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ec2_asg_facts - Gather facts about ec2 Auto Scaling Groups (ASGs) in AWS
New in version 2.2.
Synopsis
- Gather facts about ec2 Auto Scaling Groups (ASGs) in AWS
 
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 | 
        
        The prefix or name of the auto scaling group(s) you are searching for.
        
       
        Note: This is a regular expression match with implicit '^' (beginning of string). Append '$' for a complete name match.
         | 
     |
| 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  | 
     |
| tags | 
        
        A dictionary/hash of tags in the format { tag1_name: 'tag1_value', tag2_name: 'tag2_value' } to match against the auto scaling group(s) you are searching for.
         | 
     |
| 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
# Note: These examples do not set authentication details, see the AWS Guide for details.
# Find all groups
- ec2_asg_facts:
  register: asgs
# Find a group with matching name/prefix
- ec2_asg_facts:
    name: public-webserver-asg
  register: asgs
# Find a group with matching tags
- ec2_asg_facts:
    tags:
      project: webapp
      env: production
  register: asgs
# Find a group with matching name/prefix and tags
- ec2_asg_facts:
    name: myproject
    tags:
      env: production
  register: asgs
# Fail if no groups are found
- ec2_asg_facts:
    name: public-webserver-asg
  register: asgs
  failed_when: "{{ asgs.results | length == 0 }}"
# Fail if more than 1 group is found
- ec2_asg_facts:
    name: public-webserver-asg
  register: asgs
  failed_when: "{{ asgs.results | length > 1 }}"
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| auto_scaling_group_arn  
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        The Amazon Resource Name of the ASG
         Sample:
        
       
        arn:aws:autoscaling:us-west-2:1234567890:autoScalingGroup:10787c52-0bcb-427d-82ba-c8e4b008ed2e:autoScalingGroupName/public-webapp-production-1
         | 
     
| auto_scaling_group_name  
        str
         | 
      success | 
        
        Name of autoscaling group
         Sample:
        
       
        public-webapp-production-1
         | 
     
| availability_zones  
        list
         | 
      success | 
        
        List of Availability Zones that are enabled for this ASG.
         Sample:
        
       
        ['us-west-2a', 'us-west-2b', 'us-west-2a']
         | 
     
| created_time  
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        The date and time this ASG was created, in ISO 8601 format.
         Sample:
        
       
        2015-11-25T00:05:36.309Z
         | 
     
| default_cooldown  
        int
         | 
      success | 
        
        The default cooldown time in seconds.
         Sample:
        
       
        300
         | 
     
| desired_capacity  
        int
         | 
      success | 
        
        The number of EC2 instances that should be running in this group.
         Sample:
        
       
        3
         | 
     
| health_check_period  
        int
         | 
      success | 
        
        Length of time in seconds after a new EC2 instance comes into service that Auto Scaling starts checking its health.
         Sample:
        
       
        30
         | 
     
| health_check_type  
        str
         | 
      success | 
        
        The service you want the health status from, one of "EC2" or "ELB".
         Sample:
        
       
        ELB
         | 
     
| instances  
        list
         | 
      success | 
        
        List of EC2 instances and their status as it relates to the ASG.
         Sample:
        
       
        [{'availability_zone': 'us-west-2a', 'health_status': 'Healthy', 'instance_id': 'i-es22ad25', 'launch_configuration_name': 'public-webapp-production-1', 'lifecycle_state': 'InService', 'protected_from_scale_in': 'false'}]
         | 
     
| launch_config_name  
        str
         | 
      success | 
        
        Name of launch configuration associated with the ASG. Same as launch_configuration_name, provided for compatibility with ec2_asg module.
         Sample:
        
       
        public-webapp-production-1
         | 
     
| launch_configuration_name  
        str
         | 
      success | 
        
        Name of launch configuration associated with the ASG.
         Sample:
        
       
        public-webapp-production-1
         | 
     
| load_balancer_names  
        list
         | 
      success | 
        
        List of load balancers names attached to the ASG.
         Sample:
        
       
        ['elb-webapp-prod']
         | 
     
| max_size  
        int
         | 
      success | 
        
        Maximum size of group
         Sample:
        
       
        3
         | 
     
| min_size  
        int
         | 
      success | 
        
        Minimum size of group
         Sample:
        
       
        1
         | 
     
| new_instances_protected_from_scale_in  
        boolean
         | 
      success | 
        
        Whether or not new instances a protected from automatic scaling in.
         Sample:
        
       
        false
         | 
     
| placement_group  
        str
         | 
      success | 
        
        Placement group into which instances are launched, if any.
         Sample:
        
       
        None
         | 
     
| status  
        str
         | 
      success | 
        
        The current state of the group when DeleteAutoScalingGroup is in progress.
         Sample:
        
       
        None
         | 
     
| tags  
        list
         | 
      success | 
        
        List of tags for the ASG, and whether or not each tag propagates to instances at launch.
         Sample:
        
       
        [{'key': 'Name', 'value': 'public-webapp-production-1', 'resource_id': 'public-webapp-production-1', 'resource_type': 'auto-scaling-group', 'propagate_at_launch': 'true'}, {'key': 'env', 'value': 'production', 'resource_id': 'public-webapp-production-1', 'resource_type': 'auto-scaling-group', 'propagate_at_launch': 'true'}]
         | 
     
| target_group_arns  
        list
         | 
      success | 
        
        List of ARNs of the target groups that the ASG populates
         Sample:
        
       
        ['arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:ap-southeast-2:123456789012:targetgroup/target-group-host-hello/1a2b3c4d5e6f1a2b', 'arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:ap-southeast-2:123456789012:targetgroup/target-group-path-world/abcd1234abcd1234']
         | 
     
| target_group_names  
        list
         | 
      success | 
        
        List of names of the target groups that the ASG populates
         Sample:
        
       
        ['target-group-host-hello', 'target-group-path-world']
         | 
     
| termination_policies  
        str
         | 
      success | 
        
        A list of termination policies for the group.
         Sample:
        
       
        ['Default']
         | 
     
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
- Rob White (@wimnat)
 
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