community.aws.ec2_vpc_nacl module – create and delete Network ACLs

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.ec2_vpc_nacl.

New in community.aws 1.0.0

Synopsis

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.

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

egress

list / elements=list

A list of rules for outgoing traffic. Each rule must be specified as a list. Each rule may contain the rule number (integer 1-32766), protocol (one of [‘tcp’, ‘udp’, ‘icmp’, ‘ipv6-icmp’, ‘-1’, ‘all’]), the rule action (‘allow’ or ‘deny’) the CIDR of the IPv4 or IPv6 network range to allow or deny, the ICMP type (-1 means all types), the ICMP code (-1 means all codes), the last port in the range for TCP or UDP protocols, and the first port in the range for TCP or UDP protocols. See examples.

Default: []

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.

ingress

list / elements=list

List of rules for incoming traffic. Each rule must be specified as a list. Each rule may contain the rule number (integer 1-32766), protocol (one of [‘tcp’, ‘udp’, ‘icmp’, ‘ipv6-icmp’, ‘-1’, ‘all’]), the rule action (‘allow’ or ‘deny’) the CIDR of the IPv4 or IPv6 network range to allow or deny, the ICMP type (-1 means all types), the ICMP code (-1 means all codes), the last port in the range for TCP or UDP protocols, and the first port in the range for TCP or UDP protocols. See examples.

Default: []

nacl_id

string

NACL id identifying a network ACL.

One and only one of the name or nacl_id is required.

name

string

Tagged name identifying a network ACL.

One and only one of the name or nacl_id is required.

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)

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

Creates or modifies an existing NACL

Deletes a NACL and reassociates subnets to the default NACL

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

subnets

list / elements=string

The list of subnets that should be associated with the network ACL.

Must be specified as a list

Each subnet can be specified as subnet ID, or its tagged name.

Default: []

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)

vpc_id

string

VPC id of the requesting VPC.

Required when state present.

Notes

Note

  • Support for purge_tags was added in release 4.0.0.

  • 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

# Complete example to create and delete a network ACL
# that allows SSH, HTTP and ICMP in, and all traffic out.
- name: "Create and associate production DMZ network ACL with DMZ subnets"
  community.aws.ec2_vpc_nacl:
    vpc_id: vpc-12345678
    name: prod-dmz-nacl
    region: ap-southeast-2
    subnets: ['prod-dmz-1', 'prod-dmz-2']
    tags:
      CostCode: CC1234
      Project: phoenix
      Description: production DMZ
    ingress:
      # rule no, protocol, allow/deny, cidr, icmp_type, icmp_code,
      #                                             port from, port to
      - [100, 'tcp', 'allow', '0.0.0.0/0', null, null, 22, 22]
      - [200, 'tcp', 'allow', '0.0.0.0/0', null, null, 80, 80]
      - [205, 'tcp', 'allow', '::/0', null, null, 80, 80]
      - [300, 'icmp', 'allow', '0.0.0.0/0', 0, 8]
      - [305, 'ipv6-icmp', 'allow', '::/0', 0, 8]
    egress:
      - [100, 'all', 'allow', '0.0.0.0/0', null, null, null, null]
      - [105, 'all', 'allow', '::/0', null, null, null, null]
    state: 'present'

- name: "Remove the ingress and egress rules - defaults to deny all"
  community.aws.ec2_vpc_nacl:
    vpc_id: vpc-12345678
    name: prod-dmz-nacl
    region: ap-southeast-2
    subnets:
      - prod-dmz-1
      - prod-dmz-2
    tags:
      CostCode: CC1234
      Project: phoenix
      Description: production DMZ
    state: present

- name: "Remove the NACL subnet associations and tags"
  community.aws.ec2_vpc_nacl:
    vpc_id: 'vpc-12345678'
    name: prod-dmz-nacl
    region: ap-southeast-2
    state: present

- name: "Delete nacl and subnet associations"
  community.aws.ec2_vpc_nacl:
    vpc_id: vpc-12345678
    name: prod-dmz-nacl
    state: absent

- name: "Delete nacl by its id"
  community.aws.ec2_vpc_nacl:
    nacl_id: acl-33b4ee5b
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key

Description

nacl_id

string

The id of the NACL (when creating or updating an ACL)

Returned: success

Sample: "acl-123456789abcdef01"

task

dictionary

The result of the create, or delete action.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Mike Mochan (@mmochan)