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# aws_account_attribute – Look up AWS account attributes

New in version 2.5.

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- Describes attributes of your AWS account. You can specify one of the listed attribute choices or omit it to see all attributes.

## Requirements

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

- boto3

- botocore

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Configuration | Comments
--- | --- | --- | ---
attribute - | Choices: supported-platforms default-vpc max-instances vpc-max-security-groups-per-interface max-elastic-ips vpc-max-elastic-ips has-ec2-classic |  | The attribute for which to get the value(s).
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.
region string |  | env:EC2_REGION env:AWS_REGION | The region for which to create the connection.

## Examples

    vars:
      has_ec2_classic: "{{ lookup('aws_account_attribute', attribute='has-ec2-classic') }}"
      # true | false

      default_vpc_id: "{{ lookup('aws_account_attribute', attribute='default-vpc') }}"
      # vpc-xxxxxxxx | none

      account_details: "{{ lookup('aws_account_attribute', wantlist='true') }}"
      # {'default-vpc': ['vpc-xxxxxxxx'], 'max-elastic-ips': ['5'], 'max-instances': ['20'],
      #  'supported-platforms': ['VPC', 'EC2'], 'vpc-max-elastic-ips': ['5'], 'vpc-max-security-groups-per-interface': ['5']}

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
_raw - |  | Returns a boolean when attribute is check_ec2_classic. Otherwise returns the value(s) of the attribute (or all attributes if one is not specified).

## Status

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

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

### Authors

- Sloane Hertel <shertel@redhat.com>

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