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ec2_elb_lb - Creates or destroys Amazon ELB.

New in version 1.5.

Synopsis

Returns information about the load balancer. Will be marked changed when called only if state is changed.

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • python >= 2.6
  • boto

Options

parameter required default choices comments
access_logs
(added in 2.0)
no None
    An associative array of access logs configuration settings (see example)
    aws_access_key
    no
      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
      no
        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
        connection_draining_timeout
        (added in 1.8)
        no
          Wait a specified timeout allowing connections to drain before terminating an instance
          cross_az_load_balancing
          (added in 1.8)
          no no
          • yes
          • no
          Distribute load across all configured Availability Zones
          ec2_url
          no
            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.
            health_check
            no None
              An associative array of health check configuration settings (see example)
              idle_timeout
              (added in 2.0)
              no
                ELB connections from clients and to servers are timed out after this amount of time
                instance_ids
                (added in 2.1)
                no
                  List of instance ids to attach to this ELB
                  listeners
                  no
                    List of ports/protocols for this ELB to listen on (see example)
                    name
                    yes
                      The name of the ELB
                      profile
                      (added in 1.6)
                      no
                        uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0
                        purge_instance_ids
                        (added in 2.1)
                        no
                          Purge existing instance ids on ELB that are not found in instance_ids
                          purge_listeners
                          no True
                            Purge existing listeners on ELB that are not found in listeners
                            purge_subnets
                            (added in 1.7)
                            no
                              Purge existing subnet on ELB that are not found in subnets
                              purge_zones
                              no
                                Purge existing availability zones on ELB that are not found in zones
                                region
                                no
                                  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
                                  scheme
                                  (added in 1.7)
                                  no internet-facing
                                    The scheme to use when creating the ELB. For a private VPC-visible ELB use 'internal'.
                                    security_group_ids
                                    (added in 1.6)
                                    no None
                                      A list of security groups to apply to the elb
                                      security_group_names
                                      (added in 2.0)
                                      no None
                                        A list of security group names to apply to the elb
                                        security_token
                                        (added in 1.6)
                                        no
                                          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
                                          yes
                                          • present
                                          • absent
                                          Create or destroy the ELB
                                          stickiness
                                          (added in 2.0)
                                          no
                                            An associative array of stickness policy settings. Policy will be applied to all listeners ( see example )
                                            subnets
                                            (added in 1.7)
                                            no None
                                              A list of VPC subnets to use when creating ELB. Zones should be empty if using this.
                                              validate_certs
                                              (added in 1.5)
                                              no yes
                                              • yes
                                              • no
                                              When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
                                              wait
                                              (added in 2.1)
                                              no
                                              • yes
                                              • no
                                              When specified, Ansible will check the status of the load balancer to ensure it has been successfully removed from AWS.
                                              wait_timeout
                                              (added in 2.1)
                                              no 60
                                                Used in conjunction with wait. Number of seconds to wait for the elb to be terminated. A maximum of 600 seconds (10 minutes) is allowed.
                                                zones
                                                no
                                                  List of availability zones to enable on this ELB

                                                  Examples

                                                  # Note: None of these examples set aws_access_key, aws_secret_key, or region.
                                                  # It is assumed that their matching environment variables are set.
                                                  
                                                  # Basic provisioning example (non-VPC)
                                                  
                                                  - local_action:
                                                      module: ec2_elb_lb
                                                      name: "test-please-delete"
                                                      state: present
                                                      zones:
                                                        - us-east-1a
                                                        - us-east-1d
                                                      listeners:
                                                        - protocol: http # options are http, https, ssl, tcp
                                                          load_balancer_port: 80
                                                          instance_port: 80
                                                          proxy_protocol: True
                                                        - protocol: https
                                                          load_balancer_port: 443
                                                          instance_protocol: http # optional, defaults to value of protocol setting
                                                          instance_port: 80
                                                          # ssl certificate required for https or ssl
                                                          ssl_certificate_id: "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:server-certificate/company/servercerts/ProdServerCert"
                                                  
                                                  # Internal ELB example
                                                  
                                                  - local_action:
                                                      module: ec2_elb_lb
                                                      name: "test-vpc"
                                                      scheme: internal
                                                      state: present
                                                      instance_ids:
                                                        - i-abcd1234
                                                      purge_instance_ids: true
                                                      subnets:
                                                        - subnet-abcd1234
                                                        - subnet-1a2b3c4d
                                                      listeners:
                                                        - protocol: http # options are http, https, ssl, tcp
                                                          load_balancer_port: 80
                                                          instance_port: 80
                                                  
                                                  # Configure a health check and the access logs
                                                  - local_action:
                                                      module: ec2_elb_lb
                                                      name: "test-please-delete"
                                                      state: present
                                                      zones:
                                                        - us-east-1d
                                                      listeners:
                                                        - protocol: http
                                                          load_balancer_port: 80
                                                          instance_port: 80
                                                      health_check:
                                                          ping_protocol: http # options are http, https, ssl, tcp
                                                          ping_port: 80
                                                          ping_path: "/index.html" # not required for tcp or ssl
                                                          response_timeout: 5 # seconds
                                                          interval: 30 # seconds
                                                          unhealthy_threshold: 2
                                                          healthy_threshold: 10
                                                      access_logs:
                                                          interval: 5 # minutes (defaults to 60)
                                                          s3_location: "my-bucket" # This value is required if access_logs is set
                                                          s3_prefix: "logs"
                                                  
                                                  # Ensure ELB is gone
                                                  - local_action:
                                                      module: ec2_elb_lb
                                                      name: "test-please-delete"
                                                      state: absent
                                                  
                                                  # Ensure ELB is gone and wait for check (for default timeout)
                                                  - local_action:
                                                      module: ec2_elb_lb
                                                      name: "test-please-delete"
                                                      state: absent
                                                      wait: yes
                                                  
                                                  # Ensure ELB is gone and wait for check with timeout value
                                                  - local_action:
                                                      module: ec2_elb_lb
                                                      name: "test-please-delete"
                                                      state: absent
                                                      wait: yes
                                                      wait_timeout: 600
                                                  
                                                  # Normally, this module will purge any listeners that exist on the ELB
                                                  # but aren't specified in the listeners parameter. If purge_listeners is
                                                  # false it leaves them alone
                                                  - local_action:
                                                      module: ec2_elb_lb
                                                      name: "test-please-delete"
                                                      state: present
                                                      zones:
                                                        - us-east-1a
                                                        - us-east-1d
                                                      listeners:
                                                        - protocol: http
                                                          load_balancer_port: 80
                                                          instance_port: 80
                                                      purge_listeners: no
                                                  
                                                  # Normally, this module will leave availability zones that are enabled
                                                  # on the ELB alone. If purge_zones is true, then any extraneous zones
                                                  # will be removed
                                                  - local_action:
                                                      module: ec2_elb_lb
                                                      name: "test-please-delete"
                                                      state: present
                                                      zones:
                                                        - us-east-1a
                                                        - us-east-1d
                                                      listeners:
                                                        - protocol: http
                                                          load_balancer_port: 80
                                                          instance_port: 80
                                                      purge_zones: yes
                                                  
                                                  # Creates a ELB and assigns a list of subnets to it.
                                                  - local_action:
                                                      module: ec2_elb_lb
                                                      state: present
                                                      name: 'New ELB'
                                                      security_group_ids: 'sg-123456, sg-67890'
                                                      region: us-west-2
                                                      subnets: 'subnet-123456,subnet-67890'
                                                      purge_subnets: yes
                                                      listeners:
                                                        - protocol: http
                                                          load_balancer_port: 80
                                                          instance_port: 80
                                                  
                                                  # Create an ELB with connection draining, increased idle timeout and cross availability
                                                  # zone load balancing
                                                  - local_action:
                                                      module: ec2_elb_lb
                                                      name: "New ELB"
                                                      state: present
                                                      connection_draining_timeout: 60
                                                      idle_timeout: 300
                                                      cross_az_load_balancing: "yes"
                                                      region: us-east-1
                                                      zones:
                                                        - us-east-1a
                                                        - us-east-1d
                                                      listeners:
                                                        - protocols: http
                                                        - load_balancer_port: 80
                                                        - instance_port: 80
                                                  
                                                  # Create an ELB with load balanacer stickiness enabled
                                                  - local_action:
                                                      module: ec2_elb_lb
                                                      name: "New ELB"
                                                      state: present
                                                      region: us-east-1
                                                      zones:
                                                        - us-east-1a
                                                        - us-east-1d
                                                      listeners:
                                                        - protocols: http
                                                        - load_balancer_port: 80
                                                        - instance_port: 80
                                                      stickiness:
                                                        type: loadbalancer
                                                        enabled: yes
                                                        expiration: 300
                                                  
                                                  # Create an ELB with application stickiness enabled
                                                  - local_action:
                                                      module: ec2_elb_lb
                                                      name: "New ELB"
                                                      state: present
                                                      region: us-east-1
                                                      zones:
                                                        - us-east-1a
                                                        - us-east-1d
                                                      listeners:
                                                        - protocols: http
                                                        - load_balancer_port: 80
                                                        - instance_port: 80
                                                      stickiness:
                                                        type: application
                                                        enabled: yes
                                                        cookie: SESSIONID
                                                  

                                                  Notes

                                                  Note

                                                  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

                                                  Note

                                                  Ansible uses the boto configuration file (typically ~/.boto) if no credentials are provided. See http://boto.readthedocs.org/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html

                                                  Note

                                                  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

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