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aws_waf_rule - create and delete WAF Rules

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6
  • boto

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
aws_access_key
AWS access key. If not set then the value of the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variable is used.

aliases: ec2_access_key, access_key
aws_secret_key
AWS secret key. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_KEY, or EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variable is used.

aliases: ec2_secret_key, secret_key
conditions
list of conditions used in the rule. Each condition should contain type: which is one of [byte, geo, ip, size, sql or xss] negated: whether the condition should be negated, and condition, the name of the existing condition. aws_waf_condition can be used to create new conditions
ec2_url
Url to use to connect to EC2 or your Eucalyptus cloud (by default the module will use EC2 endpoints). Ignored for modules where region is required. Must be specified for all other modules if region is not used. If not set then the value of the EC2_URL environment variable, if any, is used.
metric_name
A friendly name or description for the metrics for the rule
The name can contain only alphanumeric characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9); the name can't contain whitespace.
You can't change metric_name after you create the rule
Defaults to the same as name with disallowed characters removed
name
required
Name of the Web Application Firewall rule
profile
(added in 1.6)
Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
purge_conditions
Whether or not to remove conditions that are not passed when updating `conditions`. Defaults to false.
region
The AWS region to use. If not specified then the value of the AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION environment variable, if any, is used. See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region

aliases: aws_region, ec2_region
security_token
(added in 1.6)
AWS STS security token. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variable is used.

aliases: access_token
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
whether the rule should be present or absent
validate_certs
bool

(added in 1.5)
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.

Notes

Note

  • If parameters are not set within the module, the following environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence AWS_URL or EC2_URL, AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID or AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY or AWS_SECRET_KEY or EC2_SECRET_KEY, AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN, AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION
  • Ansible uses the boto configuration file (typically ~/.boto) if no credentials are provided. See http://boto.readthedocs.org/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html
  • AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION can be typically be used to specify the AWS region, when required, but this can also be configured in the boto config file

Examples

- name: create WAF rule
  aws_waf_rule:
    name: my_waf_rule
    conditions:
      - name: my_regex_condition
        type: regex
        negated: no
      - name: my_geo_condition
        type: geo
        negated: no
      - name: my_byte_condition
        type: byte
        negated: yes

- name: remove WAF rule
  aws_waf_rule:
    name: "my_waf_rule"
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
rule
complex
 always
WAF rule contents
  predicates
complex
 always
List of conditions used in the rule
    negated
bool
 always
Whether the sense of the condition is negated
    type
string
 always
type of the condition

Sample:
ByteMatch
    data_id
string
 always
ID of the condition

Sample:
8251acdb-526c-42a8-92bc-d3d13e584166
  rule_id
string
 always
ID of the WAF rule

Sample:
15de0cbc-9204-4e1f-90e6-69b2f415c261
  name
string
 always
Friendly name for the rule

Sample:
ansible-test-1234_rule
  metric_name
string
 always
Metric name for the rule

Sample:
ansibletest1234rule


Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

  • Mike Mochan (@mmochan)
  • Will Thames (@willthames)

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