On this page
community.aws.rds – create, delete, or modify Amazon rds instances, rds snapshots, and related facts
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.rds.
New in version 1.0.0: of community.aws
Synopsis
- Creates, deletes, or modifies rds resources.
 - When creating an instance it can be either a new instance or a read-only replica of an existing instance.
 - This module has a dependency on python-boto >= 2.5 and will soon be deprecated.
 - The ‘promote’ command requires boto >= 2.18.0. Certain features such as tags rely on boto.rds2 (boto >= 2.26.0).
 - Please use boto3 based community.aws.rds_instance instead.
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- boto
 - python >= 2.6
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| apply_immediately
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        When apply_immediately=true, the modifications will be applied as soon as possible rather than waiting for the next preferred maintenance window.
        
       
        Used only when command=modify.
         | 
     
| 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  | 
     |
| backup_retention
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Number of days backups are retained.
        
       
        Set to 0 to disable backups.
        
       
        Default is 1 day.
        
       
        Valid range: 0-35.
        
       
        Used only when command=create or command=modify.
         | 
     |
| backup_window
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Backup window in format of  
       hh24:mi-hh24:mi. (Example: 18:00-20:30)
       
        Times are specified in UTC.
        
       
        If not specified then a random backup window is assigned.
        
       
        Used only when command=create or command=modify.
         | 
     |
| character_set_name
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Associate the DB instance with a specified character set.
        
       
        Used with command=create.
         | 
     |
| command
        
        string / required
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Specifies the action to take. The 'reboot' option is available starting at version 2.0.
         | 
     
| db_engine
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        The type of database.
        
       
        Used only when command=create.
        
       
        mariadb was added in version 2.2.
         | 
     
| db_name
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Name of a database to create within the instance.
        
       
        If not specified then no database is created.
        
       
        Used only when command=create.
         | 
     |
| 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  | 
     |
| engine_version
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Version number of the database engine to use.
        
       
        If not specified then the current Amazon RDS default engine version is used
        
       
        Used only when command=create.
         | 
     |
| force_failover
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If enabled, the reboot is done using a MultiAZ failover.
        
       
        Used only when command=reboot.
         | 
     
| instance_name
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Database instance identifier.
        
       
        Required except when using command=facts or command=delete on just a snapshot.
         | 
     |
| instance_type
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The instance type of the database.
        
       
        If not specified then the replica inherits the same instance type as the source instance.
        
       
        Required when command=create.
        
       
        Optional when command=replicate, command=modify or command=restore.
        
       aliases: type  | 
     |
| iops
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Specifies the number of IOPS for the instance.
        
       
        Used only when command=create or command=modify.
        
       
        Must be an integer greater than 1000.
         | 
     |
| license_model
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        The license model for this DB instance.
        
       
        Used only when command=create or command=restore.
         | 
     
| maint_window
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Maintenance window in format of  
       ddd:hh24:mi-ddd:hh24:mi. (Example: Mon:22:00-Mon:23:15)
       
        Times are specified in UTC.
        
       
        If not specified then a random maintenance window is assigned.
        
       
        Used only when command=create or command=modify.
         | 
     |
| multi_zone
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Specifies if this is a Multi-availability-zone deployment.
        
       
        Can not be used in conjunction with zone parameter.
        
       
        Used only when command=create or command=modify.
         | 
     
| new_instance_name
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Name to rename an instance to.
        
       
        Used only when command=modify.
         | 
     |
| option_group
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The name of the option group to use.
        
       
        If not specified then the default option group is used.
        
       
        Used only when command=create.
         | 
     |
| parameter_group
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Name of the DB parameter group to associate with this instance.
        
       
        If omitted then the RDS default DBParameterGroup will be used.
        
       
        Used only when command=create or command=modify.
         | 
     |
| password
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Password for the master database username.
        
       
        Used only when command=create or command=modify.
         | 
     |
| port
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Port number that the DB instance uses for connections.
        
       
        Used only when command=create or command=replicate.
        
       
        Defaults to the standard ports for each db_engine:  3306 for MySQL and MariaDB, 1521 for Oracle 1433 for SQL Server, 5432 for PostgreSQL.
        | 
     |
| 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  | 
     |
| publicly_accessible
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Explicitly set whether the resource should be publicly accessible or not.
        
       
        Used with command=create, command=replicate.
        
       
        Requires boto >= 2.26.0
         | 
     |
| 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_groups
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Comma separated list of one or more security groups.
        
       
        Used only when command=create or command=modify.
         | 
     |
| 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  | 
     |
| size
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Size in gigabytes of the initial storage for the DB instance.
        
       
        Used only when command=create or command=modify.
         | 
     |
| snapshot
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Name of snapshot to take.
        
       
        When command=delete, if no snapshot name is provided then no snapshot is taken.
        
       
        When command=delete, if no instance_name is provided the snapshot is deleted.
        
       
        Used with command=facts, command=delete or command=snapshot.
         | 
     |
| source_instance
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Name of the database to replicate.
        
       
        Used only when command=replicate.
         | 
     |
| subnet
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        VPC subnet group.
        
       
        If specified then a VPC instance is created.
        
       
        Used only when command=create.
         | 
     |
| tags
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        tags dict to apply to a resource.
        
       
        Used with command=create, command=replicate, command=restore.
        
       
        Requires boto >= 2.26.0
         | 
     |
| upgrade
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Indicates that minor version upgrades should be applied automatically.
        
       
        Used only when command=create or command=modify or command=restore or command=replicate.
         | 
     
| username
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Master database username.
        
       
        Used only when command=create.
         | 
     |
| validate_certs
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
         | 
     
| vpc_security_groups
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        Comma separated list of one or more vpc security group ids.
        
       
        Also requires subnet to be specified.
        
       
        Used only when command=create or command=modify.
         | 
     |
| wait
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        When command=create, replicate, modify or restore then wait for the database to enter the 'available' state.
        
       
        When command=delete, wait for the database to be terminated.
         | 
     
| wait_timeout
        
        integer
         | 
      Default: 
        300
         | 
      
        
        How long before wait gives up, in seconds.
        
       
        Used when wait=true.
         | 
     
| zone
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        availability zone in which to launch the instance.
        
       
        Used only when command=create, command=replicate or command=restore.
        
       
        Can not be used in conjunction with multi_zone parameter.
        
       aliases: aws_zone, ec2_zone  | 
     
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: Basic mysql provisioning example
  community.aws.rds:
    command: create
    instance_name: new-database
    db_engine: MySQL
    size: 10
    instance_type: db.m1.small
    username: mysql_admin
    password: 1nsecure
    tags:
      Environment: testing
      Application: cms
- name: Create a read-only replica and wait for it to become available
  community.aws.rds:
    command: replicate
    instance_name: new-database-replica
    source_instance: new_database
    wait: yes
    wait_timeout: 600
- name: Delete an instance, but create a snapshot before doing so
  community.aws.rds:
    command: delete
    instance_name: new-database
    snapshot: new_database_snapshot
- name: Get facts about an instance
  community.aws.rds:
    command: facts
    instance_name: new-database
  register: new_database_facts
- name: Rename an instance and wait for the change to take effect
  community.aws.rds:
    command: modify
    instance_name: new-database
    new_instance_name: renamed-database
    wait: yes
- name: Reboot an instance and wait for it to become available again
  community.aws.rds:
    command: reboot
    instance_name: database
    wait: yes
# Restore a Postgres db instance from a snapshot, wait for it to become available again, and
#  then modify it to add your security group. Also, display the new endpoint.
#  Note that the "publicly_accessible" option is allowed here just as it is in the AWS CLI
- community.aws.rds:
    command: restore
    snapshot: mypostgres-snapshot
    instance_name: MyNewInstanceName
    region: us-west-2
    zone: us-west-2b
    subnet: default-vpc-xx441xxx
    publicly_accessible: yes
    wait: yes
    wait_timeout: 600
    tags:
        Name: pg1_test_name_tag
  register: rds
- community.aws.rds:
    command: modify
    instance_name: MyNewInstanceName
    region: us-west-2
    vpc_security_groups: sg-xxx945xx
- ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "The new db endpoint is {{ rds.instance.endpoint }}"
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| instance
        
        complex
         | 
      always | 
        
        the rds instance
          | 
     ||||
| allocated_storage
        
        string
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        the allocated storage size in gigabytes (GB)
         Sample:
        
       
        100
         | 
     ||||
| auto_minor_version_upgrade
        
        boolean
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        indicates that minor engine upgrades will be applied automatically to the DB instance during the maintenance window
         Sample:
        
       
        true
         | 
     ||||
| backup_window
        
        string
         | 
      when RDS instance exists and automated backups are enabled | 
        
        the daily time range during which automated backups are created if automated backups are enabled
         Sample:
        
       
        03:00-03:30
         | 
     ||||
| character_set_name
        
        string
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        the name of the character set that this instance is associated with
         Sample:
        
       
        AL32UTF8
         | 
     ||||
| db_name
        
        string
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        the name of the database to create when the DB instance is created
         Sample:
        
       
        ASERTG
         | 
     ||||
| db_subnet_groups
        
        complex
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        information on the subnet group associated with this RDS instance
          | 
     ||||
| description
        
        string
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        the subnet group associated with the DB instance
         Sample:
        
       
        Subnets for the UAT RDS SQL DB Instance
         | 
     ||||
| name
        
        string
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        the name of the DB subnet group
         Sample:
        
       
        samplesubnetgrouprds-j6paiqkxqp4z
         | 
     ||||
| status
        
        string
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        the status of the DB subnet group
         Sample:
        
       
        complete
         | 
     ||||
| subnets
        
        complex
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        the description of the DB subnet group
          | 
     ||||
| availability_zone
        
        complex
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        subnet availability zone information
          | 
     ||||
| name
        
        string
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        availability zone
         Sample:
        
       
        eu-west-1b
         | 
     ||||
| provisioned_iops_capable
        
        boolean
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        whether provisioned iops are available in AZ subnet
         Sample:
        
       
        false
         | 
     ||||
| identifier
        
        string
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        the identifier of the subnet
         Sample:
        
       
        subnet-3fdba63e
         | 
     ||||
| status
        
        string
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        the status of the subnet
         Sample:
        
       
        active
         | 
     ||||
| endpoint
        
        string
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        the endpoint uri of the database instance
         Sample:
        
       
        my-ansible-database.asdfaosdgih.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com
         | 
     ||||
| engine
        
        string
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        the name of the database engine
         Sample:
        
       
        oracle-se
         | 
     ||||
| engine_version
        
        string
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        the version of the database engine
         Sample:
        
       
        11.2.0.4.v6
         | 
     ||||
| latest_restorable_time
        
        string
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        the latest time to which a database can be restored with point-in-time restore
         Sample:
        
       
        1489707802.0
         | 
     ||||
| license_model
        
        string
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        the license model information
         Sample:
        
       
        bring-your-own-license
         | 
     ||||
| option_groups
        
        complex
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        the list of option group memberships for this RDS instance
          | 
     ||||
| option_group_name
        
        string
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        the option group name for this RDS instance
         Sample:
        
       
        default:oracle-se-11-2
         | 
     ||||
| status
        
        string
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        the status of the RDS instance's option group membership
         Sample:
        
       
        in-sync
         | 
     ||||
| parameter_groups
        
        complex
         | 
      when RDS instance exists and parameter groups are defined | 
        
        the list of DB parameter groups applied to this RDS instance
          | 
     ||||
| parameter_apply_status
        
        string
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        the status of parameter updates
         Sample:
        
       
        in-sync
         | 
     ||||
| parameter_group_name
        
        string
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        the name of the DP parameter group
         Sample:
        
       
        testawsrpprodb01spfile-1ujg7nrs7sgyz
         | 
     ||||
| pending_modified_values
        
        complex
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        a dictionary of changes to the RDS instance that are pending
          | 
     ||||
| allocated_storage
        
        string
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        the new allocated storage size for this RDS instance that will be applied or is in progress
         Sample:
        
       
        null
         | 
     ||||
| backup_retention_period
        
        string
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        the pending number of days for which automated backups are retained
         Sample:
        
       
        null
         | 
     ||||
| db_instance_class
        
        string
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        the new DB instance class for this RDS instance that will be applied or is in progress
         Sample:
        
       
        null
         | 
     ||||
| db_instance_identifier
        
        string
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        the new DB instance identifier this RDS instance that will be applied or is in progress
         Sample:
        
       
        null
         | 
     ||||
| engine_version
        
        string
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        indicates the database engine version
         Sample:
        
       
        null
         | 
     ||||
| iops
        
        string
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        the new provisioned IOPS value for this RDS instance that will be applied or is being applied
         Sample:
        
       
        null
         | 
     ||||
| master_user_password
        
        string
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        the pending or in-progress change of the master credentials for this RDS instance
         Sample:
        
       
        null
         | 
     ||||
| multi_az
        
        string
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        indicates that the single-AZ RDS instance is to change to a multi-AZ deployment
         Sample:
        
       
        null
         | 
     ||||
| port
        
        string
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        specifies the pending port for this RDS instance
         Sample:
        
       
        null
         | 
     ||||
| port
        
        integer
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        the listening port of the database instance
         Sample:
        
       
        3306
         | 
     ||||
| publicly_accessible
        
        boolean
         | 
      when RDS instance exists | 
        
        the accessibility options for the DB instance
         Sample:
        
       
        true
         | 
     ||||
| read_replica_source_dbinstance_identifier
        
        string
         | 
      when read replica RDS instance exists | 
        
        the identifier of the source DB instance if this RDS instance is a read replica
         Sample:
        
       
        null
         | 
     ||||
| secondary_availability_zone
        
        string
         | 
      when RDS instance exists and is multi-AZ | 
        
        the name of the secondary AZ for a DB instance with multi-AZ support
         Sample:
        
       
        eu-west-1b
         | 
     ||||
Authors
- Bruce Pennypacker (@bpennypacker)
 - Will Thames (@willthames)
 
© 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/rds_module.html