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amazon.aws.cloudformation_info module – Obtain information about an AWS CloudFormation stack

Note

This module is part of the amazon.aws collection (version 3.5.0).

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 amazon.aws. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

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

New in amazon.aws 1.0.0

Synopsis 

Gets information about an AWS CloudFormation stack.

Requirements 

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

python >= 3.6
boto3 >= 1.16.0
botocore >= 1.19.0

Parameters 

Parameter	Comments
all_facts boolean	Get all stack information for the stack. Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
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: `false` ← (default) `true`
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.
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_session_token, session_token, 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. Aliases aws_session_token and session_token have been added in version 3.2.0.
stack_change_sets boolean	Get stack change sets for the stack Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
stack_events boolean	Get stack events for the stack. Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
stack_name string	The name or id of the CloudFormation stack. Gathers information on all stacks by default.
stack_policy boolean	Get stack policy for the stack. Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
stack_resources boolean	Get stack resources for the stack. Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
stack_template boolean	Get stack template body for the stack. Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
validate_certs boolean	When set to “no”, SSL certificates will not be validated for communication with the AWS APIs. Choices: `false` `true` ← (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
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.

- name: Get summary information about a stack
  amazon.aws.cloudformation_info:
    stack_name: my-cloudformation-stack
  register: output

- debug:
    msg: "{{ output['cloudformation']['my-cloudformation-stack'] }}"

# Get stack outputs, when you have the stack name available as a fact
- set_fact:
    stack_name: my-awesome-stack

- amazon.aws.cloudformation_info:
    stack_name: "{{ stack_name }}"
  register: my_stack

- debug:
    msg: "{{ my_stack.cloudformation[stack_name].stack_outputs }}"

# Get all stack information about a stack
- amazon.aws.cloudformation_info:
    stack_name: my-cloudformation-stack
    all_facts: true

# Get stack resource and stack policy information about a stack
- amazon.aws.cloudformation_info:
    stack_name: my-cloudformation-stack
    stack_resources: true
    stack_policy: true

# Fail if the stack doesn't exist
- name: try to get info about a stack but fail if it doesn't exist
  amazon.aws.cloudformation_info:
    stack_name: nonexistent-stack
    all_facts: yes
  failed_when: cloudformation['nonexistent-stack'] is undefined

Return Values 

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

Key	Description
stack_change_sets list / elements=string	A list of stack change sets. Each item in the list represents the details of a specific changeset Returned: only if all_facts or stack_change_sets is true and the stack exists
stack_description dictionary	Summary facts about the stack Returned: if the stack exists
stack_events list / elements=string	All stack events for the stack Returned: only if all_facts or stack_events is true and the stack exists
stack_outputs dictionary	Dictionary of stack outputs keyed by the value of each output ‘OutputKey’ parameter and corresponding value of each output ‘OutputValue’ parameter Returned: if the stack exists Sample: `{"ApplicationDatabaseName": "dazvlpr01xj55a.ap-southeast-2.rds.amazonaws.com"}`
stack_parameters dictionary	Dictionary of stack parameters keyed by the value of each parameter ‘ParameterKey’ parameter and corresponding value of each parameter ‘ParameterValue’ parameter Returned: if the stack exists Sample: `{"DatabaseEngine": "mysql", "DatabasePassword": "***"}`
stack_policy dictionary	Describes the stack policy for the stack Returned: only if all_facts or stack_policy is true and the stack exists
stack_resource_list list / elements=string	Describes stack resources for the stack Returned: only if all_facts or stack_resources is true and the stack exists
stack_resources dictionary	Dictionary of stack resources keyed by the value of each resource ‘LogicalResourceId’ parameter and corresponding value of each resource ‘PhysicalResourceId’ parameter Returned: only if all_facts or stack_resources is true and the stack exists Sample: `{"ApplicationDatabase": "dazvlpr01xj55a", "AutoScalingGroup": "dev-someapp-AutoscalingGroup-1SKEXXBCAN0S7", "AutoScalingSecurityGroup": "sg-abcd1234"}`
stack_template dictionary	Describes the stack template for the stack Returned: only if all_facts or stack_template is true and the stack exists

Authors

Justin Menga (@jmenga)
Kevin Coming (@waffie1)

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amazon.aws.cloudformation_info module – Obtain information about an AWS CloudFormation stack

Synopsis

Requirements

Parameters

Notes

Examples

Return Values