community.aws.wafv2_web_acl module – Create and delete WAF Web ACLs

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.wafv2_web_acl.

New in community.aws 1.5.0

Synopsis

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.

cloudwatch_metrics

boolean

Enable cloudwatch metric for wafv2 web acl.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

custom_response_bodies

dictionary

added in community.aws 3.1.0

A map of custom response keys and content bodies. Define response bodies here and reference them in the rules by providing

the key of the body dictionary element.

Each element must have a unique dict key and in the dict two keys for content_type and content.

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

default_action

string

Default action of the wafv2 web acl.

Choices:

  • "Block"

  • "Allow"

description

string

Description of wafv2 web acl.

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.

metric_name

string

Name of cloudwatch metrics.

If not given and cloudwatch_metrics is enabled, the name of the web acl itself will be taken.

name

string / required

The name of the web acl.

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_rules

boolean

When set to no, keep the existing load balancer rules in place. Will modify and add, but will not delete.

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.

rules

list / elements=dictionary

The Rule statements used to identify the web requests that you want to allow, block, or count.

For a list of managed rules see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/waf/latest/developerguide/aws-managed-rule-groups-list.html.

action

dictionary

Wether a rule is blocked, allowed or counted.

name

string

The name of the wafv2 rule

priority

integer

The rule priority

statement

dictionary

Rule configuration.

visibility_config

dictionary

Visibility of single wafv2 rule.

sampled_requests

boolean

Whether to store a sample of the web requests, true or false.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

scope

string / required

Geographical scope of the web acl.

Choices:

  • "CLOUDFRONT"

  • "REGIONAL"

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 / required

Whether the rule is present or absent.

Choices:

  • "present"

  • "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 the purge_tags parameter 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: Create test web acl
  community.aws.wafv2_web_acl:
    name: test05
    description: hallo eins
    scope: REGIONAL
    default_action: Allow
    sampled_requests: false
    cloudwatch_metrics: true
    metric_name: test05-acl-metric
    rules:
      - name: zwei
        priority: 0
        action:
          block: {}
        visibility_config:
          sampled_requests_enabled: true
          cloud_watch_metrics_enabled: true
          metric_name: ddos
        statement:
          xss_match_statement:
            field_to_match:
              body: {}
            text_transformations:
              - type: NONE
                priority: 0
      - name: admin_protect
        priority: 1
        override_action:
          none: {}
        visibility_config:
          sampled_requests_enabled: true
          cloud_watch_metrics_enabled: true
          metric_name: fsd
        statement:
          managed_rule_group_statement:
            vendor_name: AWS
            name: AWSManagedRulesAdminProtectionRuleSet

      # AWS Managed Bad Input Rule Set
      # but allow PROPFIND_METHOD used e.g. by webdav
      - name: bad_input_protect_whitelist_webdav
        priority: 2
        override_action:
          none: {}
        visibility_config:
          sampled_requests_enabled: true
          cloud_watch_metrics_enabled: true
          metric_name: bad_input_protect
        statement:
          managed_rule_group_statement:
            vendor_name: AWS
            name: AWSManagedRulesKnownBadInputsRuleSet
            excluded_rules:
              - name: PROPFIND_METHOD

      # Rate Limit example. 1500 req/5min
      # counted for two domains via or_statement. login.mydomain.tld and api.mydomain.tld
      - name: rate_limit_example
        priority: 3
        action:
          block: {}
        visibility_config:
          sampled_requests_enabled: true
          cloud_watch_metrics_enabled: true
          metric_name: mydomain-ratelimit
        statement:
          rate_based_statement:
            limit: 1500
            aggregate_key_type: IP
            scope_down_statement:
              or_statement:
                statements:
                  - byte_match_statement:
                      search_string: login.mydomain.tld
                      positional_constraint: CONTAINS
                      field_to_match:
                        single_header:
                          name: host
                      text_transformations:
                        - type: LOWERCASE
                          priority: 0
                  - byte_match_dtatement:
                      search_string: api.mydomain.tld
                      positional_constraint: CONTAINS
                      field_to_match:
                        single_header:
                          name: host
                      text_transformations:
                        - type: LOWERCASE
                          priority: 0
    purge_rules: true
    tags:
      A: B
      C: D
    state: present

- name: Create IP filtering web ACL
  community.aws.wafv2_web_acl:
    name: ip-filtering-traffic
    description: ACL that filters web traffic based on rate limits and whitelists some IPs
    scope: REGIONAL
    default_action: Allow
    sampled_requests: true
    cloudwatch_metrics: true
    metric_name: ip-filtering-traffic
    rules:
      - name: whitelist-own-IPs
        priority: 0
        action:
          allow: {}
        statement:
          ip_set_reference_statement:
            arn: 'arn:aws:wafv2:us-east-1:123456789012:regional/ipset/own-public-ips/1c4bdfc4-0f77-3b23-5222-123123123'
        visibility_config:
          sampled_requests_enabled: true
          cloud_watch_metrics_enabled: true
          metric_name: waf-acl-rule-whitelist-own-IPs
      - name: rate-limit-per-IP
        priority: 1
        action:
          block:
            custom_response:
              response_code: 429
              custom_response_body_key: too_many_requests
        statement:
          rate_based_statement:
            limit: 5000
            aggregate_key_type: IP
        visibility_config:
          sampled_requests_enabled: true
          cloud_watch_metrics_enabled: true
          metric_name: waf-acl-rule-rate-limit-per-IP
        purge_rules: true
    custom_response_bodies:
      too_many_requests:
        content_type: APPLICATION_JSON
        content: '{ message: "Your request has been blocked due to too many HTTP requests coming from your IP" }'
    region: us-east-1
    state: present

Return Values

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

Key

Description

arn

string

web acl arn

Returned: Always, as long as the web acl exists

Sample: "arn:aws:wafv2:eu-central-1:123456789012:regional/webacl/test05/318c1ab9-fa74-4b3b-a974-f92e25106f61"

capacity

integer

Current capacity of the web acl

Returned: Always, as long as the web acl exists

Sample: 140

custom_response_bodies

dictionary

Custom response body configurations to be used in rules

Returned: Always, as long as the web acl exists

Sample: {"too_many_requests": {"content": "{ message: \"Your request has been blocked due to too many HTTP requests coming from your IP\" }", "content_type": "APPLICATION_JSON"}}

default_action

dictionary

Default action of ACL

Returned: Always, as long as the web acl exists

Sample: {"allow": {}}

description

string

Description of the web acl

Returned: Always, as long as the web acl exists

Sample: "Some web acl description"

name

string

Web acl name

Returned: Always, as long as the web acl exists

Sample: "test02"

rules

list / elements=string

Current rules of the web acl

Returned: Always, as long as the web acl exists

Sample: [{"name": "admin_protect", "override_action": {"none": {}}, "priority": 1, "statement": {"managed_rule_group_statement": {"name": "AWSManagedRulesAdminProtectionRuleSet", "vendor_name": "AWS"}}, "visibility_config": {"cloud_watch_metrics_enabled": true, "metric_name": "admin_protect", "sampled_requests_enabled": true}}]

visibility_config

dictionary

Visibility config of the web acl

Returned: Always, as long as the web acl exists

Sample: {"cloud_watch_metrics_enabled": true, "metric_name": "blub", "sampled_requests_enabled": false}

Authors

  • Markus Bergholz (@markuman)