route53_facts - Retrieves route53 details using AWS methods¶

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis
- Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Status
Maintenance
- Author

Synopsis ¶

Gets various details related to Route53 zone, record set or health check details

Requirements ¶

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

python >= 2.6
boto

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
change_id		The ID of the change batch request. The value that you specify here is the value that ChangeResourceRecordSets returned in the Id element when you submitted the request.
delegation_set_id		The DNS Zone delegation set ID
dns_name		The first name in the lexicographic ordering of domain names that you want the list_command to start listing from
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.
health_check_id		The ID of the health check
health_check_method	Choices: list ← details status failure_reason count tags	This is used in conjunction with query: health_check. It allows for listing details, counts or tags of various health check details.
hosted_zone_id		The Hosted Zone ID of the DNS zone
hosted_zone_method	Choices: details list ← list_by_name count tags	This is used in conjunction with query: hosted_zone. It allows for listing details, counts or tags of various hosted zone details.
max_items		Maximum number of items to return for various get/list requests
next_marker		Some requests such as list_command: hosted_zones will return a maximum number of entries - EG 100 or the number specified by max_items. If the number of entries exceeds this maximum another request can be sent using the NextMarker entry from the first response to get the next page of results
profile (added in 1.6)		Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
query required	Choices: change checker_ip_range health_check hosted_zone record_sets reusable_delegation_set	specifies the query action to take
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_id		The ID/s of the specified resource/s aliases: resource_ids
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
start_record_name		The first name in the lexicographic ordering of domain names that you want the list_command: record_sets to start listing from
type	Choices: A CNAME MX AAAA TXT PTR SRV SPF CAA NS	The type of DNS record
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 ¶

# Simple example of listing all hosted zones
- name: List all hosted zones
  route53_facts:
    query: hosted_zone
  register: hosted_zones

# Getting a count of hosted zones
- name: Return a count of all hosted zones
  route53_facts:
    query: hosted_zone
    hosted_zone_method: count
  register: hosted_zone_count

- name: List the first 20 resource record sets in a given hosted zone
  route53_facts:
    profile: account_name
    query: record_sets
    hosted_zone_id: ZZZ1111112222
    max_items: 20
  register: record_sets

- name: List first 20 health checks
  route53_facts:
    query: health_check
    health_check_method: list
    max_items: 20
  register: health_checks

- name: Get health check last failure_reason
  route53_facts:
    query: health_check
    health_check_method: failure_reason
    health_check_id: 00000000-1111-2222-3333-12345678abcd
  register: health_check_failure_reason

- name: Retrieve reusable delegation set details
  route53_facts:
    query: reusable_delegation_set
    delegation_set_id: delegation id
  register: delegation_sets

- name: setup of example for using next_marker
  route53_facts:
    query: hosted_zone
    max_items: 1
  register: first_facts

- name: example for using next_marker
  route53_facts:
    query: hosted_zone
    next_marker: "{{ first_facts.NextMarker }}"
    max_items: 1
  when: "{{ 'NextMarker' in first_facts }}"

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 ¶

Karen Cheng (@Etherdaemon)

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