community.aws.elb_application_lb_info – Gather information about application ELBs in AWS

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.elb_application_lb_info.

New in version 1.0.0: of community.aws

Synopsis

  • Gather information about application ELBs in AWS

  • This module was called elb_application_lb_facts before Ansible 2.9. The usage did not change.

Requirements

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

  • boto

  • boto3

  • 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.

load_balancer_arns

list / elements=string

The Amazon Resource Names (ARN) of the load balancers. You can specify up to 20 load balancers in a single call.

names

list / elements=string

The names of the load balancers.

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.

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.

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

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

- name: Gather information about all target groups
  community.aws.elb_application_lb_info:

- name: Gather information about the target group attached to a particular ELB
  community.aws.elb_application_lb_info:
    load_balancer_arns:
      - "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:ap-southeast-2:001122334455:loadbalancer/app/my-elb/aabbccddeeff"

- name: Gather information about a target groups named 'tg1' and 'tg2'
  community.aws.elb_application_lb_info:
    names:
      - elb1
      - elb2

- name: Gather information about specific ALB
  community.aws.elb_application_lb_info:
    names: "alb-name"
    region: "aws-region"
  register: alb_info
- ansible.builtin.debug:
    var: alb_info

Return Values

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

Key

Description

load_balancers

complex

a list of load balancers

Returned: always

access_logs_s3_bucket

string

The name of the S3 bucket for the access logs.

Returned: success

Sample: “mys3bucket”

access_logs_s3_enabled

string

Indicates whether access logs stored in Amazon S3 are enabled.

Returned: success

Sample: true

access_logs_s3_prefix

string

The prefix for the location in the S3 bucket.

Returned: success

Sample: “/my/logs”

availability_zones

list / elements=string

The Availability Zones for the load balancer.

Returned: success

Sample: “[{\u0027subnet_id\u0027: \u0027subnet-aabbccddff\u0027, \u0027zone_name\u0027: \u0027ap-southeast-2a\u0027}]”

canonical_hosted_zone_id

string

The ID of the Amazon Route 53 hosted zone associated with the load balancer.

Returned: success

Sample: “ABCDEF12345678”

created_time

string

The date and time the load balancer was created.

Returned: success

Sample: “2015-02-12T02:14:02+00:00”

deletion_protection_enabled

string

Indicates whether deletion protection is enabled.

Returned: success

Sample: true

dns_name

string

The public DNS name of the load balancer.

Returned: success

Sample: “internal-my-elb-123456789.ap-southeast-2.elb.amazonaws.com”

idle_timeout_timeout_seconds

string

The idle timeout value, in seconds.

Returned: success

Sample: 60

ip_address_type

string

The type of IP addresses used by the subnets for the load balancer.

Returned: success

Sample: “ipv4”

load_balancer_arn

string

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the load balancer.

Returned: success

Sample: “arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:ap-southeast-2:0123456789:loadbalancer/app/my-elb/001122334455”

load_balancer_name

string

The name of the load balancer.

Returned: success

Sample: “my-elb”

scheme

string

Internet-facing or internal load balancer.

Returned: success

Sample: “internal”

security_groups

list / elements=string

The IDs of the security groups for the load balancer.

Returned: success

Sample: [“sg-0011223344”]

state

dictionary

The state of the load balancer.

Returned: success

Sample: “{\u0027code\u0027: \u0027active\u0027}”

tags

dictionary

The tags attached to the load balancer.

Returned: success

Sample: “{ \u0027Tag\u0027: \u0027Example\u0027 }”

type

string

The type of load balancer.

Returned: success

Sample: “application”

vpc_id

string

The ID of the VPC for the load balancer.

Returned: success

Sample: “vpc-0011223344”

Authors

  • Rob White (@wimnat)