ansible.builtin.iam_role (v2.5.12) — module

Manage AWS IAM roles

| "added in version" 2.3 of ansible.builtin"

Authors: Rob White (@wimnat)

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Install Ansible via pip

Install with pip install ansible==2.5.12

Description

Manage AWS IAM roles


Requirements

Usage examples

  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# Note: These examples do not set authentication details, see the AWS Guide for details.

- name: Create a role with description
  iam_role:
    name: mynewrole
    assume_role_policy_document: "{{ lookup('file','policy.json') }}"
    description: This is My New Role
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: "Create a role and attach a managed policy called 'PowerUserAccess'"
  iam_role:
    name: mynewrole
    assume_role_policy_document: "{{ lookup('file','policy.json') }}"
    managed_policy:
      - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/PowerUserAccess
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Keep the role created above but remove all managed policies
  iam_role:
    name: mynewrole
    assume_role_policy_document: "{{ lookup('file','policy.json') }}"
    managed_policy:
      -
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Delete the role
  iam_role:
    name: mynewrole
    assume_role_policy_document: "{{ lookup('file', 'policy.json') }}"
    state: absent

Inputs

    
name:
    description:
    - The name of the role to create.
    required: true

path:
    default: /
    description:
    - The path to the role. For more information about paths, see U(http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_identifiers.html).

state:
    choices:
    - present
    - absent
    default: present
    description:
    - Create or remove the IAM role

region:
    aliases:
    - aws_region
    - ec2_region
    description:
    - The AWS region to use.
    - For global services such as IAM, Route53 and CloudFront, I(region) is ignored.
    - The C(AWS_REGION) or C(EC2_REGION) environment variables may also be used.
    - See the Amazon AWS documentation for more information U(http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region).
    - The C(ec2_region) alias has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after
      2024-12-01
    - Support for the C(EC2_REGION) environment variable has been deprecated and will
      be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.
    type: str

profile:
    aliases:
    - aws_profile
    description:
    - A named AWS profile to use for authentication.
    - See the AWS documentation for more information about named profiles U(https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-profiles.html).
    - The C(AWS_PROFILE) environment variable may also be used.
    - The I(profile) option is mutually exclusive with the I(aws_access_key), I(aws_secret_key)
      and I(security_token) options.
    type: str

access_key:
    aliases:
    - aws_access_key_id
    - aws_access_key
    - ec2_access_key
    description:
    - AWS access key ID.
    - See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens U(https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys).
    - The C(AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID), C(AWS_ACCESS_KEY) or C(EC2_ACCESS_KEY) environment variables
      may also be used in decreasing order of preference.
    - The I(aws_access_key) and I(profile) options are mutually exclusive.
    - The I(aws_access_key_id) alias was added in release 5.1.0 for consistency with the
      AWS botocore SDK.
    - The I(ec2_access_key) alias has been deprecated and will be removed in a release
      after 2024-12-01.
    - Support for the C(EC2_ACCESS_KEY) environment variable has been deprecated and will
      be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.
    type: str

aws_config:
    description:
    - A dictionary to modify the botocore configuration.
    - Parameters can be found in the AWS documentation U(https://botocore.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/config.html#botocore.config.Config).
    type: dict

secret_key:
    aliases:
    - aws_secret_access_key
    - aws_secret_key
    - ec2_secret_key
    description:
    - AWS secret access key.
    - See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens U(https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys).
    - The C(AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY), C(AWS_SECRET_KEY), or C(EC2_SECRET_KEY) environment
      variables may also be used in decreasing order of preference.
    - The I(secret_key) and I(profile) options are mutually exclusive.
    - The I(aws_secret_access_key) alias was added in release 5.1.0 for consistency with
      the AWS botocore SDK.
    - The I(ec2_secret_key) alias has been deprecated and will be removed in a release
      after 2024-12-01.
    - Support for the C(EC2_SECRET_KEY) environment variable has been deprecated and will
      be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.
    type: str

description:
    description:
    - Provide a description of the new role
    version_added: '2.5'
    version_added_collection: ansible.builtin

endpoint_url:
    aliases:
    - ec2_url
    - aws_endpoint_url
    - s3_url
    description:
    - URL to connect to instead of the default AWS endpoints.  While this can be used
      to connection to other AWS-compatible services the amazon.aws and community.aws
      collections are only tested against AWS.
    - The  C(AWS_URL) or C(EC2_URL) environment variables may also be used, in decreasing
      order of preference.
    - The I(ec2_url) and I(s3_url) aliases have been deprecated and will be removed in
      a release after 2024-12-01.
    - Support for the C(EC2_URL) environment variable has been deprecated and will be
      removed in a release after 2024-12-01.
    type: str

aws_ca_bundle:
    description:
    - The location of a CA Bundle to use when validating SSL certificates.
    - The C(AWS_CA_BUNDLE) environment variable may also be used.
    type: path

session_token:
    aliases:
    - aws_session_token
    - security_token
    - aws_security_token
    - access_token
    description:
    - AWS STS session token for use with temporary credentials.
    - See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens U(https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys).
    - The C(AWS_SESSION_TOKEN), C(AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN) or C(EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN) environment
      variables may also be used in decreasing order of preference.
    - The I(security_token) and I(profile) options are mutually exclusive.
    - Aliases I(aws_session_token) and I(session_token) were added in release 3.2.0, with
      the parameter being renamed from I(security_token) to I(session_token) in release
      6.0.0.
    - The I(security_token), I(aws_security_token), and I(access_token) aliases have been
      deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.
    - Support for the C(EC2_SECRET_KEY) and C(AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN) environment variables
      has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.
    type: str

managed_policy:
    aliases:
    - managed_policies
    description:
    - A list of managed policy ARNs or, since Ansible 2.4, a list of either managed policy
      ARNs or friendly names. To embed an inline policy, use M(iam_policy). To remove
      existing policies, use an empty list item.

purge_policies:
    default: true
    description:
    - Detaches any managed policies not listed in the "managed_policy" option. Set to
      false if you want to attach policies elsewhere.
    type: bool
    version_added: '2.5'
    version_added_collection: ansible.builtin

validate_certs:
    default: true
    description:
    - When set to C(false), SSL certificates will not be validated for communication with
      the AWS APIs.
    - Setting I(validate_certs=false) is strongly discouraged, as an alternative, consider
      setting I(aws_ca_bundle) instead.
    type: bool

create_instance_profile:
    default: true
    description:
    - Creates an IAM instance profile along with the role
    type: bool
    version_added: '2.5'
    version_added_collection: ansible.builtin

assume_role_policy_document:
    description:
    - The trust relationship policy document that grants an entity permission to assume
      the role.
    - This parameter is required when C(state=present).

debug_botocore_endpoint_logs:
    default: false
    description:
    - Use a C(botocore.endpoint) logger to parse the unique (rather than total) C("resource:action")
      API calls made during a task, outputing the set to the resource_actions key in the
      task results. Use the C(aws_resource_action) callback to output to total list made
      during a playbook.
    - The C(ANSIBLE_DEBUG_BOTOCORE_LOGS) environment variable may also be used.
    type: bool

Outputs

iam_role:
  contains:
    arn:
      description: the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) specifying the role
      returned: always
      sample: arn:aws:iam::1234567890:role/mynewrole
      type: string
    assume_role_policy_document:
      description: the policy that grants an entity permission to assume the role
      returned: always
      sample:
        statement:
        - action: sts:AssumeRole
          effect: Allow
          principal:
            service: ec2.amazonaws.com
          sid: ''
        version: '2012-10-17'
      type: string
    attached_policies:
      description: a list of dicts containing the name and ARN of the managed IAM
        policies attached to the role
      returned: always
      sample:
      - policy_arn: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/PowerUserAccess
        policy_name: PowerUserAccess
      type: list
    create_date:
      description: the date and time, in ISO 8601 date-time format, when the role
        was created
      returned: always
      sample: '2016-08-14T04:36:28+00:00'
      type: string
    path:
      description: the path to the role
      returned: always
      sample: /
      type: string
    role_id:
      description: the stable and unique string identifying the role
      returned: always
      sample: ABCDEFF4EZ4ABCDEFV4ZC
      type: string
    role_name:
      description: the friendly name that identifies the role
      returned: always
      sample: myrole
      type: string
  description: dictionary containing the IAM Role data
  returned: success
  type: complex