cloudformation_info – Obtain information about an AWS CloudFormation stack¶

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status

Synopsis ¶

Gets information about an AWS CloudFormation stack
This module was called cloudformation_facts before Ansible 2.9, returning ansible_facts. Note that the cloudformation_info module no longer returns ansible_facts!

Aliases: cloudformation_facts

Requirements ¶

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

boto
boto3 >= 1.0.0
python >= 2.6

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
all_facts boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Get all stack information for the stack
aws_access_key string		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 string		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
debug_botocore_endpoint_logs boolean added in 2.8	Choices: no ← yes	Use a botocore.endpoint logger to parse the unique (rather than total) "resource:action" API calls made during a task, outputing the set to the resource_actions key in the task results. Use the aws_resource_action callback to output to total list made during a playbook. The ANSIBLE_DEBUG_BOTOCORE_LOGS environment variable may also be used.
ec2_url string		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.
profile string		Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
region string		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 aliases: aws_region, ec2_region
security_token string		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
stack_events boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Get stack events for the stack
stack_name -		The name or id of the CloudFormation stack. Gathers information on all stacks by default.
stack_policy boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Get stack policy for the stack
stack_resources boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Get stack resources for the stack
stack_template boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Get stack template body for the stack
validate_certs boolean	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 ¶

# Note: These examples do not set authentication details, see the AWS Guide for details.

# Get summary information about a stack
- cloudformation_info:
    stack_name: my-cloudformation-stack
  register: output

- debug:
    msg: "{{ output['cloudformation']['my-cloudformation-stack'] }}"

# When the module is called as cloudformation_facts, return values are published
# in ansible_facts['cloudformation'][<stack_name>] and can be used as follows.
# Note that this is deprecated and will stop working in Ansible 2.13.

- cloudformation_facts:
    stack_name: my-cloudformation-stack

- debug:
    msg: "{{ ansible_facts['cloudformation']['my-cloudformation-stack'] }}"

# Get stack outputs, when you have the stack name available as a fact
- set_fact:
    stack_name: my-awesome-stack

- cloudformation_info:
    stack_name: "{{ stack_name }}"
  register: my_stack

- debug:
    msg: "{{ my_stack.cloudformation[stack_name].stack_outputs }}"

# Get all stack information about a stack
- cloudformation_info:
    stack_name: my-cloudformation-stack
    all_facts: true

# Get stack resource and stack policy information about a stack
- cloudformation_info:
    stack_name: my-cloudformation-stack
    stack_resources: true
    stack_policy: true

# Fail if the stack doesn't exist
- name: try to get facts about a stack but fail if it doesn't exist
  cloudformation_info:
    stack_name: nonexistent-stack
    all_facts: yes
  failed_when: cloudformation['nonexistent-stack'] is undefined

# Example dictionary outputs for stack_outputs, stack_parameters and stack_resources:
# "stack_outputs": {
#     "ApplicationDatabaseName": "dazvlpr01xj55a.ap-southeast-2.rds.amazonaws.com",
#     ...
# },
# "stack_parameters": {
#     "DatabaseEngine": "mysql",
#     "DatabasePassword": "****",
#     ...
# },
# "stack_resources": {
#     "AutoscalingGroup": "dev-someapp-AutoscalingGroup-1SKEXXBCAN0S7",
#     "AutoscalingSecurityGroup": "sg-abcd1234",
#     "ApplicationDatabase": "dazvlpr01xj55a",
#     "EcsTaskDefinition": "arn:aws:ecs:ap-southeast-2:123456789:task-definition/dev-someapp-EcsTaskDefinition-1F2VM9QB0I7K9:1"
#     ...
# }

Return Values ¶

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
stack_description dictionary	if the stack exists	Summary facts about the stack
stack_events list	only if all_facts or stack_events is true and the stack exists	All stack events for the stack
stack_outputs dictionary	if the stack exists	Dictionary of stack outputs keyed by the value of each output 'OutputKey' parameter and corresponding value of each output 'OutputValue' parameter
stack_parameters dictionary	if the stack exists	Dictionary of stack parameters keyed by the value of each parameter 'ParameterKey' parameter and corresponding value of each parameter 'ParameterValue' parameter
stack_policy dictionary	only if all_facts or stack_policy is true and the stack exists	Describes the stack policy for the stack
stack_resource_list list	only if all_facts or stack_resourses is true and the stack exists	Describes stack resources for the stack
stack_resources dictionary	only if all_facts or stack_resourses is true and the stack exists	Dictionary of stack resources keyed by the value of each resource 'LogicalResourceId' parameter and corresponding value of each resource 'PhysicalResourceId' parameter
stack_template dictionary	only if all_facts or stack_template is true and the stack exists	Describes the stack template for the stack

Status ¶

This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors¶

Justin Menga (@jmenga)

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cloudformation_info – Obtain information about an AWS CloudFormation stack¶

Synopsis¶

Requirements¶

Parameters¶

Notes¶

Examples¶

Return Values¶

Status¶