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community.aws.lightsail – Manage instances in AWS Lightsail
Note
This plugin is part of the community.aws collection (version 1.5.0).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. 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 community.aws.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.aws.lightsail.
New in version 1.0.0: of community.aws
Synopsis
- Manage instances in AWS Lightsail.
 - Instance tagging is not yet supported in this module.
 
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
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        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.
        
       
        If profile is set this parameter is ignored.
        
       
        Passing the aws_access_key and profile options at the same time has been deprecated and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.
        
       aliases: ec2_access_key, access_key  | 
     |
| aws_ca_bundle
        
        path
         | 
      
        
        The location of a CA Bundle to use when validating SSL certificates.
        
       
        Only used for boto3 based modules.
        
       
        Note: The CA Bundle is read 'module' side and may need to be explicitly copied from the controller if not run locally.
         | 
     |
| aws_config
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        A dictionary to modify the botocore configuration.
        
       
        Parameters can be found at https://botocore.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/config.html#botocore.config.Config.
        
       
        Only the 'user_agent' key is used for boto modules. See http://boto.cloudhackers.com/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html#boto for more boto configuration.
         | 
     |
| aws_secret_key
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        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.
        
       
        If profile is set this parameter is ignored.
        
       
        Passing the aws_secret_key and profile options at the same time has been deprecated and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.
        
       aliases: ec2_secret_key, secret_key  | 
     |
| blueprint_id
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        ID of the instance blueprint image.
        
       
        Required when state=present
         | 
     |
| bundle_id
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Bundle of specification info for the instance.
        
       
        Required when state=present.
         | 
     |
| 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.
         | 
     
| ec2_url
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        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.
        
       aliases: aws_endpoint_url, endpoint_url  | 
     |
| key_pair_name
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Name of the key pair to use with the instance.
        
       
        If state=present and a key_pair_name is not provided, the default keypair from the region will be used.
         | 
     |
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Name of the instance.
         | 
     |
| profile
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
        
       
        Using profile will override aws_access_key, aws_secret_key and security_token and support for passing them at the same time as profile has been deprecated.
        
       
        aws_access_key, aws_secret_key and security_token will be made mutually exclusive with profile after 2022-06-01.
        
       aliases: aws_profile  | 
     |
| region
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        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
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        AWS STS security token. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variable is used.
        
       
        If profile is set this parameter is ignored.
        
       
        Passing the security_token and profile options at the same time has been deprecated and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.
        
       aliases: aws_security_token, access_token  | 
     |
| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Indicate desired state of the target.
        
       
        rebooted and restarted are aliases.
         | 
     
| user_data
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Launch script that can configure the instance with additional data.
         | 
     |
| validate_certs
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
         | 
     
| wait
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Wait for the instance to be in state 'running' before returning.
        
       
        If wait=false an ip_address may not be returned.
        
       
        Has no effect when state=rebooted or state=absent.
         | 
     
| wait_timeout
        
        integer
         | 
      Default: 
        300
         | 
      
        
        How long before wait gives up, in seconds.
         | 
     
| zone
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        AWS availability zone in which to launch the instance.
        
       
        Required when state=present
         | 
     
Notes
Note
- If parameters are not set within the module, the following environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence 
AWS_URLorEC2_URL,AWS_PROFILEorAWS_DEFAULT_PROFILE,AWS_ACCESS_KEY_IDorAWS_ACCESS_KEYorEC2_ACCESS_KEY,AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEYorAWS_SECRET_KEYorEC2_SECRET_KEY,AWS_SECURITY_TOKENorEC2_SECURITY_TOKEN,AWS_REGIONorEC2_REGION,AWS_CA_BUNDLE - Ansible uses the boto configuration file (typically ~/.boto) if no credentials are provided. See https://boto.readthedocs.io/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html
 AWS_REGIONorEC2_REGIONcan be typically be used to specify the AWS region, when required, but this can also be configured in the boto config file
Examples
- name: Create a new Lightsail instance
  community.aws.lightsail:
    state: present
    name: my_instance
    region: us-east-1
    zone: us-east-1a
    blueprint_id: ubuntu_16_04
    bundle_id: nano_1_0
    key_pair_name: id_rsa
    user_data: " echo 'hello world' > /home/ubuntu/test.txt"
  register: my_instance
- name: Delete an instance
  community.aws.lightsail:
    state: absent
    region: us-east-1
    name: my_instance
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| changed
        
        boolean
         | 
      always | 
        
        if a snapshot has been modified/created
         Sample:
        
       
        {'changed': True}
         | 
     
| instance
        
        dictionary
         | 
      always | 
        
        instance data
         Sample:
        
       
        {'arn': 'arn:aws:lightsail:us-east-1:448830907657:Instance/1fef0175-d6c8-480e-84fa-214f969cda87', 'blueprint_id': 'ubuntu_16_04', 'blueprint_name': 'Ubuntu', 'bundle_id': 'nano_1_0', 'created_at': '2017-03-27T08:38:59.714000-04:00', 'hardware': {'cpu_count': 1, 'ram_size_in_gb': 0.5}, 'is_static_ip': False, 'location': {'availability_zone': 'us-east-1a', 'region_name': 'us-east-1'}, 'name': 'my_instance', 'networking': {'monthly_transfer': {'gb_per_month_allocated': 1024}, 'ports': [{'access_direction': 'inbound', 'access_from': 'Anywhere (0.0.0.0/0)', 'access_type': 'public', 'common_name': '', 'from_port': 80, 'protocol': 'tcp', 'to_port': 80}, {'access_direction': 'inbound', 'access_from': 'Anywhere (0.0.0.0/0)', 'access_type': 'public', 'common_name': '', 'from_port': 22, 'protocol': 'tcp', 'to_port': 22}]}, 'private_ip_address': '172.26.8.14', 'public_ip_address': '34.207.152.202', 'resource_type': 'Instance', 'ssh_key_name': 'keypair', 'state': {'code': 16, 'name': 'running'}, 'support_code': '588307843083/i-0997c97831ee21e33', 'username': 'ubuntu'}
         | 
     
Authors
- Nick Ball (@nickball)
 - Prasad Katti (@prasadkatti)
 
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/aws/lightsail_module.html