ec2_lc_facts – Gather facts about AWS Autoscaling Launch Configurations

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis

  • Gather facts about AWS Autoscaling Launch Configurations

Requirements

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

  • boto
  • boto3
  • python >= 2.6

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.
name
-
Default:
[]
A name or a list of name to match.
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
sort
-
    Choices:
  • launch_configuration_name
  • image_id
  • created_time
  • instance_type
  • kernel_id
  • ramdisk_id
  • key_name
Optional attribute which with to sort the results.
sort_end
-
Which result to end with (when sorting).
Corresponds to Python slice notation.
sort_order
-
    Choices:
  • ascending ←
  • descending
Order in which to sort results.
Only used when the 'sort' parameter is specified.
sort_start
-
Which result to start with (when sorting).
Corresponds to Python slice notation.
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, see the AWS Guide for details.

# Gather facts about all launch configurations
- ec2_lc_facts:

# Gather facts about launch configuration with name "example"
- ec2_lc_facts:
    name: example

# Gather facts sorted by created_time from most recent to least recent
- ec2_lc_facts:
    sort: created_time
    sort_order: descending

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
block_device_mapping
list
 always
Block device mapping for the instances of launch configuration

Sample:
[{ 'device_name': '/dev/xvda':, 'ebs': { 'delete_on_termination': true, 'volume_size': 8, 'volume_type': 'gp2' }]
classic_link_vpc_security_groups
string
 always
IDs of one or more security groups for the VPC specified in classic_link_vpc_id
created_time
string
 always
The creation date and time for the launch configuration

Sample:
2016-05-27T13:47:44.216000+00:00
ebs_optimized
boolean
 always
EBS I/O optimized (true ) or not (false )

Sample:
true,
image_id
string
 always
ID of the Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

Sample:
ami-12345678
instance_monitoring
dictionary
 always
Launched with detailed monitoring or not

Sample:
{ 'enabled': true }
instance_type
string
 always
Instance type

Sample:
t2.micro
kernel_id
string
 always
ID of the kernel associated with the AMI
key_name
string
 always
Name of the key pair

Sample:
user_app
launch_configuration_arn
string
 always
Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the launch configuration

Sample:
arn:aws:autoscaling:us-east-1:666612345678:launchConfiguration:ba785e3a-dd42-6f02-4585-ea1a2b458b3d:launchConfigurationName/lc-app
launch_configuration_name
string
 always
Name of the launch configuration

Sample:
lc-app
ramdisk_id
string
 always
ID of the RAM disk associated with the AMI
security_groups
list
 always
Security groups to associated

Sample:
[ 'web' ]
user_data
string
 always
User data available


Status

Authors

  • Loïc Latreille (@psykotox)

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