community.aws.dynamodb_table module – Create, update or delete AWS Dynamo DB tables

Note

This module is part of the community.aws collection (version 8.0.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.aws. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.aws.dynamodb_table.

New in community.aws 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • Create or delete AWS Dynamo DB tables.

  • Can update the provisioned throughput on existing tables.

  • Returns the status of the specified table.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python >= 3.6

  • boto3 >= 1.26.0

  • botocore >= 1.29.0

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

access_key

aliases: aws_access_key_id, aws_access_key, ec2_access_key

string

AWS access key ID.

See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys.

The AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variables may also be used in decreasing order of preference.

The aws_access_key and profile options are mutually exclusive.

The aws_access_key_id alias was added in release 5.1.0 for consistency with the AWS botocore SDK.

The ec2_access_key alias has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

Support for the EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variable has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

aws_ca_bundle

path

The location of a CA Bundle to use when validating SSL certificates.

The AWS_CA_BUNDLE environment variable may also be used.

aws_config

dictionary

A dictionary to modify the botocore configuration.

Parameters can be found in the AWS documentation https://botocore.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/config.html#botocore.config.Config.

billing_mode

string

Controls whether provisoned pr on-demand tables are created.

Choices:

  • "PROVISIONED"

  • "PAY_PER_REQUEST"

debug_botocore_endpoint_logs

boolean

Use a botocore.endpoint logger to parse the unique (rather than total) "resource:action" API calls made during a task, outputing the set to the resource_actions key in the task results. Use the aws_resource_action callback to output to total list made during a playbook.

The ANSIBLE_DEBUG_BOTOCORE_LOGS environment variable may also be used.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

endpoint_url

aliases: ec2_url, aws_endpoint_url, s3_url

string

URL to connect to instead of the default AWS endpoints. While this can be used to connection to other AWS-compatible services the amazon.aws and community.aws collections are only tested against AWS.

The AWS_URL or EC2_URL environment variables may also be used, in decreasing order of preference.

The ec2_url and s3_url aliases have been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

Support for the EC2_URL environment variable has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

hash_key_name

string

Name of the hash key.

Required when state=present and table doesn’t exist.

hash_key_type

string

Type of the hash key.

Defaults to 'STRING' when creating a new table.

Choices:

  • "STRING"

  • "NUMBER"

  • "BINARY"

indexes

list / elements=dictionary

list of dictionaries describing indexes to add to the table. global indexes can be updated. local indexes don’t support updates or have throughput.

required options: [‘name’, ‘type’, ‘hash_key_name’]

other options: [‘hash_key_type’, ‘range_key_name’, ‘range_key_type’, ‘includes’, ‘read_capacity’, ‘write_capacity’]

Default: []

hash_key_name

string

The name of the hash-based key.

Required if index doesn’t already exist.

Can not be modified once the index has been created.

hash_key_type

string

The type of the hash-based key.

Defaults to 'STRING' when creating a new index.

Can not be modified once the index has been created.

Choices:

  • "STRING"

  • "NUMBER"

  • "BINARY"

includes

list / elements=string

A list of fields to include when using global_include or include indexes.

name

string / required

The name of the index.

range_key_name

string

The name of the range-based key.

Can not be modified once the index has been created.

range_key_type

string

The type of the range-based key.

Defaults to 'STRING' when creating a new index.

Can not be modified once the index has been created.

Choices:

  • "STRING"

  • "NUMBER"

  • "BINARY"

read_capacity

integer

Read throughput capacity (units) to provision for the index.

type

string / required

The type of index.

Choices:

  • "all"

  • "global_all"

  • "global_include"

  • "global_keys_only"

  • "include"

  • "keys_only"

write_capacity

integer

Write throughput capacity (units) to provision for the index.

name

string / required

Name of the table.

profile

aliases: aws_profile

string

A named AWS profile to use for authentication.

See the AWS documentation for more information about named profiles https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-profiles.html.

The AWS_PROFILE environment variable may also be used.

The profile option is mutually exclusive with the aws_access_key, aws_secret_key and security_token options.

purge_tags

boolean

If purge_tags=true and tags is set, existing tags will be purged from the resource to match exactly what is defined by tags parameter.

If the tags parameter is not set then tags will not be modified, even if purge_tags=True.

Tag keys beginning with aws: are reserved by Amazon and can not be modified. As such they will be ignored for the purposes of the purge_tags parameter. See the Amazon documentation for more information https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws_tagging.html#tag-conventions.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

range_key_name

string

Name of the range key.

range_key_type

string

Type of the range key.

Defaults to 'STRING' when creating a new range key.

Choices:

  • "STRING"

  • "NUMBER"

  • "BINARY"

read_capacity

integer

Read throughput capacity (units) to provision.

Defaults to 1 when creating a new table.

region

aliases: aws_region, ec2_region

string

The AWS region to use.

For global services such as IAM, Route53 and CloudFront, region is ignored.

The AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION environment variables may also be used.

See the Amazon AWS documentation for more information http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region.

The ec2_region alias has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01

Support for the EC2_REGION environment variable has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

secret_key

aliases: aws_secret_access_key, aws_secret_key, ec2_secret_key

string

AWS secret access key.

See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys.

The AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_KEY, or EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variables may also be used in decreasing order of preference.

The secret_key and profile options are mutually exclusive.

The aws_secret_access_key alias was added in release 5.1.0 for consistency with the AWS botocore SDK.

The ec2_secret_key alias has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

Support for the EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variable has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

session_token

aliases: aws_session_token, security_token, aws_security_token, access_token

string

AWS STS session token for use with temporary credentials.

See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys.

The AWS_SESSION_TOKEN, AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variables may also be used in decreasing order of preference.

The security_token and profile options are mutually exclusive.

Aliases aws_session_token and session_token were added in release 3.2.0, with the parameter being renamed from security_token to session_token in release 6.0.0.

The security_token, aws_security_token, and access_token aliases have been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

Support for the EC2_SECRET_KEY and AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variables has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

state

string

Create or delete the table.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

table_class

string

added in community.aws 3.1.0

The class of the table.

Choices:

  • "STANDARD"

  • "STANDARD_INFREQUENT_ACCESS"

tags

aliases: resource_tags

dictionary

A dictionary representing the tags to be applied to the resource.

If the tags parameter is not set then tags will not be modified.

validate_certs

boolean

When set to false, SSL certificates will not be validated for communication with the AWS APIs.

Setting validate_certs=false is strongly discouraged, as an alternative, consider setting aws_ca_bundle instead.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

wait

boolean

When wait=True the module will wait for up to wait_timeout seconds for index updates, table creation or deletion to complete before returning.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

wait_timeout

aliases: wait_for_active_timeout

integer

How long (in seconds) to wait for creation / update / deletion to complete.

AWS only allows secondary indexies to be updated one at a time, this module will automatically update them in serial, and the timeout will be separately applied for each index.

Default: 900

write_capacity

integer

Write throughput capacity (units) to provision.

Defaults to 1 when creating a new table.

Notes

Note

  • Caution: For modules, environment variables and configuration files are read from the Ansible ‘host’ context and not the ‘controller’ context. As such, files may need to be explicitly copied to the ‘host’. For lookup and connection plugins, environment variables and configuration files are read from the Ansible ‘controller’ context and not the ‘host’ context.

  • The AWS SDK (boto3) that Ansible uses may also read defaults for credentials and other settings, such as the region, from its configuration files in the Ansible ‘host’ context (typically ~/.aws/credentials). See https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/guide/credentials.html for more information.

Examples

- name: Create dynamo table with hash and range primary key
  community.aws.dynamodb_table:
    name: my-table
    region: us-east-1
    hash_key_name: id
    hash_key_type: STRING
    range_key_name: create_time
    range_key_type: NUMBER
    read_capacity: 2
    write_capacity: 2
    tags:
      tag_name: tag_value

- name: Update capacity on existing dynamo table
  community.aws.dynamodb_table:
    name: my-table
    region: us-east-1
    read_capacity: 10
    write_capacity: 10

- name: Create pay-per-request table
  community.aws.dynamodb_table:
    name: my-table
    region: us-east-1
    hash_key_name: id
    hash_key_type: STRING
    billing_mode: PAY_PER_REQUEST

- name: set index on existing dynamo table
  community.aws.dynamodb_table:
    name: my-table
    region: us-east-1
    indexes:
      - name: NamedIndex
        type: global_include
        hash_key_name: id
        range_key_name: create_time
        includes:
          - other_field
          - other_field2
        read_capacity: 10
        write_capacity: 10

- name: Delete dynamo table
  community.aws.dynamodb_table:
    name: my-table
    region: us-east-1
    state: absent

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

table

complex

The returned table params from the describe API call.

Returned: success

Sample: {"arn": "arn:aws:dynamodb:us-east-1:721066863947:table/ansible-test-table", "attribute_definitions": [{"attribute_name": "id", "attribute_type": "N"}], "billing_mode": "PROVISIONED", "creation_date_time": "2022-02-04T13:36:01.578000+00:00", "id": "533b45fe-0870-4b66-9b00-d2afcfe96f19", "item_count": 0, "key_schema": [{"attribute_name": "id", "key_type": "HASH"}], "name": "ansible-test-14482047-alinas-mbp", "provisioned_throughput": {"number_of_decreases_today": 0, "read_capacity_units": 1, "write_capacity_units": 1}, "size": 0, "status": "ACTIVE", "table_arn": "arn:aws:dynamodb:us-east-1:721066863947:table/ansible-test-table", "table_id": "533b45fe-0870-4b66-9b00-d2afcfe96f19", "table_name": "ansible-test-table", "table_size_bytes": 0, "table_status": "ACTIVE", "tags": {}}

table_status

string

The current status of the table.

Returned: success

Sample: "ACTIVE"

Authors

  • Alan Loi (@loia)