amazon.aws.lambda_execute module – Execute an AWS Lambda function
Note
This module is part of the amazon.aws collection (version 8.2.1).
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 amazon.aws
.
You need further requirements to be able to use this module,
see Requirements for details.
To use it in a playbook, specify: amazon.aws.lambda_execute
.
New in amazon.aws 5.0.0
Synopsis
This module executes AWS Lambda functions, allowing synchronous and asynchronous invocation.
Prior to release 5.0.0 this module was called community.aws.execute_lambda. The usage did not change.
This module was originally added to
community.aws
in release 1.0.0.
Aliases: execute_lambda
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 |
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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 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 |
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The location of a CA Bundle to use when validating SSL certificates. The |
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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. |
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Use a The Choices:
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Do not *actually* invoke the function. A Choices:
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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 The ec2_url and s3_url aliases have been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01. Support for the |
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The name of the function to be invoked |
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The name of the function to be invoked. This can only be used for invocations within the calling account. To invoke a function in another account, use |
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A dictionary in any form to be provided as input to the Lambda function. Default: |
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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 The profile option is mutually exclusive with the aws_access_key, aws_secret_key and security_token options. |
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The AWS region to use. For global services such as IAM, Route53 and CloudFront, region is ignored. The See the Amazon AWS documentation for more information http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region. The Support for the |
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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 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 |
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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 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 |
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If Choices:
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When set to Setting validate_certs=false is strongly discouraged, as an alternative, consider setting aws_ca_bundle instead. Choices:
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Which version/alias of the function to run. This defaults to the |
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Notes
Note
Async invocation will always return an empty
result.output
key.Synchronous invocation may result in a function timeout, resulting in an empty
result.output
key.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
- amazon.aws.lambda_execute:
name: test-function
# the payload is automatically serialized and sent to the function
payload:
foo: bar
value: 8
register: response
# Test that you have sufficient permissions to execute a Lambda function in
# another account
- amazon.aws.lambda_execute:
function_arn: arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:123456789012:function/some-function
dry_run: true
- amazon.aws.lambda_execute:
name: test-function
payload:
foo: bar
value: 8
wait: true
tail_log: true
register: response
# the response will have a `logs` key that will contain a log (up to 4KB) of the function execution in Lambda
# Pass the Lambda event payload as a json file.
- amazon.aws.lambda_execute:
name: test-function
payload: "{{ lookup('file','lambda_event.json') }}"
register: response
- amazon.aws.lambda_execute:
name: test-function
version_qualifier: PRODUCTION
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key |
Description |
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Resulting data structure from a successful task execution. Returned: success |
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The last 4KB of the function logs. Only provided if Returned: if |
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Function output if Returned: success Sample: |
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Returned: always Sample: |