amazon.cloud.ssm_document module – Creates and manages a Systems Manager (SSM) document

Note

This module is part of the amazon.cloud collection (version 0.4.0).

It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install amazon.cloud. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: amazon.cloud.ssm_document.

New in amazon.cloud 0.3.0

Synopsis

  • Creates and manages a Systems Manager (SSM) document in AWS Systems Manager.

  • This document defines the actions that Systems Manager performs on your AWS resources.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 3.9

  • boto3 >= 1.25.0

  • botocore >= 1.28.0

  • jsonpatch

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

access_key

aliases: aws_access_key_id, aws_access_key, ec2_access_key

string

AWS access key ID.

See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys.

The AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variables may also be used in decreasing order of preference.

The aws_access_key and profile options are mutually exclusive.

The aws_access_key_id alias was added in release 5.1.0 for consistency with the AWS botocore SDK.

The ec2_access_key alias has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

Support for the EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variable has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

attachments

list / elements=dictionary

A list of key and value pairs that describe attachments to a version of a document.

key

string

The key of a key-value pair that identifies the location of an attachment to a document.

Choices:

  • "AttachmentReference"

  • "S3FileUrl"

  • "SourceUrl"

name

string

The name of the document attachment file.

values

list / elements=string

The value of a key-value pair that identifies the location of an attachment to a document.

The format for Value depends on the type of key you specify.

aws_ca_bundle

path

The location of a CA Bundle to use when validating SSL certificates.

The AWS_CA_BUNDLE environment variable may also be used.

aws_config

dictionary

A dictionary to modify the botocore configuration.

Parameters can be found in the AWS documentation https://botocore.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/config.html#botocore.config.Config.

content

dictionary

The content for the Systems Manager document in JSON, YAML or String format.

debug_botocore_endpoint_logs

boolean

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.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

document_format

string

Specify the document format for the request.

The document format can be either JSON or YAML. JSON is the default format.

Choices:

  • "JSON" ← (default)

  • "TEXT"

  • "YAML"

document_type

string

The type of document to create.

Choices:

  • "ApplicationConfiguration"

  • "ApplicationConfigurationSchema"

  • "Automation"

  • "Automation.ChangeTemplate"

  • "ChangeCalendar"

  • "CloudFormation"

  • "Command"

  • "DeploymentStrategy"

  • "Package"

  • "Policy"

  • "ProblemAnalysis"

  • "ProblemAnalysisTemplate"

  • "Session"

endpoint_url

aliases: ec2_url, aws_endpoint_url, s3_url

string

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 AWS_URL or EC2_URL environment variables may also be used, in decreasing order of preference.

The ec2_url and s3_url aliases have been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

Support for the EC2_URL environment variable has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

force

boolean

Cancel IN_PROGRESS and PENDING resource requestes.

Because you can only perform a single operation on a given resource at a time, there might be cases where you need to cancel the current resource operation to make the resource available so that another operation may be performed on it.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

name

string

A name for the Systems Manager document.

profile

aliases: aws_profile

string

A named AWS profile to use for authentication.

See the AWS documentation for more information about named profiles https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-profiles.html.

The AWS_PROFILE environment variable may also be used.

The profile option is mutually exclusive with the aws_access_key, aws_secret_key and security_token options.

purge_tags

boolean

Remove tags not listed in tags.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

region

aliases: aws_region, ec2_region

string

The AWS region to use.

For global services such as IAM, Route53 and CloudFront, region is ignored.

The AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION environment variables may also be used.

See the Amazon AWS documentation for more information http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region.

The ec2_region alias has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01

Support for the EC2_REGION environment variable has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

requires

list / elements=dictionary

A list of SSM documents required by a document.

For example, an ApplicationConfiguration document requires an ApplicationConfigurationSchema document.

name

string

The name of the required SSM document.

The name can be an Amazon Resource Name (ARN).

version

string

The document version required by the current document.

secret_key

aliases: aws_secret_access_key, aws_secret_key, ec2_secret_key

string

AWS secret access key.

See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys.

The AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_KEY, or EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variables may also be used in decreasing order of preference.

The secret_key and profile options are mutually exclusive.

The aws_secret_access_key alias was added in release 5.1.0 for consistency with the AWS botocore SDK.

The ec2_secret_key alias has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

Support for the EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variable has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

session_token

aliases: aws_session_token, security_token, aws_security_token, access_token

string

AWS STS session token for use with temporary credentials.

See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys.

The AWS_SESSION_TOKEN, AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variables may also be used in decreasing order of preference.

The security_token and profile options are mutually exclusive.

Aliases aws_session_token and session_token were added in release 3.2.0, with the parameter being renamed from security_token to session_token in release 6.0.0.

The security_token, aws_security_token, and access_token aliases have been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

Support for the EC2_SECRET_KEY and AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variables has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

state

string

Goal state for resource.

state=present creates the resource if it doesn’t exist, or updates to the provided state if the resource already exists.

state=absent ensures an existing instance is deleted.

state=list get all the existing resources.

state=describe or state=get retrieves information on an existing resource.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

  • "list"

  • "describe"

  • "get"

tags

aliases: resource_tags

dictionary

A dict of tags to apply to the resource.

To remove all tags set tags={} and purge_tags=true.

target_type

string

Specify a target type to define the kinds of resources the document can run on.

update_method

string

Update method - when set to Replace, the update will replace the existing document; when set to NewVersion, the update will create a new version.

Choices:

  • "NewVersion"

  • "Replace" ← (default)

validate_certs

boolean

When set to false, SSL certificates will not be validated for communication with the AWS APIs.

Setting validate_certs=false is strongly discouraged, as an alternative, consider setting aws_ca_bundle instead.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

version_name

string

An optional field specifying the version of the artifact you are creating with the document.

This value is unique across all versions of a document, and cannot be changed.

wait

boolean

Wait for operation to complete before returning.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

wait_timeout

integer

How many seconds to wait for an operation to complete before timing out.

Default: 320

Notes

Note

  • Caution: For modules, environment variables and configuration files are read from the Ansible ‘host’ context and not the ‘controller’ context. As such, files may need to be explicitly copied to the ‘host’. For lookup and connection plugins, environment variables and configuration files are read from the Ansible ‘controller’ context and not the ‘host’ context.

  • The AWS SDK (boto3) that Ansible uses may also read defaults for credentials and other settings, such as the region, from its configuration files in the Ansible ‘host’ context (typically ~/.aws/credentials). See https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/guide/credentials.html for more information.

Examples

Return Values

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

Key

Description

result

complex

When state=list, it is a list containing dictionaries of resource information.

Otherwise, it is a dictionary of resource information.

When state=absent, it is an empty dictionary.

Returned: always

identifier

string

The unique identifier of the resource.

Returned: success

properties

dictionary

The resource properties.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Ansible Cloud Team (@ansible-collections)