community.aws.sts_assume_role (1.1.0) — module

Assume a role using AWS Security Token Service and obtain temporary credentials

| "added in version" 1.0.0 of community.aws"

Authors: Boris Ekelchik (@bekelchik), Marek Piatek (@piontas)

Install collection

Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.aws:==1.1.0


Add to requirements.yml

  collections:
    - name: community.aws
      version: 1.1.0

Description

Assume a role using AWS Security Token Service and obtain temporary credentials.


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.

# Assume an existing role (more details: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/STS/latest/APIReference/API_AssumeRole.html)
- community.aws.sts_assume_role:
    role_arn: "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/someRole"
    role_session_name: "someRoleSession"
  register: assumed_role
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# Use the assumed role above to tag an instance in account 123456789012
- amazon.aws.ec2_tag:
    aws_access_key: "{{ assumed_role.sts_creds.access_key }}"
    aws_secret_key: "{{ assumed_role.sts_creds.secret_key }}"
    security_token: "{{ assumed_role.sts_creds.session_token }}"
    resource: i-xyzxyz01
    state: present
    tags:
      MyNewTag: value

Inputs

    
policy:
    description:
    - Supplemental policy to use in addition to assumed role's policies.
    type: str

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

role_arn:
    description:
    - The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the role that the caller is assuming U(https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/Using_Identifiers.html#Identifiers_ARNs).
    required: true
    type: str

mfa_token:
    description:
    - The value provided by the MFA device, if the trust policy of the role being assumed
      requires MFA.
    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

external_id:
    description:
    - A unique identifier that is used by third parties to assume a role in their customers'
      accounts.
    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

duration_seconds:
    description:
    - The duration, in seconds, of the role session. The value can range from 900 seconds
      (15 minutes) to 43200 seconds (12 hours).
    - The max depends on the IAM role's sessions duration setting.
    - By default, the value is set to 3600 seconds.
    type: int

mfa_serial_number:
    description:
    - The identification number of the MFA device that is associated with the user who
      is making the AssumeRole call.
    type: str

role_session_name:
    description:
    - Name of the role's session - will be used by CloudTrail.
    required: true
    type: str

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

changed:
  description: True if obtaining the credentials succeeds
  returned: always
  type: bool
sts_creds:
  description: The temporary security credentials, which include an access key ID,
    a secret access key, and a security (or session) token
  returned: always
  sample:
    access_key: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    expiration: '2017-11-11T11:11:11+00:00'
    secret_key: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    session_token: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  type: dict
sts_user:
  description: The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) and the assumed role ID
  returned: always
  sample:
    arn: ARO123EXAMPLE123:Bob
    assumed_role_id: arn:aws:sts::123456789012:assumed-role/demo/Bob
  type: dict