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amazon.aws.aws_collection_constants lookup – expose various collection related constants

Note

This lookup plugin is part of the amazon.aws collection (version 9.5.1).

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.

To use it in a playbook, specify: amazon.aws.aws_collection_constants.

New in amazon.aws 6.0.0

  • Synopsis

  • Terms

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Synopsis

  • Exposes various collection related constants for use in integration tests.

Terms

Parameter

Comments

Terms

string / required

Name of the constant.

Choices:

  • "MINIMUM_BOTOCORE_VERSION"

  • "MINIMUM_BOTO3_VERSION"

  • "HAS_BOTO3"

  • "AMAZON_AWS_COLLECTION_VERSION"

  • "AMAZON_AWS_COLLECTION_NAME"

  • "COMMUNITY_AWS_COLLECTION_VERSION"

  • "COMMUNITY_AWS_COLLECTION_NAME"

Return Value

Key

Description

Return value

string

Value.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Mark Chappell (@tremble)

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