community.aws.secretsmanager_secret module – Manage secrets stored in AWS Secrets Manager

Note

This module is part of the community.aws collection (version 7.2.0).

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

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.aws.secretsmanager_secret.

New in community.aws 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • Create, update, and delete secrets stored in AWS Secrets Manager.

  • Prior to release 5.0.0 this module was called community.aws.aws_secret. The usage did not change.

Aliases: aws_secret

Requirements

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

  • python >= 3.6

  • boto3 >= 1.26.0

  • botocore >= 1.29.0

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

access_key

aliases: aws_access_key_id, aws_access_key, ec2_access_key

string

AWS access key ID.

See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys.

The AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variables may also be used in decreasing order of preference.

The aws_access_key and profile options are mutually exclusive.

The aws_access_key_id alias was added in release 5.1.0 for consistency with the AWS botocore SDK.

The ec2_access_key alias has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

Support for the EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variable has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

aws_ca_bundle

path

The location of a CA Bundle to use when validating SSL certificates.

The AWS_CA_BUNDLE environment variable may also be used.

aws_config

dictionary

A dictionary to modify the botocore configuration.

Parameters can be found in the AWS documentation https://botocore.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/config.html#botocore.config.Config.

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

description

string

Specifies a user-provided description of the secret.

Default: ""

endpoint_url

aliases: ec2_url, aws_endpoint_url, s3_url

string

URL to connect to instead of the default AWS endpoints. While this can be used to connection to other AWS-compatible services the amazon.aws and community.aws collections are only tested against AWS.

The AWS_URL or EC2_URL environment variables may also be used, in decreasing order of preference.

The ec2_url and s3_url aliases have been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

Support for the EC2_URL environment variable has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

json_secret

json

added in community.aws 4.1.0

Specifies JSON-formatted data that you want to encrypt and store in the new version of the secret.

Mutually exclusive with the secret option.

kms_key_id

string

Specifies the ARN or alias of the AWS KMS customer master key (CMK) to be used to encrypt the secret values in the versions stored in this secret.

name

string / required

Friendly name for the secret you are creating.

overwrite

boolean

added in community.aws 5.3.0

Whether to overwrite an existing secret with the same name.

If set to True, an existing secret with the same name will be overwritten.

If set to False, a secret with the given name will only be created if none exists.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

profile

aliases: aws_profile

string

A named AWS profile to use for authentication.

See the AWS documentation for more information about named profiles https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-profiles.html.

The AWS_PROFILE environment variable may also be used.

The profile option is mutually exclusive with the aws_access_key, aws_secret_key and security_token options.

purge_tags

boolean

If purge_tags=true and tags is set, existing tags will be purged from the resource to match exactly what is defined by tags parameter.

If the tags parameter is not set then tags will not be modified, even if purge_tags=True.

Tag keys beginning with aws: are reserved by Amazon and can not be modified. As such they will be ignored for the purposes of the purge_tags parameter. See the Amazon documentation for more information https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws_tagging.html#tag-conventions.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

recovery_window

integer

Only used if state is absent.

Specifies the number of days that Secrets Manager waits before it can delete the secret.

If set to 0, the deletion is forced without recovery.

Default: 30

region

aliases: aws_region, ec2_region

string

The AWS region to use.

For global services such as IAM, Route53 and CloudFront, region is ignored.

The AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION environment variables may also be used.

See the Amazon AWS documentation for more information http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region.

The ec2_region alias has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01

Support for the EC2_REGION environment variable has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

replica

list / elements=dictionary

added in community.aws 5.3.0

Specifies a list of regions and kms_key_ids (optional) to replicate the secret to

kms_key_id

string

Specifies the ARN or alias of the AWS KMS customer master key (CMK) in the destination region to be used (alias/aws/secretsmanager is assumed if not specified)

region

string / required

Region to replicate secret to.

resource_policy

json

added in community.aws 3.1.0

Specifies JSON-formatted resource policy to attach to the secret. Useful when granting cross-account access to secrets.

rotation_interval

integer

Specifies the number of days between automatic scheduled rotations of the secret.

Default: 30

rotation_lambda

string

Specifies the ARN of the Lambda function that can rotate the secret.

secret

string

Specifies string or binary data that you want to encrypt and store in the new version of the secret.

Mutually exclusive with the json_secret option.

Default: ""

secret_key

aliases: aws_secret_access_key, aws_secret_key, ec2_secret_key

string

AWS secret access key.

See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys.

The AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_KEY, or EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variables may also be used in decreasing order of preference.

The secret_key and profile options are mutually exclusive.

The aws_secret_access_key alias was added in release 5.1.0 for consistency with the AWS botocore SDK.

The ec2_secret_key alias has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

Support for the EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variable has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

secret_type

string

Specifies the type of data that you want to encrypt.

Choices:

  • "binary"

  • "string" ← (default)

session_token

aliases: aws_session_token, security_token, aws_security_token, access_token

string

AWS STS session token for use with temporary credentials.

See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys.

The AWS_SESSION_TOKEN, AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variables may also be used in decreasing order of preference.

The security_token and profile options are mutually exclusive.

Aliases aws_session_token and session_token were added in release 3.2.0, with the parameter being renamed from security_token to session_token in release 6.0.0.

The security_token, aws_security_token, and access_token aliases have been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

Support for the EC2_SECRET_KEY and AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variables has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

state

string

Whether the secret should be exist or not.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

tags

aliases: resource_tags

dictionary

A dictionary representing the tags to be applied to the resource.

If the tags parameter is not set then tags will not be modified.

validate_certs

boolean

When set to false, SSL certificates will not be validated for communication with the AWS APIs.

Setting validate_certs=false is strongly discouraged, as an alternative, consider setting aws_ca_bundle instead.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

Notes

Note

  • Support for purge_tags was added in release 4.0.0.

  • Caution: For modules, environment variables and configuration files are read from the Ansible ‘host’ context and not the ‘controller’ context. As such, files may need to be explicitly copied to the ‘host’. For lookup and connection plugins, environment variables and configuration files are read from the Ansible ‘controller’ context and not the ‘host’ context.

  • The AWS SDK (boto3) that Ansible uses may also read defaults for credentials and other settings, such as the region, from its configuration files in the Ansible ‘host’ context (typically ~/.aws/credentials). See https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/guide/credentials.html for more information.

Examples

- name: Add string to AWS Secrets Manager
  community.aws.secretsmanager_secret:
    name: 'test_secret_string'
    state: present
    secret_type: 'string'
    secret: "{{ super_secret_string }}"

- name: Add a secret with resource policy attached
  community.aws.secretsmanager_secret:
    name: 'test_secret_string'
    state: present
    secret_type: 'string'
    secret: "{{ super_secret_string }}"
    resource_policy: "{{ lookup('template', 'templates/resource_policy.json.j2', convert_data=False) | string }}"

- name: remove string from AWS Secrets Manager
  community.aws.secretsmanager_secret:
    name: 'test_secret_string'
    state: absent
    secret_type: 'string'
    secret: "{{ super_secret_string }}"

- name: Only create a new secret, but do not update if alredy exists by name
  community.aws.secretsmanager_secret:
    name: 'random_string'
    state: present
    secret_type: 'string'
    secret: "{{ lookup('community.general.random_string', length=16, special=false) }}"
    overwrite: false

Return Values

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

Key

Description

secret

complex

The secret information

Returned: always

arn

string

The ARN of the secret.

Returned: always

Sample: "arn:aws:secretsmanager:eu-west-1:xxxxxxxxxx:secret:xxxxxxxxxxx"

description

string

A description of the secret.

Returned: when the secret has a description

Sample: "An example description"

last_accessed_date

string

The date the secret was last accessed.

Returned: always

Sample: "2018-11-20T01:00:00+01:00"

last_changed_date

string

The date the secret was last modified.

Returned: always

Sample: "2018-11-20T12:16:38.433000+01:00"

name

string

The secret name.

Returned: always

Sample: "my_secret"

rotation_enabled

boolean

The secret rotation status.

Returned: always

Sample: false

tags

list / elements=dictionary

A list of dictionaries representing the tags associated with the secret in the standard boto3 format.

Returned: when the secret has tags

key

string

The name or key of the tag.

Returned: success

Sample: "MyTag"

value

string

The value of the tag.

Returned: success

Sample: "Some value."

tags_dict

dictionary

added in community.aws 4.0.0

A dictionary representing the tags associated with the secret.

Returned: when the secret has tags

Sample: {"MyTagName": "Some Value"}

version_ids_to_stages

dictionary

Provide the secret version ids and the associated secret stage.

Returned: always

Sample: {"dc1ed59b-6d8e-4450-8b41-536dfe4600a9": ["AWSCURRENT"]}

Authors

  • REY Remi (@rrey)