community.aws.ssm_parameter (5.1.0) — module

Manage key-value pairs in AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store

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

Authors: Davinder Pal (@116davinder) <dpsangwal@gmail.com>, Nathan Webster (@nathanwebsterdotme), Bill Wang (@ozbillwang) <ozbillwang@gmail.com>, Michael De La Rue (@mikedlr)

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 key-value pairs in AWS Systems Manager (SSM) Parameter Store.

Prior to release 5.0.0 this module was called C(community.aws.aws_ssm_parameter_store). The usage did not change.


Requirements

Usage examples

  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Create or update key/value pair in AWS SSM parameter store
  community.aws.ssm_paramater:
    name: "Hello"
    description: "This is your first key"
    value: "World"
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Delete the key
  community.aws.ssm_paramater:
    name: "Hello"
    state: absent
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Create or update secure key/value pair with default KMS key (aws/ssm)
  community.aws.ssm_paramater:
    name: "Hello"
    description: "This is your first key"
    string_type: "SecureString"
    value: "World"
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Create or update secure key/value pair with nominated KMS key
  community.aws.ssm_paramater:
    name: "Hello"
    description: "This is your first key"
    string_type: "SecureString"
    key_id: "alias/demo"
    value: "World"
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Always update a parameter store value and create a new version
  community.aws.ssm_paramater:
    name: "overwrite_example"
    description: "This example will always overwrite the value"
    string_type: "String"
    value: "Test1234"
    overwrite_value: "always"
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Create or update key/value pair in AWS SSM parameter store with tier
  community.aws.ssm_paramater:
    name: "Hello"
    description: "This is your first key"
    value: "World"
    tier: "Advanced"
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: recommend to use with aws_ssm lookup plugin
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ lookup('amazon.aws.aws_ssm', 'Hello') }}"

Inputs

    
name:
    description:
    - Parameter key name.
    required: true
    type: str

tier:
    choices:
    - Standard
    - Advanced
    - Intelligent-Tiering
    default: Standard
    description:
    - Parameter store tier type.
    required: false
    type: str
    version_added: 1.5.0
    version_added_collection: community.aws

state:
    choices:
    - present
    - absent
    default: present
    description:
    - Creates or modifies an existing parameter.
    - Deletes a parameter.
    required: false
    type: str

value:
    description:
    - Parameter value.
    required: false
    type: str

key_id:
    default: alias/aws/ssm
    description:
    - AWS KMS key to decrypt the secrets.
    - The default key (C(alias/aws/ssm)) is automatically generated the first time it's
      requested.
    required: false
    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

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

decryption:
    default: true
    description:
    - Work with SecureString type to get plain text secrets
    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

description:
    description:
    - Parameter key description.
    required: false
    type: str

string_type:
    aliases:
    - type
    choices:
    - String
    - StringList
    - SecureString
    default: String
    description:
    - Parameter String type.
    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

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

overwrite_value:
    choices:
    - never
    - changed
    - always
    default: changed
    description:
    - Option to overwrite an existing value if it already exists.
    required: false
    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

parameter_metadata:
  contains:
    data_type:
      description: Parameter Data type.
      example: text
      returned: success
      type: str
    description:
      description: Parameter key description.
      example: This is your first key
      returned: success
      type: str
    last_modified_date:
      description: Time and date that the parameter was last modified.
      example: '2022-06-20T09:56:58.573000+00:00'
      returned: success
      type: str
    last_modified_user:
      description: ARN of the last user to modify the parameter.
      example: arn:aws:sts::123456789012:assumed-role/example-role/session=example
      returned: success
      type: str
    name:
      description: Parameter key name.
      example: Hello
      returned: success
      type: str
    policies:
      contains:
        policy_status:
          description: The status of the policy.
          example: Pending
          returned: success
          type: str
        policy_text:
          description: The JSON text of the policy.
          returned: success
          type: str
        policy_type:
          description: The type of policy.
          example: Expiration
          returned: success
          type: str
      description: A list of policies associated with a parameter.
      elements: dict
      returned: success
      type: list
    tier:
      description: Parameter tier.
      example: Standard
      returned: success
      type: str
    type:
      description: Parameter type
      example: String
      returned: success
      type: str
    version:
      description: Parameter version number
      example: 3
      returned: success
      type: int
  description:
  - Information about a parameter.
  - Does not include the value of the parameter as this can be sensitive information.
  returned: success
  type: dict

See also