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community.aws.elb_classic_lb – Creates or destroys Amazon ELB.

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_classic_lb.

New in version 1.0.0: of community.aws

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples

Synopsis 

Returns information about the load balancer.
Will be marked changed when called only if state is changed.

Requirements 

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

python >= 2.6
boto

Parameters 

Parameter	Comments
access_logs dictionary	An associative array of access logs configuration settings (see example).
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.
connection_draining_timeout integer	Wait a specified timeout allowing connections to drain before terminating an instance.
cross_az_load_balancing boolean	Distribute load across all configured Availability Zones. Defaults to `false`. Choices: no yes
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.
health_check dictionary	An associative array of health check configuration settings (see example).
idle_timeout integer	ELB connections from clients and to servers are timed out after this amount of time.
instance_ids list / elements=string	List of instance ids to attach to this ELB.
listeners list / elements=dictionary	List of ports/protocols for this ELB to listen on (see example).
name string / required	The name of the ELB.
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_instance_ids boolean	Purge existing instance ids on ELB that are not found in instance_ids. Choices: no ← (default) yes
purge_listeners boolean	Purge existing listeners on ELB that are not found in listeners. Choices: no yes ← (default)
purge_subnets boolean	Purge existing subnets on ELB that are not found in subnets. Choices: no ← (default) yes
purge_zones boolean	Purge existing availability zones on ELB that are not found in zones. Choices: no ← (default) yes
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
scheme string	The scheme to use when creating the ELB. For a private VPC-visible ELB use `internal`. If you choose to update your scheme with a different value the ELB will be destroyed and recreated. To update scheme you must set wait=true. Choices: internal internet-facing ← (default)
security_group_ids list / elements=string	A list of security groups to apply to the ELB.
security_group_names list / elements=string	A list of security group names to apply to the ELB.
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 / required	Create or destroy the ELB. Choices: present absent
stickiness dictionary	An associative array of stickiness policy settings. Policy will be applied to all listeners (see example).
subnets list / elements=string	A list of VPC subnets to use when creating ELB. Zones should be empty if using this.
tags dictionary	An associative array of tags. To delete all tags, supply an empty dict.
validate_certs boolean	When set to `false`, SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0. Choices: no yes ← (default)
wait boolean	When specified, Ansible will check the status of the load balancer to ensure it has been successfully removed from AWS. Choices: no ← (default) yes
wait_timeout integer	Used in conjunction with wait. Number of seconds to wait for the ELB to be terminated. A maximum of `600` seconds (10 minutes) is allowed. Default: 60
zones list / elements=string	List of availability zones to enable on this ELB.

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: None of these examples set aws_access_key, aws_secret_key, or region.
# It is assumed that their matching environment variables are set.

# Basic provisioning example (non-VPC)

- community.aws.elb_classic_lb:
    name: "test-please-delete"
    state: present
    zones:
      - us-east-1a
      - us-east-1d
    listeners:
      - protocol: http # options are http, https, ssl, tcp
        load_balancer_port: 80
        instance_port: 80
        proxy_protocol: True
      - protocol: https
        load_balancer_port: 443
        instance_protocol: http # optional, defaults to value of protocol setting
        instance_port: 80
        # ssl certificate required for https or ssl
        ssl_certificate_id: "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:server-certificate/company/servercerts/ProdServerCert"
  delegate_to: localhost

# Internal ELB example

- community.aws.elb_classic_lb:
    name: "test-vpc"
    scheme: internal
    state: present
    instance_ids:
      - i-abcd1234
    purge_instance_ids: true
    subnets:
      - subnet-abcd1234
      - subnet-1a2b3c4d
    listeners:
      - protocol: http # options are http, https, ssl, tcp
        load_balancer_port: 80
        instance_port: 80
  delegate_to: localhost

# Configure a health check and the access logs
- community.aws.elb_classic_lb:
    name: "test-please-delete"
    state: present
    zones:
      - us-east-1d
    listeners:
      - protocol: http
        load_balancer_port: 80
        instance_port: 80
    health_check:
        ping_protocol: http # options are http, https, ssl, tcp
        ping_port: 80
        ping_path: "/index.html" # not required for tcp or ssl
        response_timeout: 5 # seconds
        interval: 30 # seconds
        unhealthy_threshold: 2
        healthy_threshold: 10
    access_logs:
        interval: 5 # minutes (defaults to 60)
        s3_location: "my-bucket" # This value is required if access_logs is set
        s3_prefix: "logs"
  delegate_to: localhost

# Ensure ELB is gone
- community.aws.elb_classic_lb:
    name: "test-please-delete"
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

# Ensure ELB is gone and wait for check (for default timeout)
- community.aws.elb_classic_lb:
    name: "test-please-delete"
    state: absent
    wait: yes
  delegate_to: localhost

# Ensure ELB is gone and wait for check with timeout value
- community.aws.elb_classic_lb:
    name: "test-please-delete"
    state: absent
    wait: yes
    wait_timeout: 600
  delegate_to: localhost

# Normally, this module will purge any listeners that exist on the ELB
# but aren't specified in the listeners parameter. If purge_listeners is
# false it leaves them alone
- community.aws.elb_classic_lb:
    name: "test-please-delete"
    state: present
    zones:
      - us-east-1a
      - us-east-1d
    listeners:
      - protocol: http
        load_balancer_port: 80
        instance_port: 80
    purge_listeners: no
  delegate_to: localhost

# Normally, this module will leave availability zones that are enabled
# on the ELB alone. If purge_zones is true, then any extraneous zones
# will be removed
- community.aws.elb_classic_lb:
    name: "test-please-delete"
    state: present
    zones:
      - us-east-1a
      - us-east-1d
    listeners:
      - protocol: http
        load_balancer_port: 80
        instance_port: 80
    purge_zones: yes
  delegate_to: localhost

# Creates a ELB and assigns a list of subnets to it.
- community.aws.elb_classic_lb:
    state: present
    name: 'New ELB'
    security_group_ids: 'sg-123456, sg-67890'
    region: us-west-2
    subnets: 'subnet-123456,subnet-67890'
    purge_subnets: yes
    listeners:
      - protocol: http
        load_balancer_port: 80
        instance_port: 80
  delegate_to: localhost

# Create an ELB with connection draining, increased idle timeout and cross availability
# zone load balancing
- community.aws.elb_classic_lb:
    name: "New ELB"
    state: present
    connection_draining_timeout: 60
    idle_timeout: 300
    cross_az_load_balancing: "yes"
    region: us-east-1
    zones:
      - us-east-1a
      - us-east-1d
    listeners:
      - protocol: http
        load_balancer_port: 80
        instance_port: 80
  delegate_to: localhost

# Create an ELB with load balancer stickiness enabled
- community.aws.elb_classic_lb:
    name: "New ELB"
    state: present
    region: us-east-1
    zones:
      - us-east-1a
      - us-east-1d
    listeners:
      - protocol: http
        load_balancer_port: 80
        instance_port: 80
    stickiness:
      type: loadbalancer
      enabled: yes
      expiration: 300
  delegate_to: localhost

# Create an ELB with application stickiness enabled
- community.aws.elb_classic_lb:
    name: "New ELB"
    state: present
    region: us-east-1
    zones:
      - us-east-1a
      - us-east-1d
    listeners:
      - protocol: http
        load_balancer_port: 80
        instance_port: 80
    stickiness:
      type: application
      enabled: yes
      cookie: SESSIONID
  delegate_to: localhost

# Create an ELB and add tags
- community.aws.elb_classic_lb:
    name: "New ELB"
    state: present
    region: us-east-1
    zones:
      - us-east-1a
      - us-east-1d
    listeners:
      - protocol: http
        load_balancer_port: 80
        instance_port: 80
    tags:
      Name: "New ELB"
      stack: "production"
      client: "Bob"
  delegate_to: localhost

# Delete all tags from an ELB
- community.aws.elb_classic_lb:
    name: "New ELB"
    state: present
    region: us-east-1
    zones:
      - us-east-1a
      - us-east-1d
    listeners:
      - protocol: http
        load_balancer_port: 80
        instance_port: 80
    tags: {}
  delegate_to: localhost

Authors

Jim Dalton (@jsdalton)

community.aws.elb_classic_lb – Creates or destroys Amazon ELB.

Synopsis

Requirements

Parameters

Notes

Examples