elb_application_lb - Manage an Application load balancer¶

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis
- Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status
Maintenance
- Author

Synopsis ¶

Manage an AWS Application Elastic Load Balancer. See https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-aws-application-load-balancer/ for details.

Requirements ¶

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

boto
boto3
python >= 2.6

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
access_logs_enabled bool	Choices: no yes	Whether or not to enable access logs. When true, access_logs_s3_bucket must be set.
access_logs_s3_bucket		The name of the S3 bucket for the access logs. This attribute is required if access logs in Amazon S3 are enabled. The bucket must exist in the same region as the load balancer and have a bucket policy that grants Elastic Load Balancing permission to write to the bucket.
access_logs_s3_prefix		The prefix for the location in the S3 bucket. If you don't specify a prefix, the access logs are stored in the root of the bucket.
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
deletion_protection bool	Choices: no ← yes	Indicates whether deletion protection for the ELB is enabled.
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.
idle_timeout	Default: 60	The number of seconds to wait before an idle connection is closed.
listeners		A list of dicts containing listeners to attach to the ELB. See examples for detail of the dict required. Note that listener keys are CamelCased.
name required		The name of the load balancer. This name must be unique within your AWS account, can have a maximum of 32 characters, must contain only alphanumeric characters or hyphens, and must not begin or end with a hyphen.
profile (added in 1.6)		Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
purge_listeners bool	Choices: no yes ←	If yes, existing listeners will be purged from the ELB to match exactly what is defined by listeners parameter. If the listeners parameter is not set then listeners will not be modified
purge_tags bool	Choices: no yes ←	If yes, 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.
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
scheme	Choices: internet-facing ← internal	Internet-facing or internal load balancer. An ELB scheme can not be modified after creation.
security_groups	Default: []	A list of the names or IDs of the security groups to assign to the load balancer. Required if state=present.
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 required	Choices: present absent	Create or destroy the load balancer.
subnets		A list of the IDs of the subnets to attach to the load balancer. You can specify only one subnet per Availability Zone. You must specify subnets from at least two Availability Zones. Required if state=present.
tags		A dictionary of one or more tags to assign to the load balancer.
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.
wait bool (added in 2.6)	Choices: no ← yes	Wait for the load balancer to have a state of 'active' before completing. A status check is performed every 15 seconds until a successful state is reached. An error is returned after 40 failed checks.
wait_timeout (added in 2.6)		The time in seconds to use in conjunction with wait.

Notes ¶

Note

Listeners are matched based on port. If a listener’s port is changed then a new listener will be created.
Listener rules are matched based on priority. If a rule’s priority is changed then a new rule will be created.
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 ¶

# Note: These examples do not set authentication details, see the AWS Guide for details.

# Create an ELB and attach a listener
- elb_application_lb:
    name: myelb
    security_groups:
      - sg-12345678
      - my-sec-group
    subnets:
      - subnet-012345678
      - subnet-abcdef000
    listeners:
      - Protocol: HTTP # Required. The protocol for connections from clients to the load balancer (HTTP or HTTPS) (case-sensitive).
        Port: 80 # Required. The port on which the load balancer is listening.
        # The security policy that defines which ciphers and protocols are supported. The default is the current predefined security policy.
        SslPolicy: ELBSecurityPolicy-2015-05
        Certificates: # The ARN of the certificate (only one certficate ARN should be provided)
          - CertificateArn: arn:aws:iam::12345678987:server-certificate/test.domain.com
        DefaultActions:
          - Type: forward # Required. Only 'forward' is accepted at this time
            TargetGroupName: # Required. The name of the target group
    state: present

# Create an ELB and attach a listener with logging enabled
- elb_application_lb:
    access_logs_enabled: yes
    access_logs_s3_bucket: mybucket
    access_logs_s3_prefix: "/logs"
    name: myelb
    security_groups:
      - sg-12345678
      - my-sec-group
    subnets:
      - subnet-012345678
      - subnet-abcdef000
    listeners:
      - Protocol: HTTP # Required. The protocol for connections from clients to the load balancer (HTTP or HTTPS) (case-sensitive).
        Port: 80 # Required. The port on which the load balancer is listening.
        # The security policy that defines which ciphers and protocols are supported. The default is the current predefined security policy.
        SslPolicy: ELBSecurityPolicy-2015-05
        Certificates: # The ARN of the certificate (only one certficate ARN should be provided)
          - CertificateArn: arn:aws:iam::12345678987:server-certificate/test.domain.com
        DefaultActions:
          - Type: forward # Required. Only 'forward' is accepted at this time
            TargetGroupName: # Required. The name of the target group
    state: present

# Create an ALB with listeners and rules
- elb_application_lb:
    name: test-alb
    subnets:
      - subnet-12345678
      - subnet-87654321
    security_groups:
      - sg-12345678
    scheme: internal
    listeners:
      - Protocol: HTTPS
        Port: 443
        DefaultActions:
          - Type: forward
            TargetGroupName: test-target-group
        Certificates:
          - CertificateArn: arn:aws:iam::12345678987:server-certificate/test.domain.com
        SslPolicy: ELBSecurityPolicy-2015-05
        Rules:
          - Conditions:
              - Field: path-pattern
                Values:
                  - '/test'
            Priority: '1'
            Actions:
              - TargetGroupName: test-target-group
                Type: forward
    state: present

# Remove an ELB
- elb_application_lb:
    name: myelb
    state: absent

Return Values ¶

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

Key			Returned	Description
access_logs_s3_bucket string			when state is present	The name of the S3 bucket for the access logs. Sample: mys3bucket
access_logs_s3_enabled string			when state is present	Indicates whether access logs stored in Amazon S3 are enabled. Sample: True
access_logs_s3_prefix string			when state is present	The prefix for the location in the S3 bucket. Sample: /my/logs
availability_zones list			when state is present	The Availability Zones for the load balancer. Sample: [{'subnet_id': 'subnet-aabbccddff', 'zone_name': 'ap-southeast-2a'}]
canonical_hosted_zone_id string			when state is present	The ID of the Amazon Route 53 hosted zone associated with the load balancer. Sample: ABCDEF12345678
created_time string			when state is present	The date and time the load balancer was created. Sample: 2015-02-12T02:14:02+00:00
deletion_protection_enabled string			when state is present	Indicates whether deletion protection is enabled. Sample: True
dns_name string			when state is present	The public DNS name of the load balancer. Sample: internal-my-elb-123456789.ap-southeast-2.elb.amazonaws.com
idle_timeout_timeout_seconds string			when state is present	The idle timeout value, in seconds. Sample: 60
ip_address_type string			when state is present	The type of IP addresses used by the subnets for the load balancer. Sample: ipv4
listeners complex			when state is present	Information about the listeners.
	default_actions string		when state is present	The default actions for the listener.
		target_group_arn string	when state is present	The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the target group.
		type string	when state is present	The type of action.
	listener_arn string		when state is present	The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the listener.
	protocol string		when state is present	The protocol for connections from clients to the load balancer. Sample: HTTPS
	ssl_policy string		when state is present	The security policy that defines which ciphers and protocols are supported.
	certificates complex		when state is present	The SSL server certificate.
		certificate_arn string	when state is present	The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the certificate.
	load_balancer_arn string		when state is present	The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the load balancer.
	port int		when state is present	The port on which the load balancer is listening. Sample: 80
load_balancer_arn string			when state is present	The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the load balancer. Sample: arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:ap-southeast-2:0123456789:loadbalancer/app/my-elb/001122334455
load_balancer_name string			when state is present	The name of the load balancer. Sample: my-elb
scheme string			when state is present	Internet-facing or internal load balancer. Sample: internal
security_groups list			when state is present	The IDs of the security groups for the load balancer. Sample: ['sg-0011223344']
state dict			when state is present	The state of the load balancer. Sample: {'code': 'active'}
tags dict			when state is present	The tags attached to the load balancer. Sample: { 'Tag': 'Example' }
type string			when state is present	The type of load balancer. Sample: application
vpc_id string			when state is present	The ID of the VPC for the load balancer. Sample: vpc-0011223344

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 ¶

Rob White (@wimnat)

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