iam_role_facts - Gather information on IAM roles¶

New in version 2.5.

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

Synopsis ¶

Gathers information about IAM roles

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
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.
name		Name of a role to search for Mutually exclusive with `prefix` aliases: role_name
path_prefix		Prefix of role path to restrict IAM role search for Mutually exclusive with `name`
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 ¶

# find all existing IAM roles
- iam_role_facts:
  register: result

# describe a single role
- iam_role_facts:
    name: MyIAMRole

# describe all roles matching a path prefix
- iam_role_facts:
    path_prefix: /application/path

Return Values ¶

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

Key			Returned	Description
iam_roles complex			always	List of IAM roles
	managed_policies complex		always	List of attached managed policies
		policy_arn string	always	Amazon Resource Name for the policy Sample: arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/AnsibleTestEC2Policy
		policy_name string	always	Name of managed policy Sample: AnsibleTestEC2Policy
	inline_policies list		always	List of names of inline policies
	create_date string		always	Date IAM role was created Sample: 2017-10-23T00:05:08+00:00
	role_id string		always	Amazon Identifier for the role Sample: AROAII7ABCD123456EFGH
	assume_role_policy_document string		always	Policy Document describing what can assume the role
	role_name string		always	Name of the role Sample: AnsibleTestRole
	path string		always	Path of role Sample: /
	instance_profiles complex		always	List of attached instance profiles
		create_date string	always	Date instance profile was created Sample: 2017-10-23T00:05:08+00:00
		instance_profile_name string	always	Name of instance profile Sample: AnsibleTestEC2Policy
		roles list	always	List of roles associated with this instance profile
		instance_profile_id string	always	Amazon Identifier for the instance profile Sample: AROAII7ABCD123456EFGH
		path string	always	Path of instance profile Sample: /
		arn string	always	Amazon Resource Name for the instance profile Sample: arn:aws:iam::123456789012:instance-profile/AnsibleTestEC2Policy
	arn string		always	Amazon Resource Name for IAM role Sample: arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/AnsibleTestRole

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 ¶

Will Thames (@willthames)

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