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iam_role_facts - Gather information on IAM roles
New in version 2.5.
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)
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        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
# 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
          | 
     ||
| arn  
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Amazon Resource Name for IAM role
         Sample:
        
       
        arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/AnsibleTestRole
         | 
     ||
| assume_role_policy_document  
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Policy Document describing what can assume the role
          | 
     ||
| create_date  
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Date IAM role was created
         Sample:
        
       
        2017-10-23T00:05:08+00:00
         | 
     ||
| inline_policies  
        list
         | 
      always | 
        
        List of names of inline policies
          | 
     ||
| 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
         | 
     ||
| instance_profiles  
        complex
         | 
      always | 
        
        List of attached instance profiles
          | 
     ||
| arn  
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Amazon Resource Name for the instance profile
         Sample:
        
       
        arn:aws:iam::123456789012:instance-profile/AnsibleTestEC2Policy
         | 
     ||
| create_date  
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Date instance profile was created
         Sample:
        
       
        2017-10-23T00:05:08+00:00
         | 
     ||
| instance_profile_id  
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Amazon Identifier for the instance profile
         Sample:
        
       
        AROAII7ABCD123456EFGH
         | 
     ||
| instance_profile_name  
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Name of instance profile
         Sample:
        
       
        AnsibleTestEC2Policy
         | 
     ||
| path  
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Path of instance profile
         Sample:
        
       
        /
         | 
     ||
| roles  
        list
         | 
      always | 
        
        List of roles associated with this instance profile
          | 
     ||
| path  
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Path of role
         Sample:
        
       
        /
         | 
     ||
| role_id  
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Amazon Identifier for the role
         Sample:
        
       
        AROAII7ABCD123456EFGH
         | 
     ||
| role_name  
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Name of the role
         Sample:
        
       
        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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 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.6/modules/iam_role_facts_module.html