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cloudfront_origin_access_identity - create, update and delete origin access identities for a cloudfront distribution.

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

  • Allows for easy creation, updating and deletion of origin access identities.

Requirements

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

  • boto
  • boto3 >= 1.0.0
  • python >= 2.6

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
caller_reference
A unique identifier to reference the origin access identity by.
comment
A comment to describe the cloudfront origin access identity.
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.
origin_access_identity_id
The origin_access_identity_id of the cloudfront distribution.
profile
(added in 1.6)
Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
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
Default:
"update_origin_access_identity"
If the named resource should exist.
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

  • does not support check mode
  • 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 an origin access identity
  cloudfront_origin_access_identity:
    state: present
    caller_reference: this is an example reference
    comment: this is an example comment

- name: update an existing origin access identity using caller_reference as an identifier
  cloudfront_origin_access_identity:
     origin_access_identity_id: E17DRN9XUOAHZX
     caller_reference: this is an example reference
     comment: this is a new comment

- name: delete an existing origin access identity using caller_reference as an identifier
  cloudfront_origin_access_identity:
     state: absent
     caller_reference: this is an example reference
     comment: this is a new comment

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
cloud_front_origin_access_identity
complex
 always
The origin access identity's information.
  cloud_front_origin_access_identity_config
complex
 always
describes a url specifying the origin access identity.
    comment
string
 always
a comment describing the oai
    caller_reference
string
 always
a caller reference for the oai
  s3_canonical_user_id
string
 always
the cannonical user id of the user who created the oai
  id
string
 always
a unique identifier of the oai
e_tag
string
 always
The current version of the origin access identity created.
location
string
 when initially created
The fully qualified URI of the new origin access identity just created.


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

  • Willem van Ketwich (@wilvk)

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