community.aws.dynamodb_table – Create, update or delete AWS Dynamo DB tables

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.dynamodb_table.

New in version 1.0.0: of community.aws

Synopsis

  • Create or delete AWS Dynamo DB tables.

  • Can update the provisioned throughput on existing tables.

  • Returns the status of the specified table.

Requirements

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

  • boto

  • boto >= 2.37.0

  • boto3 >= 1.4.4 (for tagging)

  • python >= 2.6

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

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.

hash_key_name

string

Name of the hash key.

Required when state=present.

hash_key_type

string

Type of the hash key.

Choices:

  • STRING ← (default)

  • NUMBER

  • BINARY

indexes

list / elements=dictionary

list of dictionaries describing indexes to add to the table. global indexes can be updated. local indexes don’t support updates or have throughput.

required options: [‘name’, ‘type’, ‘hash_key_name’]

other options: [‘hash_key_type’, ‘range_key_name’, ‘range_key_type’, ‘includes’, ‘read_capacity’, ‘write_capacity’]

Default: []

hash_key_name

string / required

The name of the hash-based key.

hash_key_type

string

The type of the hash-based key.

includes

list / elements=string

A list of fields to include when using global_include or include indexes.

name

string / required

The name of the index.

range_key_name

string

The name of the range-based key.

range_key_type

string

The type of the range-based key.

read_capacity

integer

Read throughput capacity (units) to provision for the index.

type

string / required

The type of index.

Valid types: all, global_all, global_include, global_keys_only, include, keys_only

write_capacity

integer

Write throughput capacity (units) to provision for the index.

name

string / required

Name of the table.

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.

range_key_name

string

Name of the range key.

range_key_type

string

Type of the range key.

Choices:

  • STRING ← (default)

  • NUMBER

  • BINARY

read_capacity

integer

Read throughput capacity (units) to provision.

Default: 1

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

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

Create or delete the table.

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

tags

dictionary

A hash/dictionary of tags to add to the new instance or for starting/stopping instance by tag.

For example: {"key":"value"} and {"key":"value","key2":"value2"}

validate_certs

boolean

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

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

wait_for_active_timeout

integer

how long before wait gives up, in seconds. only used when tags is set

Default: 60

write_capacity

integer

Write throughput capacity (units) to provision.

Default: 1

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

- name: Create dynamo table with hash and range primary key
  community.aws.dynamodb_table:
    name: my-table
    region: us-east-1
    hash_key_name: id
    hash_key_type: STRING
    range_key_name: create_time
    range_key_type: NUMBER
    read_capacity: 2
    write_capacity: 2
    tags:
      tag_name: tag_value

- name: Update capacity on existing dynamo table
  community.aws.dynamodb_table:
    name: my-table
    region: us-east-1
    read_capacity: 10
    write_capacity: 10

- name: set index on existing dynamo table
  community.aws.dynamodb_table:
    name: my-table
    region: us-east-1
    indexes:
      - name: NamedIndex
        type: global_include
        hash_key_name: id
        range_key_name: create_time
        includes:
          - other_field
          - other_field2
        read_capacity: 10
        write_capacity: 10

- name: Delete dynamo table
  community.aws.dynamodb_table:
    name: my-table
    region: us-east-1
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key

Description

table_status

string

The current status of the table.

Returned: success

Sample: “ACTIVE”

Authors

  • Alan Loi (@loia)