ec2_tag - create and remove tags on ec2 resources.¶

New in version 1.3.

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

Synopsis ¶

Creates, removes and lists tags for any EC2 resource. The resource is referenced by its resource id (e.g. an instance being i-XXXXXXX). It is designed to be used with complex args (tags), see the examples.

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
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.
profile (added in 1.6)		Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
purge_tags bool (added in 2.7)	Choices: no ← yes	Whether unspecified tags should be removed from the resource. Note that when combined with `state: absent`, specified tags with non-matching values are not purged.
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
resource required		The EC2 resource 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
state	Choices: present ← absent list	Whether the tags should be present or absent on the resource. Use list to interrogate the tags of an instance.
tags required		a hash/dictionary of tags to add to the resource; '{"key":"value"}' and '{"key":"value","key":"value"}'
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 ¶

- name: Ensure tags are present on a resource
  ec2_tag:
    region: eu-west-1
    resource: vol-XXXXXX
    state: present
    tags:
      Name: ubervol
      env: prod

- name: Ensure all volumes are tagged
  ec2_tag:
    region:  eu-west-1
    resource: '{{ item.id }}'
    state: present
    tags:
      Name: dbserver
      Env: production
  with_items: '{{ ec2_vol.volumes }}'

- name: Retrieve all tags on an instance
  ec2_tag:
    region: eu-west-1
    resource: i-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    state: list
  register: ec2_tags

- name: Remove all tags except for Name from an instance
  ec2_tag:
    region: eu-west-1
    resource: i-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    tags:
        Name: ''
    state: absent
    purge_tags: true

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
added_tags dict	If tags were added	A dict of tags that were added to the resource
removed_tags dict	If tags were removed	A dict of tags that were removed from the resource
tags dict	always	A dict containing the tags on the resource

Status ¶

This module is flagged as stableinterface which means that the maintainers for this module guarantee that no backward incompatible interface changes will be made.

Maintenance ¶

This module is flagged as certified which means that it is maintained by an Ansible Partner. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by an Ansible Partner, see here.

Author ¶

Lester Wade (@lwade)
Paul Arthur (@flowerysong)

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