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aws_waf_web_acl - create and delete WAF Web ACLs
New in version 2.5.
Synopsis
- Read the AWS documentation for WAF https://aws.amazon.com/documentation/waf/
 
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  | 
     |
| default_action | 
       
  | 
      
        
        The action that you want AWS WAF to take when a request doesn't match the criteria specified in any of the Rule objects that are associated with the WebACL
         | 
     
| 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.
         | 
     |
| metric_name | 
        
        A friendly name or description for the metrics for this WebACL
        
       
        The name can contain only alphanumeric characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9); the name can't contain whitespace.
        
       
        You can't change metric_name after you create the WebACL
        
       
        Metric name will default to name with disallowed characters stripped out
         | 
     |
| name  
        required
         | 
      
        
        Name of the Web Application Firewall ACL to manage
         | 
     |
| profile  
        (added in 1.6)
         | 
      
        
        Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
         | 
     |
| purge_rules | 
        
        Whether to remove rules that aren't passed with  rules. Defaults to false
        | 
     |
| 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  | 
     |
| rules | 
        
        A list of rules that the Web ACL will enforce.
        
       
        Each rule must contain name, action, priority keys.
        
       
        Priorities must be unique, but not necessarily consecutive. Lower numbered priorities are evalauted first.
        
       
        The type key can be passed as  rate_based, it defaults to regular
        | 
     |
| 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 | 
       
  | 
      
        
        whether the Web ACL should be present or absent
         | 
     
| validate_certs  
        bool
         
        (added in 1.5)
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        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_URLorEC2_URL,AWS_ACCESS_KEY_IDorAWS_ACCESS_KEYorEC2_ACCESS_KEY,AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEYorAWS_SECRET_KEYorEC2_SECRET_KEY,AWS_SECURITY_TOKENorEC2_SECURITY_TOKEN,AWS_REGIONorEC2_REGION - Ansible uses the boto configuration file (typically ~/.boto) if no credentials are provided. See http://boto.readthedocs.org/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html
 AWS_REGIONorEC2_REGIONcan be typically be used to specify the AWS region, when required, but this can also be configured in the boto config file
Examples
- name: create web ACL
  aws_waf_web_acl:
    name: my_web_acl
    rules:
      - name: my_rule
        priority: 1
        action: block
    default_action: block
    purge_rules: yes
    state: present
- name: delete the web acl
  aws_waf_web_acl:
    name: my_web_acl
    state: absent
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| web_acl  
        complex
         | 
      always | 
        
        contents of the Web ACL
          | 
     ||
| default_action  
        dict
         | 
      always | 
        
        Default action taken by the Web ACL if no rules match
         Sample:
        
       
        {'type': 'BLOCK'}
         | 
     ||
| metric_name  
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Metric name used as an identifier
         Sample:
        
       
        mywebacl
         | 
     ||
| name  
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Friendly name of the Web ACL
         Sample:
        
       
        my web acl
         | 
     ||
| rules  
        complex
         | 
      always | 
        
        List of rules
          | 
     ||
| action  
        complex
         | 
      always | 
        
        Action taken by the WAF when the rule matches
         Sample:
        
       
        {'type': 'ALLOW'}
         | 
     ||
| priority  
        int
         | 
      always | 
        
        priority number of the rule (lower numbers are run first)
         Sample:
        
       
        2
         | 
     ||
| rule_id  
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Rule ID
         Sample:
        
       
        a6fc7ab5-287b-479f-8004-7fd0399daf75
         | 
     ||
| type  
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Type of rule (either REGULAR or RATE_BASED)
         Sample:
        
       
        REGULAR
         | 
     ||
| web_acl_id  
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Unique identifier of Web ACL
         Sample:
        
       
        10fff965-4b6b-46e2-9d78-24f6d2e2d21c
         | 
     ||
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
- Mike Mochan (@mmochan)
 - Will Thames (@willthames)
 
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