community.aws.networkfirewall_policy module – manage AWS Network Firewall policies

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.networkfirewall_policy.

New in community.aws 4.0.0

Synopsis

  • A module for creating, updating and deleting AWS Network Firewall policies.

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.

arn

string

The ARN of the Network Firewall policy.

Exactly one of arn or name must be provided.

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

A description for the Network Firewall policy.

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.

name

string

The name of the Network Firewall policy.

Cannot be updated after creation.

Exactly one of arn or name must be provided.

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_stateless_custom_actions

aliases: purge_custom_stateless_actions

boolean

If purge_stateless_custom_actions=true, existing custom actions will be purged from the resource to match exactly what is defined by the stateless_custom_actions parameter.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

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)

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.

state

string

Create or remove the Network Firewall policy.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

stateful_default_actions

list / elements=string

Actions to take on a packet if it doesn’t match any of the stateful rules in the policy.

Common actions are aws:drop_strict, aws:drop_established, aws:alert_strict and aws:alert_established.

Only valid for policies where strict_rule_order=true.

When creating a new policy defaults to aws:drop_strict.

stateful_rule_groups

aliases: stateful_groups

list / elements=string

A list of names or ARNs of stateful firewall rule groups.

stateful_rule_order

aliases: rule_order

string

Indicates how to manage the order of stateful rule evaluation for the policy.

When strict_rule_order=’strict’ rules and rule groups are evaluated in the order that they’re defined.

Cannot be updated after creation.

Choices:

  • "default"

  • "strict"

stateless_custom_actions

aliases: custom_stateless_actions

list / elements=dictionary

A list of dictionaries defining custom actions which can be used in stateless_default_actions and stateless_fragment_default_actions.

name

string / required

The name of the custom action.

publish_metric_dimension_value

aliases: publish_metric_dimension_values

string

When the custom action is used, metrics will have a dimension of CustomAction the value of which is set to publish_metric_dimension_value.

stateless_default_actions

list / elements=string

Actions to take on a packet if it doesn’t match any of the stateless rules in the policy.

Common actions are aws:pass, aws:drop and aws:forward_to_sfe.

When creating a new policy defaults to aws:forward_to_sfe.

stateless_fragment_default_actions

list / elements=string

Actions to take on a fragmented UDP packet if it doesn’t match any of the stateless rules in the policy.

Common actions are aws:pass, aws:drop and aws:forward_to_sfe.

When creating a new policy defaults to aws:forward_to_sfe.

stateless_rule_groups

aliases: stateless_groups

list / elements=string

A list of names or ARNs of stateless firewall rule groups.

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)

wait

boolean

Whether to wait for the firewall policy to reach the ACTIVE or DELETED state before the module returns.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

wait_timeout

integer

Maximum time, in seconds, to wait for the firewall policy to reach the expected state.

Defaults to 600 seconds.

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

# Create an AWS Network Firewall Policy with default rule order
- community.aws.networkfirewall_policy:
    stateful_rule_order: 'default'
    state: present
    name: 'ExamplePolicy'

# Create an AWS Network Firewall Policy with strict rule order
- community.aws.networkfirewall_policy:
    stateful_rule_order: 'strict'
    state: present
    name: 'ExampleStrictPolicy'


# Create an AWS Network Firewall Policy that defaults to dropping all packets
- community.aws.networkfirewall_policy:
    stateful_rule_order: 'strict'
    state: present
    name: 'ExampleDropPolicy'
    stateful_default_actions:
      - 'aws:drop_strict'
    stateful_rule_groups:
      - 'ExampleStrictRuleGroup'
      - 'arn:aws:network-firewall:us-east-1:aws-managed:stateful-rulegroup/BotNetCommandAndControlDomainsStrictOrder'

# Delete an AWS Network Firewall Policy
- community.aws.networkfirewall_policy:
    state: absent
    name: 'ExampleDropPolicy'

Return Values

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

Key

Description

policy

dictionary

The details of the policy

Returned: success

policy

dictionary

The details of the policy

Returned: success

stateful_engine_options

dictionary

Extra options describing how the stateful rules should be handled.

Returned: success

rule_order

string

How rule group evaluation will be ordered.

For more information on rule evaluation ordering see the AWS documentation https://docs.aws.amazon.com/network-firewall/latest/developerguide/suricata-rule-evaluation-order.html.

Returned: success

Sample: "DEFAULT_ACTION_ORDER"

stateful_rule_group_references

list / elements=dictionary

Information about the stateful rule groups attached to the policy.

Returned: success

priority

integer

An integer that indicates the order in which to run the stateful rule groups in a single policy.

This only applies to policies that specify the STRICT_ORDER rule order in the stateful engine options settings.

Returned: success

Sample: 1234

resource_arn

string

The ARN of the rule group.

Returned: success

Sample: "arn:aws:network-firewall:us-east-1:aws-managed:stateful-rulegroup/AbusedLegitMalwareDomainsActionOrder"

stateless_custom_actions

list / elements=dictionary

A description of additional custom actions available for use as default rules to apply to stateless packets.

Returned: success

action_definition

dictionary

The action to perform.

Returned: success

publish_metric_action

dictionary

Definition of a custom metric to be published to CloudWatch.

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/network-firewall/latest/developerguide/monitoring-cloudwatch.html

Returned: success

dimensions

list / elements=dictionary

The values of the CustomAction dimension to set on the metrics.

The dimensions of a metric are used to identify unique streams of data.

Returned: success

value

string

A value of the CustomAction dimension to set on the metrics.

Returned: success

Sample: "ExampleRule"

action_name

string

A name for the action.

Returned: success

Sample: "ExampleAction"

stateless_default_actions

list / elements=string

The default actions to take on a packet that doesn’t match any stateful rules.

Returned: success

Sample: ["aws:alert_strict"]

stateless_fragment_default_actions

list / elements=string

The actions to take on a packet if it doesn’t match any of the stateless rules in the policy.

Returned: success

Sample: ["aws:pass"]

stateless_rule_group_references

list / elements=dictionary

Information about the stateful rule groups attached to the policy.

Returned: success

priority

string

An integer that indicates the order in which to run the stateless rule groups in a single policy.

Returned: success

Sample: "12345"

resource_arn

string

The ARN of the rule group.

Returned: success

Sample: "arn:aws:network-firewall:us-east-1:123456789012:stateless-rulegroup/ExampleGroup"

policy_metadata

dictionary

Metadata about the policy

Returned: success

consumed_stateful_rule_capacity

integer

The total number of capacity units used by the stateful rule groups.

Returned: success

Sample: 165

consumed_stateless_rule_capacity

integer

The total number of capacity units used by the stateless rule groups.

Returned: success

Sample: 2010

firewall_policy_arn

string

The ARN of the policy.

Returned: success

Sample: "arn:aws:network-firewall:us-east-1:123456789012:firewall-policy/ExamplePolicy"

firewall_policy_id

string

The unique ID of the policy.

Returned: success

Sample: "12345678-abcd-1234-5678-123456789abc"

firewall_policy_name

string

The name of the policy.

Returned: success

Sample: "ExamplePolicy"

firewall_policy_status

string

The current status of the policy.

Returned: success

Sample: "ACTIVE"

number_of_associations

integer

The number of firewalls the policy is associated to.

Returned: success

Sample: 1

tags

dictionary

A dictionary representing the tags associated with the policy.

Returned: success

Sample: {"tagName": "Some Value"}

Authors

  • Mark Chappell (@tremble)