amazon.aws.aws_secret lookup – Look up secrets stored in AWS Secrets Manager

Note

This lookup plugin is part of the amazon.aws collection (version 5.5.1).

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 lookup plugin, see Requirements for details.

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

Synopsis

  • Look up secrets stored in AWS Secrets Manager provided the caller has the appropriate permissions to read the secret.

  • Lookup is based on the secret’s Name value.

  • Optional parameters can be passed into this lookup; version_id and version_stage

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the local controller node that executes this lookup.

  • python >= 3.6

  • boto3 >= 1.18.0

  • botocore >= 1.21.0

Terms

Parameter

Comments

Terms

string / required

Name of the secret to look up in AWS Secrets Manager.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

aws_access_key

aliases: aws_access_key_id

string

The AWS access key to use.

Configuration:

  • Environment variable: EC2_ACCESS_KEY

  • Environment variable: AWS_ACCESS_KEY

  • Environment variable: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID

aws_profile

aliases: boto_profile

string

The AWS profile

Configuration:

  • Environment variable: AWS_DEFAULT_PROFILE

  • Environment variable: AWS_PROFILE

aws_secret_key

aliases: aws_secret_access_key

string

The AWS secret key that corresponds to the access key.

Configuration:

  • Environment variable: EC2_SECRET_KEY

  • Environment variable: AWS_SECRET_KEY

  • Environment variable: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY

aws_security_token

string

The AWS security token if using temporary access and secret keys.

Configuration:

  • Environment variable: EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN

  • Environment variable: AWS_SESSION_TOKEN

  • Environment variable: AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN

bypath

boolean

added in amazon.aws 1.4.0

A boolean to indicate whether the parameter is provided as a hierarchy.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

join

boolean

Join two or more entries to form an extended secret.

This is useful for overcoming the 4096 character limit imposed by AWS.

No effect when used with bypath.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

nested

boolean

added in amazon.aws 1.4.0

A boolean to indicate the secret contains nested values.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

on_deleted

string

added in amazon.aws 2.0.0

Action to take if the secret has been marked for deletion.

error will raise a fatal error when the secret has been marked for deletion.

skip will silently ignore the deleted secret.

warn will skip over the deleted secret but issue a warning.

Choices:

  • "error" ← (default)

  • "skip"

  • "warn"

on_denied

string

Action to take if access to the secret is denied.

error will raise a fatal error when access to the secret is denied.

skip will silently ignore the denied secret.

warn will skip over the denied secret but issue a warning.

Choices:

  • "error" ← (default)

  • "skip"

  • "warn"

on_missing

string

Action to take if the secret is missing.

error will raise a fatal error when the secret is missing.

skip will silently ignore the missing secret.

warn will skip over the missing secret but issue a warning.

Choices:

  • "error" ← (default)

  • "skip"

  • "warn"

region

string

The region for which to create the connection.

Configuration:

  • Environment variable: EC2_REGION

  • Environment variable: AWS_REGION

version_id

string

Version of the secret(s).

version_stage

string

Stage of the secret version.

Examples

- name: lookup secretsmanager secret in the current region
  debug: msg="{{ lookup('amazon.aws.aws_secret', '/path/to/secrets', bypath=true) }}"

- name: Create RDS instance with aws_secret lookup for password param
  rds:
    command: create
    instance_name: app-db
    db_engine: MySQL
    size: 10
    instance_type: db.m1.small
    username: dbadmin
    password: "{{ lookup('amazon.aws.aws_secret', 'DbSecret') }}"
    tags:
      Environment: staging

- name: skip if secret does not exist
  debug: msg="{{ lookup('amazon.aws.aws_secret', 'secret-not-exist', on_missing='skip')}}"

- name: warn if access to the secret is denied
  debug: msg="{{ lookup('amazon.aws.aws_secret', 'secret-denied', on_denied='warn')}}"

- name: lookup secretsmanager secret in the current region using the nested feature
  debug: msg="{{ lookup('amazon.aws.aws_secret', 'secrets.environments.production.password', nested=true) }}"
  # The secret can be queried using the following syntax: `aws_secret_object_name.key1.key2.key3`.
  # If an object is of the form `{"key1":{"key2":{"key3":1}}}` the query would return the value `1`.
- name: lookup secretsmanager secret in a specific region using specified region and aws profile using nested feature
  debug: >
   msg="{{ lookup('amazon.aws.aws_secret', 'secrets.environments.production.password', region=region, aws_profile=aws_profile,
   aws_access_key=aws_access_key, aws_secret_key=aws_secret_key, nested=true) }}"
  # The secret can be queried using the following syntax: `aws_secret_object_name.key1.key2.key3`.
  # If an object is of the form `{"key1":{"key2":{"key3":1}}}` the query would return the value `1`.
  # Region is the AWS region where the AWS secret is stored.
  # AWS_profile is the aws profile to use, that has access to the AWS secret.

Return Value

Key

Description

Return value

string

Returns the value of the secret stored in AWS Secrets Manager.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Aaron Smith

Hint

Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.