diff --git a/api/async.rb b/api/async.rb
index d4d85c2cf715..b85c0ce5fc23 100644
--- a/api/async.rb
+++ b/api/async.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class Operation < Api::Object
       def validate
         super
 
-        check :kind, type: String, required: true
+        check :kind, type: String
         check :path, type: String, required: true
         check :base_url, type: String, required: true
         check :wait_ms, type: Integer, required: true
diff --git a/build/ansible b/build/ansible
index e78303e59160..c26f617b6be7 160000
--- a/build/ansible
+++ b/build/ansible
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e78303e59160b6314f784d7d19c1986c7a6a2acd
+Subproject commit c26f617b6be7525143edb242b6ca7e21c2209a4b
diff --git a/products/redis/ansible.yaml b/products/redis/ansible.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..696619ed256b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/products/redis/ansible.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Copyright 2017 Google Inc.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+--- !ruby/object:Provider::Ansible::Config
+manifest: !ruby/object:Provider::Ansible::Manifest
+  metadata_version: '1.1'
+  status:
+    - preview
+  supported_by: 'community'
+  requirements:
+    - python >= 2.6
+    - requests >= 2.18.4
+    - google-auth >= 1.3.0
+  version_added: '2.8'
+  author: Google Inc. (@googlecloudplatform)
+# This is where custom code would be defined eventually.
+datasources: !ruby/object:Overrides::ResourceOverrides
+  Instance: !ruby/object:Overrides::Ansible::ResourceOverride
+    version_added: '2.8'
+    base_url: projects/{{project}}/locations/{{region}}/instances
+    facts: !ruby/object:Provider::Ansible::FactsOverride
+      has_filters: false
+overrides: !ruby/object:Overrides::ResourceOverrides
+  Instance: !ruby/object:Overrides::Ansible::ResourceOverride
+    # TODO(alexstephen): Create update masks and get Redis update support working
+    input: true
+    version_added: '2.8'
+files: !ruby/object:Provider::Config::Files
+  compile:
+<%= lines(indent(compile('provider/ansible/product~compile.yaml'), 4)) -%>
diff --git a/products/redis/api.yaml b/products/redis/api.yaml
index c3bd9597aa0a..52335a5de076 100644
--- a/products/redis/api.yaml
+++ b/products/redis/api.yaml
@@ -33,19 +33,34 @@ objects:
     update_verb: :PATCH
     description: |
       A Google Cloud Redis instance.
+    collection_url_response: !ruby/object:Api::Resource::ResponseList
+      items: 'instances'
     references: !ruby/object:Api::Resource::ReferenceLinks
       guides:
         'Official Documentation':
           'https://cloud.google.com/memorystore/docs/redis/'
       api: 'https://cloud.google.com/memorystore/docs/redis/reference/rest/'
-<%=
-  # Cloud Redis takes a fair bit of time to provision/delete, try six minutes.
-  indent(compile_file({timeouts: {
-                        insert_sec: 6 * 60,
-                        update_sec: 6 * 60,
-                        delete_sec: 6 * 60 }},
-                      'templates/regional_async.yaml.erb'), 4)
-%>
+    async: !ruby/object:Api::Async
+      operation: !ruby/object:Api::Async::Operation
+        path: 'name'
+        base_url: '{{op_id}}'
+        wait_ms: 1000
+        timeouts: !ruby/object:Api::Timeouts
+          insert_sec: 360
+          update_sec: 360
+          delete_sec: 360
+      result: !ruby/object:Api::Async::Result
+        path: 'response'
+        resource_inside_response: true
+      status: !ruby/object:Api::Async::Status
+        path: 'done'
+        complete: true
+        allowed:
+          - true
+          - false
+      error: !ruby/object:Api::Async::Error
+        path: 'error'
+        message: 'message'
     parameters:
       - !ruby/object:Api::Type::String # TODO: resourceref?
         name: 'region'
diff --git a/products/redis/examples/ansible/instance.yaml b/products/redis/examples/ansible/instance.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..82f041d3405b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/products/redis/examples/ansible/instance.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Copyright 2018 Google Inc.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+--- !ruby/object:Provider::Ansible::Example
+dependencies:
+  - !ruby/object:Provider::Ansible::Task
+    name: gcp_compute_network
+    register: network
+    code:
+      name: <%= dependency_name('network', 'instance') %>
+      project: <%= ctx[:project] %>
+      auth_kind: <%= ctx[:auth_kind] %>
+      service_account_file: <%= ctx[:service_account_file] %>
+task: !ruby/object:Provider::Ansible::Task
+  name: gcp_redis_instance
+  code:
+    name: "instance37"
+    tier: "STANDARD_HA"
+    memory_size_gb: 1
+    region: 'us-central1'
+    location_id: 'us-central1-a'
+    redis_version: "REDIS_3_2"
+    display_name: "Ansible Test Instance"
+    reserved_ip_range: "192.168.0.0/29"
+    labels:
+      my_key: my_val
+      other_key: other_val
+    project: <%= ctx[:project] %>
+    auth_kind: <%= ctx[:auth_kind] %>
+    service_account_file: <%= ctx[:service_account_file] %>
diff --git a/templates/ansible/async.erb b/templates/ansible/async.erb
index c6d057e3b9b4..a68e030a167f 100644
--- a/templates/ansible/async.erb
+++ b/templates/ansible/async.erb
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def wait_for_completion(status, op_result, module):
     op_id = navigate_hash(op_result, <%= op_path -%>)
     op_uri = async_op_url(module, {'op_id': op_id})
 <% if object.async.status.complete == true -%>
-    if not status:
+    while not status:
 <% else -%>
     while status != <%= python_literal(object.async.status.complete) -%>:
 <% end -%>
diff --git a/templates/ansible/facts.erb b/templates/ansible/facts.erb
index fb11e9045416..b8199d54ba8c 100644
--- a/templates/ansible/facts.erb
+++ b/templates/ansible/facts.erb
@@ -113,11 +113,7 @@ def main():
     module.exit_json(**return_value)
 
 
-<% if object.collection -%>
-<%= lines(emit_link('collection', build_url(object.collection), object)) -%>
-<% else # object.collection -%>
 <%= lines(emit_link('collection', build_url(object.collection_url), object)) -%>
-<% end # object.collection -%>
 
 
 <%= method_decl('fetch_list', ['module', 'link', ('query' if object.facts.has_filters)]) %>
diff --git a/templates/ansible/resource.erb b/templates/ansible/resource.erb
index 35300f4f2750..36297c4b2418 100644
--- a/templates/ansible/resource.erb
+++ b/templates/ansible/resource.erb
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ def resource_to_request(module):
   properties_in_request = [
     object&.parameters&.select { |p| p.input },
     object.properties.reject(&:output)
-  ].flatten.compact
+  ].flatten.compact.reject(&:url_param_only)
 -%>
 <%
   request_hash = {