ec2_eip_facts – List EC2 EIP details

New in version 2.6.

Synopsis

  • List details of EC2 Elastic IP addresses.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6
  • boto

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
aws_access_key
-
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.

aliases: ec2_access_key, access_key
aws_secret_key
-
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.

aliases: ec2_secret_key, secret_key
ec2_url
-
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.
filters
-
Default:
{}
A set of filters to use. Each filter is a name:value pair. The value may be a list or a single element.
profile
-
added in 1.6
Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
region
-
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
security_token
-
added in 1.6
AWS STS security token. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variable is used.

aliases: access_token
validate_certs
boolean
added in 1.5
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.

Notes

Note

  • If parameters are not set within the module, the following environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence AWS_URL or EC2_URL, AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID or AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY or AWS_SECRET_KEY or EC2_SECRET_KEY, AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN, AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION
  • Ansible uses the boto configuration file (typically ~/.boto) if no credentials are provided. See https://boto.readthedocs.io/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html
  • AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION can 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 or the AWS region,
# see the AWS Guide for details.

# List all EIP addresses in the current region.
- ec2_eip_facts:
  register: regional_eip_addresses

# List all EIP addresses for a VM.
- ec2_eip_facts:
    filters:
       instance-id: i-123456789
  register: my_vm_eips

- debug: msg="{{ my_vm_eips.addresses | json_query("[?private_ip_address=='10.0.0.5']") }}"

# List all EIP addresses for several VMs.
- ec2_eip_facts:
    filters:
       instance-id:
         - i-123456789
         - i-987654321
  register: my_vms_eips

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
addresses
list
 on success
Properties of all Elastic IP addresses matching the provided filters. Each element is a dict with all the information related to an EIP.

Sample:
[{'allocation_id': 'eipalloc-64de1b01', 'association_id': 'eipassoc-0fe9ce90d6e983e97', 'domain': 'vpc', 'instance_id': 'i-01020cfeb25b0c84f', 'network_interface_id': 'eni-02fdeadfd4beef9323b', 'network_interface_owner_id': '0123456789', 'private_ip_address': '10.0.0.1', 'public_ip': '54.81.104.1', 'tags': {'Name': 'test-vm-54.81.104.1'}}]


Status

Authors

  • Brad Macpherson (@iiibrad)

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