cloudwatchlogs_log_group – create or delete log_group in CloudWatchLogs

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status

Synopsis

Create or delete log_group in CloudWatchLogs.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

boto
boto3
botocore
json
python >= 2.6

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
aws_access_key string		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. aliases: ec2_access_key, access_key
aws_secret_key string		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. aliases: ec2_secret_key, secret_key
debug_botocore_endpoint_logs boolean added in 2.8	Choices: no ← yes	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.
ec2_url string		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.
kms_key_id -		The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the CMK to use when encrypting log data.
log_group_name - / required		The name of the log group.
overwrite boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Whether an existing log group should be overwritten on create.
profile string		Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
region string		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 http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region aliases: aws_region, ec2_region
retention -		The number of days to retain the log events in the specified log group. Valid values are: [1, 3, 5, 7, 14, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 365, 400, 545, 731, 1827, 3653]
security_token string		AWS STS security token. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variable is used. aliases: access_token
state -	Choices: present ← absent	Whether the rule is present, absent or get
tags -		The key-value pairs to use for the tags.
validate_certs boolean	Choices: no yes ←	When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.

Notes

Note

for details of the parameters and returns see http://boto3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/services/logs.html
If parameters are not set within the module, the following environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence AWS_URL or EC2_URL, AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID or AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY or AWS_SECRET_KEY or EC2_SECRET_KEY, AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN, AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION
Ansible uses the boto configuration file (typically ~/.boto) if no credentials are provided. See https://boto.readthedocs.io/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html
AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION can be typically be used to specify the AWS region, when required, but this can also be configured in the boto config file

Examples

# Note: These examples do not set authentication details, see the AWS Guide for details.

- cloudwatchlogs_log_group:
    log_group_name: test-log-group

- cloudwatchlogs_log_group:
    state: present
    log_group_name: test-log-group
    tags: { "Name": "test-log-group", "Env" : "QA" }

- cloudwatchlogs_log_group:
    state: present
    log_group_name: test-log-group
    tags: { "Name": "test-log-group", "Env" : "QA" }
    kms_key_id: arn:aws:kms:region:account-id:key/key-id

- cloudwatchlogs_log_group:
    state: absent
    log_group_name: test-log-group

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key		Returned	Description
log_groups complex		success	Return the list of complex objetcs representing log groups
	arn string	always	The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the log group.
	creation_time integer	always	The creation time of the log group.
	kms_key_id string	always	The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the CMK to use when encrypting log data.
	log_group_name string	always	The name of the log group.
	metric_filter_count integer	always	The number of metric filters.
	retention_in_days integer	always	The number of days to retain the log events in the specified log group.
	stored_bytes string	always	The number of bytes stored.

Status

This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

Willian Ricardo (@willricardo) <willricardo@gmail.com>

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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.8/modules/cloudwatchlogs_log_group_module.html