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# elb_application_lb_info – Gather information about application ELBs in AWS

New in version 2.4.

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- Gather information about application ELBs in AWS

- This module was called `elb_application_lb_facts` before Ansible 2.9. The usage did not change.

Aliases: elb_application_lb_facts

## Requirements

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

- boto

- boto3

- python >= 2.6

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
aws_access_key string |  | 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 string |  | 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
debug_botocore_endpoint_logs boolean added in 2.8 | Choices: no ← yes | Use a botocore.endpoint logger to parse the unique (rather than total) "resource:action" API calls made during a task, outputing the set to the resource_actions key in the task results. Use the aws_resource_action callback to output to total list made during a playbook. The ANSIBLE_DEBUG_BOTOCORE_LOGS environment variable may also be used.
ec2_url string |  | 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.
load_balancer_arns - |  | The Amazon Resource Names (ARN) of the load balancers. You can specify up to 20 load balancers in a single call.
names - |  | The names of the load balancers.
profile string |  | Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
region string |  | 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
security_token string |  | 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
validate_certs boolean | Choices: no yes ← | When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.

## 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`

- Ansible uses the boto configuration file (typically ~/.boto) if no credentials are provided. See https://boto.readthedocs.io/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html

- `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

## Examples

    # Note: These examples do not set authentication details, see the AWS Guide for details.

    # Gather information about all target groups
    - elb_application_lb_info:

    # Gather information about the target group attached to a particular ELB
    - elb_application_lb_info:
        load_balancer_arns:
          - "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:ap-southeast-2:001122334455:loadbalancer/app/my-elb/aabbccddeeff"

    # Gather information about a target groups named 'tg1' and 'tg2'
    - elb_application_lb_info:
        names:
          - elb1
          - elb2

    # Gather information about specific ALB
    - elb_application_lb_info:
        names: "alb-name"
        region: "aws-region"
      register: alb_info
    - debug:
        var: alb_info

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
load_balancers complex | always | a list of load balancers
| access_logs_s3_bucket string | when status is present | The name of the S3 bucket for the access logs. Sample: mys3bucket
| access_logs_s3_enabled string | when status is present | Indicates whether access logs stored in Amazon S3 are enabled. Sample: True
| access_logs_s3_prefix string | when status is present | The prefix for the location in the S3 bucket. Sample: /my/logs
| availability_zones list | when status is present | The Availability Zones for the load balancer. Sample: [{'subnet_id': 'subnet-aabbccddff', 'zone_name': 'ap-southeast-2a'}]
| canonical_hosted_zone_id string | when status is present | The ID of the Amazon Route 53 hosted zone associated with the load balancer. Sample: ABCDEF12345678
| created_time string | when status is present | The date and time the load balancer was created. Sample: 2015-02-12T02:14:02+00:00
| deletion_protection_enabled string | when status is present | Indicates whether deletion protection is enabled. Sample: True
| dns_name string | when status is present | The public DNS name of the load balancer. Sample: internal-my-elb-123456789.ap-southeast-2.elb.amazonaws.com
| idle_timeout_timeout_seconds string | when status is present | The idle timeout value, in seconds. Sample: 60
| ip_address_type string | when status is present | The type of IP addresses used by the subnets for the load balancer. Sample: ipv4
| load_balancer_arn string | when status is present | The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the load balancer. Sample: arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:ap-southeast-2:0123456789:loadbalancer/app/my-elb/001122334455
| load_balancer_name string | when status is present | The name of the load balancer. Sample: my-elb
| scheme string | when status is present | Internet-facing or internal load balancer. Sample: internal
| security_groups list | when status is present | The IDs of the security groups for the load balancer. Sample: ['sg-0011223344']
| state dictionary | when status is present | The state of the load balancer. Sample: {'code': 'active'}
| tags dictionary | when status is present | The tags attached to the load balancer. Sample: { 'Tag': 'Example' }
| type string | when status is present | The type of load balancer. Sample: application
| vpc_id string | when status is present | The ID of the VPC for the load balancer. Sample: vpc-0011223344

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Rob White (@wimnat)

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