ec2_ami_facts - Gather facts about ec2 AMIs

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

Requirements

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

  • boto
  • boto3
  • 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
describe_image_attributes
bool
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Describe attributes (like launchPermission) of the images found.
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.
executable_users
Filter images by users with explicit launch permissions. Valid options are an AWS account ID, self, or all (public AMIs).

aliases: executable_user
filters
A dict of filters to apply. Each dict item consists of a filter key and a filter value.
Filter names and values are case sensitive.
image_ids
One or more image IDs.

aliases: image_id
owners
Filter the images by the owner. Valid options are an AWS account ID, self,
or an AWS owner alias ( amazon | aws-marketplace | microsoft ).

aliases: owner
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
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: gather facts about an AMI using ami-id
  ec2_ami_facts:
    image_ids: ami-5b488823

- name: gather facts about all AMIs with tag key Name and value webapp
  ec2_ami_facts:
    filters:
      "tag:Name": webapp

- name: gather facts about an AMI with 'AMI Name' equal to foobar
  ec2_ami_facts:
    filters:
      name: foobar

- name: gather facts about Ubuntu 17.04 AMIs published by Canonical (099720109477)
  ec2_ami_facts:
    owners: 099720109477
    filters:
      name: "ubuntu/images/ubuntu-zesty-17.04-*"

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
images
complex
 always
a list of images
  image_location
string
 always
The location of the AMI

Sample:
408466080000/Webapp
  root_device_type
string
 always
The type of root device used by the AMI

Sample:
ebs
  description
string
 always
The description of the AMI
  tags
complex
 always
Any tags assigned to the image
  launch_permissions
complex
 when image is owned by calling account and describe_image_attributes is yes
launch permissions of the ami

Sample:
[{'group': 'all'}, {'user_id': '408466080000'}]
  creation_date
string
 always
The date and time the image was created

Sample:
2017-10-16T19:22:13.000Z
  image_id
string
 always
The ID of the AMI

Sample:
ami-5b466623
  block_device_mappings
complex
 always
Any block device mapping entries
    device_name
string
 always
The device name exposed to the instance

Sample:
/dev/sda1
    ebs
complex
 always
EBS volumes
  name
string
 always
The name of the AMI that was provided during image creation

Sample:
Webapp
  image_type
string
 always
The type of image

Sample:
machine
  ena_support
bool
 always
whether enhanced networking with ENA is enabled

Sample:
True
  public
bool
 always
whether the image has public launch permissions

Sample:
True
  state
string
 always
The current state of the AMI

Sample:
available
  root_device_name
string
 always
The device name of the root device

Sample:
/dev/sda1
  hypervisor
string
 always
The hypervisor type of the image

Sample:
xen
  owner_id
string
 always
The AWS account ID of the image owner

Sample:
408466080000
  virtualization_type
string
 always
The type of virtualization of the AMI

Sample:
hvm
  sriov_net_support
string
 always
whether enhanced networking is enabled

Sample:
simple
  architecture
string
 always
The architecture of the image

Sample:
x86_64


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

  • Prasad Katti, @prasadkatti

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