community.aws.cloudwatchevent_rule (4.3.0) — module

Manage CloudWatch Event rules and targets

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

Authors: Jim Dalton (@jsdalton) <jim.dalton@gmail.com>

Install collection

Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.aws:==4.3.0


Add to requirements.yml

  collections:
    - name: community.aws
      version: 4.3.0

Description

This module creates and manages CloudWatch event rules and targets.


Requirements

Usage examples

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- community.aws.cloudwatchevent_rule:
    name: MyCronTask
    schedule_expression: "cron(0 20 * * ? *)"
    description: Run my scheduled task
    targets:
      - id: MyTargetId
        arn: arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:123456789012:function:MyFunction
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- community.aws.cloudwatchevent_rule:
    name: MyDisabledCronTask
    schedule_expression: "rate(5 minutes)"
    description: Run my disabled scheduled task
    state: disabled
    targets:
      - id: MyOtherTargetId
        arn: arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:123456789012:function:MyFunction
        input: '{"foo": "bar"}'
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- community.aws.cloudwatchevent_rule:
    name: MyInstanceLaunchEvent
    description: "Rule for EC2 instance launch"
    state: present
    event_pattern: '{"source":["aws.ec2"],"detail-type":["EC2 Instance State-change Notification"],"detail":{"state":["pending"]}}'
    targets:
      - id: MyTargetSnsTopic
        arn: arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:123456789012:MySNSTopic
        input_transformer:
          input_paths_map:
            instance: "$.detail.instance-id"
            state: "$.detail.state"
          input_template: "<instance> is in state <state>"
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- community.aws.cloudwatchevent_rule:
    name: MyCronTask
    state: absent

Inputs

    
name:
    description:
    - The name of the rule you are creating, updating or deleting. No spaces or special
      characters allowed (i.e. must match C([\.\-_A-Za-z0-9]+)).
    required: true
    type: str

state:
    choices:
    - present
    - disabled
    - absent
    default: present
    description:
    - Whether the rule is present (and enabled), disabled, or absent.
    required: false
    type: str

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

targets:
    description:
    - A list of targets to add to or update for the rule.
    elements: dict
    required: false
    suboptions:
      arn:
        description: The ARN associated with the target.
        required: true
        type: str
      ecs_parameters:
        description:
        - Contains the ECS task definition and task count to be used, if the event target
          is an ECS task.
        suboptions:
          task_count:
            description: The number of tasks to create based on I(task_definition).
            type: int
          task_definition_arn:
            description: The full ARN of the task definition.
            required: true
            type: str
        type: dict
      id:
        description: The unique target assignment ID.
        required: true
        type: str
      input:
        description:
        - A JSON object that will override the event data passed to the target.
        - If neither I(input) nor I(input_path) nor I(input_transformer) is specified,
          then the entire event is passed to the target in JSON form.
        type: json
      input_path:
        description:
        - A JSONPath string (e.g. C($.detail)) that specifies the part of the event data
          to be passed to the target.
        - If neither I(input) nor I(input_path) nor I(input_transformer) is specified,
          then the entire event is passed to the target in JSON form.
        type: str
      input_transformer:
        description:
        - Settings to support providing custom input to a target based on certain event
          data.
        suboptions:
          input_paths_map:
            description:
            - A dict that specifies the transformation of the event data to custom input
              parameters.
            type: dict
          input_template:
            description:
            - A string that templates the values input_paths_map extracted from the event
              data. It is used to produce the output you want to be sent to the target.
            type: json
        type: dict
        version_added: 4.1.0
        version_added_collection: community.aws
      role_arn:
        description: The ARN of the IAM role to be used for this target when the rule
          is triggered.
        type: str
    type: list

role_arn:
    description:
    - The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the IAM role associated with the rule.
    required: false
    type: str

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

description:
    description:
    - A description of the rule.
    required: false
    type: str

aws_ca_bundle:
    description:
    - The location of a CA Bundle to use when validating SSL certificates.
    - Only used for boto3 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

event_pattern:
    description:
    - A string pattern that is used to match against incoming events to determine if the
      rule should be triggered.
    required: false
    type: json

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.
    - 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:
    - 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.
    - 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:
    - AWS STS security token. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or 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 boto versions >= 2.6.0.
    type: bool

schedule_expression:
    description:
    - A cron or rate expression that defines the schedule the rule will trigger on. For
      example, C(cron(0 20 * * ? *)), C(rate(5 minutes)).
    required: false
    type: str

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

rule:
  description: CloudWatch Event rule data.
  returned: success
  sample:
    arn: arn:aws:events:us-east-1:123456789012:rule/MyCronTask
    description: Run my scheduled task
    name: MyCronTask
    schedule_expression: cron(0 20 * * ? *)
    state: ENABLED
  type: dict
targets:
  description: CloudWatch Event target(s) assigned to the rule.
  returned: success
  sample: '[{ ''arn'': ''arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:123456789012:function:MyFunction'',
    ''id'': ''MyTargetId'' }]'
  type: list