ec2_vpc_dhcp_option_facts – Gather facts about dhcp options sets in AWS

New in version 2.2.

Synopsis

  • Gather facts about dhcp options sets in AWS

Aliases: ec2_vpc_dhcp_options_facts

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
dhcp_options_ids
-
Get details of specific DHCP Option ID
Provide this value as a list

aliases: DhcpOptionIds
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
-
A dict of filters to apply. Each dict item consists of a filter key and a filter value. See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeRouteTables.html for possible filters.
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, see the AWS Guide for details.

- name: Gather facts about all DHCP Option sets for an account or profile
  ec2_vpc_dhcp_option_facts:
    region: ap-southeast-2
    profile: production
  register: dhcp_facts

- name: Gather facts about a filtered list of DHCP Option sets
  ec2_vpc_dhcp_option_facts:
    region: ap-southeast-2
    profile: production
    filters:
        "tag:Name": "abc-123"
  register: dhcp_facts

- name: Gather facts about a specific DHCP Option set by DhcpOptionId
  ec2_vpc_dhcp_option_facts:
    region: ap-southeast-2
    profile: production
    DhcpOptionsIds: dopt-123fece2
  register: dhcp_facts

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
changed
boolean
 always
True if listing the dhcp options succeeds
dhcp_options
list
 always
The dhcp option sets for the account


Status

Authors

  • Nick Aslanidis (@naslanidis)

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