ecs_taskdefinition_facts - describe a task definition in ecs

New in version 2.5.

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
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.
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
task_definition
required
The name of the task definition 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

Examples

# Note: These examples do not set authentication details, see the AWS Guide for details.

- ecs_taskdefinition_facts:
    task_definition: test-td

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
container_definitions
complex
success
Returns a list of complex objects representing the containers

  dnsSearchDomains
string
when present
A list of DNS search domains that are presented to the container.

  disableNetworking
bool
when present
When this parameter is true, networking is disabled within the container.

  links
string
when present
Links to other containers.

  mountPoints
complex
always
The mount points for data volumes in your container.

    sourceVolume
string
when present
The name of the volume to mount.

    readOnly
bool
when present
If this value is true , the container has read-only access to the volume. If this value is false , then the container can write to the volume.

    containerPath
string
when present
The path on the container to mount the host volume at.

  image
string
always
The image used to start a container.

  logConfiguration
string
when present
The log configuration specification for the container.

  dockerSecurityOptions
string
when present
A list of strings to provide custom labels for SELinux and AppArmor multi-level security systems.

  entryPoint
string
when present
The entry point that is passed to the container.

  user
string
when present
The user name to use inside the container.

  essential
bool
always
Whether this is an essential container or not.

  memoryReservation
int
when present
The soft limit (in MiB) of memory to reserve for the container.

  readonlyRootFilesystem
bool
when present
When this parameter is true, the container is given read-only access to its root file system.

  name
string
always
The name of a container.

  workingDirectory
string
when present
The working directory in which to run commands inside the container.

  hostname
string
when present
The hostname to use for your container.

  dockerLabels
string
when present
A key/value map of labels to add to the container.

  privileged
bool
when present
When this parameter is true, the container is given elevated privileges on the host container instance (similar to the root user).

  environment
complex
always
The environment variables to pass to a container.

    name
string
when present
The name of the environment variable.

    value
string
when present
The value of the environment variable.

  dnsServers
string
when present
A list of DNS servers that are presented to the container.

  command
string
when present
The command that is passed to the container.

  ulimits
complex
when present
A list of ulimits to set in the container.

    softLimit
int
when present
The soft limit for the ulimit type.

    name
string
when present
The type of the ulimit .

    hardLimit
int
when present
The hard limit for the ulimit type.

  extraHosts
complex
when present
A list of hostnames and IP address mappings to append to the /etc/hosts file on the container.

    hostname
string
when present
The hostname to use in the /etc/hosts entry.

    ipAddress
string
when present
The IP address to use in the /etc/hosts entry.

  portMappings
complex
always
The list of port mappings for the container.

    protocol
string
when present
The protocol used for the port mapping.

    containerPort
int
when present
The port number on the container.

    hostPort
int
when present
The port number on the container instance to reserve for your container.

  cpu
int
always
The number of cpu units reserved for the container.

  options
string
when present
The configuration options to send to the log driver.

  volumesFrom
complex
always
Data volumes to mount from another container.

    readOnly
bool
when present
If this value is true , the container has read-only access to the volume. If this value is false , then the container can write to the volume.

    sourceContainer
string
when present
The name of another container within the same task definition to mount volumes from.

family
string
always
The family of your task definition, used as the definition name

network_mode
string
always
Network mode for the containers

placement_constraints
complex
always
A list of placement constraint objects to use for tasks

  type
string
when present
The type of constraint.

  expression
string
when present
A cluster query language expression to apply to the constraint.

requires_attributes
complex
when present
The container instance attributes required by your task

  targetType
string
when present
The type of the target with which to attach the attribute.

  targetId
string
when present
The ID of the target.

  name
string
when present
The name of the attribute.

  value
string
when present
The value of the attribute.

revision
int
always
Revision number that was queried

status
string
always
The status of the task definition

task_definition_arn
string
always
ARN of the task definition

task_role_arn
string
when role is set
The ARN of the IAM role that containers in this task can assume

volumes
complex
always
The list of volumes in a task

  host
bool
when present
The contents of the host parameter determine whether your data volume persists on the host container instance and where it is stored.

  source_path
string
when present
The path on the host container instance that is presented to the container.

  name
string
when present
The name of the volume.



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

  • Gustavo Maia (@gurumaia)
  • Mark Chance (@Java1Guy)
  • Darek Kaczynski (@kaczynskid)

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