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amazon.aws.ec2_group_info module – Gather information about ec2 security groups in AWS.

Note

This module is part of the amazon.aws collection (version 2.3.0).

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 amazon.aws.

To use it in a playbook, specify: amazon.aws.ec2_group_info.

New in version 1.0.0: of amazon.aws

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values

Synopsis 

Gather information about ec2 security groups in AWS.
This module was called amazon.aws.ec2_group_facts before Ansible 2.9. The usage did not change.

Requirements 

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

python >= 3.6
boto3 >= 1.15.0
botocore >= 1.18.0

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. Not used by boto 2 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.
filters dictionary	A dict of filters to apply. Each dict item consists of a filter key and a filter value. See https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeSecurityGroups.html for possible filters. Filter names and values are case sensitive. You can also use underscores (_) instead of dashes (-) in the filter keys, which will take precedence in case of conflict. Default: {}
profile aliases: aws_profile string	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 communication with the AWS APIs. Choices: no yes ← (default)

Notes 

Note

By default, the module will return all security groups. To limit results use the appropriate filters.
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
When no credentials are explicitly provided the AWS SDK (boto3) that Ansible uses will fall back to its configuration files (typically ~/.aws/credentials). See https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/guide/credentials.html for more information.
Modules based on the original AWS SDK (boto) may read their default configuration from different files. See https://boto.readthedocs.io/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html for more information.
AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION can be typically be used to specify the AWS region, when required, but this can also be defined in the configuration files.

Examples 

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

# Gather information about all security groups
- amazon.aws.ec2_group_info:

# Gather information about all security groups in a specific VPC
- amazon.aws.ec2_group_info:
    filters:
      vpc-id: vpc-12345678

# Gather information about all security groups in a specific VPC
- amazon.aws.ec2_group_info:
    filters:
      vpc-id: vpc-12345678

# Gather information about a security group
- amazon.aws.ec2_group_info:
    filters:
      group-name: example-1

# Gather information about a security group by id
- amazon.aws.ec2_group_info:
    filters:
      group-id: sg-12345678

# Gather information about a security group with multiple filters, also mixing the use of underscores as filter keys
- amazon.aws.ec2_group_info:
    filters:
      group_id: sg-12345678
      vpc-id: vpc-12345678

# Gather information about various security groups
- amazon.aws.ec2_group_info:
    filters:
      group-name:
        - example-1
        - example-2
        - example-3

# Gather information about any security group with a tag key Name and value Example.
# The quotes around 'tag:name' are important because of the colon in the value
- amazon.aws.ec2_group_info:
    filters:
      "tag:Name": Example

Return Values 

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

Key	Description
security_groups list / elements=string	Security groups that match the provided filters. Each element consists of a dict with all the information related to that security group. Returned: always

Authors

Henrique Rodrigues (@Sodki)

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amazon.aws.ec2_group_info module – Gather information about ec2 security groups in AWS.

Synopsis

Requirements

Parameters

Notes

Examples

Return Values