ec2_vpc_vgw_facts – Gather facts about virtual gateways in AWS

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis

  • Gather facts about virtual gateways in AWS.

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.
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.
vpn_gateway_ids
-
Get details of a specific Virtual Gateway ID. This value should be provided as a list.

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 virtual gateways for an account or profile
  ec2_vpc_vgw_facts:
    region: ap-southeast-2
    profile: production
  register: vgw_facts

- name: Gather facts about a filtered list of Virtual Gateways
  ec2_vpc_vgw_facts:
    region: ap-southeast-2
    profile: production
    filters:
        "tag:Name": "main-virt-gateway"
  register: vgw_facts

- name: Gather facts about a specific virtual gateway by VpnGatewayIds
  ec2_vpc_vgw_facts:
    region: ap-southeast-2
    profile: production
    vpn_gateway_ids: vgw-c432f6a7
  register: vgw_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 virtual gateways succeeds.

Sample:
false
virtual_gateways
list
 always
The virtual gateways for the account.

Sample:
[{'state': 'available', 'tags': [{'key': 'Name', 'value': 'TEST-VGW'}], 'type': 'ipsec.1', 'vpc_attachments': [{'state': 'attached', 'vpc_id': 'vpc-22a93c74'}], 'vpn_gateway_id': 'vgw-23e3d64e'}]


Status

Authors

  • Nick Aslanidis (@naslanidis)

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