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cloudwatchlogs_log_group - create or delete log_group in CloudWatchLogs

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

  • Create or delete log_group in CloudWatchLogs.

Requirements

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

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

Parameters

Parameter
Choices/Defaults
Comments
aws_access_key
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
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
ec2_url
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.
kms_key_id
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the CMK to use when encrypting log data.
log_group_name
required
The name of the log group.
overwrite
Default:
no
Whether an existing log group should be overwritten on create.
profile
(added in 1.6)
Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
region
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
retention
The number of days to retain the log events in the specified log group. Valid values are: [1, 3, 5, 7, 14, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 365, 400, 545, 731, 1827, 3653]
security_token
(added in 1.6)
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
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Whether the rule is present, absent or get
tags
The key-value pairs to use for the tags.
validate_certs
(added in 1.5)
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.

Notes

Note

  • for details of the parameters and returns see http://boto3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/services/logs.html
  • 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 http://boto.readthedocs.org/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.

- cloudwatchlogs_log_group:
    log_group_name: test-log-group

- cloudwatchlogs_log_group:
    state: present
    log_group_name: test-log-group
    tags: { "Name": "test-log-group", "Env" : "QA" }

- cloudwatchlogs_log_group:
    state: present
    log_group_name: test-log-group
    tags: { "Name": "test-log-group", "Env" : "QA" }
    kms_key_id: arn:aws:kms:region:account-id:key/key-id

- cloudwatchlogs_log_group:
    state: absent
    log_group_name: test-log-group

Return Values

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

Key
Returned
Description
log_groups
complex
success
Return the list of complex objetcs representing log groups
 
retention_in_days
integer
always
The number of days to retain the log events in the specified log group.
 
stored_bytes
string
always
The number of bytes stored.
 
log_group_name
string
always
The name of the log group.
 
metric_filter_count
integer
always
The number of metric filters.
 
kms_key_id
string
always
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the CMK to use when encrypting log data.
 
creation_time
integer
always
The creation time of the log group.
 
arn
string
always
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the log group.


Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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