ec2_tag – create and remove tags on ec2 resources

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

Synopsis

• Creates, removes and lists tags for any EC2 resource. The resource is referenced by its resource id (e.g. an instance being i-XXXXXXX). It is designed to be used with complex args (tags), see the examples.

Requirements

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

• boto
• boto3
• botocore
• python >= 2.6

Parameters

Notes

Examples

- name: Ensure tags are present on a resource
  ec2_tag:
    region: eu-west-1
    resource: vol-XXXXXX
    state: present
    tags:
      Name: ubervol
      env: prod

- name: Ensure all volumes are tagged
  ec2_tag:
    region:  eu-west-1
    resource: '{{ item.id }}'
    state: present
    tags:
      Name: dbserver
      Env: production
  loop: '{{ ec2_vol.volumes }}'

- name: Retrieve all tags on an instance
  ec2_tag:
    region: eu-west-1
    resource: i-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    state: list
  register: ec2_tags

- name: Remove the Env tag
  ec2_tag:
    region: eu-west-1
    resource: i-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    tags:
      Env:
    state: absent

- name: Remove the Env tag if it's currently 'development'
  ec2_tag:
    region: eu-west-1
    resource: i-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    tags:
      Env: development
    state: absent

- name: Remove all tags except for Name from an instance
  ec2_tag:
    region: eu-west-1
    resource: i-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    tags:
        Name: ''
    state: absent
    purge_tags: true

Return Values

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

Status

• This module is guaranteed to have backward compatible interface changes going forward. [stableinterface]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Lester Wade (@lwade)
• Paul Arthur (@flowerysong)