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community.aws.s3_sync – Efficiently upload multiple files to S3
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.s3_sync.
New in version 1.0.0: of community.aws
Synopsis
- The S3 module is great, but it is very slow for a large volume of files- even a dozen will be noticeable. In addition to speed, it handles globbing, inclusions/exclusions, mime types, expiration mapping, recursion, cache control and smart directory mapping.
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- boto
 - boto3 >= 1.4.4
 - botocore
 - python >= 2.6
 - python-dateutil
 
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  | 
     |
| bucket
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Bucket name.
         | 
     |
| cache_control
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Cache-Control header set on uploaded objects.
        
       
        Directives are separated by commas.
         | 
     |
| 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.
         | 
     
| delete
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Remove remote files that exist in bucket but are not present in the file root.
         | 
     
| 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  | 
     |
| exclude
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        ".*"
         | 
      
        
        Shell pattern-style file matching.
        
       
        Used after include to remove files (for instance, skip "*.txt")
        
       
        For multiple patterns, comma-separate them.
         | 
     
| file_change_strategy
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Difference determination method to allow changes-only syncing. Unlike rsync, files are not patched- they are fully skipped or fully uploaded.
        
       
        date_size will upload if file sizes don't match or if local file modified date is newer than s3's version
        
       
        checksum will compare etag values based on s3's implementation of chunked md5s.
        
       
        force will always upload all files.
         | 
     
| file_root
        
        path / required
         | 
      
        
        File/directory path for synchronization. This is a local path.
        
       
        This root path is scrubbed from the key name, so subdirectories will remain as keys.
         | 
     |
| include
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "*"
         | 
      
        
        Shell pattern-style file matching.
        
       
        Used before exclude to determine eligible files (for instance, only "*.gif")
        
       
        For multiple patterns, comma-separate them.
         | 
     
| key_prefix
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        In addition to file path, prepend s3 path with this prefix. Module will add slash at end of prefix if necessary.
         | 
     |
| mime_map
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Dict entry from extension to MIME type. This will override any default/sniffed MIME type. For example  {".txt": "application/text", ".yml": "application/text"}
        | 
     |
| mode
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        sync direction.
         | 
     
| permission
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Canned ACL to apply to synced files.
        
       
        Changing this ACL only changes newly synced files, it does not trigger a full reupload.
         | 
     
| 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  | 
     |
| retries
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The retries option does nothing and will be removed after 2022-06-01
         | 
     |
| 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  | 
     |
| storage_class
        
        string
        
       
        added in 1.5.0 of community.aws
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Storage class to be associated to each object added to the S3 bucket.
         | 
     
| validate_certs
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        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_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 upload
  community.aws.s3_sync:
    bucket: tedder
    file_root: roles/s3/files/
- name: basic upload using the glacier storage class
  community.aws.s3_sync:
    bucket: tedder
    file_root: roles/s3/files/
    storage_class: GLACIER
- name: all the options
  community.aws.s3_sync:
    bucket: tedder
    file_root: roles/s3/files
    mime_map:
      .yml: application/text
      .json: application/text
    key_prefix: config_files/web
    file_change_strategy: force
    permission: public-read
    cache_control: "public, max-age=31536000"
    storage_class: "GLACIER"
    include: "*"
    exclude: "*.txt,.*"
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| filelist_actionable
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      always | 
        
        file listing (dicts) of files that will be uploaded after the strategy decision
         Sample:
        
       
        [{'bytes': 151, 'chopped_path': 'policy.json', 'fullpath': 'roles/cf/files/policy.json', 'mime_type': 'application/json', 'modified_epoch': 1477931256, 's3_path': 's3sync/policy.json', 'whysize': '151 / 151', 'whytime': '1477931256 / 1477929260'}]
         | 
     
| filelist_initial
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      always | 
        
        file listing (dicts) from initial globbing
         Sample:
        
       
        [{'bytes': 151, 'chopped_path': 'policy.json', 'fullpath': 'roles/cf/files/policy.json', 'modified_epoch': 1477416706}]
         | 
     
| filelist_local_etag
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      always | 
        
        file listing (dicts) including calculated local etag
         Sample:
        
       
        [{'bytes': 151, 'chopped_path': 'policy.json', 'fullpath': 'roles/cf/files/policy.json', 'mime_type': 'application/json', 'modified_epoch': 1477416706, 's3_path': 's3sync/policy.json'}]
         | 
     
| filelist_s3
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      always | 
        
        file listing (dicts) including information about previously-uploaded versions
         Sample:
        
       
        [{'bytes': 151, 'chopped_path': 'policy.json', 'fullpath': 'roles/cf/files/policy.json', 'mime_type': 'application/json', 'modified_epoch': 1477416706, 's3_path': 's3sync/policy.json'}]
         | 
     
| filelist_typed
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      always | 
        
        file listing (dicts) with calculated or overridden mime types
         Sample:
        
       
        [{'bytes': 151, 'chopped_path': 'policy.json', 'fullpath': 'roles/cf/files/policy.json', 'mime_type': 'application/json', 'modified_epoch': 1477416706}]
         | 
     
| uploaded
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      always | 
        
        file listing (dicts) of files that were actually uploaded
         Sample:
        
       
        [{'bytes': 151, 'chopped_path': 'policy.json', 'fullpath': 'roles/cf/files/policy.json', 's3_path': 's3sync/policy.json', 'whysize': '151 / 151', 'whytime': '1477931637 / 1477931489'}]
         | 
     
Authors
- Ted Timmons (@tedder)
 
© 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/s3_sync_module.html