community.aws.ec2_instance_info – Gather information about ec2 instances in AWS¶
Note
This plugin is part of the community.aws collection (version 1.3.0).
To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.aws.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.aws.ec2_instance_info.
New in version 1.0.0: of community.aws
Synopsis¶
Gather information about ec2 instances in AWS
This module was called
ec2_instance_factsbefore Ansible 2.9. The usage did not change.
Requirements¶
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
boto
boto3
botocore
python >= 2.6
Parameters¶
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
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aws_access_key
string
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AWS access key. If not set then the value of the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variable is used.
If profile is set this parameter is ignored.
Passing the aws_access_key and profile options at the same time has been deprecated and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.
aliases: ec2_access_key, access_key |
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aws_ca_bundle
path
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The location of a CA Bundle to use when validating SSL certificates.
Only used for boto3 based modules.
Note: The CA Bundle is read 'module' side and may need to be explicitly copied from the controller if not run locally.
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aws_config
dictionary
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A dictionary to modify the botocore configuration.
Parameters can be found at https://botocore.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/config.html#botocore.config.Config.
Only the 'user_agent' key is used for boto modules. See http://boto.cloudhackers.com/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html#boto for more boto configuration.
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aws_secret_key
string
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AWS secret key. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_KEY, or EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variable is used.
If profile is set this parameter is ignored.
Passing the aws_secret_key and profile options at the same time has been deprecated and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.
aliases: ec2_secret_key, secret_key |
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debug_botocore_endpoint_logs
boolean
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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.
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ec2_url
string
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Url to use to connect to EC2 or your Eucalyptus cloud (by default the module will use EC2 endpoints). Ignored for modules where region is required. Must be specified for all other modules if region is not used. If not set then the value of the EC2_URL environment variable, if any, is used.
aliases: aws_endpoint_url, endpoint_url |
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filters
dictionary
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Default: {}
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A dict of filters to apply. Each dict item consists of a filter key and a filter value. See https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeInstances.html for possible filters. Filter names and values are case sensitive.
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instance_ids
list
/ elements=string
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If you specify one or more instance IDs, only instances that have the specified IDs are returned.
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profile
string
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Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
Using profile will override aws_access_key, aws_secret_key and security_token and support for passing them at the same time as profile has been deprecated.
aws_access_key, aws_secret_key and security_token will be made mutually exclusive with profile after 2022-06-01.
aliases: aws_profile |
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region
string
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The AWS region to use. If not specified then the value of the AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION environment variable, if any, is used. See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region
aliases: aws_region, ec2_region |
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security_token
string
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AWS STS security token. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variable is used.
If profile is set this parameter is ignored.
Passing the security_token and profile options at the same time has been deprecated and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.
aliases: aws_security_token, access_token |
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validate_certs
boolean
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When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
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Notes¶
Note
If parameters are not set within the module, the following environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence
AWS_URLorEC2_URL,AWS_PROFILEorAWS_DEFAULT_PROFILE,AWS_ACCESS_KEY_IDorAWS_ACCESS_KEYorEC2_ACCESS_KEY,AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEYorAWS_SECRET_KEYorEC2_SECRET_KEY,AWS_SECURITY_TOKENorEC2_SECURITY_TOKEN,AWS_REGIONorEC2_REGION,AWS_CA_BUNDLEAnsible uses the boto configuration file (typically ~/.boto) if no credentials are provided. See https://boto.readthedocs.io/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html
AWS_REGIONorEC2_REGIONcan be typically be used to specify the AWS region, when required, but this can also be configured in the boto config file
Examples¶
# Note: These examples do not set authentication details, see the AWS Guide for details.
- name: Gather information about all instances
community.aws.ec2_instance_info:
- name: Gather information about all instances in AZ ap-southeast-2a
community.aws.ec2_instance_info:
filters:
availability-zone: ap-southeast-2a
- name: Gather information about a particular instance using ID
community.aws.ec2_instance_info:
instance_ids:
- i-12345678
- name: Gather information about any instance with a tag key Name and value Example
community.aws.ec2_instance_info:
filters:
"tag:Name": Example
- name: Gather information about any instance in states "shutting-down", "stopping", "stopped"
community.aws.ec2_instance_info:
filters:
instance-state-name: [ "shutting-down", "stopping", "stopped" ]
Return Values¶
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Authors¶
Michael Schuett (@michaeljs1990)
Rob White (@wimnat)