community.aws.elb_application_lb – Manage an Application Load Balancer

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.elb_application_lb.

New in version 1.0.0: of community.aws

Synopsis

Requirements

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

  • boto

  • boto3

  • python >= 2.6

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
access_logs_enabled
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether or not to enable access logs.
When set, access_logs_s3_bucket must also be set.
access_logs_s3_bucket
string
The name of the S3 bucket for the access logs.
The bucket must exist in the same region as the load balancer and have a bucket policy that grants Elastic Load Balancing permission to write to the bucket.
Required if access logs in Amazon S3 are enabled.
When set, access_logs_enabled must also be set.
access_logs_s3_prefix
string
The prefix for the log location in the S3 bucket.
If you don't specify a prefix, the access logs are stored in the root of the bucket.
Cannot begin or end with a slash.
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.
deletion_protection
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Indicates whether deletion protection for the ELB is enabled.
Defaults to false.
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
http2
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Indicates whether to enable HTTP2 routing.
Defaults to false.
idle_timeout
integer
The number of seconds to wait before an idle connection is closed.
listeners
list / elements=dictionary
A list of dicts containing listeners to attach to the ELB. See examples for detail of the dict required. Note that listener keys are CamelCased.
Certificates
list / elements=dictionary
The SSL server certificate.
CertificateArn
string
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the certificate.
DefaultActions
list / elements=dictionary / required
The default actions for the listener.
TargetGroupArn
string
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the target group.
Type
string
The type of action.
Port
integer / required
The port on which the load balancer is listening.
Protocol
string / required
The protocol for connections from clients to the load balancer.
Rules
list / elements=dictionary
A list of ALB Listener Rules.
For the complete documentation of possible Conditions and Actions please see the boto3 documentation:
https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/services/elbv2.html#ElasticLoadBalancingv2.Client.create_rule
Actions
list / elements=string
Actions to apply if all of the rule's conditions are met.
Conditions
list / elements=string
Conditions which must be met for the actions to be applied.
Priority
integer
The rule priority.
SslPolicy
string
The security policy that defines which ciphers and protocols are supported.
name
string / required
The name of the load balancer. This name must be unique within your AWS account, can have a maximum of 32 characters, must contain only alphanumeric characters or hyphens, and must not begin or end with a hyphen.
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_listeners
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If yes, existing listeners will be purged from the ELB to match exactly what is defined by listeners parameter.
If the listeners parameter is not set then listeners will not be modified.
purge_rules
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
When set to no, keep the existing load balancer rules in place. Will modify and add, but will not delete.
purge_tags
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If yes, existing tags will be purged from the resource to match exactly what is defined by tags parameter.
If the tags parameter is not set then tags will not be modified.
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
scheme
string
    Choices:
  • internet-facing ←
  • internal
Internet-facing or internal load balancer. An ELB scheme can not be modified after creation.
security_groups
list / elements=string
Default:
[]
A list of the names or IDs of the security groups to assign to the load balancer.
Required if state=present.
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
Create or destroy the load balancer.
subnets
list / elements=string
A list of the IDs of the subnets to attach to the load balancer. You can specify only one subnet per Availability Zone. You must specify subnets from at least two Availability Zones.
Required if state=present.
tags
dictionary
A dictionary of one or more tags to assign to the load balancer.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
wait
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Wait for the load balancer to have a state of 'active' before completing. A status check is performed every 15 seconds until a successful state is reached. An error is returned after 40 failed checks.
wait_timeout
integer
The time in seconds to use in conjunction with wait.

Notes

Note

  • Listeners are matched based on port. If a listener’s port is changed then a new listener will be created.

  • Listener rules are matched based on priority. If a rule’s priority is changed then a new rule will be created.

  • 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.

# Create an ELB and attach a listener
- community.aws.elb_application_lb:
    name: myelb
    security_groups:
      - sg-12345678
      - my-sec-group
    subnets:
      - subnet-012345678
      - subnet-abcdef000
    listeners:
      - Protocol: HTTP # Required. The protocol for connections from clients to the load balancer (HTTP or HTTPS) (case-sensitive).
        Port: 80 # Required. The port on which the load balancer is listening.
        # The security policy that defines which ciphers and protocols are supported. The default is the current predefined security policy.
        SslPolicy: ELBSecurityPolicy-2015-05
        Certificates: # The ARN of the certificate (only one certficate ARN should be provided)
          - CertificateArn: arn:aws:iam::12345678987:server-certificate/test.domain.com
        DefaultActions:
          - Type: forward # Required.
            TargetGroupName: # Required. The name of the target group
    state: present

# Create an ELB and attach a listener with logging enabled
- community.aws.elb_application_lb:
    access_logs_enabled: yes
    access_logs_s3_bucket: mybucket
    access_logs_s3_prefix: "logs"
    name: myelb
    security_groups:
      - sg-12345678
      - my-sec-group
    subnets:
      - subnet-012345678
      - subnet-abcdef000
    listeners:
      - Protocol: HTTP # Required. The protocol for connections from clients to the load balancer (HTTP or HTTPS) (case-sensitive).
        Port: 80 # Required. The port on which the load balancer is listening.
        # The security policy that defines which ciphers and protocols are supported. The default is the current predefined security policy.
        SslPolicy: ELBSecurityPolicy-2015-05
        Certificates: # The ARN of the certificate (only one certficate ARN should be provided)
          - CertificateArn: arn:aws:iam::12345678987:server-certificate/test.domain.com
        DefaultActions:
          - Type: forward # Required.
            TargetGroupName: # Required. The name of the target group
    state: present

# Create an ALB with listeners and rules
- community.aws.elb_application_lb:
    name: test-alb
    subnets:
      - subnet-12345678
      - subnet-87654321
    security_groups:
      - sg-12345678
    scheme: internal
    listeners:
      - Protocol: HTTPS
        Port: 443
        DefaultActions:
          - Type: forward
            TargetGroupName: test-target-group
        Certificates:
          - CertificateArn: arn:aws:iam::12345678987:server-certificate/test.domain.com
        SslPolicy: ELBSecurityPolicy-2015-05
        Rules:
          - Conditions:
              - Field: path-pattern
                Values:
                  - '/test'
            Priority: '1'
            Actions:
              - TargetGroupName: test-target-group
                Type: forward
          - Conditions:
              - Field: path-pattern
                Values:
                  - "/redirect-path/*"
            Priority: '2'
            Actions:
              - Type: redirect
                RedirectConfig:
                  Host: "#{host}"
                  Path: "/example/redir" # or /#{path}
                  Port: "#{port}"
                  Protocol: "#{protocol}"
                  Query: "#{query}"
                  StatusCode: "HTTP_302" # or HTTP_301
          - Conditions:
              - Field: path-pattern
                Values:
                  - "/fixed-response-path/"
            Priority: '3'
            Actions:
              - Type: fixed-response
                FixedResponseConfig:
                  ContentType: "text/plain"
                  MessageBody: "This is the page you're looking for"
                  StatusCode: "200"
          - Conditions:
              - Field: host-header
                Values:
                  - "hostname.domain.com"
                  - "alternate.domain.com"
            Priority: '4'
            Actions:
              - TargetGroupName: test-target-group
                Type: forward
    state: present

# Remove an ELB
- community.aws.elb_application_lb:
    name: myelb
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
access_logs_s3_bucket
string
when state is present
The name of the S3 bucket for the access logs.

Sample:
mys3bucket
access_logs_s3_enabled
string
when state is present
Indicates whether access logs stored in Amazon S3 are enabled.

Sample:
True
access_logs_s3_prefix
string
when state is present
The prefix for the location in the S3 bucket.

Sample:
my/logs
availability_zones
list / elements=string
when state is present
The Availability Zones for the load balancer.

Sample:
[{'subnet_id': 'subnet-aabbccddff', 'zone_name': 'ap-southeast-2a'}]
canonical_hosted_zone_id
string
when state is present
The ID of the Amazon Route 53 hosted zone associated with the load balancer.

Sample:
ABCDEF12345678
created_time
string
when state is present
The date and time the load balancer was created.

Sample:
2015-02-12T02:14:02+00:00
deletion_protection_enabled
string
when state is present
Indicates whether deletion protection is enabled.

Sample:
True
dns_name
string
when state is present
The public DNS name of the load balancer.

Sample:
internal-my-elb-123456789.ap-southeast-2.elb.amazonaws.com
idle_timeout_timeout_seconds
integer
when state is present
The idle timeout value, in seconds.

Sample:
60
ip_address_type
string
when state is present
The type of IP addresses used by the subnets for the load balancer.

Sample:
ipv4
listeners
complex
when state is present
Information about the listeners.

 
certificates
complex
when state is present
The SSL server certificate.

   
certificate_arn
string
when state is present
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the certificate.

 
default_actions
string
when state is present
The default actions for the listener.

   
target_group_arn
string
when state is present
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the target group.

   
type
string
when state is present
The type of action.

 
listener_arn
string
when state is present
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the listener.

 
load_balancer_arn
string
when state is present
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the load balancer.

 
port
integer
when state is present
The port on which the load balancer is listening.

Sample:
80
 
protocol
string
when state is present
The protocol for connections from clients to the load balancer.

Sample:
HTTPS
 
ssl_policy
string
when state is present
The security policy that defines which ciphers and protocols are supported.

load_balancer_arn
string
when state is present
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the load balancer.

Sample:
arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:ap-southeast-2:0123456789:loadbalancer/app/my-elb/001122334455
load_balancer_name
string
when state is present
The name of the load balancer.

Sample:
my-elb
routing_http2_enabled
string
when state is present
Indicates whether HTTP/2 is enabled.

Sample:
True
scheme
string
when state is present
Internet-facing or internal load balancer.

Sample:
internal
security_groups
list / elements=string
when state is present
The IDs of the security groups for the load balancer.

Sample:
['sg-0011223344']
state
dictionary
when state is present
The state of the load balancer.

Sample:
{'code': 'active'}
tags
dictionary
when state is present
The tags attached to the load balancer.

Sample:
{ 'Tag': 'Example' }
type
string
when state is present
The type of load balancer.

Sample:
application
vpc_id
string
when state is present
The ID of the VPC for the load balancer.

Sample:
vpc-0011223344


Authors

  • Rob White (@wimnat)