aws_ssm_parameter_store – Manage key-value pairs in aws parameter store

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

Synopsis

• Manage key-value pairs in aws parameter store.

Requirements

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

• boto
• boto3
• botocore
• python >= 2.6

Parameters

Notes

Examples

- name: Create or update key/value pair in aws parameter store
  aws_ssm_parameter_store:
    name: "Hello"
    description: "This is your first key"
    value: "World"

- name: Delete the key
  aws_ssm_parameter_store:
    name: "Hello"
    state: absent

- name: Create or update secure key/value pair with default kms key (aws/ssm)
  aws_ssm_parameter_store:
    name: "Hello"
    description: "This is your first key"
    string_type: "SecureString"
    value: "World"

- name: Create or update secure key/value pair with nominated kms key
  aws_ssm_parameter_store:
    name: "Hello"
    description: "This is your first key"
    string_type: "SecureString"
    key_id: "alias/demo"
    value: "World"

- name: Always update a parameter store value and create a new version
  aws_ssm_parameter_store:
    name: "overwrite_example"
    description: "This example will always overwrite the value"
    string_type: "String"
    value: "Test1234"
    overwrite_value: "always"

- name: recommend to use with aws_ssm lookup plugin
  debug: msg="{{ lookup('aws_ssm', 'hello') }}"

Return Values

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

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Nathan Webster (@nathanwebsterdotme)
• Bill Wang (@ozbillwang) <ozbillwang@gmail.com>
• Michael De La Rue (@mikedlr)