ansible / ansible.builtin / v2.7.16 / module / aws_caller_facts Get facts about the user and account being used to make AWS calls. | "added in version" 2.6 of ansible.builtin" Authors: Ed Costello (@orthanc), Stijn Dubrul (@sdubrul) preview | supported by communityansible.builtin.aws_caller_facts (v2.7.16) — module
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Install with pip install ansible==2.7.16
This module returns information about the account and user / role from which the AWS access tokens originate.
The primary use of this is to get the account id for templating into ARNs or similar to avoid needing to specify this information in inventory.
# Note: These examples do not set authentication details, see the AWS Guide for details. - name: Get the current caller identity facts aws_caller_facts: register: caller_facts
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 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 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 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
account: description: The account id the access credentials are associated with. returned: success sample: '123456789012' type: string account_alias: description: The account alias the access credentials are associated with. returned: when caller has the iam:ListAccountAliases permission sample: acme-production type: string arn: description: The arn identifying the user the credentials are associated with. returned: success sample: arn:aws:sts::123456789012:federated-user/my-federated-user-name type: string user_id: description: 'The user id the access credentials are associated with. Note that this may not correspond to anything you can look up in the case of roles or federated identities. ' returned: success sample: 123456789012:my-federated-user-name type: string