community.aws.cloudfront_distribution_info module – Obtain facts about an AWS CloudFront distribution

Note

This module is part of the community.aws collection (version 9.0.0).

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.cloudfront_distribution_info.

New in community.aws 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • Gets information about an AWS CloudFront distribution.

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

Aliases: cloudfront_info

Requirements

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

  • python >= 3.6

  • boto3 >= 1.28.0

  • botocore >= 1.31.0

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.

all_lists

boolean

Get all CloudFront lists that do not require parameters.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

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

distribution

boolean

Get information about a distribution.

Requires distribution_id or domain_name_alias to be specified.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

distribution_config

boolean

Get the configuration information about a distribution.

Requires distribution_id or domain_name_alias to be specified.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

distribution_id

string

The id of the CloudFront distribution. Used with distribution, distribution_config, invalidation, streaming_distribution, streaming_distribution_config, list_invalidations.

domain_name_alias

string

Can be used instead of distribution_id - uses the aliased CNAME for the CloudFront distribution to get the distribution id where required.

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.

invalidation

boolean

Get information about an invalidation.

Requires invalidation_id to be specified.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

invalidation_id

string

The id of the invalidation to get information about.

Used with invalidation.

list_distributions

boolean

Get a list of CloudFront distributions.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

list_distributions_by_web_acl_id

boolean

Get a list of distributions using web acl id as a filter.

Requires web_acl_id to be set.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

list_invalidations

boolean

Get a list of invalidations.

Requires distribution_id or domain_name_alias to be specified.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

list_origin_access_identities

boolean

Get a list of CloudFront origin access identities.

Requires origin_access_identity_id to be set.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

list_streaming_distributions

boolean

Get a list of streaming distributions.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

origin_access_identity

boolean

Get information about an origin access identity.

Requires origin_access_identity_id to be specified.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

origin_access_identity_config

boolean

Get the configuration information about an origin access identity.

Requires origin_access_identity_id to be specified.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

origin_access_identity_id

string

The id of the CloudFront origin access identity to get information about.

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.

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.

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.

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.

streaming_distribution

boolean

Get information about a specified RTMP distribution.

Requires distribution_id or domain_name_alias to be specified.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

streaming_distribution_config

boolean

Get the configuration information about a specified RTMP distribution.

Requires distribution_id or domain_name_alias to be specified.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

summary

boolean

Returns a summary of all distributions, streaming distributions and origin_access_identities.

This is the default behaviour if no option is selected.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

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

  • 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

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

- name: Get a summary of distributions
  community.aws.cloudfront_distribution_info:
    summary: true
  register: result

- name: Get information about a distribution
  community.aws.cloudfront_distribution_info:
    distribution: true
    distribution_id: my-cloudfront-distribution-id
  register: result_did
- ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ result_did['cloudfront']['my-cloudfront-distribution-id'] }}"

- name: Get information about a distribution using the CNAME of the cloudfront distribution.
  community.aws.cloudfront_distribution_info:
    distribution: true
    domain_name_alias: www.my-website.com
  register: result_website
- ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ result_website['cloudfront']['www.my-website.com'] }}"

- name: Get all information about an invalidation for a distribution.
  community.aws.cloudfront_distribution_info:
    invalidation: true
    distribution_id: my-cloudfront-distribution-id
    invalidation_id: my-cloudfront-invalidation-id

- name: Get all information about a CloudFront origin access identity.
  community.aws.cloudfront_distribution_info:
    origin_access_identity: true
    origin_access_identity_id: my-cloudfront-origin-access-identity-id

- name: Get all information about lists not requiring parameters (ie. list_origin_access_identities, list_distributions, list_streaming_distributions)
  community.aws.cloudfront_distribution_info:
    origin_access_identity: true
    origin_access_identity_id: my-cloudfront-origin-access-identity-id

- name: Get all information about lists not requiring parameters (ie. list_origin_access_identities, list_distributions, list_streaming_distributions)
  community.aws.cloudfront_distribution_info:
    all_lists: true

Return Values

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

Key

Description

distribution

dictionary

Facts about a CloudFront distribution. Requires distribution_id or domain_name_alias to be specified. Requires origin_access_identity_id to be set.

Returned: only if distribution is true

distribution_config

dictionary

Facts about a CloudFront distribution’s config. Requires distribution_id or domain_name_alias to be specified.

Returned: only if distribution_config is true

invalidation

dictionary

Describes the invalidation information for the distribution. Requires invalidation_id to be specified and either distribution_id or domain_name_alias.

Returned: only if invalidation is true

origin_access_identity

dictionary

Describes the origin access identity information. Requires origin_access_identity_id to be set.

Returned: only if origin_access_identity is true

origin_access_identity_configuration

dictionary

Describes the origin access identity information configuration information. Requires origin_access_identity_id to be set.

Returned: only if origin_access_identity_configuration is true

result

dictionary

Result dict not nested under the CloudFront ID to access results of module without the knowledge of that id as figuring out the DistributionId is usually the reason one uses this module in the first place.

Returned: always

streaming_distribution

dictionary

Describes the streaming information for the distribution. Requires distribution_id or domain_name_alias to be specified.

Returned: only if streaming_distribution is true

streaming_distribution_config

dictionary

Describes the streaming configuration information for the distribution. Requires distribution_id or domain_name_alias to be specified.

Returned: only if streaming_distribution_config is true

summary

dictionary

Gives a summary of distributions, streaming distributions and origin access identities.

Returned: as default or if summary is true

Authors

  • Willem van Ketwich (@wilvk)