New in version 2.0.
Gets the default administrator password from any EC2 Windows instance. The instance is referenced by its id (e.g. i-XXXXXXX). This module has a dependency on python-boto.
| parameter | required | default | choices | comments |
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| aws_access_key | no |
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. aliases: ec2_access_key, access_key
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| aws_secret_key | no |
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. aliases: ec2_secret_key, secret_key
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| ec2_url | no | 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. |
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| instance_id | yes | The instance id to get the password data from. |
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| key_file | yes | Path to the file containing the key pair used on the instance. |
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| key_passphrase (added in 2.0)
| no | The passphrase for the instance key pair. The key must use DES or 3DES encryption for this module to decrypt it. You can use openssl to convert your password protected keys if they do not use DES or 3DES. ex) openssl rsa -in current_key -out new_key -des3. |
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| profile (added in 1.6)
| no | Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0. |
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| region | no |
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
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| security_token (added in 1.6)
| no |
AWS STS security token. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variable is used. aliases: access_token
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| validate_certs (added in 1.5)
| no | yes |
| When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0. |
| wait (added in 2.0)
| no | no |
| Whether or not to wait for the password to be available before returning. |
| wait_timeout (added in 2.0)
| no | 120 | Number of seconds to wait before giving up. |
# Example of getting a password
tasks:
- name: get the Administrator password
ec2_win_password:
profile: my-boto-profile
instance_id: i-XXXXXX
region: us-east-1
key_file: "~/aws-creds/my_test_key.pem"
# Example of getting a password with a password protected key
tasks:
- name: get the Administrator password
ec2_win_password:
profile: my-boto-profile
instance_id: i-XXXXXX
region: us-east-1
key_file: "~/aws-creds/my_protected_test_key.pem"
key_passphrase: "secret"
# Example of waiting for a password
tasks:
- name: get the Administrator password
ec2_win_password:
profile: my-boto-profile
instance_id: i-XXXXXX
region: us-east-1
key_file: "~/aws-creds/my_test_key.pem"
wait: yes
wait_timeout: 45
Note
If parameters are not set within the module, the following environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence AWS_URL or EC2_URL, AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID or AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY or AWS_SECRET_KEY or EC2_SECRET_KEY, AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN, AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION
Note
Ansible uses the boto configuration file (typically ~/.boto) if no credentials are provided. See http://boto.readthedocs.org/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html
Note
AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION can be typically be used to specify the AWS region, when required, but this can also be configured in the boto config file
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