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# elb_target_info – Gathers which target groups a target is associated with

New in version 2.7.

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- This module will search through every target group in a region to find which ones have registered a given instance ID or IP.

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

Aliases: elb_target_facts

## Requirements

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

- boto

- boto3

- botocore

- 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.
get_unused_target_groups boolean | Choices: no yes ← | Whether or not to get target groups not used by any load balancers.
instance_id string / required |  | What instance ID to get information for.
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

    # practical use case - dynamically deregistering and reregistering nodes

      - name: Get EC2 Metadata
        action: ec2_metadata_facts

      - name: Get initial list of target groups
        delegate_to: localhost
        elb_target_info:
          instance_id: "{{ ansible_ec2_instance_id }}"
          region: "{{ ansible_ec2_placement_region }}"
        register: target_info

      - name: save fact for later
        set_fact:
          original_tgs: "{{ target_info.instance_target_groups }}"

      - name: Deregister instance from all target groups
        delegate_to: localhost
        elb_target:
            target_group_arn: "{{ item.0.target_group_arn }}"
            target_port: "{{ item.1.target_port }}"
            target_az: "{{ item.1.target_az }}"
            target_id: "{{ item.1.target_id }}"
            state: absent
            target_status: "draining"
            region: "{{ ansible_ec2_placement_region }}"
        with_subelements:
          - "{{ original_tgs }}"
          - "targets"

        # This avoids having to wait for 'elb_target' to serially deregister each
        # target group.  An alternative would be to run all of the 'elb_target'
        # tasks async and wait for them to finish.

      - name: wait for all targets to deregister simultaneously
        delegate_to: localhost
        elb_target_info:
          get_unused_target_groups: false
          instance_id: "{{ ansible_ec2_instance_id }}"
          region: "{{ ansible_ec2_placement_region }}"
        register: target_info
        until: (target_info.instance_target_groups | length) == 0
        retries: 60
        delay: 10

      - name: reregister in elbv2s
        elb_target:
          region: "{{ ansible_ec2_placement_region }}"
          target_group_arn: "{{ item.0.target_group_arn }}"
          target_port: "{{ item.1.target_port }}"
          target_az: "{{ item.1.target_az }}"
          target_id: "{{ item.1.target_id }}"
          state: present
          target_status: "initial"
        with_subelements:
          - "{{ original_tgs }}"
          - "targets"

      # wait until all groups associated with this instance are 'healthy' or
      # 'unused'
      - name: wait for registration
        elb_target_info:
          get_unused_target_groups: false
          instance_id: "{{ ansible_ec2_instance_id }}"
          region: "{{ ansible_ec2_placement_region }}"
        register: target_info
        until: (target_info.instance_target_groups |
                map(attribute='targets') |
                flatten |
                map(attribute='target_health') |
                rejectattr('state', 'equalto', 'healthy') |
                rejectattr('state', 'equalto', 'unused') |
                list |
                length) == 0
        retries: 61
        delay: 10

    # using the target groups to generate AWS CLI commands to reregister the
    # instance - useful in case the playbook fails mid-run and manual
    #            rollback is required
      - name: "reregistration commands: ELBv2s"
        debug:
          msg: >
                 aws --region {{ansible_ec2_placement_region}} elbv2
                 register-targets --target-group-arn {{item.target_group_arn}}
                 --targets{%for target in item.targets%}
                 Id={{target.target_id}},
                 Port={{target.target_port}}{%if target.target_az%},AvailabilityZone={{target.target_az}}
                 {%endif%}
                 {%endfor%}
        loop: "{{target_info.instance_target_groups}}"

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
instance_target_groups complex | always | a list of target groups to which the instance is registered to
| target_group_arn string | always | The ARN of the target group Sample: ['arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:eu-west-1:111111111111:targetgroup/target-group/deadbeefdeadbeef']
| target_group_type string | always | Which target type is used for this group Sample: ['ip', 'instance']
| targets complex | always | A list of targets that point to this instance ID
|  | target_az string | when an AZ is associated with this instance | which availability zone is explicitly associated with this target Sample: ['us-west-2a']
|  | target_health complex | always | the target health description (see https://boto3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ reference/services/elbv2.html#ElasticLoadBalancingv2.Client.describe_target_health) for all possible values
|  |  | description - | if state!=present | description of target health Sample: ['Target desregistration is in progress']
|  |  | reason - | if state!=healthy | reason code for target health Sample: ['Target.Deregistration in progress']
|  |  | state - | always | health state Sample: ['healthy', 'draining', 'initial', 'unhealthy', 'unused', 'unavailable']
|  | target_id string | always | the target ID referring to this instance Sample: ['i-deadbeef', '1.2.3.4']
|  | target_port string | always | which port this target is listening on Sample: [80]

## Status

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

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

### Authors

- Yaakov Kuperman (@yaakov-github)

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