community.aws.cloudwatchlogs_log_group – create or delete log_group in CloudWatchLogs

Note

This plugin is part of the community.aws collection (version 1.4.0).

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

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.aws.cloudwatchlogs_log_group.

New in version 1.0.0: of community.aws

Synopsis

  • Create or delete log_group in CloudWatchLogs.

Requirements

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

  • boto

  • boto3

  • botocore

  • json

  • 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.
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
kms_key_id
string
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the CMK to use when encrypting log data.
log_group_name
string / required
The name of the log group.
overwrite
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Whether an existing log group should be overwritten on create.
Mutually exclusive with purge_retention_policy.
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
purge_retention_policy
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Whether to purge the retention policy or not.
Mutually exclusive with retention and overwrite.
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
retention
integer
The number of days to retain the log events in the specified log group.
Valid values are: [1, 3, 5, 7, 14, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 365, 400, 545, 731, 1827, 3653]
Mutually exclusive with purge_retention_policy.
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
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Whether the rule is present or absent.
tags
dictionary
The key-value pairs to use for the tags.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.

Notes

Note

  • For details of the parameters and returns see http://boto3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/services/logs.html.

  • 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

# Note: These examples do not set authentication details, see the AWS Guide for details.

- community.aws.cloudwatchlogs_log_group:
    log_group_name: test-log-group

- community.aws.cloudwatchlogs_log_group:
    state: present
    log_group_name: test-log-group
    tags: { "Name": "test-log-group", "Env" : "QA" }

- community.aws.cloudwatchlogs_log_group:
    state: present
    log_group_name: test-log-group
    tags: { "Name": "test-log-group", "Env" : "QA" }
    kms_key_id: arn:aws:kms:region:account-id:key/key-id

- community.aws.cloudwatchlogs_log_group:
    state: absent
    log_group_name: test-log-group

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
log_groups
complex
success
Return the list of complex objects representing log groups
 
arn
string
always
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the log group.
 
creation_time
integer
always
The creation time of the log group.
 
kms_key_id
string
always
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the CMK to use when encrypting log data.
 
log_group_name
string
always
The name of the log group.
 
metric_filter_count
integer
always
The number of metric filters.
 
retention_in_days
integer
always
The number of days to retain the log events in the specified log group.
 
stored_bytes
string
always
The number of bytes stored.


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