iam_role_facts – Gather information on IAM roles

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

  • Gathers information about IAM roles

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
-
Name of a role to search for
Mutually exclusive with prefix

aliases: role_name
path_prefix
-
Prefix of role path to restrict IAM role search for
Mutually exclusive with name
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

# find all existing IAM roles
- iam_role_facts:
  register: result

# describe a single role
- iam_role_facts:
    name: MyIAMRole

# describe all roles matching a path prefix
- iam_role_facts:
    path_prefix: /application/path

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
iam_roles
complex
 always
List of IAM roles
  arn
string
 always
Amazon Resource Name for IAM role

Sample:
arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/AnsibleTestRole
  assume_role_policy_document
string
 always
Policy Document describing what can assume the role
  create_date
string
 always
Date IAM role was created

Sample:
2017-10-23T00:05:08+00:00
  inline_policies
list
 always
List of names of inline policies
  instance_profiles
complex
 always
List of attached instance profiles
    arn
string
 always
Amazon Resource Name for the instance profile

Sample:
arn:aws:iam::123456789012:instance-profile/AnsibleTestEC2Policy
    create_date
string
 always
Date instance profile was created

Sample:
2017-10-23T00:05:08+00:00
    instance_profile_id
string
 always
Amazon Identifier for the instance profile

Sample:
AROAII7ABCD123456EFGH
    instance_profile_name
string
 always
Name of instance profile

Sample:
AnsibleTestEC2Policy
    path
string
 always
Path of instance profile

Sample:
/
    roles
list
 always
List of roles associated with this instance profile
  managed_policies
complex
 always
List of attached managed policies
    policy_arn
string
 always
Amazon Resource Name for the policy

Sample:
arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/AnsibleTestEC2Policy
    policy_name
string
 always
Name of managed policy

Sample:
AnsibleTestEC2Policy
  path
string
 always
Path of role

Sample:
/
  role_id
string
 always
Amazon Identifier for the role

Sample:
AROAII7ABCD123456EFGH
  role_name
string
 always
Name of the role

Sample:
AnsibleTestRole


Status

Authors

  • Will Thames (@willthames)

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