already exists
+    try:
+        disk = gce.ex_get_volume(name)
+        json_output['size_gb'] = int(disk.size)
+    except ResourceNotFoundError:
+        pass
+    except Exception as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg=unexpected_error_msg(e), changed=False)
+
+    # user wants a disk to exist.  If "instance_name" is supplied the user
+    # also wants it attached
+    if state in ['active', 'present']:
+
+        if not size_gb:
+            module.fail_json(msg="Must supply a size_gb", changed=False)
+        try:
+            size_gb = int(round(float(size_gb)))
+            if size_gb < 1: raise Exception
+        except:        
+            module.fail_json(msg="Must supply a size_gb larger than 1 GB",
+                    changed=False)
+
+        if instance_name and inst is None:
+            module.fail_json(msg='Instance %s does not exist in zone %s' % (
+                    instance_name, zone), changed=False)
+
+        if not disk:
+            try:
+                disk = gce.create_volume(size_gb, name, location=zone)
+            except ResourceExistsError:
+                pass
+            except QuotaExceededError:
+                module.fail_json(msg='Requested disk size exceeds quota',
+                        changed=False)
+            except Exception as e:
+                module.fail_json(msg=unexpected_error_msg(e), changed=False)
+            json_output['size_gb'] = size_gb
+            changed = True
+        if inst and not is_attached:
+            try:
+                gce.attach_volume(inst, disk, device=name, ex_mode=mode)
+            except Exception as e:
+                module.fail_json(msg=unexpected_error_msg(e), changed=False)
+            json_output['attached_to_instance'] = inst.name
+            json_output['attached_mode'] = mode
+            changed = True
+
+    # user wants to delete a disk (or perhaps just detach it).
+    if state in ['absent', 'deleted'] and disk:
+
+        if inst and is_attached:
+            try:
+                gce.detach_volume(disk, ex_node=inst)
+            except Exception as e:
+                module.fail_json(msg=unexpected_error_msg(e), changed=False)
+            changed = True
+        if not detach_only:
+            try:
+                gce.destroy_volume(disk)
+            except ResourceInUseError as e:
+                module.fail_json(msg=str(e.value), changed=False)
+            except Exception as e:
+                module.fail_json(msg=unexpected_error_msg(e), changed=False)
+            changed = True
+
+    json_output['changed'] = changed
+    print json.dumps(json_output)
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+# this is magic, see lib/ansible/module_common.py
+#<<INCLUDE_ANSIBLE_MODULE_COMMON>>
+
+main()
diff --git a/plugins/inventory/gce.ini b/plugins/inventory/gce.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fd3325c79fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/inventory/gce.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# Copyright 2013 Google Inc.
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# The GCE inventory script has the following dependencies:
+#   1. A valid Google Cloud Platform account with Google Compute Engine
+#      enabled.  See https://cloud.google.com
+#   2. An OAuth2 Service Account flow should be enabled.  This will generate
+#      a private key file that the inventory script will use for API request
+#      authorization.  See https://developers.google.com/accounts/docs/OAuth2
+#   3. Convert the private key from PKCS12 to PEM format
+#      $ openssl pkcs12 -in pkey.pkcs12 -passin pass:notasecret \
+#      > -nodes -nocerts | openssl rsa -out pkey.pem
+#   4. The libcloud (>=0.13.3) python libray.  See http://libcloud.apache.org
+#
+# (See ansible/test/gce_tests.py comments for full install instructions)
+#
+# Author: Eric Johnson <erjohnso@google.com>
+
+[gce]
+# GCE Service Account configuration information can be stored in the
+# libcloud 'secrets.py' file.  Ideally, the 'secrets.py' file will already
+# exist in your PYTHONPATH and be picked up automatically with an import
+# statement in the inventory script.  However, you can specify an absolute
+# path to the secrets.py file with 'libcloud_secrets' parameter.
+libcloud_secrets = 
+
+# If you are not going to use a 'secrets.py' file, you can set the necessary
+# authorization parameters here.
+gce_service_account_email_address = 
+gce_service_account_pem_file_path = 
+gce_project_id = 
+
diff --git a/plugins/inventory/gce.py b/plugins/inventory/gce.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..150cab0fe05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/inventory/gce.py
@@ -0,0 +1,238 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# Copyright 2013 Google Inc.
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+'''
+GCE external inventory script
+=================================
+
+Generates inventory that Ansible can understand by making API requests
+Google Compute Engine via the libcloud library.  Full install/configuration
+instructions for the gce* modules can be found in the comments of
+ansible/test/gce_tests.py.
+
+When run against a specific host, this script returns the following variables
+based on the data obtained from the libcloud Node object:
+ - gce_uuid
+ - gce_id
+ - gce_image
+ - gce_machine_type
+ - gce_private_ip
+ - gce_public_ip
+ - gce_name
+ - gce_description
+ - gce_status
+ - gce_zone
+ - gce_tags
+ - gce_metadata
+ - gce_network
+
+When run in --list mode, instances are grouped by the following categories:
+ - zone:
+   zone group name examples are us-central1-b, europe-west1-a, etc.
+ - instance tags:
+   An entry is created for each tag.  For example, if you have two instances
+   with a common tag called 'foo', they will both be grouped together under
+   the 'tag_foo' name.
+ - network name:
+   the name of the network is appended to 'network_' (e.g. the 'default'
+   network will result in a group named 'network_default')
+ - machine type
+   types follow a pattern like n1-standard-4, g1-small, etc.
+ - running status:
+   group name prefixed with 'status_' (e.g. status_running, status_stopped,..)
+ - image:
+   when using an ephemeral/scratch disk, this will be set to the image name
+   used when creating the instance (e.g. debian-7-wheezy-v20130816).  when
+   your instance was created with a root persistent disk it will be set to
+   'persistent_disk' since there is no current way to determine the image.
+
+Examples:
+  Execute uname on all instances in the us-central1-a zone
+  $ ansible -i gce.py us-central1-a -m shell -a "/bin/uname -a"
+
+  Use the GCE inventory script to print out instance specific information
+  $ plugins/inventory/gce.py --host my_instance
+
+Author: Eric Johnson <erjohnso@google.com>
+Version: 0.0.1
+'''
+
+import sys
+import os
+import argparse
+import ConfigParser
+
+try:
+    import json
+except ImportError:
+    import simplejson as json
+
+try:
+    from libcloud.compute.types import Provider
+    from libcloud.compute.providers import get_driver
+    _ = Provider.GCE
+except:
+    print("GCE inventory script requires libcloud >= 0.13")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+
+class GceInventory(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        # Read settings and parse CLI arguments
+        self.parse_cli_args()
+        self.driver = self.get_gce_driver()
+
+        # Just display data for specific host
+        if self.args.host:
+            print self.json_format_dict(self.node_to_dict(
+                    self.get_instance(self.args.host)))
+            sys.exit(0)
+
+        # Otherwise, assume user wants all instances grouped
+        print self.json_format_dict(self.group_instances())
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+
+    def get_gce_driver(self):
+        '''Determine GCE authorization settings and return libcloud driver.'''
+
+        config = ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser()
+        config.read(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + '/gce.ini')
+
+        # the GCE params in 'secrets.py' will override these
+        secrets_path = config.get('gce', 'libcloud_secrets')
+
+        secrets_found = False
+        try:
+            import secrets
+            args = getattr(secrets, 'GCE_PARAMS', ())
+            kwargs = getattr(secrets, 'GCE_KEYWORD_PARAMS', {})
+            secrets_found = True
+        except:
+            pass
+
+        if not secrets_found and secrets_path:
+            if not secrets_path.endswith('secrets.py'):
+                err = "Must specify libcloud secrets file as "
+                err += "/absolute/path/to/secrets.py"
+                print(err)
+                sys.exit(1)
+            sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(secrets_path))
+            try:
+                import secrets
+                args = getattr(secrets, 'GCE_PARAMS', ())
+                kwargs = getattr(secrets, 'GCE_KEYWORD_PARAMS', {})
+                secrets_found = True
+            except:
+                pass
+        if not secrets_found:
+            args = (
+                config.get('gce','gce_service_account_email_address'),
+                config.get('gce','gce_service_account_pem_file_path')
+            )
+            kwargs = {'project': config.get('gce','gce_project_id')}
+            
+        return get_driver(Provider.GCE)(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+    def parse_cli_args(self):
+        ''' Command line argument processing '''
+
+        parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+                description='Produce an Ansible Inventory file based on GCE')
+        parser.add_argument('--list', action='store_true', default=True,
+                           help='List instances (default: True)')
+        parser.add_argument('--host', action='store',
+                           help='Get all information about an instance')
+        self.args = parser.parse_args()
+
+
+    def node_to_dict(self, inst):
+        md = {}
+        if inst.extra['metadata'].has_key('items'):
+            for entry in inst.extra['metadata']['items']:
+                md[entry['key']] = entry['value']
+
+        net = inst.extra['networkInterfaces'][0]['network'].split('/')[-1]
+        return {
+            'gce_uuid': inst.uuid,
+            'gce_id': inst.id,
+            'gce_image': inst.image,
+            'gce_machine_type': inst.size,
+            'gce_private_ip': inst.private_ip[0],
+            'gce_public_ip': inst.public_ip[0],
+            'gce_name': inst.name,
+            'gce_description': inst.extra['description'],
+            'gce_status': inst.extra['status'],
+            'gce_zone': inst.extra['zone'].name,
+            'gce_tags': inst.extra['tags'],
+            'gce_metadata': md,
+            'gce_network': net
+        }
+
+    def get_instance(self, instance_name):
+        '''Gets details about a specific instance '''
+        return self.driver.ex_get_node(instance_name)
+
+    def group_instances(self):
+        '''Group all instances'''
+        groups = {}
+        for node in self.driver.list_nodes():
+            name = node.name
+
+            zone = node.extra['zone'].name
+            if groups.has_key(zone): groups[zone].append(name)
+            else: groups[zone] = [name]
+
+            tags = node.extra['tags']
+            for t in tags:
+                tag = 'tag_%s' % t
+                if groups.has_key(tag): groups[tag].append(name)
+                else: groups[tag] = [name]
+
+            net = node.extra['networkInterfaces'][0]['network'].split('/')[-1]
+            net = 'network_%s' % net
+            if groups.has_key(net): groups[net].append(name)
+            else: groups[net] = [name]
+
+            machine_type = node.size
+            if groups.has_key(machine_type): groups[machine_type].append(name)
+            else: groups[machine_type] = [name]
+
+            image = node.image and node.image or 'persistent_disk'
+            if groups.has_key(image): groups[image].append(name)
+            else: groups[image] = [name]
+
+            status = node.extra['status']
+            stat = 'status_%s' % status.lower()
+            if groups.has_key(stat): groups[stat].append(name)
+            else: groups[stat] = [name]
+        return groups
+
+    def json_format_dict(self, data, pretty=False):
+        ''' Converts a dict to a JSON object and dumps it as a formatted
+        string '''
+
+        if pretty:
+            return json.dumps(data, sort_keys=True, indent=2)
+        else:
+            return json.dumps(data)
+
+
+# Run the script
+GceInventory()
diff --git a/test/gce_tests.py b/test/gce_tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2b27406f621
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/gce_tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,752 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright 2013 Google Inc.
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# This is a custom functional test script for the Google Compute Engine
+# ansible modules.  In order to run these tests, you must:
+# 1) Create a Google Cloud Platform account and enable the Google
+#    Compute Engine service and billing
+# 2) Download, install, and configure  'gcutil'
+#    see [https://developers.google.com/compute/docs/gcutil/]
+# 3) Convert your GCE Service Account private key from PKCS12 to PEM format
+#    $ openssl pkcs12 -in pkey.pkcs12 -passin pass:notasecret \
+#    > -nodes -nocerts | openssl rsa -out pkey.pem 
+# 4) Make sure you have libcloud 0.13.3 or later installed.
+# 5) Make sure you have a libcloud 'secrets.py' file in your PYTHONPATH
+# 6) Set GCE_PARAMS and GCE_KEYWORD_PARMS in your 'secrets.py' file.
+# 7) Set up a simple hosts file
+#    $ echo 127.0.0.1 > ~/ansible_hosts
+#    $ echo "export ANSIBLE_HOSTS='~/ansible_hosts'" >> ~/.bashrc
+#    $ . ~/.bashrc
+# 8) Set up your ansible 'hacking' environment
+#    $ cd ~/ansible
+#    $ . hacking/env-setup
+#    $ export ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=no
+#    $ ansible all -m ping
+# 9) Set your PROJECT variable below
+# 10) Run and time the tests and log output, take ~30 minutes to run
+#    $ time stdbuf -oL python test/gce_tests.py 2>&1 | tee log
+
+# Set this to your test Project ID
+PROJECT="google.com:erjohnso"
+
+# debugging
+DEBUG=False   # lots of debugging output
+VERBOSE=True  # on failure, display ansible command and expected/actual result
+
+# location - note that some tests rely on the module's 'default'
+# region/zone, which should match the settings below.
+REGION="us-central1"
+ZONE="%s-a" % REGION
+
+# Peeking is a way to trigger looking at a specified set of resources
+# before and/or after a test run.  The 'test_cases' data structure below
+# has a few tests with 'peek_before' and 'peek_after'.  When those keys
+# are set and PEEKING_ENABLED is True, then these steps will be executed
+# to aid in debugging tests.  Normally, this is not needed.
+PEEKING_ENABLED=False
+
+# disks
+DNAME="aaaaa-ansible-disk"
+DNAME2="aaaaa-ansible-disk2"
+DNAME6="aaaaa-ansible-inst6"
+DNAME7="aaaaa-ansible-inst7"
+USE_PD="true"
+KERNEL="https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1beta15/projects/google/global/kernels/gce-v20130813"
+
+# instances
+INAME="aaaaa-ansible-inst"
+INAME2="aaaaa-ansible-inst2"
+INAME3="aaaaa-ansible-inst3"
+INAME4="aaaaa-ansible-inst4"
+INAME5="aaaaa-ansible-inst5"
+INAME6="aaaaa-ansible-inst6"
+INAME7="aaaaa-ansible-inst7"
+TYPE="n1-standard-1"
+IMAGE="https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1beta15/projects/debian-cloud/global/images/debian-7-wheezy-v20130816"
+NETWORK="default"
+SCOPES="https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email,https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute,https://www.googleapis.com/auth/devstorage.full_control"
+
+# networks / firewalls
+NETWK1="ansible-network1"
+NETWK2="ansible-network2"
+NETWK3="ansible-network3"
+CIDR1="10.240.16.0/24"
+CIDR2="10.240.32.0/24"
+CIDR3="10.240.64.0/24"
+GW1="10.240.16.1"
+GW2="10.240.32.1"
+FW1="ansible-fwrule1"
+FW2="ansible-fwrule2"
+FW3="ansible-fwrule3"
+FW4="ansible-fwrule4"
+
+# load-balancer tests
+HC1="ansible-hc1"
+HC2="ansible-hc2"
+HC3="ansible-hc3"
+LB1="ansible-lb1"
+LB2="ansible-lb2"
+
+from commands import getstatusoutput as run
+import sys
+
+test_cases = [
+    {'id': '01', 'desc': 'Detach / Delete disk tests',
+     'setup': ['gcutil addinstance "%s" --wait_until_running --zone=%s --machine_type=%s --network=%s --service_account_scopes="%s" --image="%s" --persistent_boot_disk=%s' % (INAME, ZONE, TYPE, NETWORK, SCOPES, IMAGE, USE_PD),
+               'gcutil adddisk "%s" --size_gb=2 --zone=%s' % (DNAME, ZONE)],
+
+     'tests': [
+       {'desc': 'DETACH_ONLY but disk not found [success]',
+        'm': 'gce_pd',
+        'a': 'name=%s instance_name=%s zone=%s detach_only=yes state=absent' % ("missing-disk", INAME, ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": false, "detach_only": true, "detached_from_instance": "%s", "name": "missing-disk", "state": "absent", "zone": "%s"}' % (INAME, ZONE),
+       },
+       {'desc': 'DETACH_ONLY but instance not found [success]',
+        'm': 'gce_pd',
+        'a': 'name=%s instance_name=%s zone=%s detach_only=yes state=absent' % (DNAME, "missing-instance", ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": false, "detach_only": true, "detached_from_instance": "missing-instance", "name": "%s", "size_gb": 2, "state": "absent", "zone": "%s"}' % (DNAME, ZONE),
+       },
+       {'desc': 'DETACH_ONLY but neither disk nor instance exists [success]',
+        'm': 'gce_pd',
+        'a': 'name=%s instance_name=%s zone=%s detach_only=yes state=absent' % ("missing-disk", "missing-instance", ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": false, "detach_only": true, "detached_from_instance": "missing-instance", "name": "missing-disk", "state": "absent", "zone": "%s"}' % (ZONE),
+       },
+       {'desc': 'DETACH_ONLY but disk is not currently attached [success]',
+        'm': 'gce_pd',
+        'a': 'name=%s instance_name=%s zone=%s detach_only=yes state=absent' % (DNAME, INAME, ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": false, "detach_only": true, "detached_from_instance": "%s", "name": "%s", "size_gb": 2, "state": "absent", "zone": "%s"}' % (INAME, DNAME, ZONE),
+       },
+       {'desc': 'DETACH_ONLY disk is attached and should be detached [success]',
+        'setup': ['gcutil attachdisk --disk="%s,mode=READ_ONLY" --zone=%s %s' % (DNAME, ZONE, INAME), 'sleep 10'],
+        'm': 'gce_pd',
+        'a': 'name=%s instance_name=%s zone=%s detach_only=yes state=absent' % (DNAME, INAME, ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"attached_mode": "READ_ONLY", "attached_to_instance": "%s", "changed": true, "detach_only": true, "detached_from_instance": "%s", "name": "%s", "size_gb": 2, "state": "absent", "zone": "%s"}' % (INAME, INAME, DNAME, ZONE),
+        'teardown': ['gcutil detachdisk --zone=%s --device_name=%s %s' % (ZONE, DNAME, INAME)],
+       },
+       {'desc': 'DETACH_ONLY but not instance specified [FAIL]',
+        'm': 'gce_pd',
+        'a': 'name=%s zone=%s detach_only=yes state=absent' % (DNAME, ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | FAILED >> {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "Must specify an instance name when detaching a disk"}',
+       },
+       {'desc': 'DELETE but disk not found [success]',
+        'm': 'gce_pd',
+        'a': 'name=%s zone=%s state=absent' % ("missing-disk", ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": false, "name": "missing-disk", "state": "absent", "zone": "%s"}' % (ZONE),
+       },
+       {'desc': 'DELETE but disk is attached [FAIL]',
+        'setup': ['gcutil attachdisk --disk="%s,mode=READ_ONLY" --zone=%s %s' % (DNAME, ZONE, INAME), 'sleep 10'],
+        'm': 'gce_pd',
+        'a': 'name=%s zone=%s state=absent' % (DNAME, ZONE),
+        'r': "127.0.0.1 | FAILED >> {\"changed\": false, \"failed\": true, \"msg\": \"The disk resource 'projects/%s/zones/%s/disks/%s' is already being used by 'projects/%s/zones/%s/instances/%s'\"}" % (PROJECT, ZONE, DNAME, PROJECT, ZONE, INAME),
+        'teardown': ['gcutil detachdisk --zone=%s --device_name=%s %s' % (ZONE, DNAME, INAME)],
+       },
+       {'desc': 'DELETE disk [success]',
+        'm': 'gce_pd',
+        'a': 'name=%s zone=%s state=absent' % (DNAME, ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": true, "name": "%s", "size_gb": 2, "state": "absent", "zone": "%s"}' % (DNAME, ZONE),
+       },
+     ],
+     'teardown': ['gcutil deleteinstance -f "%s" --zone=%s' % (INAME, ZONE),
+                  'sleep 15',
+                  'gcutil deletedisk -f "%s" --zone=%s' % (INAME, ZONE),
+                  'sleep 10',
+                  'gcutil deletedisk -f "%s" --zone=%s' % (DNAME, ZONE),
+                  'sleep 10'],
+    },
+
+    {'id': '02', 'desc': 'Create disk but do not attach (e.g. no instance_name param)',
+     'setup': [],
+     'tests': [
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_NO_ATTACH "string" for size_gb [FAIL]',
+        'm': 'gce_pd',
+        'a': 'name=%s size_gb="foo" zone=%s' % (DNAME, ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | FAILED >> {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "Must supply a size_gb larger than 1 GB"}',
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_NO_ATTACH negative size_gb [FAIL]',
+        'm': 'gce_pd',
+        'a': 'name=%s size_gb=-2 zone=%s' % (DNAME, ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | FAILED >> {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "Must supply a size_gb larger than 1 GB"}',
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_NO_ATTACH size_gb exceeds quota [FAIL]',
+        'm': 'gce_pd',
+        'a': 'name=%s size_gb=9999 zone=%s' % ("big-disk", ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | FAILED >> {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "Requested disk size exceeds quota"}',
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_NO_ATTACH create the disk [success]',
+        'm': 'gce_pd',
+        'a': 'name=%s zone=%s' % (DNAME, ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": true, "name": "%s", "size_gb": 10, "state": "present", "zone": "%s"}' % (DNAME, ZONE),
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_NO_ATTACH but disk already exists [success]',
+        'm': 'gce_pd',
+        'a': 'name=%s zone=%s' % (DNAME, ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": false, "name": "%s", "size_gb": 10, "state": "present", "zone": "%s"}' % (DNAME, ZONE),
+       },
+     ],
+     'teardown': ['gcutil deletedisk -f "%s" --zone=%s' % (DNAME, ZONE),
+                  'sleep 10'],
+    },
+
+    {'id': '03', 'desc': 'Create and attach disk',
+     'setup': ['gcutil addinstance "%s" --zone=%s --machine_type=%s --network=%s --service_account_scopes="%s" --image="%s" --persistent_boot_disk=%s' % (INAME2, ZONE, TYPE, NETWORK, SCOPES, IMAGE, USE_PD),
+               'gcutil addinstance "%s" --zone=%s --machine_type=%s --network=%s --service_account_scopes="%s" --image="%s" --persistent_boot_disk=%s' % (INAME, ZONE, "g1-small", NETWORK, SCOPES, IMAGE, USE_PD),
+               'gcutil adddisk "%s" --size_gb=2 --zone=%s' % (DNAME, ZONE),
+               'gcutil adddisk "%s" --size_gb=2 --zone=%s' % (DNAME2, ZONE),
+               'sleep 10'],
+     'tests': [
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_AND_ATTACH "string" for size_gb [FAIL]',
+        'm': 'gce_pd',
+        'a': 'name=%s size_gb="foo" instance_name=%s zone=%s' % (DNAME, INAME, ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | FAILED >> {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "Must supply a size_gb larger than 1 GB"}',
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_AND_ATTACH negative size_gb [FAIL]',
+        'm': 'gce_pd',
+        'a': 'name=%s size_gb=-2 instance_name=%s zone=%s' % (DNAME, INAME, ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | FAILED >> {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "Must supply a size_gb larger than 1 GB"}',
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_AND_ATTACH size_gb exceeds quota [FAIL]',
+        'm': 'gce_pd',
+        'a': 'name=%s size_gb=9999 instance_name=%s zone=%s' % ("big-disk", INAME, ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | FAILED >> {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "Requested disk size exceeds quota"}',
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_AND_ATTACH missing instance [FAIL]',
+        'm': 'gce_pd',
+        'a': 'name=%s instance_name=%s zone=%s' % (DNAME, "missing-instance", ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | FAILED >> {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "Instance %s does not exist in zone %s"}' % ("missing-instance", ZONE),
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_AND_ATTACH disk exists but not attached [success]',
+        'peek_before': ["gcutil --format=csv listinstances --zone=%s --filter=\"name eq 'aaaa.*'\"" % (ZONE)],
+        'm': 'gce_pd',
+        'a': 'name=%s instance_name=%s zone=%s' % (DNAME, INAME, ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"attached_mode": "READ_ONLY", "attached_to_instance": "%s", "changed": true, "name": "%s", "size_gb": 2, "state": "present", "zone": "%s"}' % (INAME, DNAME, ZONE),
+        'peek_after': ["gcutil --format=csv listinstances --zone=%s --filter=\"name eq 'aaaa.*'\"" % (ZONE)],
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_AND_ATTACH disk exists already attached [success]',
+        'm': 'gce_pd',
+        'a': 'name=%s instance_name=%s zone=%s' % (DNAME, INAME, ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"attached_mode": "READ_ONLY", "attached_to_instance": "%s", "changed": false, "name": "%s", "size_gb": 2, "state": "present", "zone": "%s"}' % (INAME, DNAME, ZONE),
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_AND_ATTACH attached RO, attempt RO to 2nd inst [success]',
+        'peek_before': ["gcutil --format=csv listinstances --zone=%s --filter=\"name eq 'aaaa.*'\"" % (ZONE)],
+        'm': 'gce_pd',
+        'a': 'name=%s instance_name=%s zone=%s' % (DNAME, INAME2, ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"attached_mode": "READ_ONLY", "attached_to_instance": "%s", "changed": true, "name": "%s", "size_gb": 2, "state": "present", "zone": "%s"}' % (INAME2, DNAME, ZONE),
+        'peek_after': ["gcutil --format=csv listinstances --zone=%s --filter=\"name eq 'aaaa.*'\"" % (ZONE)],
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_AND_ATTACH attached RO, attach RW to self [FAILED no-op]',
+        'peek_before': ["gcutil --format=csv listinstances --zone=%s --filter=\"name eq 'aaaa.*'\"" % (ZONE)],
+        'm': 'gce_pd',
+        'a': 'name=%s instance_name=%s zone=%s mode=READ_WRITE' % (DNAME, INAME, ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"attached_mode": "READ_ONLY", "attached_to_instance": "%s", "changed": false, "name": "%s", "size_gb": 2, "state": "present", "zone": "%s"}' % (INAME, DNAME, ZONE),
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_AND_ATTACH attached RW, attach RW to other [FAIL]',
+        'setup': ['gcutil attachdisk --disk=%s,mode=READ_WRITE --zone=%s %s' % (DNAME2, ZONE, INAME), 'sleep 10'],
+        'peek_before': ["gcutil --format=csv listinstances --zone=%s --filter=\"name eq 'aaaa.*'\"" % (ZONE)],
+        'm': 'gce_pd',
+        'a': 'name=%s instance_name=%s zone=%s mode=READ_WRITE' % (DNAME2, INAME2, ZONE),
+        'r': "127.0.0.1 | FAILED >> {\"changed\": false, \"failed\": true, \"msg\": \"Unexpected response: HTTP return_code[200], API error code[RESOURCE_IN_USE] and message: The disk resource 'projects/%s/zones/%s/disks/%s' is already being used in read-write mode\"}" % (PROJECT, ZONE, DNAME2),
+        'peek_after': ["gcutil --format=csv listinstances --zone=%s --filter=\"name eq 'aaaa.*'\"" % (ZONE)],
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_AND_ATTACH attach too many disks to inst [FAIL]',
+        'setup': ['gcutil adddisk aa-disk-dummy --size_gb=2 --zone=%s' % (ZONE),
+                  'sleep 10',
+                  'gcutil adddisk aa-disk-dummy2 --size_gb=2 --zone=%s' % (ZONE),
+                  'sleep 10',
+                  'gcutil attachdisk --disk=aa-disk-dummy --zone=%s %s' % (ZONE, INAME),
+                  'sleep 5'],
+        'peek_before': ["gcutil --format=csv listinstances --zone=%s --filter=\"name eq 'aaaa.*'\"" % (ZONE)],
+        'm': 'gce_pd',
+        'a': 'name=%s instance_name=%s zone=%s' % ("aa-disk-dummy2", INAME, ZONE),
+        'r': "127.0.0.1 | FAILED >> {\"changed\": false, \"failed\": true, \"msg\": \"Unexpected response: HTTP return_code[200], API error code[LIMIT_EXCEEDED] and message: Exceeded limit 'maximum_persistent_disks' on resource 'projects/%s/zones/%s/instances/%s'. Limit: 4\"}" % (PROJECT, ZONE, INAME),
+        'teardown': ['gcutil detachdisk --device_name=aa-disk-dummy --zone=%s %s' % (ZONE, INAME),
+                     'sleep 3',
+                     'gcutil deletedisk -f aa-disk-dummy --zone=%s' % (ZONE),
+                     'sleep 10',
+                     'gcutil deletedisk -f aa-disk-dummy2 --zone=%s' % (ZONE),
+                     'sleep 10'],
+       },
+     ],
+     'teardown': ['gcutil deleteinstance -f "%s" --zone=%s' % (INAME2, ZONE),
+                  'sleep 15',
+                  'gcutil deleteinstance -f "%s" --zone=%s' % (INAME, ZONE),
+                  'sleep 15',
+                  'gcutil deletedisk -f "%s" --zone=%s' % (INAME, ZONE),
+                  'sleep 10',
+                  'gcutil deletedisk -f "%s" --zone=%s' % (INAME2, ZONE),
+                  'sleep 10',
+                  'gcutil deletedisk -f "%s" --zone=%s' % (DNAME, ZONE),
+                  'sleep 10',
+                  'gcutil deletedisk -f "%s" --zone=%s' % (DNAME2, ZONE),
+                  'sleep 10'],
+    },
+
+    {'id': '04', 'desc': 'Delete / destroy instances',
+     'setup': ['gcutil addinstance "%s" --zone=%s --machine_type=%s --image="%s" --persistent_boot_disk=false' % (INAME, ZONE, TYPE, IMAGE),
+               'gcutil addinstance "%s" --zone=%s --machine_type=%s --image="%s" --persistent_boot_disk=false' % (INAME2, ZONE, TYPE, IMAGE),
+               'gcutil addinstance "%s" --zone=%s --machine_type=%s --image="%s" --persistent_boot_disk=false' % (INAME3, ZONE, TYPE, IMAGE),
+               'gcutil addinstance "%s" --zone=%s --machine_type=%s --image="%s" --persistent_boot_disk=false' % (INAME4, ZONE, TYPE, IMAGE),
+               'gcutil addinstance "%s" --wait_until_running --zone=%s --machine_type=%s --image="%s" --persistent_boot_disk=false' % (INAME5, ZONE, TYPE, IMAGE)],
+     'tests': [
+       {'desc': 'DELETE instance, bad zone param [FAIL]',
+        'm': 'gce',
+        'a': 'name=missing-inst zone=bogus state=absent',
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | FAILED >> {"failed": true, "msg": "value of zone must be one of: us-central1-a,us-central1-b,us-central2-a,europe-west1-a,europe-west1-b, got: bogus"}',
+       },
+       {'desc': 'DELETE non-existent instance, no-op [success]',
+        'm': 'gce',
+        'a': 'name=missing-inst zone=%s state=absent' % (ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": false, "name": "missing-inst", "state": "absent", "zone": "%s"}' % (ZONE),
+       },
+       {'desc': 'DELETE an existing named instance [success]',
+        'm': 'gce',
+        'a': 'name=%s zone=%s state=absent' % (INAME, ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": true, "name": "%s", "state": "absent", "zone": "%s"}' % (INAME, ZONE),
+       },
+       {'desc': 'DELETE list of instances with a non-existent one [success]',
+        'm': 'gce',
+        'a': 'instance_names=%s,missing,%s zone=%s state=absent' % (INAME2,INAME3, ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": true, "instance_names": ["%s", "%s"], "state": "absent", "zone": "%s"}' % (INAME2, INAME3, ZONE),
+       },
+       {'desc': 'DELETE list of instances all pre-exist [success]',
+        'm': 'gce',
+        'a': 'instance_names=%s,%s zone=%s state=absent' % (INAME4,INAME5, ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": true, "instance_names": ["%s", "%s"], "state": "absent", "zone": "%s"}' % (INAME4, INAME5, ZONE),
+       },
+     ],
+     'teardown': ['gcutil deleteinstance -f "%s" --zone=%s' % (INAME, ZONE),
+                  'gcutil deleteinstance -f "%s" --zone=%s' % (INAME2, ZONE),
+                  'gcutil deleteinstance -f "%s" --zone=%s' % (INAME3, ZONE),
+                  'gcutil deleteinstance -f "%s" --zone=%s' % (INAME4, ZONE),
+                  'gcutil deleteinstance -f "%s" --zone=%s' % (INAME5, ZONE),
+                  'sleep 10'],
+    },
+
+    {'id': '05', 'desc': 'Create instances',
+     'setup': [],
+     'tests': [
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_INSTANCE invalid image arg [FAIL]',
+        'm': 'gce',
+        'a': 'name=foo image=foo',
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | FAILED >> {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "Missing required create instance variable"}',
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_INSTANCE metadata a list [FAIL]',
+        'strip_numbers': True,
+        'm': 'gce',
+        'a': 'name=%s zone=%s metadata=\'[\\"foo\\":\\"bar\\",\\"baz\\":1]\'' % (INAME,ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | FAILED >> {"failed": true, "msg": "bad metadata syntax"}',
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_INSTANCE metadata not a dict [FAIL]',
+        'strip_numbers': True,
+        'm': 'gce',
+        'a': 'name=%s zone=%s metadata=\\"foo\\":\\"bar\\",\\"baz\\":1' % (INAME,ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | FAILED >> {"failed": true, "msg": "bad metadata syntax"}',
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_INSTANCE with metadata form1 [FAIL]',
+        'strip_numbers': True,
+        'm': 'gce',
+        'a': 'name=%s zone=%s metadata=\'{"foo":"bar","baz":1}\'' % (INAME,ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | FAILED >> {"failed": true, "msg": "bad metadata: malformed string"}',
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_INSTANCE with metadata form2 [FAIL]',
+        'strip_numbers': True,
+        'm': 'gce',
+        'a': 'name=%s zone=%s metadata={\'foo\':\'bar\',\'baz\':1}' % (INAME,ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | FAILED >> {"failed": true, "msg": "bad metadata: malformed string"}',
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_INSTANCE with metadata form3 [FAIL]',
+        'strip_numbers': True,
+        'm': 'gce',
+        'a': 'name=%s zone=%s metadata="foo:bar" '% (INAME,ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | FAILED >> {"failed": true, "msg": "bad metadata syntax"}',
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_INSTANCE with metadata form4 [FAIL]',
+        'strip_numbers': True,
+        'm': 'gce',
+        'a': 'name=%s zone=%s metadata="{\'foo\':\'bar\'}"'% (INAME,ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | FAILED >> {"failed": true, "msg": "bad metadata: malformed string"}',
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_INSTANCE invalid image arg [FAIL]',
+        'm': 'gce',
+        'a': 'instance_names=foo,bar image=foo',
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | FAILED >> {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "Missing required create instance variable"}',
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_INSTANCE single inst, using defaults [success]',
+        'strip_numbers': True,
+        'm': 'gce',
+        'a': 'name=%s' % (INAME),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": true, "instance_data": [{"image": "debian-7-wheezy-v20130816", "machine_type": "n1-standard-1", "metadata": {}, "name": "%s", "network": "default", "private_ip": "10.240.175.15", "public_ip": "173.255.120.190", "status": "RUNNING", "tags": [], "zone": "%s"}], "name": "%s", "state": "present", "zone": "%s"}' % (INAME, ZONE, INAME, ZONE),
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_INSTANCE the same instance again, no-op [success]',
+        'strip_numbers': True,
+        'm': 'gce',
+        'a': 'name=%s' % (INAME),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": false, "instance_data": [{"image": "debian-7-wheezy-v20130816", "machine_type": "n1-standard-1", "metadata": {}, "name": "%s", "network": "default", "private_ip": "10.240.175.15", "public_ip": "173.255.120.190", "status": "RUNNING", "tags": [], "zone": "%s"}], "name": "%s", "state": "present", "zone": "%s"}' % (INAME, ZONE, INAME, ZONE),
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_INSTANCE instance with alt type [success]',
+        'strip_numbers': True,
+        'm': 'gce',
+        'a': 'name=%s machine_type=n1-standard-2' % (INAME2),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": true, "instance_data": [{"image": "debian-7-wheezy-v20130816", "machine_type": "n1-standard-2", "metadata": {}, "name": "%s", "network": "default", "private_ip": "10.240.192.227", "public_ip": "173.255.121.233", "status": "RUNNING", "tags": [], "zone": "%s"}], "name": "%s", "state": "present", "zone": "%s"}' % (INAME2, ZONE, INAME2, ZONE),
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_INSTANCE instance with root pd [success]',
+        'strip_numbers': True,
+        'm': 'gce',
+        'a': 'name=%s persistent_boot_disk=yes' % (INAME3),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": true, "instance_data": [{"image": null, "machine_type": "n1-standard-1", "metadata": {}, "name": "%s", "network": "default", "private_ip": "10.240.178.140", "public_ip": "173.255.121.176", "status": "RUNNING", "tags": [], "zone": "%s"}], "name": "%s", "state": "present", "zone": "%s"}' % (INAME3, ZONE, INAME3, ZONE),
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_INSTANCE instance with root pd, that already exists [success]',
+        'setup': ['gcutil adddisk --source_image=%s --zone=%s %s' % (IMAGE, ZONE, DNAME6),
+                  'sleep 10'],
+        'strip_numbers': True,
+        'm': 'gce',
+        'a': 'name=%s zone=%s persistent_boot_disk=yes' % (INAME6, ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": true, "instance_data": [{"image": null, "machine_type": "n1-standard-1", "metadata": {}, "name": "%s", "network": "default", "private_ip": "10.240.178.140", "public_ip": "173.255.121.176", "status": "RUNNING", "tags": [], "zone": "%s"}], "name": "%s", "state": "present", "zone": "%s"}' % (INAME6, ZONE, INAME6, ZONE),
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_INSTANCE instance with root pd attached to other inst [FAIL]',
+        'setup': ['gcutil adddisk --source_image=%s --zone=%s %s' % (IMAGE, ZONE, DNAME7),
+                  'sleep 10',
+                  'gcutil addinstance boo --wait_until_running --zone=%s --machine_type=%s --network=%s --disk=%s,mode=READ_WRITE,boot --kernel=%s' % (ZONE,TYPE,NETWORK,DNAME7,KERNEL),
+                  ],
+        'm': 'gce',
+        'a': 'name=%s zone=%s persistent_boot_disk=yes' % (INAME7, ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | FAILED >> {"failed": true, "msg": "Unexpected error attempting to create instance %s, error: The disk resource \'projects/%s/zones/%s/disks/%s\' is already being used in read-write mode"}' % (INAME7,PROJECT,ZONE,DNAME7),
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_INSTANCE use *all* the options! [success]',
+        'strip_numbers': True,
+        'm': 'gce',
+        'a': 'instance_names=%s,%s metadata=\'{\\"foo\\":\\"bar\\", \\"baz\\":1}\' tags=t1,t2,t3 zone=%s image=centos-6-v20130731 persistent_boot_disk=yes' % (INAME4,INAME5,ZONE),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": true, "instance_data": [{"image": null, "machine_type": "n1-standard-1", "metadata": {"baz": "1", "foo": "bar"}, "name": "%s", "network": "default", "private_ip": "10.240.130.4", "public_ip": "173.255.121.97", "status": "RUNNING", "tags": ["t1", "t2", "t3"], "zone": "%s"}, {"image": null, "machine_type": "n1-standard-1", "metadata": {"baz": "1", "foo": "bar"}, "name": "%s", "network": "default", "private_ip": "10.240.207.226", "public_ip": "173.255.121.85", "status": "RUNNING", "tags": ["t1", "t2", "t3"], "zone": "%s"}], "instance_names": ["%s", "%s"], "state": "present", "zone": "%s"}' % (INAME4, ZONE, INAME5, ZONE, INAME4, INAME5, ZONE),
+       },
+     ],
+     'teardown': ['gcutil deleteinstance -f "%s" --zone=%s' % (INAME, ZONE),
+                  'gcutil deleteinstance -f "%s" --zone=%s' % (INAME2, ZONE),
+                  'gcutil deleteinstance -f "%s" --zone=%s' % (INAME3, ZONE),
+                  'gcutil deleteinstance -f "%s" --zone=%s' % (INAME4, ZONE),
+                  'gcutil deleteinstance -f "%s" --zone=%s' % (INAME5, ZONE),
+                  'gcutil deleteinstance -f "%s" --zone=%s' % (INAME6, ZONE),
+                  'gcutil deleteinstance -f "%s" --zone=%s' % (INAME7, ZONE),
+                  'gcutil deleteinstance -f boo --zone=%s' % (ZONE),
+                  'sleep 10',
+                  'gcutil deletedisk -f "%s" --zone=%s' % (INAME3, ZONE),
+                  'gcutil deletedisk -f "%s" --zone=%s' % (INAME4, ZONE),
+                  'gcutil deletedisk -f "%s" --zone=%s' % (INAME5, ZONE),
+                  'gcutil deletedisk -f "%s" --zone=%s' % (INAME6, ZONE),
+                  'gcutil deletedisk -f "%s" --zone=%s' % (INAME7, ZONE),
+                  'sleep 10'],
+    },
+
+    {'id': '06', 'desc': 'Delete / destroy networks and firewall rules',
+     'setup': ['gcutil addnetwork --range="%s" --gateway="%s" %s' % (CIDR1, GW1, NETWK1),
+               'gcutil addnetwork --range="%s" --gateway="%s" %s' % (CIDR2, GW2, NETWK2),
+               'sleep 5',
+               'gcutil addfirewall --allowed="tcp:80" --network=%s %s' % (NETWK1, FW1),
+               'gcutil addfirewall --allowed="tcp:80" --network=%s %s' % (NETWK2, FW2),
+               'sleep 5'],
+     'tests': [
+       {'desc': 'DELETE bogus named firewall [success]',
+        'm': 'gce_net',
+        'a': 'fwname=missing-fwrule state=absent',
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": false, "fwname": "missing-fwrule", "state": "absent"}',
+       },
+       {'desc': 'DELETE bogus named network [success]',
+        'm': 'gce_net',
+        'a': 'name=missing-network state=absent',
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": false, "name": "missing-network", "state": "absent"}',
+       },
+       {'desc': 'DELETE named firewall rule [success]',
+        'm': 'gce_net',
+        'a': 'fwname=%s state=absent' % (FW1),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": true, "fwname": "%s", "state": "absent"}' % (FW1),
+        'teardown': ['sleep 5'], # pause to give GCE time to delete fwrule
+       },
+       {'desc': 'DELETE unused named network [success]',
+        'm': 'gce_net',
+        'a': 'name=%s state=absent' % (NETWK1),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": true, "name": "%s", "state": "absent"}' % (NETWK1),
+       },
+       {'desc': 'DELETE named network *and* fwrule [success]',
+        'm': 'gce_net',
+        'a': 'name=%s fwname=%s state=absent' % (NETWK2, FW2),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": true, "fwname": "%s", "name": "%s", "state": "absent"}' % (FW2, NETWK2),
+       },
+     ],
+     'teardown': ['gcutil deletenetwork -f %s' % (NETWK1),
+                  'gcutil deletenetwork -f %s' % (NETWK2),
+                  'sleep 5',
+                  'gcutil deletefirewall -f %s' % (FW1),
+                  'gcutil deletefirewall -f %s' % (FW2)],
+    },
+
+    {'id': '07', 'desc': 'Create networks and firewall rules',
+     'setup': ['gcutil addnetwork --range="%s" --gateway="%s" %s' % (CIDR1, GW1, NETWK1),
+               'sleep 5',
+               'gcutil addfirewall --allowed="tcp:80" --network=%s %s' % (NETWK1, FW1),
+               'sleep 5'],
+     'tests': [
+       {'desc': 'CREATE network without specifying ipv4_range [FAIL]',
+        'm': 'gce_net',
+        'a': 'name=fail',
+        'r': "127.0.0.1 | FAILED >> {\"changed\": false, \"failed\": true, \"msg\": \"Missing required 'ipv4_range' parameter\"}",
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE network with specifying bad ipv4_range [FAIL]',
+        'm': 'gce_net',
+        'a': 'name=fail ipv4_range=bad_value',
+        'r': "127.0.0.1 | FAILED >> {\"changed\": false, \"failed\": true, \"msg\": \"Unexpected response: HTTP return_code[400], API error code[None] and message: Invalid value for field 'resource.IPv4Range': 'bad_value'.  Must be a CIDR address range that is contained in the RFC1918 private address blocks: [10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, 192.168.0.0/16]\"}",
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE existing network, not changed [success]',
+        'm': 'gce_net',
+        'a': 'name=%s ipv4_range=%s' % (NETWK1, CIDR1),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": false, "ipv4_range": "%s", "name": "%s", "state": "present"}' % (CIDR1, NETWK1),
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE new network, changed [success]',
+        'm': 'gce_net',
+        'a': 'name=%s ipv4_range=%s' % (NETWK2, CIDR2),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": true, "ipv4_range": "10.240.32.0/24", "name": "%s", "state": "present"}' % (NETWK2),
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE new fw rule missing params [FAIL]',
+        'm': 'gce_net',
+        'a': 'name=%s fwname=%s' % (NETWK1, FW1),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | FAILED >> {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "Missing required firewall rule parameter(s)"}',
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE new fw rule bad params [FAIL]',
+        'm': 'gce_net',
+        'a': 'name=%s fwname=broken allowed=blah src_tags="one,two"' % (NETWK1),
+        'r': "127.0.0.1 | FAILED >> {\"changed\": false, \"failed\": true, \"msg\": \"Unexpected response: HTTP return_code[400], API error code[None] and message: Invalid value for field 'resource.allowed[0].IPProtocol': 'blah'.  Must be one of [\\\"tcp\\\", \\\"udp\\\", \\\"icmp\\\"] or an IP protocol number between 0 and 255\"}",
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE existing fw rule [success]',
+        'm': 'gce_net',
+        'a': 'name=%s fwname=%s allowed="tcp:80" src_tags="one,two"' % (NETWK1, FW1),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"allowed": "tcp:80", "changed": false, "fwname": "%s", "ipv4_range": "%s", "name": "%s", "src_range": null, "src_tags": ["one", "two"], "state": "present"}' % (FW1, CIDR1, NETWK1),
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE new fw rule [success]',
+        'm': 'gce_net',
+        'a': 'name=%s fwname=%s allowed="tcp:80" src_tags="one,two"' % (NETWK1, FW3),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"allowed": "tcp:80", "changed": true, "fwname": "%s", "ipv4_range": "%s", "name": "%s", "src_range": null, "src_tags": ["one", "two"], "state": "present"}' % (FW3, CIDR1, NETWK1),
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE new network *and* fw rule [success]',
+        'm': 'gce_net',
+        'a': 'name=%s ipv4_range=%s fwname=%s allowed="tcp:80" src_tags="one,two"' % (NETWK3, CIDR3, FW4),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"allowed": "tcp:80", "changed": true, "fwname": "%s", "ipv4_range": "%s", "name": "%s", "src_range": null, "src_tags": ["one", "two"], "state": "present"}' % (FW4, CIDR3, NETWK3),
+       },
+     ],
+     'teardown': ['gcutil deletefirewall -f %s' % (FW1),
+                  'gcutil deletefirewall -f %s' % (FW2),
+                  'gcutil deletefirewall -f %s' % (FW3),
+                  'gcutil deletefirewall -f %s' % (FW4),
+                  'sleep 5',
+                  'gcutil deletenetwork -f %s' % (NETWK1),
+                  'gcutil deletenetwork -f %s' % (NETWK2),
+                  'gcutil deletenetwork -f %s' % (NETWK3),
+                  'sleep 5'],
+    },
+
+    {'id': '08', 'desc': 'Create load-balancer resources',
+     'setup': ['gcutil addinstance "%s" --zone=%s --machine_type=%s --network=%s --service_account_scopes="%s" --image="%s" --nopersistent_boot_disk' % (INAME, ZONE, TYPE, NETWORK, SCOPES, IMAGE),
+               'gcutil addinstance "%s" --wait_until_running --zone=%s --machine_type=%s --network=%s --service_account_scopes="%s" --image="%s" --nopersistent_boot_disk' % (INAME2, ZONE, TYPE, NETWORK, SCOPES, IMAGE),
+              ],
+     'tests': [
+       {'desc': 'Do nothing [FAIL]',
+        'm': 'gce_lb',
+        'a': 'httphealthcheck_port=7',
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | FAILED >> {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "Nothing to do, please specify a \\\"name\\\" or \\\"httphealthcheck_name\\\" parameter"}',
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_HC create basic http healthcheck [success]',
+        'm': 'gce_lb',
+        'a': 'httphealthcheck_name=%s' % (HC1),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": true, "httphealthcheck_healthy_count": 2, "httphealthcheck_host": null, "httphealthcheck_interval": 5, "httphealthcheck_name": "%s", "httphealthcheck_path": "/", "httphealthcheck_port": 80, "httphealthcheck_timeout": 5, "httphealthcheck_unhealthy_count": 2, "name": null, "state": "present"}' % (HC1),
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_HC (repeat, no-op) create basic http healthcheck [success]',
+        'm': 'gce_lb',
+        'a': 'httphealthcheck_name=%s' % (HC1),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": false, "httphealthcheck_healthy_count": 2, "httphealthcheck_host": null, "httphealthcheck_interval": 5, "httphealthcheck_name": "%s", "httphealthcheck_path": "/", "httphealthcheck_port": 80, "httphealthcheck_timeout": 5, "httphealthcheck_unhealthy_count": 2, "name": null, "state": "present"}' % (HC1),
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_HC create custom http healthcheck [success]',
+        'm': 'gce_lb',
+        'a': 'httphealthcheck_name=%s httphealthcheck_port=1234 httphealthcheck_path="/whatup" httphealthcheck_host="foo" httphealthcheck_interval=300' % (HC2),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": true, "httphealthcheck_healthy_count": 2, "httphealthcheck_host": "foo", "httphealthcheck_interval": 300, "httphealthcheck_name": "%s", "httphealthcheck_path": "/whatup", "httphealthcheck_port": 1234, "httphealthcheck_timeout": 5, "httphealthcheck_unhealthy_count": 2, "name": null, "state": "present"}' % (HC2),
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_HC create (broken) custom http healthcheck [FAIL]',
+        'm': 'gce_lb',
+        'a': 'httphealthcheck_name=%s httphealthcheck_port="string" httphealthcheck_path=7' % (HC3),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | FAILED >> {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "Unexpected response: HTTP return_code[400], API error code[None] and message: Invalid value for: Expected a signed integer, got \'string\' (class java.lang.String)"}',
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_LB create lb, missing region [FAIL]',
+        'm': 'gce_lb',
+        'a': 'name=%s' % (LB1),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | FAILED >> {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "Missing required region name"}',
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_LB create lb, bogus region [FAIL]',
+        'm': 'gce_lb',
+        'a': 'name=%s region=bogus' % (LB1),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | FAILED >> {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "Unexpected response: HTTP return_code[404], API error code[None] and message: The resource \'projects/%s/regions/bogus\' was not found"}' % (PROJECT),
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_LB create lb, minimal params [success]',
+        'strip_numbers': True,
+        'm': 'gce_lb',
+        'a': 'name=%s region=%s' % (LB1, REGION),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": true, "external_ip": "173.255.123.245", "httphealthchecks": [], "members": [], "name": "%s", "port_range": "1-65535", "protocol": "tcp", "region": "%s", "state": "present"}' % (LB1, REGION),
+       },
+       {'desc': 'CREATE_LB create lb full params [success]',
+        'strip_numbers': True,
+        'm': 'gce_lb',
+        'a': 'httphealthcheck_name=%s httphealthcheck_port=5055 httphealthcheck_path="/howami" name=%s port_range=8000-8888 region=%s members=%s/%s,%s/%s' % (HC3,LB2,REGION,ZONE,INAME,ZONE,INAME2),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": true, "external_ip": "173.255.126.81", "httphealthcheck_healthy_count": 2, "httphealthcheck_host": null, "httphealthcheck_interval": 5, "httphealthcheck_name": "%s", "httphealthcheck_path": "/howami", "httphealthcheck_port": 5055, "httphealthcheck_timeout": 5, "httphealthcheck_unhealthy_count": 2, "httphealthchecks": ["%s"], "members": ["%s/%s", "%s/%s"], "name": "%s", "port_range": "8000-8888", "protocol": "tcp", "region": "%s", "state": "present"}' % (HC3,HC3,ZONE,INAME,ZONE,INAME2,LB2,REGION),
+       },
+      ],
+      'teardown': [
+        'gcutil deleteinstance --zone=%s -f %s %s' % (ZONE, INAME, INAME2),
+        'gcutil deleteforwardingrule --region=%s -f %s %s' % (REGION, LB1, LB2),
+        'sleep 10',
+        'gcutil deletetargetpool --region=%s -f %s-tp %s-tp' % (REGION, LB1, LB2),
+        'sleep 10',
+        'gcutil deletehttphealthcheck -f %s %s %s' % (HC1, HC2, HC3),
+      ],
+    },
+
+    {'id': '09', 'desc': 'Destroy load-balancer resources',
+     'setup': ['gcutil addhttphealthcheck %s' % (HC1),
+               'sleep 5',
+               'gcutil addhttphealthcheck %s' % (HC2),
+               'sleep 5',
+               'gcutil addtargetpool --health_checks=%s --region=%s %s-tp' % (HC1, REGION, LB1),
+               'sleep 5',
+               'gcutil addforwardingrule --target=%s-tp --region=%s %s' % (LB1, REGION, LB1),
+               'sleep 5',
+               'gcutil addtargetpool --region=%s %s-tp' % (REGION, LB2),
+               'sleep 5',
+               'gcutil addforwardingrule --target=%s-tp --region=%s %s' % (LB2, REGION, LB2),
+               'sleep 5',
+              ],
+     'tests': [
+       {'desc': 'DELETE_LB: delete a non-existent LB [success]',
+        'm': 'gce_lb',
+        'a': 'name=missing state=absent',
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": false, "name": "missing", "state": "absent"}',
+       },
+       {'desc': 'DELETE_LB: delete a non-existent LB+HC [success]',
+        'm': 'gce_lb',
+        'a': 'name=missing httphealthcheck_name=alsomissing state=absent',
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": false, "httphealthcheck_name": "alsomissing", "name": "missing", "state": "absent"}',
+       },
+       {'desc': 'DELETE_LB: destroy standalone healthcheck [success]',
+        'm': 'gce_lb',
+        'a': 'httphealthcheck_name=%s state=absent' % (HC2),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": true, "httphealthcheck_name": "%s", "name": null, "state": "absent"}' % (HC2),
+       },
+       {'desc': 'DELETE_LB: destroy standalone balancer [success]',
+        'm': 'gce_lb',
+        'a': 'name=%s state=absent' % (LB2),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": true, "name": "%s", "state": "absent"}' % (LB2),
+       },
+       {'desc': 'DELETE_LB: destroy LB+HC [success]',
+        'm': 'gce_lb',
+        'a': 'name=%s httphealthcheck_name=%s state=absent' % (LB1, HC1),
+        'r': '127.0.0.1 | success >> {"changed": true, "httphealthcheck_name": "%s", "name": "%s", "state": "absent"}' % (HC1,LB1),
+       },
+     ],
+      'teardown': [
+        'gcutil deleteforwardingrule --region=%s -f %s %s' % (REGION, LB1, LB2),
+        'sleep 10',
+        'gcutil deletetargetpool --region=%s -f %s-tp %s-tp' % (REGION, LB1, LB2),
+        'sleep 10',
+        'gcutil deletehttphealthcheck -f %s %s' % (HC1, HC2),
+      ],
+    },
+]
+
+def main(tests_to_run=[]):
+    for test in test_cases:
+        if tests_to_run and test['id'] not in tests_to_run:
+            continue
+        print "=> starting/setup '%s:%s'"% (test['id'], test['desc'])
+        if DEBUG: print "=debug>", test['setup']
+        for c in test['setup']:
+            (s,o) = run(c)
+        test_i = 1
+        for t in test['tests']:
+            if DEBUG: print "=>debug>", test_i, t['desc']
+            # run any test-specific setup commands
+            if t.has_key('setup'):
+                for setup in t['setup']:
+                    (status, output) = run(setup)
+
+            # run any 'peek_before' commands
+            if t.has_key('peek_before') and PEEKING_ENABLED:
+                for setup in t['peek_before']:
+                    (status, output) = run(setup)
+
+            # run the ansible test if 'a' exists, otherwise
+            # an empty 'a' directive allows test to run
+            # setup/teardown for a subsequent test.
+            if t['a']:
+                if DEBUG: print "=>debug>", t['m'], t['a']
+                acmd = "ansible all -o -m %s -a \"%s\"" % (t['m'],t['a'])
+                #acmd = "ANSIBLE_KEEP_REMOTE_FILES=1 ansible all -vvv -m %s -a \"%s\"" % (t['m'],t['a'])
+                (s,o) = run(acmd)
+
+                # check expected output
+                if DEBUG: print "=debug>", o.strip(), "!=", t['r']
+                print "=> %s.%02d '%s':" % (test['id'], test_i, t['desc']),
+                if t.has_key('strip_numbers'):
+                    # strip out all numbers so we don't trip over different
+                    # IP addresses
+                    is_good = (o.strip().translate(None, "0123456789") == t['r'].translate(None, "0123456789"))
+                else:
+                    is_good = (o.strip() == t['r'])
+
+                if is_good:
+                    print "PASS"
+                else:
+                    print "FAIL"
+                    if VERBOSE:
+                        print "=>", acmd
+                        print "=> Expected:", t['r']
+                        print "=>      Got:", o.strip()
+
+            # run any 'peek_after' commands
+            if t.has_key('peek_after') and PEEKING_ENABLED:
+                for setup in t['peek_after']:
+                    (status, output) = run(setup)
+
+            # run any test-specific teardown commands
+            if t.has_key('teardown'):
+                for td in t['teardown']:
+                    (status, output) = run(td)
+            test_i += 1
+
+        print "=> completing/teardown '%s:%s'" % (test['id'], test['desc'])
+        if DEBUG: print "=debug>", test['teardown']
+        for c in test['teardown']:
+            (s,o) = run(c)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    tests_to_run = []
+    if len(sys.argv) == 2:
+        if sys.argv[1] in ["--help", "--list"]:
+            print "usage: %s [id1,id2,...,idN]" % sys.argv[0]
+            print "  * An empty argument list will execute all tests"
+            print "  * Do not need to specify tests in numerical order"
+            print "  * List test categories with --list or --help"
+            print ""
+            for test in test_cases:
+                print "\t%s:%s" % (test['id'], test['desc'])
+            sys.exit(0)
+        else:
+            tests_to_run = sys.argv[1].split(',')
+    main(tests_to_run)