ecs_service_facts - list or describe services in ecs

New in version 2.1.

Synopsis

Requirements

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

  • boto
  • boto3
  • botocore
  • json
  • 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
cluster Default:
default
The cluster ARNS in which to list the services.
details
bool
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Set this to true if you want detailed information about the services.
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.
events
bool

(added in 2.6)
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Whether to return ECS service events. Only has an effect if details is true.
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
service
One or more services to get details for
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.

# Basic listing example
- ecs_service_facts:
    cluster: test-cluster
    service: console-test-service
    details: true

# Basic listing example
- ecs_service_facts:
    cluster: test-cluster

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
services
complex
success
When details is false, returns an array of service ARNs, otherwise an array of complex objects as described below.

  status
string
always
The valid values are ACTIVE, DRAINING, or INACTIVE.

  pendingCount
int
always
The number of tasks in the cluster that are in the PENDING state.

  loadBalancers
complex
always
A list of load balancer objects

    containerName
string
always
The name of the container to associate with the load balancer.

    containerPort
int
always
The port on the container to associate with the load balancer.

    loadBalancerName
string
always
the name

  desiredCount
int
always
The desired number of instantiations of the task definition to keep running on the service.

  runningCount
int
always
The number of tasks in the cluster that are in the RUNNING state.

  serviceName
string
always
A user-generated string used to identify the service

  clusterArn
string
always
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the of the cluster that hosts the service.

  serviceArn
string
always
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) that identifies the service. The ARN contains the arn:aws:ecs namespace, followed by the region of the service, the AWS account ID of the service owner, the service namespace, and then the service name. For example, arn:aws:ecs:region :012345678910 :service/my-service .

  deployments
list of complex
always
list of service deployments

  events
list of complex
when events is true
list of service events

  taskDefinition
string
always
The ARN of a task definition to use for tasks in the service.



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

  • Mark Chance (@java1guy)
  • Darek Kaczynski (@kaczynskid)

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