aws_ses_identity - Manages SES email and domain identity

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

Requirements

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

  • boto
  • boto3
  • botocore
  • 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
bounce_notifications
Setup the SNS topic used to report bounce notifications.
If omitted, bounce notifications will not be delivered to a SNS topic.
If bounce notifications are not delivered to a SNS topic, feedback_forwarding must be enabled.
topic
The ARN of the topic to send notifications to.
If omitted, notifications will not be delivered to a SNS topic.
include_headers
bool
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Whether or not to include headers when delivering to the SNS topic.
If topic is not specified this will have no impact, but the SES setting is updated even if there is no topic.
complaint_notifications
Setup the SNS topic used to report complaint notifications.
If omitted, complaint notifications will not be delivered to a SNS topic.
If complaint notifications are not delivered to a SNS topic, feedback_forwarding must be enabled.
topic
The ARN of the topic to send notifications to.
If omitted, notifications will not be delivered to a SNS topic.
include_headers
bool
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Whether or not to include headers when delivering to the SNS topic.
If topic is not specified this will have no impact, but the SES setting is updated even if there is no topic.
delivery_notifications
Setup the SNS topic used to report delivery notifications.
If omitted, delivery notifications will not be delivered to a SNS topic.
topic
The ARN of the topic to send notifications to.
If omitted, notifications will not be delivered to a SNS topic.
include_headers
bool
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Whether or not to include headers when delivering to the SNS topic.
If topic is not specified this will have no impact, but the SES setting is updated even if there is no topic.
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.
feedback_forwarding
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Whether or not to enable feedback forwarding.
This can only be false if both bounce_notifications and complaint_notifications specify SNS topics.
identity
required
This is the email address or domain to verify / delete.
If this contains an '@' then it will be considered an email. Otherwise it will be considered a domain.
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
Whether to create(or update) or delete the identity.
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 https://boto.readthedocs.io/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.

- name: Ensure [email protected] email identity exists
  aws_ses_identity:
    identity: [email protected]
    state: present

- name: Delete [email protected] email identity
  aws_ses_identity:
    email: [email protected]
    state: absent

- name: Ensure example.com domain identity exists
  aws_ses_identity:
    identity: example.com
    state: present

# Create an SNS topic and send bounce and complaint notifications to it
# instead of emailing the identity owner
- name: Ensure complaints-topic exists
  sns_topic:
    name: "complaints-topic"
    state: present
    purge_subscriptions: False
  register: topic_info

- name: Deliver feedback to topic instead of owner email
  aws_ses_identity:
    identity: [email protected]
    state: present
    complaint_notifications:
      topic: "{{ topic_info.sns_arn }}"
      include_headers: True
    bounce_notifications:
      topic: "{{ topic_info.sns_arn }}"
      include_headers: False
    feedback_forwarding: False

# Create an SNS topic for delivery notifications and leave complaints
# Being forwarded to the identity owner email
- name: Ensure delivery-notifications-topic exists
  sns_topic:
    name: "delivery-notifications-topic"
    state: present
    purge_subscriptions: False
  register: topic_info

- name: Delivery notifications to topic
  aws_ses_identity:
    identity: [email protected]
    state: present
    delivery_notifications:
      topic: "{{ topic_info.sns_arn }}"

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
identity
string
success
The identity being modified.

Sample:
identity_arn
string
success
The arn of the identity being modified.

Sample:
arn:aws:ses:us-east-1:12345678:identity/[email protected]
notification_attributes
complex
success
The notification setup for the identity.

Sample:
{'complaint_topic': 'arn:aws:sns:....', 'bounce_topic': 'arn:aws:sns:....', 'delivery_topic': 'arn:aws:sns:....', 'forwarding_enabled': False, 'headers_in_delivery_notifications_enabled': True, 'headers_in_complaint_notifications_enabled': True, 'headers_in_bounce_notifications_enabled': True}
  complaint_topic
string
The ARN of the topic complaint notifications are delivered to.
Omitted if complaint notifications are not delivered to a topic.

  bounce_topic
string
The ARN of the topic bounce notifications are delivered to.
Omitted if bounce notifications are not delivered to a topic.

  delivery_topic
string
The ARN of the topic delivery notifications are delivered to.
Omitted if delivery notifications are not delivered to a topic.

  forwarding_enabled
bool
Whether or not feedback forwarding is enabled.

  headers_in_delivery_notifications_enabled
bool
Whether or not headers are included in messages delivered to the delivery topic.

  headers_in_complaint_notifications_enabled
bool
Whether or not headers are included in messages delivered to the complaint topic.

  headers_in_bounce_notifications_enabled
bool
Whether or not headers are included in messages delivered to the bounce topic.

verification_attributes
complex
success
The verification information for the identity.

Sample:
{'verification_status': 'Pending', 'verification_token': '....'}
  verification_status
string
The verification status of the identity.

Sample:
Pending
  verification_token
string
The verification token for a domain identity.



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

  • Ed Costello (@orthanc)

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