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elb_application_lb - Manage an Application load balancer
New in version 2.4.
Synopsis
- Manage an AWS Application Elastic Load Balancer. See https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-aws-application-load-balancer/ for details.
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- boto
 - boto3
 - python >= 2.6
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| access_logs_enabled  
        bool
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Whether or not to enable access logs. When true, access_logs_s3_bucket must be set.
         | 
     
| access_logs_s3_bucket | 
        
        The name of the S3 bucket for the access logs. This attribute is required if access logs in Amazon S3 are enabled. The bucket must exist in the same region as the load balancer and have a bucket policy that grants Elastic Load Balancing permission to write to the bucket.
         | 
     |
| access_logs_s3_prefix | 
        
        The prefix for the location in the S3 bucket. If you don't specify a prefix, the access logs are stored in the root of the bucket.
         | 
     |
| 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  | 
     |
| deletion_protection  
        bool
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Indicates whether deletion protection for the ELB is enabled.
         | 
     
| 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.
         | 
     |
| idle_timeout | Default: 
        60
         | 
      
        
        The number of seconds to wait before an idle connection is closed.
         | 
     
| listeners | 
        
        A list of dicts containing listeners to attach to the ELB. See examples for detail of the dict required. Note that listener keys are CamelCased.
         | 
     |
| name  
        required
         | 
      
        
        The name of the load balancer. This name must be unique within your AWS account, can have a maximum of 32 characters, must contain only alphanumeric characters or hyphens, and must not begin or end with a hyphen.
         | 
     |
| profile  
        (added in 1.6)
         | 
      
        
        Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
         | 
     |
| purge_listeners  
        bool
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If yes, existing listeners will be purged from the ELB to match exactly what is defined by listeners parameter. If the listeners parameter is not set then listeners will not be modified
         | 
     
| purge_tags  
        bool
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If yes, existing tags will be purged from the resource to match exactly what is defined by tags parameter. If the tags parameter is not set then tags will not be modified.
         | 
     
| 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  | 
     |
| scheme | 
       
  | 
      
        
        Internet-facing or internal load balancer. An ELB scheme can not be modified after creation.
         | 
     
| security_groups | Default: 
        []
         | 
      
        
        A list of the names or IDs of the security groups to assign to the load balancer. Required if state=present.
         | 
     
| 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  
        required
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Create or destroy the load balancer.
         | 
     
| subnets | 
        
        A list of the IDs of the subnets to attach to the load balancer. You can specify only one subnet per Availability Zone. You must specify subnets from at least two Availability Zones. Required if state=present.
         | 
     |
| tags | 
        
        A dictionary of one or more tags to assign to the load balancer.
         | 
     |
| validate_certs  
        bool
         
        (added in 1.5)
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
         | 
     
| wait  
        bool
         
        (added in 2.6)
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Wait for the load balancer to have a state of 'active' before completing. A status check is performed every 15 seconds until a successful state is reached. An error is returned after 40 failed checks.
         | 
     
| wait_timeout  
        (added in 2.6)
         | 
      
        
        The time in seconds to use in conjunction with wait.
         | 
     
Notes
Note
- Listeners are matched based on port. If a listener’s port is changed then a new listener will be created.
 - Listener rules are matched based on priority. If a rule’s priority is changed then a new rule will be created.
 - 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.
# Create an ELB and attach a listener
- elb_application_lb:
    name: myelb
    security_groups:
      - sg-12345678
      - my-sec-group
    subnets:
      - subnet-012345678
      - subnet-abcdef000
    listeners:
      - Protocol: HTTP # Required. The protocol for connections from clients to the load balancer (HTTP or HTTPS) (case-sensitive).
        Port: 80 # Required. The port on which the load balancer is listening.
        # The security policy that defines which ciphers and protocols are supported. The default is the current predefined security policy.
        SslPolicy: ELBSecurityPolicy-2015-05
        Certificates: # The ARN of the certificate (only one certficate ARN should be provided)
          - CertificateArn: arn:aws:iam::12345678987:server-certificate/test.domain.com
        DefaultActions:
          - Type: forward # Required. Only 'forward' is accepted at this time
            TargetGroupName: # Required. The name of the target group
    state: present
# Create an ELB and attach a listener with logging enabled
- elb_application_lb:
    access_logs_enabled: yes
    access_logs_s3_bucket: mybucket
    access_logs_s3_prefix: "/logs"
    name: myelb
    security_groups:
      - sg-12345678
      - my-sec-group
    subnets:
      - subnet-012345678
      - subnet-abcdef000
    listeners:
      - Protocol: HTTP # Required. The protocol for connections from clients to the load balancer (HTTP or HTTPS) (case-sensitive).
        Port: 80 # Required. The port on which the load balancer is listening.
        # The security policy that defines which ciphers and protocols are supported. The default is the current predefined security policy.
        SslPolicy: ELBSecurityPolicy-2015-05
        Certificates: # The ARN of the certificate (only one certficate ARN should be provided)
          - CertificateArn: arn:aws:iam::12345678987:server-certificate/test.domain.com
        DefaultActions:
          - Type: forward # Required. Only 'forward' is accepted at this time
            TargetGroupName: # Required. The name of the target group
    state: present
# Create an ALB with listeners and rules
- elb_application_lb:
    name: test-alb
    subnets:
      - subnet-12345678
      - subnet-87654321
    security_groups:
      - sg-12345678
    scheme: internal
    listeners:
      - Protocol: HTTPS
        Port: 443
        DefaultActions:
          - Type: forward
            TargetGroupName: test-target-group
        Certificates:
          - CertificateArn: arn:aws:iam::12345678987:server-certificate/test.domain.com
        SslPolicy: ELBSecurityPolicy-2015-05
        Rules:
          - Conditions:
              - Field: path-pattern
                Values:
                  - '/test'
            Priority: '1'
            Actions:
              - TargetGroupName: test-target-group
                Type: forward
    state: present
# Remove an ELB
- elb_application_lb:
    name: myelb
    state: absent
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| access_logs_s3_bucket  
        string
         | 
      when state is present | 
        
        The name of the S3 bucket for the access logs.
         Sample:
        
       
        mys3bucket
         | 
     ||
| access_logs_s3_enabled  
        string
         | 
      when state is present | 
        
        Indicates whether access logs stored in Amazon S3 are enabled.
         Sample:
        
       
        True
         | 
     ||
| access_logs_s3_prefix  
        string
         | 
      when state is present | 
        
        The prefix for the location in the S3 bucket.
         Sample:
        
       
        /my/logs
         | 
     ||
| availability_zones  
        list
         | 
      when state is present | 
        
        The Availability Zones for the load balancer.
         Sample:
        
       
        [{'subnet_id': 'subnet-aabbccddff', 'zone_name': 'ap-southeast-2a'}]
         | 
     ||
| canonical_hosted_zone_id  
        string
         | 
      when state is present | 
        
        The ID of the Amazon Route 53 hosted zone associated with the load balancer.
         Sample:
        
       
        ABCDEF12345678
         | 
     ||
| created_time  
        string
         | 
      when state is present | 
        
        The date and time the load balancer was created.
         Sample:
        
       
        2015-02-12T02:14:02+00:00
         | 
     ||
| deletion_protection_enabled  
        string
         | 
      when state is present | 
        
        Indicates whether deletion protection is enabled.
         Sample:
        
       
        True
         | 
     ||
| dns_name  
        string
         | 
      when state is present | 
        
        The public DNS name of the load balancer.
         Sample:
        
       
        internal-my-elb-123456789.ap-southeast-2.elb.amazonaws.com
         | 
     ||
| idle_timeout_timeout_seconds  
        string
         | 
      when state is present | 
        
        The idle timeout value, in seconds.
         Sample:
        
       
        60
         | 
     ||
| ip_address_type  
        string
         | 
      when state is present | 
        
        The type of IP addresses used by the subnets for the load balancer.
         Sample:
        
       
        ipv4
         | 
     ||
| listeners  
        complex
         | 
      when state is present | 
        
        Information about the listeners.
          | 
     ||
| listener_arn  
        string
         | 
      when state is present | 
        
        The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the listener.
          | 
     ||
| load_balancer_arn  
        string
         | 
      when state is present | 
        
        The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the load balancer.
          | 
     ||
| port  
        int
         | 
      when state is present | 
        
        The port on which the load balancer is listening.
         Sample:
        
       
        80
         | 
     ||
| protocol  
        string
         | 
      when state is present | 
        
        The protocol for connections from clients to the load balancer.
         Sample:
        
       
        HTTPS
         | 
     ||
| certificates  
        complex
         | 
      when state is present | 
        
        The SSL server certificate.
          | 
     ||
| certificate_arn  
        string
         | 
      when state is present | 
        
        The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the certificate.
          | 
     ||
| ssl_policy  
        string
         | 
      when state is present | 
        
        The security policy that defines which ciphers and protocols are supported.
          | 
     ||
| default_actions  
        string
         | 
      when state is present | 
        
        The default actions for the listener.
          | 
     ||
| type  
        string
         | 
      when state is present | 
        
        The type of action.
          | 
     ||
| target_group_arn  
        string
         | 
      when state is present | 
        
        The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the target group.
          | 
     ||
| load_balancer_arn  
        string
         | 
      when state is present | 
        
        The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the load balancer.
         Sample:
        
       
        arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:ap-southeast-2:0123456789:loadbalancer/app/my-elb/001122334455
         | 
     ||
| load_balancer_name  
        string
         | 
      when state is present | 
        
        The name of the load balancer.
         Sample:
        
       
        my-elb
         | 
     ||
| scheme  
        string
         | 
      when state is present | 
        
        Internet-facing or internal load balancer.
         Sample:
        
       
        internal
         | 
     ||
| security_groups  
        list
         | 
      when state is present | 
        
        The IDs of the security groups for the load balancer.
         Sample:
        
       
        ['sg-0011223344']
         | 
     ||
| state  
        dict
         | 
      when state is present | 
        
        The state of the load balancer.
         Sample:
        
       
        {'code': 'active'}
         | 
     ||
| tags  
        dict
         | 
      when state is present | 
        
        The tags attached to the load balancer.
         Sample:
        
       
        { 'Tag': 'Example' }
         | 
     ||
| type  
        string
         | 
      when state is present | 
        
        The type of load balancer.
         Sample:
        
       
        application
         | 
     ||
| vpc_id  
        string
         | 
      when state is present | 
        
        The ID of the VPC for the load balancer.
         Sample:
        
       
        vpc-0011223344
         | 
     ||
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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