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ecs_taskdefinition - register a task definition in ecs

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis

Creates or terminates task definitions

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • boto
  • boto3
  • botocore
  • json
  • python >= 2.6

Options

parameter required default choices comments
arn
 no
The arn of the task description to delete
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
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
containers
 no
A list of containers definitions
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.
family
 no
A Name that would be given to the task definition
profile
(added in 1.6)
 no
Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
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
revision
 no
A revision number for the task definition
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
state
 yes
  • present
  • absent
State whether the task definition should exist or be deleted
validate_certs
(added in 1.5)
 no yes
  • yes
  • no
When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
volumes
 no
A list of names of volumes to be attached

Examples

- name: "Create task definition"
  ecs_taskdefinition:
    containers:
    - name: simple-app
      cpu: 10
      essential: true
      image: "httpd:2.4"
      memory: 300
      mountPoints:
      - containerPath: /usr/local/apache2/htdocs
        sourceVolume: my-vol
      portMappings:
      - containerPort: 80
        hostPort: 80
    - name: busybox
      command:
        - "/bin/sh -c "while true; do echo '<html> <head> <title>Amazon ECS Sample App</title> <style>body {margin-top: 40px; background-color: #333;} </style> </head><body> <div style=color:white;text-align:center> <h1>Amazon ECS Sample App</h1> <h2>Congratulations!</h2> <p>Your application is now running on a container in Amazon ECS.</p>' > top; /bin/date > date ; echo '</div></body></html>' > bottom; cat top date bottom > /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/index.html ; sleep 1; done""
      cpu: 10
      entryPoint:
      - sh
      - "-c"
      essential: false
      image: busybox
      memory: 200
      volumesFrom:
      - sourceContainer: simple-app
    volumes:
    - name: my-vol
    family: test-cluster-taskdef
    state: present
  register: task_output

Return Values

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

name description returned type sample
taskdefinition a reflection of the input parameters dict inputs plus revision, status, taskDefinitionArn

Notes

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

This is an Extras Module

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© 2012–2016 Michael DeHaan
© 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/ecs_taskdefinition_module.html