ec2_eni - Create and optionally attach an Elastic Network Interface (ENI) to an instance¶

New in version 2.0.

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

Synopsis ¶

Create and optionally attach an Elastic Network Interface (ENI) to an instance. If an ENI ID or private_ip is provided, the existing ENI (if any) will be modified. The ‘attached’ parameter controls the attachment status of the network interface.

Requirements ¶

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

python >= 2.6
boto

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
allow_reassignment bool (added in 2.7)	Choices: no ← yes	Indicates whether to allow an IP address that is already assigned to another network interface or instance to be reassigned to the specified network interface.
attached bool (added in 2.2)	Choices: no yes	Specifies if network interface should be attached or detached from instance. If omitted, attachment status won't change
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
delete_on_termination bool	Choices: no yes	Delete the interface when the instance it is attached to is terminated. You can only specify this flag when the interface is being modified, not on creation.
description		Optional description of the ENI.
device_index	Default: 0	The index of the device for the network interface attachment on the instance.
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.
eni_id		The ID of the ENI (to modify); if null and state is present, a new eni will be created.
force_detach bool	Choices: no ← yes	Force detachment of the interface. This applies either when explicitly detaching the interface by setting instance_id to None or when deleting an interface with state=absent.
instance_id		Instance ID that you wish to attach ENI to. Since version 2.2, use the 'attached' parameter to attach or detach an ENI. Prior to 2.2, to detach an ENI from an instance, use 'None'.
private_ip_address		Private IP address.
profile (added in 1.6)		Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
purge_secondary_private_ip_addresses bool (added in 2.5)	Choices: no ← yes	To be used with secondary_private_ip_addresses to determine whether or not to remove any secondary IP addresses other than those specified. Set secondary_private_ip_addresses to an empty list to purge all secondary addresses.
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
secondary_private_ip_address_count (added in 2.2)		The number of secondary IP addresses to assign to the network interface. This option is mutually exclusive of secondary_private_ip_addresses
secondary_private_ip_addresses (added in 2.2)		A list of IP addresses to assign as secondary IP addresses to the network interface. This option is mutually exclusive of secondary_private_ip_address_count
security_groups		List of security groups associated with the interface. Only used when state=present. Since version 2.2, you can specify security groups by ID or by name or a combination of both. Prior to 2.2, you can specify only by ID.
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
source_dest_check bool	Choices: no yes	By default, interfaces perform source/destination checks. NAT instances however need this check to be disabled. You can only specify this flag when the interface is being modified, not on creation.
state	Choices: present ← absent	Create or delete ENI
subnet_id		ID of subnet in which to create the ENI.
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

This module identifies and ENI based on either the eni_id, a combination of private_ip_address and subnet_id, or a combination of instance_id and device_id. Any of these options will let you specify a particular ENI.
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.

# Create an ENI. As no security group is defined, ENI will be created in default security group
- ec2_eni:
    private_ip_address: 172.31.0.20
    subnet_id: subnet-xxxxxxxx
    state: present

# Create an ENI and attach it to an instance
- ec2_eni:
    instance_id: i-xxxxxxx
    device_index: 1
    private_ip_address: 172.31.0.20
    subnet_id: subnet-xxxxxxxx
    state: present

# Create an ENI with two secondary addresses
- ec2_eni:
    subnet_id: subnet-xxxxxxxx
    state: present
    secondary_private_ip_address_count: 2

# Assign a secondary IP address to an existing ENI
# This will purge any existing IPs
- ec2_eni:
    subnet_id: subnet-xxxxxxxx
    eni_id: eni-yyyyyyyy
    state: present
    secondary_private_ip_addresses:
      - 172.16.1.1

# Remove any secondary IP addresses from an existing ENI
- ec2_eni:
    subnet_id: subnet-xxxxxxxx
    eni_id: eni-yyyyyyyy
    state: present
    secondary_private_ip_address_count: 0

# Destroy an ENI, detaching it from any instance if necessary
- ec2_eni:
    eni_id: eni-xxxxxxx
    force_detach: yes
    state: absent

# Update an ENI
- ec2_eni:
    eni_id: eni-xxxxxxx
    description: "My new description"
    state: present

# Update an ENI identifying it by private_ip_address and subnet_id
- ec2_eni:
    subnet_id: subnet-xxxxxxx
    private_ip_address: 172.16.1.1
    description: "My new description"

# Detach an ENI from an instance
- ec2_eni:
    eni_id: eni-xxxxxxx
    instance_id: None
    state: present

### Delete an interface on termination
# First create the interface
- ec2_eni:
    instance_id: i-xxxxxxx
    device_index: 1
    private_ip_address: 172.31.0.20
    subnet_id: subnet-xxxxxxxx
    state: present
  register: eni

# Modify the interface to enable the delete_on_terminaton flag
- ec2_eni:
    eni_id: "{{ eni.interface.id }}"
    delete_on_termination: true

Return Values ¶

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

Key		Returned	Description
interface complex		when state != absent	Network interface attributes
	status string		network interface status Sample: pending
	description string		interface description Sample: Firewall network interface
	subnet_id string		which vpc subnet the interface is bound Sample: subnet-b0a0393c
	private_ip_addresses list of dictionaries		list of all private ip addresses associated to this interface Sample: [{'private_ip_address': '10.20.30.40', 'primary_address': True}]
	mac_address string		interface's physical address Sample: 00:00:5E:00:53:23
	private_ip_address string		primary ip address of this interface Sample: 10.20.30.40
	vpc_id string		which vpc this network interface is bound Sample: vpc-9a9a9da
	groups list of dictionaries		list of security groups Sample: [{'sg-f8a8a9da': 'default'}]
	id string		network interface id Sample: eni-1d889198
	source_dest_check boolean		value of source/dest check flag Sample: True
	owner_id string		aws account id Sample: 812381371

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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