community.aws.aws_step_functions_state_machine – Manage AWS Step Functions state machines

Note

This plugin is part of the community.aws collection (version 1.5.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

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

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

New in version 1.0.0: of community.aws

Synopsis

  • Create, update and delete state machines in AWS Step Functions.

  • Calling the module in state=present for an existing AWS Step Functions state machine will attempt to update the state machine definition, IAM Role, or tags with the provided data.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6

  • boto

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

aws_access_key

aliases: ec2_access_key, 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.

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.

Parameters can be found at https://botocore.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/config.html#botocore.config.Config.

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

aliases: ec2_secret_key, 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.

debug_botocore_endpoint_logs

boolean

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.

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

definition

json

The Amazon States Language definition of the state machine. See https://docs.aws.amazon.com/step-functions/latest/dg/concepts-amazon-states-language.html for more information on the Amazon States Language.

This parameter is required when state=present.

ec2_url

aliases: aws_endpoint_url, endpoint_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.

name

string / required

Name of the state machine

profile

aliases: aws_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.

purge_tags

boolean

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.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

region

aliases: aws_region, ec2_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

role_arn

string

The ARN of the IAM Role that will be used by the state machine for its executions.

This parameter is required when state=present.

security_token

aliases: aws_security_token, access_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.

state

string

Desired state for the state machine

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

tags

dictionary

A hash/dictionary of tags to add to the new state machine or to add/remove from an existing one.

validate_certs

boolean

When set to “no”, SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

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

# Create a new AWS Step Functions state machine
- name: Setup HelloWorld state machine
  community.aws.aws_step_functions_state_machine:
    name: "HelloWorldStateMachine"
    definition: "{{ lookup('file','state_machine.json') }}"
    role_arn: arn:aws:iam::987654321012:role/service-role/invokeLambdaStepFunctionsRole
    tags:
      project: helloWorld

# Update an existing state machine
- name: Change IAM Role and tags of HelloWorld state machine
  community.aws.aws_step_functions_state_machine:
    name: HelloWorldStateMachine
    definition: "{{ lookup('file','state_machine.json') }}"
    role_arn: arn:aws:iam::987654321012:role/service-role/anotherStepFunctionsRole
    tags:
      otherTag: aDifferentTag

# Remove the AWS Step Functions state machine
- name: Delete HelloWorld state machine
  community.aws.aws_step_functions_state_machine:
    name: HelloWorldStateMachine
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key

Description

state_machine_arn

string

ARN of the AWS Step Functions state machine

Returned: always

Authors

  • Tom De Keyser (@tdekeyser)