cloudformation_facts - Obtain facts about an AWS CloudFormation stack¶

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

# Get summary information about a stack
- cloudformation_facts:
    stack_name: my-cloudformation-stack

# Facts are published in ansible_facts['cloudformation'][<stack_name>]
- debug:
    msg: "{{ ansible_facts['cloudformation']['my-cloudformation-stack'] }}"

# Get stack outputs, when you have the stack name available as a fact
- set_fact:
    stack_name: my-awesome-stack

- cloudformation_facts:
    stack_name: "{{ stack_name }}"
  register: my_stack

- debug:
    msg: "{{ my_stack.ansible_facts.cloudformation[stack_name].stack_outputs }}"

# Get all stack information about a stack
- cloudformation_facts:
    stack_name: my-cloudformation-stack
    all_facts: true

# Get stack resource and stack policy information about a stack
- cloudformation_facts:
    stack_name: my-cloudformation-stack
    stack_resources: true
    stack_policy: true

# Fail if the stack doesn't exist
- name: try to get facts about a stack but fail if it doesn't exist
  cloudformation_facts:
    stack_name: nonexistent-stack
    all_facts: yes
  failed_when: cloudformation['nonexistent-stack'] is undefined

# Example dictionary outputs for stack_outputs, stack_parameters and stack_resources:
# "stack_outputs": {
#     "ApplicationDatabaseName": "dazvlpr01xj55a.ap-southeast-2.rds.amazonaws.com",
#     ...
# },
# "stack_parameters": {
#     "DatabaseEngine": "mysql",
#     "DatabasePassword": "****",
#     ...
# },
# "stack_resources": {
#     "AutoscalingGroup": "dev-someapp-AutoscalingGroup-1SKEXXBCAN0S7",
#     "AutoscalingSecurityGroup": "sg-abcd1234",
#     "ApplicationDatabase": "dazvlpr01xj55a",
#     "EcsTaskDefinition": "arn:aws:ecs:ap-southeast-2:123456789:task-definition/dev-someapp-EcsTaskDefinition-1F2VM9QB0I7K9:1"
#     ...
# }