amazon.aws.cloudwatch_metric_alarm_info module – Gather information about the alarms for the specified metric

Note

This module is part of the amazon.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 amazon.aws. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

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

New in amazon.aws 5.0.0

Synopsis

  • Retrieves the alarms for the specified metric.

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.

action_prefix

string

This parameter can be used to filter the results of the operation to only those alarms that use a certain alarm action.

alarm_name_prefix

string

An alarm name prefix to retrieve information about alarms that have names that start with this prefix.

Can not be used with alarm_names.

alarm_names

list / elements=string

The name of the metric.

alarm_type

string

Specify this to return metric alarms or composite alarms.

Module is defaulted to return metric alarms but can return composite alarms if alarm_type=CompositeAlarm.

Choices:

  • "CompositeAlarm"

  • "MetricAlarm" ← (default)

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.

children_of_alarm_name

string

If specified returns information about the “children” alarms of the alarm name specified.

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

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.

parents_of_alarm_name

string

If specified returns information about the “parent” alarms of the alarm name specified.

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.

state_value

string

If specified returns information only about alarms that are currently in the particular state.

Choices:

  • "OK"

  • "ALARM"

  • "INSUFFICIENT_DATA"

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: describe the metric alarm based on alarm names
  amazon.aws.cloudwatch_metric_alarm_info:
    alarm_names:
      - my-test-alarm-1
      - my-test-alarm-2

- name: describe the metric alarm based alarm names and state value
  amazon.aws.cloudwatch_metric_alarm_info:
    alarm_names:
      - my-test-alarm-1
      - my-test-alarm-2
    state_value: OK

- name: describe the metric alarm based alarm names prefix
  amazon.aws.cloudwatch_metric_alarm_info:
    alarm_name_prefix: my-test-

Return Values

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

Key

Description

metric_alarms

list / elements=dictionary

The gathered information about specified metric alarms.

Returned: when success

actions_enabled

boolean

Indicates whether actions should be executed during any changes to the alarm state.

Returned: always

alarm_actions

list / elements=string

The actions to execute when this alarm transitions to an ALARM state from any other state.

Returned: always

alarm_arn

string

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the alarm.

Returned: always

alarm_configuration_updated_timestamp

string

The time stamp of the last update to the alarm configuration.

Returned: always

alarm_description

string

The description of the alarm.

Returned: always

alarm_name

string

Unique name for the alarm.

Returned: always

comparison_operator

string

The arithmetic operation to use when comparing the specified statistic and threshold.

Returned: always

datapoints_to_alarm

integer

The number of data points that must be breaching to trigger the alarm.

Returned: always

dimensions

list / elements=dictionary

The dimensions for the metric.

Returned: always

name

string

The name of the dimension.

Returned: always

value

string

The value of the dimension.

Returned: always

evaluate_low_sample_count_percentile

string

Used only for alarms based on percentiles.

If ignore, the alarm state does not change during periods with too few data points to be statistically significant.

If evaluate or this parameter is not used, the alarm is always evaluated and possibly changes state.

Returned: always

evaluation_period

integer

The number of periods over which data is compared to the specified threshold.

Returned: always

extended_statistic

string

The percentile statistic for the metric associated with the alarm.

Returned: always

insufficient_data_actions

list / elements=string

The actions to execute when this alarm transitions to an INSUFFICIENT_DATA state from any other state.

Returned: always

metric_name

string

Name of the monitored metric (e.g. CPUUtilization).

Returned: always

metrics

list / elements=dictionary

An array of MetricDataQuery structures, used in an alarm based on a metric math expression.

Returned: always

namespace

string

Name of the appropriate namespace (AWS/EC2, System/Linux, etc.).

Determines the category it will appear under in CloudWatch.

Returned: always

ok_actions

list / elements=string

The actions to execute when this alarm transitions to an OK state from any other state.

Returned: always

period

integer

The length, in seconds, used each time the metric specified in MetricName is evaluated.

Valid values are 10, 30, and any multiple of 60.

Returned: always

state_reason

string

An explanation for the alarm state, in text format.

Returned: always

state_reason_data

string

An explanation for the alarm state, in JSON format.

Returned: always

state_updated_timestamp

string

The time stamp of the last update to the alarm state.

Returned: always

state_value

string

The state value for the alarm.

Returned: always

statistic

string

The statistic for the metric associated with the alarm, other than percentile.

Returned: always

threshold

float

The value to compare with the specified statistic.

Returned: always

threshold_metric_id

string

This is the ID of the ANOMALY_DETECTION_BAND function used as the threshold for the alarm.

Returned: always

treat_missing_data

string

Sets how alarm is to handle missing data points.

Returned: always

unit

string

Unit used when storing the metric

Returned: always

Authors

  • Mandar Vijay Kulkarni (@mandar242)