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amazon.aws.ec2_instance_info module – Gather information about ec2 instances in AWS

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.ec2_instance_info.

New in amazon.aws 1.0.0

Synopsis

• Gather information about ec2 instances in AWS

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
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.
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_DescribeInstances.html for possible filters. Filter names and values are case sensitive. Default: {}
instance_ids list / elements=string	If you specify one or more instance IDs, only instances that have the specified IDs are returned.
minimum_uptime aliases: uptime integer	Minimum running uptime in minutes of instances. For example if uptime is 60 return all instances that have run more than 60 minutes.
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.
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: Gather information about all instances
  amazon.aws.ec2_instance_info:

- name: Gather information about all instances in AZ ap-southeast-2a
  amazon.aws.ec2_instance_info:
    filters:
      availability-zone: ap-southeast-2a

- name: Gather information about a particular instance using ID
  amazon.aws.ec2_instance_info:
    instance_ids:
      - i-12345678

- name: Gather information about any instance with a tag key Name and value Example
  amazon.aws.ec2_instance_info:
    filters:
      "tag:Name": Example

- name: Gather information about any instance in states "shutting-down", "stopping", "stopped"
  amazon.aws.ec2_instance_info:
    filters:
      instance-state-name: [ "shutting-down", "stopping", "stopped" ]

- name: Gather information about any instance with Name beginning with RHEL and an uptime of at least 60 minutes
  amazon.aws.ec2_instance_info:
    region: "{{ ec2_region }}"
    uptime: 60
    filters:
      "tag:Name": "RHEL-*"
      instance-state-name: [ "running"]
  register: ec2_node_info

Return Values

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

Key	Description
instances complex	a list of ec2 instances Returned: always
ami_launch_index integer	The AMI launch index, which can be used to find this instance in the launch group. Returned: always Sample: 0
architecture string	The architecture of the image Returned: always Sample: "x86_64"
block_device_mappings complex	Any block device mapping entries for the instance. Returned: always
device_name string	The device name exposed to the instance (for example, /dev/sdh or xvdh). Returned: always Sample: "/dev/sdh"
ebs complex	Parameters used to automatically set up EBS volumes when the instance is launched. Returned: always
attach_time string	The time stamp when the attachment initiated. Returned: always Sample: "2017-03-23T22:51:24+00:00"
delete_on_termination boolean	Indicates whether the volume is deleted on instance termination. Returned: always Sample: true
status string	The attachment state. Returned: always Sample: "attached"
volume_id string	The ID of the EBS volume Returned: always Sample: "vol-12345678"
client_token string	The idempotency token you provided when you launched the instance, if applicable. Returned: always Sample: "mytoken"
cpu_options complex	The CPU options set for the instance. Returned: always
core_count integer	The number of CPU cores for the instance. Returned: always Sample: 1
threads_per_core integer	The number of threads per CPU core. On supported instance, a value of 1 means Intel Hyper-Threading Technology is disabled. Returned: always Sample: 1
ebs_optimized boolean	Indicates whether the instance is optimized for EBS I/O. Returned: always Sample: false
hypervisor string	The hypervisor type of the instance. Returned: always Sample: "xen"
iam_instance_profile complex	The IAM instance profile associated with the instance, if applicable. Returned: always
arn string	The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the instance profile. Returned: always Sample: "arn:aws:iam::000012345678:instance-profile/myprofile"
id string	The ID of the instance profile Returned: always Sample: "JFJ397FDG400FG9FD1N"
image_id string	The ID of the AMI used to launch the instance. Returned: always Sample: "ami-0011223344"
instance_id string	The ID of the instance. Returned: always Sample: "i-012345678"
instance_type string	The instance type size of the running instance. Returned: always Sample: "t2.micro"
key_name string	The name of the key pair, if this instance was launched with an associated key pair. Returned: always Sample: "my-key"
launch_time string	The time the instance was launched. Returned: always Sample: "2017-03-23T22:51:24+00:00"
monitoring complex	The monitoring for the instance. Returned: always
state string	Indicates whether detailed monitoring is enabled. Otherwise, basic monitoring is enabled. Returned: always Sample: "disabled"
network_interfaces complex	One or more network interfaces for the instance. Returned: always
association complex	The association information for an Elastic IPv4 associated with the network interface. Returned: always
ip_owner_id string	The ID of the owner of the Elastic IP address. Returned: always Sample: "amazon"
public_dns_name string	The public DNS name. Returned: always Sample: ""
public_ip string	The public IP address or Elastic IP address bound to the network interface. Returned: always Sample: "1.2.3.4"
attachment complex	The network interface attachment. Returned: always
attach_time string	The time stamp when the attachment initiated. Returned: always Sample: "2017-03-23T22:51:24+00:00"
attachment_id string	The ID of the network interface attachment. Returned: always Sample: "eni-attach-3aff3f"
delete_on_termination boolean	Indicates whether the network interface is deleted when the instance is terminated. Returned: always Sample: true
device_index integer	The index of the device on the instance for the network interface attachment. Returned: always Sample: 0
status string	The attachment state. Returned: always Sample: "attached"
description string	The description. Returned: always Sample: "My interface"
groups list / elements=dictionary	One or more security groups. Returned: always
group_id string	The ID of the security group. Returned: always Sample: "sg-abcdef12"
group_name string	The name of the security group. Returned: always Sample: "mygroup"
ipv6_addresses list / elements=dictionary	One or more IPv6 addresses associated with the network interface. Returned: always
ipv6_address string	The IPv6 address. Returned: always Sample: "2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334"
mac_address string	The MAC address. Returned: always Sample: "00:11:22:33:44:55"
network_interface_id string	The ID of the network interface. Returned: always Sample: "eni-01234567"
owner_id string	The AWS account ID of the owner of the network interface. Returned: always Sample: "01234567890"
private_ip_address string	The IPv4 address of the network interface within the subnet. Returned: always Sample: "10.0.0.1"
private_ip_addresses list / elements=dictionary	The private IPv4 addresses associated with the network interface. Returned: always
association complex	The association information for an Elastic IP address (IPv4) associated with the network interface. Returned: always
ip_owner_id string	The ID of the owner of the Elastic IP address. Returned: always Sample: "amazon"
public_dns_name string	The public DNS name. Returned: always Sample: ""
public_ip string	The public IP address or Elastic IP address bound to the network interface. Returned: always Sample: "1.2.3.4"
primary boolean	Indicates whether this IPv4 address is the primary private IP address of the network interface. Returned: always Sample: true
private_ip_address string	The private IPv4 address of the network interface. Returned: always Sample: "10.0.0.1"
source_dest_check boolean	Indicates whether source/destination checking is enabled. Returned: always Sample: true
status string	The status of the network interface. Returned: always Sample: "in-use"
subnet_id string	The ID of the subnet for the network interface. Returned: always Sample: "subnet-0123456"
vpc_id string	The ID of the VPC for the network interface. Returned: always Sample: "vpc-0123456"
placement complex	The location where the instance launched, if applicable. Returned: always
availability_zone string	The Availability Zone of the instance. Returned: always Sample: "ap-southeast-2a"
group_name string	The name of the placement group the instance is in (for cluster compute instances). Returned: always Sample: ""
tenancy string	The tenancy of the instance (if the instance is running in a VPC). Returned: always Sample: "default"
private_dns_name string	The private DNS name. Returned: always Sample: "ip-10-0-0-1.ap-southeast-2.compute.internal"
private_ip_address string	The IPv4 address of the network interface within the subnet. Returned: always Sample: "10.0.0.1"
product_codes list / elements=dictionary	One or more product codes. Returned: always
product_code_id string	The product code. Returned: always Sample: "aw0evgkw8ef3n2498gndfgasdfsd5cce"
product_code_type string	The type of product code. Returned: always Sample: "marketplace"
public_dns_name string	The public DNS name assigned to the instance. Returned: always
public_ip_address string	The public IPv4 address assigned to the instance Returned: always Sample: "52.0.0.1"
root_device_name string	The device name of the root device Returned: always Sample: "/dev/sda1"
root_device_type string	The type of root device used by the AMI. Returned: always Sample: "ebs"
security_groups list / elements=dictionary	One or more security groups for the instance. Returned: always
group_id string	The ID of the security group. Returned: always Sample: "sg-0123456"
group_name string	The name of the security group. Returned: always Sample: "my-security-group"
source_dest_check boolean	Indicates whether source/destination checking is enabled. Returned: always Sample: true
state complex	The current state of the instance. Returned: always
code integer	The low byte represents the state. Returned: always Sample: 16
name string	The name of the state. Returned: always Sample: "running"
state_transition_reason string	The reason for the most recent state transition. Returned: always
subnet_id string	The ID of the subnet in which the instance is running. Returned: always Sample: "subnet-00abcdef"
tags dictionary	Any tags assigned to the instance. Returned: always
virtualization_type string	The type of virtualization of the AMI. Returned: always Sample: "hvm"
vpc_id dictionary	The ID of the VPC the instance is in. Returned: always Sample: "vpc-0011223344"

Authors

• Michael Schuett (@michaeljs1990)

• Rob White (@wimnat)

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