ansible.builtin._cloudfront_facts (v2.9.17) — module

Obtain facts about an AWS CloudFront distribution

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

Authors: Willem van Ketwich (@wilvk)

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Install Ansible via pip

Install with pip install ansible==2.9.17

Description

Gets information about an AWS CloudFront distribution

This module was called C(cloudfront_facts) before Ansible 2.9, returning C(ansible_facts). Note that the M(cloudfront_info) module no longer returns C(ansible_facts)!


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.

# Get a summary of distributions
- cloudfront_info:
    summary: true
  register: result
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# Get information about a distribution
- cloudfront_info:
    distribution: true
    distribution_id: my-cloudfront-distribution-id
  register: result_did
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- debug:
    msg: "{{ result_did['cloudfront']['my-cloudfront-distribution-id'] }}"
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# Get information about a distribution using the CNAME of the cloudfront distribution.
- cloudfront_info:
    distribution: true
    domain_name_alias: www.my-website.com
  register: result_website
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- debug:
    msg: "{{ result_website['cloudfront']['www.my-website.com'] }}"
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# When the module is called as cloudfront_facts, return values are published
# in ansible_facts['cloudfront'][<id>] and can be used as follows.
# Note that this is deprecated and will stop working in Ansible 2.13.
- cloudfront_facts:
    distribution: true
    distribution_id: my-cloudfront-distribution-id
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- debug:
    msg: "{{ ansible_facts['cloudfront']['my-cloudfront-distribution-id'] }}"
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- cloudfront_facts:
    distribution: true
    domain_name_alias: www.my-website.com
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- debug:
    msg: "{{ ansible_facts['cloudfront']['www.my-website.com'] }}"
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# Get all information about an invalidation for a distribution.
- cloudfront_facts:
    invalidation: true
    distribution_id: my-cloudfront-distribution-id
    invalidation_id: my-cloudfront-invalidation-id
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# Get all information about a cloudfront origin access identity.
- cloudfront_facts:
    origin_access_identity: true
    origin_access_identity_id: my-cloudfront-origin-access-identity-id
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# Get all information about lists not requiring parameters (ie. list_origin_access_identities, list_distributions, list_streaming_distributions)
- cloudfront_facts:
    origin_access_identity: true
    origin_access_identity_id: my-cloudfront-origin-access-identity-id
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# Get all information about lists not requiring parameters (ie. list_origin_access_identities, list_distributions, list_streaming_distributions)
- cloudfront_facts:
    all_lists: true

Inputs

    
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:
    aliases:
    - aws_endpoint_url
    - endpoint_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:
    aliases:
    - aws_profile
    description:
    - Using I(profile) will override I(aws_access_key), I(aws_secret_key) and I(security_token)
      and support for passing them at the same time as I(profile) has been deprecated.
    - I(aws_access_key), I(aws_secret_key) and I(security_token) will be made mutually
      exclusive with I(profile) after 2022-06-01.
    type: str

summary:
    default: false
    description:
    - Returns a summary of all distributions, streaming distributions and origin_access_identities.
      This is the default behaviour if no option is selected.
    required: false
    type: bool

all_lists:
    default: false
    description:
    - Get all cloudfront lists that do not require parameters.
    required: false
    type: bool

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

web_acl_id:
    description:
    - Used with I(list_distributions_by_web_acl_id).
    required: false

distribution:
    default: false
    description:
    - Get information about a distribution. Requires I(distribution_id) or I(domain_name_alias)
      to be specified.
    required: false
    type: bool

invalidation:
    default: false
    description:
    - Get information about an invalidation. Requires I(invalidation_id) to be specified.
    required: false
    type: bool

aws_ca_bundle:
    description:
    - The location of a CA Bundle to use when validating SSL certificates.
    - Not used by boto 2 based modules.
    - 'Note: The CA Bundle is read ''module'' side and may need to be explicitly copied
      from the controller if not run locally.'
    type: path

aws_access_key:
    aliases:
    - ec2_access_key
    - access_key
    description:
    - C(AWS access key). If not set then the value of the C(AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID), C(AWS_ACCESS_KEY)
      or C(EC2_ACCESS_KEY) environment variable is used.
    - If I(profile) is set this parameter is ignored.
    - Passing the I(aws_access_key) and I(profile) options at the same time has been deprecated
      and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.
    type: str

aws_secret_key:
    aliases:
    - ec2_secret_key
    - secret_key
    description:
    - C(AWS secret key). If not set then the value of the C(AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY), C(AWS_SECRET_KEY),
      or C(EC2_SECRET_KEY) environment variable is used.
    - If I(profile) is set this parameter is ignored.
    - Passing the I(aws_secret_key) and I(profile) options at the same time has been deprecated
      and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.
    type: str

security_token:
    aliases:
    - aws_security_token
    - access_token
    description:
    - C(AWS STS security token). If not set then the value of the C(AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN)
      or C(EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN) environment variable is used.
    - If I(profile) is set this parameter is ignored.
    - Passing the I(security_token) and I(profile) options at the same time has been deprecated
      and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.
    type: str

validate_certs:
    default: true
    description:
    - When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for communication with
      the AWS APIs.
    type: bool

distribution_id:
    description:
    - The id of the CloudFront distribution. Used with I(distribution), I(distribution_config),
      I(invalidation), I(streaming_distribution), I(streaming_distribution_config), I(list_invalidations).
    required: false

invalidation_id:
    description:
    - The id of the invalidation to get information about. Used with I(invalidation).
    required: false

domain_name_alias:
    description:
    - Can be used instead of I(distribution_id) - uses the aliased CNAME for the cloudfront
      distribution to get the distribution id where required.
    required: false

list_distributions:
    default: false
    description:
    - Get a list of cloudfront distributions.
    required: false
    type: bool

list_invalidations:
    default: false
    description:
    - Get a list of invalidations. Requires I(distribution_id) or I(domain_name_alias)
      to be specified.
    required: false
    type: bool

distribution_config:
    default: false
    description:
    - Get the configuration information about a distribution. Requires I(distribution_id)
      or I(domain_name_alias) to be specified.
    required: false
    type: bool

origin_access_identity:
    default: false
    description:
    - Get information about an origin access identity. Requires I(origin_access_identity_id)
      to be specified.
    required: false
    type: bool

streaming_distribution:
    default: false
    description:
    - Get information about a specified RTMP distribution. Requires I(distribution_id)
      or I(domain_name_alias) to be specified.
    required: false
    type: bool

origin_access_identity_id:
    description:
    - The id of the cloudfront origin access identity to get information about.
    required: false

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

list_streaming_distributions:
    default: false
    description:
    - Get a list of streaming distributions.
    required: false
    type: bool

list_origin_access_identities:
    default: false
    description:
    - Get a list of cloudfront origin access identities. Requires I(origin_access_identity_id)
      to be set.
    required: false
    type: bool

origin_access_identity_config:
    default: false
    description:
    - Get the configuration information about an origin access identity. Requires I(origin_access_identity_id)
      to be specified.
    required: false
    type: bool

streaming_distribution_config:
    default: false
    description:
    - Get the configuration information about a specified RTMP distribution. Requires
      I(distribution_id) or I(domain_name_alias) to be specified.
    required: false
    type: bool

list_distributions_by_web_acl_id:
    default: false
    description:
    - Get a list of distributions using web acl id as a filter. Requires I(web_acl_id)
      to be set.
    required: false
    type: bool

Outputs

distribution:
  description: 'Facts about a cloudfront distribution. Requires I(distribution_id)
    or I(domain_name_alias) to be specified. Requires I(origin_access_identity_id)
    to be set.

    '
  returned: only if distribution is true
  type: dict
distribution_config:
  description: 'Facts about a cloudfront distribution''s config. Requires I(distribution_id)
    or I(domain_name_alias) to be specified.

    '
  returned: only if I(distribution_config) is true
  type: dict
invalidation:
  description: 'Describes the invalidation information for the distribution. Requires
    I(invalidation_id) to be specified and either I(distribution_id) or I(domain_name_alias.)

    '
  returned: only if invalidation is true
  type: dict
origin_access_identity:
  description: Describes the origin access identity information. Requires I(origin_access_identity_id)
    to be set.
  returned: only if I(origin_access_identity) is true
  type: dict
origin_access_identity_configuration:
  description: Describes the origin access identity information configuration information.
    Requires I(origin_access_identity_id) to be set.
  returned: only if I(origin_access_identity_configuration) is true
  type: dict
result:
  description: 'Result dict not nested under the cloudfront id to access results of
    module without the knowledge of that id as figuring out the DistributionId is
    usually the reason one uses this module in the first place.

    '
  returned: always
  type: dict
streaming_distribution:
  description: 'Describes the streaming information for the distribution. Requires
    I(distribution_id) or I(domain_name_alias) to be specified.

    '
  returned: only if I(streaming_distribution) is true
  type: dict
streaming_distribution_config:
  description: 'Describes the streaming configuration information for the distribution.
    Requires I(distribution_id) or I(domain_name_alias) to be specified.

    '
  returned: only if I(streaming_distribution_config) is true
  type: dict
summary:
  description: Gives a summary of distributions, streaming distributions and origin
    access identities.
  returned: as default or if summary is true
  type: dict