aws_waf_web_acl – create and delete WAF Web ACLs

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

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
string
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
string
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
debug_botocore_endpoint_logs
boolean
added in 2.8
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Use a botocore.endpoint logger to parse the unique (rather than total) "resource:action" API calls made during a task, outputing the set to the resource_actions key in the task results. Use the aws_resource_action callback to output to total list made during a playbook. The ANSIBLE_DEBUG_BOTOCORE_LOGS environment variable may also be used.
default_action
-
    Choices:
  • block
  • allow
  • count
The action that you want AWS WAF to take when a request doesn't match the criteria specified in any of the Rule objects that are associated with the WebACL
ec2_url
string
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.
metric_name
-
A friendly name or description for the metrics for this WebACL
The name can contain only alphanumeric characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9); the name can't contain whitespace.
You can't change metric_name after you create the WebACL
Metric name will default to name with disallowed characters stripped out
name
- / required
Name of the Web Application Firewall ACL to manage
profile
string
Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
purge_rules
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Whether to remove rules that aren't passed with rules.
region
string
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
rules
-
A list of rules that the Web ACL will enforce.
Each rule must contain name, action, priority keys.
Priorities must be unique, but not necessarily consecutive. Lower numbered priorities are evaluated first.
The type key can be passed as rate_based, it defaults to regular
security_token
string
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
state
-
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
whether the Web ACL should be present or absent
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
waf_regional
boolean
added in 2.9
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Whether to use waf_regional module. Defaults to false.

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

- name: create web ACL
  aws_waf_web_acl:
    name: my_web_acl
    rules:
      - name: my_rule
        priority: 1
        action: block
    default_action: block
    purge_rules: yes
    state: present

- name: delete the web acl
  aws_waf_web_acl:
    name: my_web_acl
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
web_acl
complex
always
contents of the Web ACL
 
default_action
dictionary
always
Default action taken by the Web ACL if no rules match

Sample:
{'type': 'BLOCK'}
 
metric_name
string
always
Metric name used as an identifier

Sample:
mywebacl
 
name
string
always
Friendly name of the Web ACL

Sample:
my web acl
 
rules
complex
always
List of rules
   
action
complex
always
Action taken by the WAF when the rule matches

Sample:
{'type': 'ALLOW'}
   
priority
integer
always
priority number of the rule (lower numbers are run first)

Sample:
2
   
rule_id
string
always
Rule ID

Sample:
a6fc7ab5-287b-479f-8004-7fd0399daf75
   
type
string
always
Type of rule (either REGULAR or RATE_BASED)

Sample:
REGULAR
 
web_acl_id
string
always
Unique identifier of Web ACL

Sample:
10fff965-4b6b-46e2-9d78-24f6d2e2d21c


Status

Authors

  • Mike Mochan (@mmochan)

  • Will Thames (@willthames)

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