amazon.aws.ec2_vol – Create and attach a volume, return volume id and device map

Note

This plugin is part of the amazon.aws collection (version 1.4.1).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install amazon.aws.

To use it in a playbook, specify: amazon.aws.ec2_vol.

New in version 1.0.0: of amazon.aws

Synopsis

  • Creates an EBS volume and optionally attaches it to an instance.

  • If both instance and name are given and the instance has a device at the device name, then no volume is created and no attachment is made.

  • This module has a dependency on python-boto.

Requirements

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

  • boto

  • boto3>=1.16.33

  • python >= 2.6

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.
If profile is set this parameter is ignored.
Passing the aws_access_key and profile options at the same time has been deprecated and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.

aliases: ec2_access_key, access_key
aws_ca_bundle
path
The location of a CA Bundle to use when validating SSL certificates.
Only used for boto3 based modules.
Note: The CA Bundle is read 'module' side and may need to be explicitly copied from the controller if not run locally.
aws_config
dictionary
A dictionary to modify the botocore configuration.
Only the 'user_agent' key is used for boto modules. See http://boto.cloudhackers.com/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html#boto for more boto configuration.
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.
If profile is set this parameter is ignored.
Passing the aws_secret_key and profile options at the same time has been deprecated and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.

aliases: ec2_secret_key, secret_key
debug_botocore_endpoint_logs
boolean
    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.
delete_on_termination
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
When set to true, the volume will be deleted upon instance termination.
device_name
string
Device id to override device mapping. Assumes /dev/sdf for Linux/UNIX and /dev/xvdf for Windows.
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.

aliases: aws_endpoint_url, endpoint_url
encrypted
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Enable encryption at rest for this volume.
id
string
Volume id if you wish to attach an existing volume (requires instance) or remove an existing volume
instance
string
Instance ID if you wish to attach the volume. Since 1.9 you can set to None to detach.
iops
integer
The provisioned IOPs you want to associate with this volume (integer).
By default AWS will set this to 100.
kms_key_id
string
Specify the id of the KMS key to use.
modify_volume
boolean
added in 1.4.0 of amazon.aws
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
The volume won't be modify unless this key is true.
name
string
Volume Name tag if you wish to attach an existing volume (requires instance)
profile
string
Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
Using profile will override aws_access_key, aws_secret_key and security_token and support for passing them at the same time as profile has been deprecated.
aws_access_key, aws_secret_key and security_token will be made mutually exclusive with profile after 2022-06-01.

aliases: aws_profile
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
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.
If profile is set this parameter is ignored.
Passing the security_token and profile options at the same time has been deprecated and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.

aliases: aws_security_token, access_token
snapshot
string
Snapshot ID on which to base the volume.
state
string
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
  • list
Whether to ensure the volume is present or absent.
The use of state=list to interrogate the volume has been deprecated and will be removed after 2022-06-01. The 'list' functionality has been moved to a dedicated module amazon.aws.ec2_vol_info.
tags
dictionary
Default:
{}
tag:value pairs to add to the volume after creation.
throughput
integer
added in 1.4.0 of amazon.aws
Volume throughput in MB/s.
This parameter is only valid for gp3 volumes.
Valid range is from 125 to 1000.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
volume_size
integer
Size of volume (in GiB) to create.
volume_type
string
    Choices:
  • standard ←
  • gp2
  • io1
  • st1
  • sc1
  • gp3
  • io2
Type of EBS volume; standard (magnetic), gp2 (SSD), gp3 (SSD), io1 (Provisioned IOPS), io2 (Provisioned IOPS), st1 (Throughput Optimized HDD), sc1 (Cold HDD). "Standard" is the old EBS default and continues to remain the Ansible default for backwards compatibility.
zone
string
Zone in which to create the volume, if unset uses the zone the instance is in (if set).

aliases: availability_zone, aws_zone, ec2_zone

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_PROFILE or AWS_DEFAULT_PROFILE, 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, AWS_CA_BUNDLE

  • 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

# Simple attachment action
- amazon.aws.ec2_vol:
    instance: XXXXXX
    volume_size: 5
    device_name: sdd
    region: us-west-2

# Example using custom iops params
- amazon.aws.ec2_vol:
    instance: XXXXXX
    volume_size: 5
    iops: 100
    device_name: sdd
    region: us-west-2

# Example using snapshot id
- amazon.aws.ec2_vol:
    instance: XXXXXX
    snapshot: "{{ snapshot }}"

# Playbook example combined with instance launch
- amazon.aws.ec2:
    keypair: "{{ keypair }}"
    image: "{{ image }}"
    wait: yes
    count: 3
  register: ec2
- amazon.aws.ec2_vol:
    instance: "{{ item.id }}"
    volume_size: 5
  loop: "{{ ec2.instances }}"
  register: ec2_vol

# Example: Launch an instance and then add a volume if not already attached
#   * Volume will be created with the given name if not already created.
#   * Nothing will happen if the volume is already attached.
#   * Requires Ansible 2.0

- amazon.aws.ec2:
    keypair: "{{ keypair }}"
    image: "{{ image }}"
    zone: YYYYYY
    id: my_instance
    wait: yes
    count: 1
  register: ec2

- amazon.aws.ec2_vol:
    instance: "{{ item.id }}"
    name: my_existing_volume_Name_tag
    device_name: /dev/xvdf
  loop: "{{ ec2.instances }}"
  register: ec2_vol

# Remove a volume
- amazon.aws.ec2_vol:
    id: vol-XXXXXXXX
    state: absent

# Detach a volume (since 1.9)
- amazon.aws.ec2_vol:
    id: vol-XXXXXXXX
    instance: None
    region: us-west-2

# List volumes for an instance
- amazon.aws.ec2_vol:
    instance: i-XXXXXX
    state: list
    region: us-west-2

# Create new volume using SSD storage
- amazon.aws.ec2_vol:
    instance: XXXXXX
    volume_size: 50
    volume_type: gp2
    device_name: /dev/xvdf

# Attach an existing volume to instance. The volume will be deleted upon instance termination.
- amazon.aws.ec2_vol:
    instance: XXXXXX
    id: XXXXXX
    device_name: /dev/sdf
    delete_on_termination: yes

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
device
string
when success
device name of attached volume

Sample:
/def/sdf
volume
string
when success
a dictionary containing detailed attributes of the volume

Sample:
{'attachment_set': {'attach_time': '2015-10-23T00:22:29.000Z', 'deleteOnTermination': 'false', 'device': '/dev/sdf', 'instance_id': 'i-8356263c', 'status': 'attached'}, 'create_time': '2015-10-21T14:36:08.870Z', 'encrypted': False, 'id': 'vol-35b333d9', 'iops': None, 'size': 1, 'snapshot_id': '', 'status': 'in-use', 'tags': {'env': 'dev'}, 'type': 'standard', 'zone': 'us-east-1b'}
volume_id
string
when success
the id of volume

Sample:
vol-35b333d9
volume_type
string
when success
the volume type

Sample:
standard


Authors

  • Lester Wade (@lwade)