ec2_tag - create and remove tag(s) to ec2 resources.

• Synopsis
• Requirements (on host that executes module)
• Options
• Examples
• Notes
  • Status

Synopsis

• Creates, removes and lists tags from any EC2 resource. The resource is referenced by its resource id (e.g. an instance being i-XXXXXXX). It is designed to be used with complex args (tags), see the examples. This module has a dependency on python-boto.

Requirements (on host that executes module)

• python >= 2.6
• boto

Options

Examples

- name: Ensure tags are present on a resource
  ec2_tag:
    region: eu-west-1
    resource: vol-XXXXXX
    state: present
    tags:
      Name: ubervol
      env: prod

- name: Ensure one dbserver is running
  ec2:
    count_tag:
      Name: dbserver
      Env: production
    exact_count: 1
    group: '{{ security_group }}'
    keypair: '{{ keypair }}'
    image: '{{ image_id }}'
    instance_tags:
      Name: dbserver
      Env: production
    instance_type: '{{ instance_type }}'
    region: eu-west-1
    volumes:
      - device_name: /dev/xvdb
        device_type: standard
        volume_size: 10
        delete_on_termination: True
    wait: True
  register: ec2

- name: Retrieve all volumes for a queried instance
  ec2_vol:
    instance: '{{ item.id }}'
    region: eu-west-1
    state: list
  with_items: '{{ ec2.tagged_instances }}'
  register: ec2_vol

- name: Ensure all volumes are tagged
  ec2_tag:
    region:  eu-west-1
    resource: '{{ item.id }}'
    state: present
    tags:
      Name: dbserver
      Env: production
  with_items:
    - ec2_vol.volumes

- name: Get EC2 facts
  action: ec2_facts

- name: Retrieve all tags on an instance
  ec2_tag:
    region: '{{ ansible_ec2_placement_region }}'
    resource: '{{ ansible_ec2_instance_id }}'
    state: list
  register: ec2_tags

- name: List tags, such as Name and env
  debug:
    msg: '{{ ec2_tags.tags.Name }} {{ ec2_tags.tags.env }}'

Notes

Status

This module is flagged as stableinterface which means that the maintainers for this module guarantee that no backward incompatible interface changes will be made.

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