ansible.builtin.ec2_win_password (v2.7.18) — module

gets the default administrator password for ec2 windows instances

| "added in version" 2.0 of ansible.builtin"

Authors: Rick Mendes (@rickmendes)

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Install Ansible via pip

Install with pip install ansible==2.7.18

Description

Gets the default administrator password from any EC2 Windows instance. The instance is referenced by its id (e.g. C(i-XXXXXXX)). This module has a dependency on python-boto.


Requirements

Usage examples

  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# Example of getting a password
- name: get the Administrator password
  ec2_win_password:
    profile: my-boto-profile
    instance_id: i-XXXXXX
    region: us-east-1
    key_file: "~/aws-creds/my_test_key.pem"
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# Example of getting a password with a password protected key
- name: get the Administrator password
  ec2_win_password:
    profile: my-boto-profile
    instance_id: i-XXXXXX
    region: us-east-1
    key_file: "~/aws-creds/my_protected_test_key.pem"
    key_passphrase: "secret"
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# Example of waiting for a password
- name: get the Administrator password
  ec2_win_password:
    profile: my-boto-profile
    instance_id: i-XXXXXX
    region: us-east-1
    key_file: "~/aws-creds/my_test_key.pem"
    wait: yes
    wait_timeout: 45

Inputs

    
wait:
    default: 'no'
    description:
    - Whether or not to wait for the password to be available before returning.
    type: bool
    version_added: '2.0'
    version_added_collection: ansible.builtin

region:
    aliases:
    - aws_region
    - ec2_region
    description:
    - 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 U(http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region)
    type: str

ec2_url:
    description:
    - 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.
    type: str

profile:
    description:
    - Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
    type: str

key_file:
    description:
    - Path to the file containing the key pair used on the instance.
    required: true

aws_config:
    description:
    - A dictionary to modify the botocore configuration.
    - Parameters can be found at U(https://botocore.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/config.html#botocore.config.Config).
    - Only the 'user_agent' key is used for boto modules. See U(http://boto.cloudhackers.com/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html#boto)
      for more boto configuration.
    type: dict

instance_id:
    description:
    - The instance id to get the password data from.
    required: true

wait_timeout:
    default: 120
    description:
    - Number of seconds to wait before giving up.
    version_added: '2.0'
    version_added_collection: ansible.builtin

aws_access_key:
    aliases:
    - ec2_access_key
    - access_key
    description:
    - 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.
    type: str

aws_secret_key:
    aliases:
    - ec2_secret_key
    - secret_key
    description:
    - 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.
    type: str

key_passphrase:
    description:
    - The passphrase for the instance key pair. The key must use DES or 3DES encryption
      for this module to decrypt it. You can use openssl to convert your password protected
      keys if they do not use DES or 3DES. ex) C(openssl rsa -in current_key -out new_key
      -des3).
    version_added: '2.0'
    version_added_collection: ansible.builtin

security_token:
    aliases:
    - access_token
    description:
    - AWS STS security token. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN
      environment variable is used.
    type: str

validate_certs:
    default: true
    description:
    - When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
    type: bool

debug_botocore_endpoint_logs:
    default: 'no'
    description:
    - 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.
    type: bool