ec2_asg_facts – Gather facts about ec2 Auto Scaling Groups (ASGs) in AWS

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

Synopsis

• Gather facts about ec2 Auto Scaling Groups (ASGs) in AWS

Requirements

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

• boto
• boto3
• python >= 2.6

Parameters

Notes

Examples

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

# Find all groups
- ec2_asg_facts:
  register: asgs

# Find a group with matching name/prefix
- ec2_asg_facts:
    name: public-webserver-asg
  register: asgs

# Find a group with matching tags
- ec2_asg_facts:
    tags:
      project: webapp
      env: production
  register: asgs

# Find a group with matching name/prefix and tags
- ec2_asg_facts:
    name: myproject
    tags:
      env: production
  register: asgs

# Fail if no groups are found
- ec2_asg_facts:
    name: public-webserver-asg
  register: asgs
  failed_when: "{{ asgs.results | length == 0 }}"

# Fail if more than 1 group is found
- ec2_asg_facts:
    name: public-webserver-asg
  register: asgs
  failed_when: "{{ asgs.results | length > 1 }}"

Return Values

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

Status

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

Authors

• Rob White (@wimnat)