community.aws.elb_target_group (5.1.0) — module

Manage a target group for an Application or Network load balancer

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

Authors: Rob White (@wimnat)

Install collection

Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.aws:==5.1.0


Add to requirements.yml

  collections:
    - name: community.aws
      version: 5.1.0

Description

Manage an AWS Elastic Load Balancer target group. See U(https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/application/load-balancer-target-groups.html) or U(https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/network/load-balancer-target-groups.html) 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.

- name: Create a target group with a default health check
  community.aws.elb_target_group:
    name: mytargetgroup
    protocol: http
    port: 80
    vpc_id: vpc-01234567
    state: present
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Create a target group with protocol_version 'GRPC'
  community.aws.elb_target_group:
    name: mytargetgroup
    protocol: http
    port: 80
    vpc_id: vpc-01234567
    protocol_version: GRPC
    state: present
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Modify the target group with a custom health check
  community.aws.elb_target_group:
    name: mytargetgroup
    protocol: http
    port: 80
    vpc_id: vpc-01234567
    health_check_protocol: http
    health_check_path: /health_check
    health_check_port: 80
    successful_response_codes: 200
    health_check_interval: 15
    health_check_timeout: 3
    healthy_threshold_count: 4
    unhealthy_threshold_count: 3
    state: present
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Delete a target group
  community.aws.elb_target_group:
    name: mytargetgroup
    state: absent
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Create a target group with instance targets
  community.aws.elb_target_group:
    name: mytargetgroup
    protocol: http
    port: 81
    vpc_id: vpc-01234567
    health_check_protocol: http
    health_check_path: /
    successful_response_codes: "200,250-260"
    targets:
      - Id: i-01234567
        Port: 80
      - Id: i-98765432
        Port: 80
    state: present
    wait_timeout: 200
    wait: True
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Create a target group with IP address targets
  community.aws.elb_target_group:
    name: mytargetgroup
    protocol: http
    port: 81
    vpc_id: vpc-01234567
    health_check_protocol: http
    health_check_path: /
    successful_response_codes: "200,250-260"
    target_type: ip
    targets:
      - Id: 10.0.0.10
        Port: 80
        AvailabilityZone: all
      - Id: 10.0.0.20
        Port: 80
    state: present
    wait_timeout: 200
    wait: True
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# Using lambda as targets require that the target group
# itself is allow to invoke the lambda function.
# therefore you need first to create an empty target group
# to receive its arn, second, allow the target group
# to invoke the lambda function and third, add the target
# to the target group
- name: first, create empty target group
  community.aws.elb_target_group:
    name: my-lambda-targetgroup
    target_type: lambda
    state: present
    modify_targets: False
  register: out
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: second, allow invoke of the lambda
  community.aws.lambda_policy:
    state: "{{ state | default('present') }}"
    function_name: my-lambda-function
    statement_id: someID
    action: lambda:InvokeFunction
    principal: elasticloadbalancing.amazonaws.com
    source_arn: "{{ out.target_group_arn }}"
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: third, add target
  community.aws.elb_target_group:
    name: my-lambda-targetgroup
    target_type: lambda
    state: present
    targets:
        - Id: arn:aws:lambda:eu-central-1:123456789012:function:my-lambda-function

Inputs

    
name:
    description:
    - The name of the target group.
    required: true
    type: str

port:
    description:
    - The port on which the targets receive traffic. This port is used unless you specify
      a port override when registering the target.
    - Required when I(state) is C(present) and I(target_type) is C(instance), C(ip), or
      C(alb).
    required: false
    type: int

tags:
    aliases:
    - resource_tags
    description:
    - A dictionary representing the tags to be applied to the resource.
    - If the I(tags) parameter is not set then tags will not be modified.
    required: false
    type: dict

wait:
    default: false
    description:
    - Whether or not to wait for the target group.
    type: bool

state:
    choices:
    - present
    - absent
    description:
    - Create or destroy the target group.
    required: true
    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

vpc_id:
    description:
    - The identifier of the virtual private cloud (VPC).
    - Required when I(state) is C(present) and I(target_type) is C(instance), C(ip), or
      C(alb).
    required: false
    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

targets:
    description:
    - A list of targets to assign to the target group. This parameter defaults to an empty
      list. Unless you set the 'modify_targets' parameter then all existing targets will
      be removed from the group. The list should be an Id and a Port parameter. See the
      Examples for detail.
    elements: dict
    required: false
    type: list

protocol:
    choices:
    - http
    - https
    - tcp
    - tls
    - udp
    - tcp_udp
    - HTTP
    - HTTPS
    - TCP
    - TLS
    - UDP
    - TCP_UDP
    description:
    - The protocol to use for routing traffic to the targets.
    - Required when I(state) is C(present) and I(target_type) is C(instance), C(ip), or
      C(alb).
    required: false
    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

purge_tags:
    default: true
    description:
    - If I(purge_tags=true) and I(tags) is set, 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, even if I(purge_tags=True).
    - Tag keys beginning with C(aws:) are reserved by Amazon and can not be modified.  As
      such they will be ignored for the purposes of the I(purge_tags) parameter.  See
      the Amazon documentation for more information U(https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws_tagging.html#tag-conventions).
    required: false
    type: bool

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

target_type:
    choices:
    - instance
    - ip
    - lambda
    - alb
    description:
    - The type of target that you must specify when registering targets with this target
      group. The possible values are C(instance) (targets are specified by instance ID),
      C(ip) (targets are specified by IP address), C(lambda) (target is specified by ARN),
      or C(alb) (target is specified by ARN). Note that you can't specify targets for
      a target group using more than one type. Target types lambda and alb only accept
      one target. When more than one target is specified, only the first one is used.
      All additional targets are ignored. If the target type is ip, specify IP addresses
      from the subnets of the virtual private cloud (VPC) for the target group, the RFC
      1918 range (10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, and 192.168.0.0/16), and the RFC 6598 range
      (100.64.0.0/10). You can't specify publicly routable IP addresses.
    - The default behavior is C(instance).
    required: false
    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

wait_timeout:
    default: 200
    description:
    - The time to wait for the target group.
    type: int

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

modify_targets:
    default: true
    description:
    - Whether or not to alter existing targets in the group to match what is passed with
      the module
    required: false
    type: bool

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

stickiness_type:
    description:
    - The type of sticky sessions.
    - Valid values are C(lb_cookie), C(app_cookie) or C(source_ip).
    - If not set AWS will default to C(lb_cookie) for Application Load Balancers or C(source_ip)
      for Network Load Balancers.
    type: str

protocol_version:
    choices:
    - GRPC
    - HTTP1
    - HTTP2
    description:
    - Specifies protocol version.
    - The protocol_version parameter is immutable and cannot be changed when updating
      an elb_target_group.
    required: false
    type: str
    version_added: 5.1.0
    version_added_collection: community.aws

health_check_path:
    description:
    - The ping path that is the destination on the targets for health checks. The path
      must be defined in order to set a health check.
    - Requires the I(health_check_protocol) parameter to be set.
    required: false
    type: str

health_check_port:
    description:
    - The port the load balancer uses when performing health checks on targets. Can be
      set to 'traffic-port' to match target port.
    - When not defined will default to the port on which each target receives traffic
      from the load balancer.
    required: false
    type: str

stickiness_enabled:
    description:
    - Indicates whether sticky sessions are enabled.
    type: bool

health_check_timeout:
    description:
    - The amount of time, in seconds, during which no response from a target means a failed
      health check.
    required: false
    type: int

health_check_interval:
    description:
    - The approximate amount of time, in seconds, between health checks of an individual
      target.
    required: false
    type: int

health_check_protocol:
    choices:
    - http
    - https
    - tcp
    - tls
    - udp
    - tcp_udp
    - HTTP
    - HTTPS
    - TCP
    - TLS
    - UDP
    - TCP_UDP
    description:
    - The protocol the load balancer uses when performing health checks on targets.
    required: false
    type: str

healthy_threshold_count:
    description:
    - The number of consecutive health checks successes required before considering an
      unhealthy target healthy.
    required: false
    type: int

proxy_protocol_v2_enabled:
    description:
    - Indicates whether Proxy Protocol version 2 is enabled.
    - The value is C(true) or C(false).
    - I(proxy_protocol_v2_enabled) is supported only by Network Load Balancers.
    required: false
    type: bool
    version_added: 2.1.0
    version_added_collection: community.aws

successful_response_codes:
    description:
    - The HTTP codes to use when checking for a successful response from a target.
    - Accepts multiple values (for example, "200,202") or a range of values (for example,
      "200-299").
    - Requires the I(health_check_protocol) parameter to be set.
    required: false
    type: str

unhealthy_threshold_count:
    description:
    - The number of consecutive health check failures required before considering a target
      unhealthy.
    required: false
    type: int

preserve_client_ip_enabled:
    description:
    - Indicates whether client IP preservation is enabled.
    - The default is disabled if the target group type is C(ip) address and the target
      group protocol is C(tcp) or C(tls). Otherwise, the default is enabled. Client IP
      preservation cannot be disabled for C(udp) and C(tcp_udp) target groups.
    - I(preserve_client_ip_enabled) is supported only by Network Load Balancers.
    required: false
    type: bool
    version_added: 2.1.0
    version_added_collection: community.aws

stickiness_app_cookie_name:
    description:
    - The name of the application cookie. Required if I(stickiness_type=app_cookie).
    type: str
    version_added: 1.5.0
    version_added_collection: community.aws

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

deregistration_delay_timeout:
    description:
    - The amount time for Elastic Load Balancing to wait before changing the state of
      a deregistering target from draining to unused. The range is 0-3600 seconds.
    type: int

load_balancing_algorithm_type:
    choices:
    - round_robin
    - least_outstanding_requests
    description:
    - The type of load balancing algorithm to use.
    - Changing the load balancing algorithm is only supported when used with Application
      Load Balancers (ALB).
    - If not set AWS will default to C(round_robin).
    type: str
    version_added: 3.2.0
    version_added_collection: community.aws

stickiness_lb_cookie_duration:
    description:
    - The time period, in seconds, during which requests from a client should be routed
      to the same target. After this time period expires, the load balancer-generated
      cookie is considered stale. The range is 1 second to 1 week (604800 seconds).
    type: int

stickiness_app_cookie_duration:
    description:
    - The time period, in seconds, during which requests from a client should be routed
      to the same target. After this time period expires, the application-generated cookie
      is considered stale. The range is 1 second to 1 week (604800 seconds).
    type: int
    version_added: 1.5.0
    version_added_collection: community.aws

deregistration_connection_termination:
    default: false
    description:
    - Indicates whether the load balancer terminates connections at the end of the deregistration
      timeout.
    - Using this option is only supported when attaching to a Network Load Balancer (NLB).
    required: false
    type: bool
    version_added: 3.1.0
    version_added_collection: community.aws

Outputs

deregistration_connection_termination:
  description: Indicates whether the load balancer terminates connections at the end
    of the deregistration timeout.
  returned: when state present
  sample: true
  type: bool
deregistration_delay_timeout_seconds:
  description: The amount time for Elastic Load Balancing to wait before changing
    the state of a deregistering target from draining to unused.
  returned: when state present
  sample: 300
  type: int
health_check_interval_seconds:
  description: The approximate amount of time, in seconds, between health checks of
    an individual target.
  returned: when state present
  sample: 30
  type: int
health_check_path:
  description: The destination for the health check request.
  returned: when state present
  sample: /index.html
  type: str
health_check_port:
  description: The port to use to connect with the target.
  returned: when state present
  sample: traffic-port
  type: str
health_check_protocol:
  description: The protocol to use to connect with the target.
  returned: when state present
  sample: HTTP
  type: str
health_check_timeout_seconds:
  description: The amount of time, in seconds, during which no response means a failed
    health check.
  returned: when state present
  sample: 5
  type: int
healthy_threshold_count:
  description: The number of consecutive health checks successes required before considering
    an unhealthy target healthy.
  returned: when state present
  sample: 5
  type: int
load_balancer_arns:
  description: The Amazon Resource Names (ARN) of the load balancers that route traffic
    to this target group.
  returned: when state present
  sample: []
  type: list
load_balancing_algorithm_type:
  description: The type load balancing algorithm used.
  returned: when state present
  sample: least_outstanding_requests
  type: str
  version_added: 3.2.0
  version_added_collection: community.aws
matcher:
  description: The HTTP codes to use when checking for a successful response from
    a target.
  returned: when state present
  sample:
    http_code: '200'
  type: dict
port:
  description: The port on which the targets are listening.
  returned: when state present
  sample: 80
  type: int
protocol:
  description: The protocol to use for routing traffic to the targets.
  returned: when state present
  sample: HTTP
  type: str
stickiness_enabled:
  description: Indicates whether sticky sessions are enabled.
  returned: when state present
  sample: true
  type: bool
stickiness_lb_cookie_duration_seconds:
  description: The time period, in seconds, during which requests from a client should
    be routed to the same target.
  returned: when state present
  sample: 86400
  type: int
stickiness_type:
  description: The type of sticky sessions.
  returned: when state present
  sample: lb_cookie
  type: str
tags:
  description: The tags attached to the target group.
  returned: when state present
  sample: '{ ''Tag'': ''Example'' }'
  type: dict
target_group_arn:
  description: The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the target group.
  returned: when state present
  sample: arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:ap-southeast-2:123456789012:targetgroup/mytargetgroup/aabbccddee0044332211
  type: str
target_group_name:
  description: The name of the target group.
  returned: when state present
  sample: mytargetgroup
  type: str
unhealthy_threshold_count:
  description: The number of consecutive health check failures required before considering
    the target unhealthy.
  returned: when state present
  sample: 2
  type: int
vpc_id:
  description: The ID of the VPC for the targets.
  returned: when state present
  sample: vpc-0123456
  type: str