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

Manage a Network Load Balancer

| "added in version" 2.6 of ansible.builtin"

Authors: Rob White (@wimnat)

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Install with pip install ansible==2.9.17

Description

Manage an AWS Network Elastic Load Balancer. See U(https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-network-load-balancer-effortless-scaling-to-millions-of-requests-per-second/) for details.


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.

# Create an ELB and attach a listener
- elb_network_lb:
    name: myelb
    subnets:
      - subnet-012345678
      - subnet-abcdef000
    listeners:
      - Protocol: TCP # Required. The protocol for connections from clients to the load balancer (TCP or TLS) (case-sensitive).
        Port: 80 # Required. The port on which the load balancer is listening.
        DefaultActions:
          - Type: forward # Required. Only 'forward' is accepted at this time
            TargetGroupName: mytargetgroup # Required. The name of the target group
    state: present
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# Create an ELB with an attached Elastic IP address
- elb_network_lb:
    name: myelb
    subnet_mappings:
      - SubnetId: subnet-012345678
        AllocationId: eipalloc-aabbccdd
    listeners:
      - Protocol: TCP # Required. The protocol for connections from clients to the load balancer (TCP or TLS) (case-sensitive).
        Port: 80 # Required. The port on which the load balancer is listening.
        DefaultActions:
          - Type: forward # Required. Only 'forward' is accepted at this time
            TargetGroupName: mytargetgroup # Required. The name of the target group
    state: present
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# Remove an ELB
- elb_network_lb:
    name: myelb
    state: absent

Inputs

    
name:
    description:
    - The name of the load balancer. This name must be unique within your AWS account,
      can have a maximum of 32 characters, must contain only alphanumeric characters or
      hyphens, and must not begin or end with a hyphen.
    required: true

tags:
    description:
    - A dictionary of one or more tags to assign to the load balancer.
    required: false

wait:
    description:
    - Whether or not to wait for the network load balancer to reach the desired state.
    type: bool

state:
    choices:
    - present
    - absent
    description:
    - Create or destroy the load balancer.
    required: true

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

scheme:
    choices:
    - internet-facing
    - internal
    default: internet-facing
    description:
    - Internet-facing or internal load balancer. An ELB scheme can not be modified after
      creation.
    required: false

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

subnets:
    description:
    - A list of the IDs of the subnets to attach to the load balancer. You can specify
      only one subnet per Availability Zone. You must specify subnets from at least two
      Availability Zones. Required if state=present. This parameter is mutually exclusive
      with I(subnet_mappings)
    required: false

listeners:
    description:
    - A list of dicts containing listeners to attach to the ELB. See examples for detail
      of the dict required. Note that listener keys are CamelCased.
    required: false

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

purge_tags:
    default: true
    description:
    - If yes, existing tags will be purged from the resource to match exactly what is
      defined by I(tags) parameter. If the I(tags) parameter is not set then tags will
      not be modified.
    required: false
    type: bool

wait_timeout:
    description:
    - The duration in seconds to wait, used in conjunction with I(wait).

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

purge_listeners:
    default: true
    description:
    - If yes, existing listeners will be purged from the ELB to match exactly what is
      defined by I(listeners) parameter. If the I(listeners) parameter is not set then
      listeners will not be modified
    type: bool

subnet_mappings:
    description:
    - A list of dicts containing the IDs of the subnets to attach to the load balancer.
      You can also specify the allocation ID of an Elastic IP to attach to the load balancer.
      You can specify one Elastic IP address per subnet. This parameter is mutually exclusive
      with I(subnets)
    required: false

deletion_protection:
    default: false
    description:
    - Indicates whether deletion protection for the ELB is enabled.
    required: false
    type: bool

cross_zone_load_balancing:
    default: false
    description:
    - Indicates whether cross-zone load balancing is enabled.
    required: false
    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

Outputs

availability_zones:
  description: The Availability Zones for the load balancer.
  returned: when state is present
  sample: '[{''subnet_id'': ''subnet-aabbccddff'', ''zone_name'': ''ap-southeast-2a'',
    ''load_balancer_addresses'': []}]'
  type: list
canonical_hosted_zone_id:
  description: The ID of the Amazon Route 53 hosted zone associated with the load
    balancer.
  returned: when state is present
  sample: ABCDEF12345678
  type: str
created_time:
  description: The date and time the load balancer was created.
  returned: when state is present
  sample: '2015-02-12T02:14:02+00:00'
  type: str
deletion_protection_enabled:
  description: Indicates whether deletion protection is enabled.
  returned: when state is present
  sample: true
  type: str
dns_name:
  description: The public DNS name of the load balancer.
  returned: when state is present
  sample: internal-my-elb-123456789.ap-southeast-2.elb.amazonaws.com
  type: str
idle_timeout_timeout_seconds:
  description: The idle timeout value, in seconds.
  returned: when state is present
  sample: 60
  type: str
ip_address_type:
  description: The type of IP addresses used by the subnets for the load balancer.
  returned: when state is present
  sample: ipv4
  type: str
listeners:
  contains:
    certificates:
      contains:
        certificate_arn:
          description: The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the certificate.
          returned: when state is present
          sample: ''
          type: str
      description: The SSL server certificate.
      returned: when state is present
      type: complex
    default_actions:
      contains:
        target_group_arn:
          description: The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the target group.
          returned: when state is present
          sample: ''
          type: str
        type:
          description: The type of action.
          returned: when state is present
          sample: ''
          type: str
      description: The default actions for the listener.
      returned: when state is present
      type: str
    listener_arn:
      description: The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the listener.
      returned: when state is present
      sample: ''
      type: str
    load_balancer_arn:
      description: The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the load balancer.
      returned: when state is present
      sample: ''
      type: str
    port:
      description: The port on which the load balancer is listening.
      returned: when state is present
      sample: 80
      type: int
    protocol:
      description: The protocol for connections from clients to the load balancer.
      returned: when state is present
      sample: HTTPS
      type: str
    ssl_policy:
      description: The security policy that defines which ciphers and protocols are
        supported.
      returned: when state is present
      sample: ''
      type: str
  description: Information about the listeners.
  returned: when state is present
  type: complex
load_balancer_arn:
  description: The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the load balancer.
  returned: when state is present
  sample: arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:ap-southeast-2:0123456789:loadbalancer/app/my-elb/001122334455
  type: str
load_balancer_name:
  description: The name of the load balancer.
  returned: when state is present
  sample: my-elb
  type: str
load_balancing_cross_zone_enabled:
  description: Indicates whether cross-zone load balancing is enabled.
  returned: when state is present
  sample: true
  type: str
scheme:
  description: Internet-facing or internal load balancer.
  returned: when state is present
  sample: internal
  type: str
state:
  description: The state of the load balancer.
  returned: when state is present
  sample: '{''code'': ''active''}'
  type: dict
tags:
  description: The tags attached to the load balancer.
  returned: when state is present
  sample: '{ ''Tag'': ''Example'' }'
  type: dict
type:
  description: The type of load balancer.
  returned: when state is present
  sample: network
  type: str
vpc_id:
  description: The ID of the VPC for the load balancer.
  returned: when state is present
  sample: vpc-0011223344
  type: str