aws_waf_facts - Retrieve facts for WAF ACLs, Rule , Conditions and Filters.

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • Retrieve facts for WAF ACLs, Rule , Conditions and Filters.

Requirements

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

  • boto
  • boto3
  • python >= 2.6

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
aws_access_key Default:
None
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 Default:
None
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
ec2_url Default:
None
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.
name
The name of a Web Application Firewall
profile
(added in 1.6)
 Default:
None
Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
region
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
security_token
(added in 1.6)
 Default:
None
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
validate_certs
(added in 1.5)
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.

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

- name: obtain all WAF facts
  aws_waf_facts:

- name: obtain all facts for a single WAF
  aws_waf_facts:
    name: test_waf

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
wafs
complex
 success
The WAFs that match the passed arguments
rules
complex
 always
An array that contains the action for each Rule in a WebACL , the priority of the Rule
action
string
 always
The action to perform if the Rule matches

Sample:
BLOCK
predicates
list
 always
The Predicates list contains a Predicate for each ByteMatchSet, IPSet, SizeConstraintSet, SqlInjectionMatchSet or XssMatchSet object in a Rule

Sample:
[{'negated': False, 'byte_match_set_id': '47b822b5-abcd-1234-faaf-1234567890', 'byte_match_tuples': [{'text_transformation': 'NONE', 'field_to_match': {'type': 'QUERY_STRING'}, 'target_string': 'bobbins', 'positional_constraint': 'STARTS_WITH'}], 'type': 'ByteMatch', 'name': 'bobbins'}]
metric_name
string
 always
A friendly name or description for the metrics for this Rule

Sample:
ipblockrule
name
string
 always
A friendly name or description of the Rule

Sample:
ip_block_rule
default_action
int
 always
The action to perform if none of the Rules contained in the WebACL match.

Sample:
BLOCK
name
string
 always
A friendly name or description of the WebACL

Sample:
test_waf
metric_name
string
 always
A friendly name or description for the metrics for this WebACL

Sample:
test_waf_metric


Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Author

  • Mike Mochan (@mmochan)
  • Will Thames (@willthames)

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