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aws_secret – Look up secrets stored in AWS Secrets Manager

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Examples
Return Values
Status

Synopsis

Look up secrets stored in AWS Secrets Manager provided the caller has the appropriate permissions to read the secret.
Lookup is based on the secret’s Name value.
Optional parameters can be passed into this lookup; version_id and version_stage

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the local master node that executes this lookup.

boto3
botocore>=1.10.0

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Configuration	Comments
_terms - / required			Name of the secret to look up in AWS Secrets Manager.
aws_access_key string		env:EC2_ACCESS_KEY env:AWS_ACCESS_KEY env:AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID	The AWS access key to use. aliases: aws_access_key_id
aws_profile string		env:AWS_DEFAULT_PROFILE env:AWS_PROFILE	The AWS profile aliases: boto_profile
aws_secret_key string		env:EC2_SECRET_KEY env:AWS_SECRET_KEY env:AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY	The AWS secret key that corresponds to the access key. aliases: aws_secret_access_key
aws_security_token string		env:EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN env:AWS_SESSION_TOKEN env:AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN	The AWS security token if using temporary access and secret keys.
join boolean	Default: "no"		Join two or more entries to form an extended secret. This is useful for overcoming the 4096 character limit imposed by AWS.
region string		env:EC2_REGION env:AWS_REGION	The region for which to create the connection.
version_id -			Version of the secret(s).
version_stage -			Stage of the secret version.

Examples

- name: Create RDS instance with aws_secret lookup for password param
  rds:
    command: create
    instance_name: app-db
    db_engine: MySQL
    size: 10
    instance_type: db.m1.small
    username: dbadmin
    password: "{{ lookup('aws_secret', 'DbSecret') }}"
    tags:
      Environment: staging

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
_raw -		Returns the value of the secret stored in AWS Secrets Manager.

Status

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

Authors

Aaron Smith <ajsmith10381@gmail.com>

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Hint

Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/plugins/lookup/aws_secret.html