salt.states.boto_elb

Manage ELBs

New in version 2014.7.0.

Create and destroy ELBs. Be aware that this interacts with Amazon's services, and so may incur charges.

This module uses boto, which can be installed via package, or pip.

This module accepts explicit elb credentials but can also utilize IAM roles assigned to the instance through Instance Profiles. Dynamic credentials are then automatically obtained from AWS API and no further configuration is necessary. More information available here.

If IAM roles are not used you need to specify them either in a pillar file or in the minion's config file:

elb.keyid: GKTADJGHEIQSXMKKRBJ08H
elb.key: askdjghsdfjkghWupUjasdflkdfklgjsdfjajkghs

It's also possible to specify key, keyid and region via a profile, either passed in as a dict, or as a string to pull from pillars or minion config:

myprofile:
    keyid: GKTADJGHEIQSXMKKRBJ08H
    key: askdjghsdfjkghWupUjasdflkdfklgjsdfjajkghs
    region: us-east-1
Ensure myelb ELB exists:
    boto_elb.present:
        - name: myelb
        - region: us-east-1
        - availability_zones:
            - us-east-1a
            - us-east-1c
            - us-east-1d
        - keyid: GKTADJGHEIQSXMKKRBJ08H
        - key: askdjghsdfjkghWupUjasdflkdfklgjsdfjajkghs
        - listeners:
            - elb_port: 443
              instance_port: 80
              elb_protocol: HTTPS
              instance_protocol: HTTP
              certificate: 'arn:aws:iam::1111111:server-certificate/mycert'
            - elb_port: 8210
              instance_port: 8210
              elb_protocol: TCP
        - health_check:
            target: 'HTTP:80/'
        - attributes:
            cross_zone_load_balancing:
              enabled: true
            access_log:
              enabled: true
              s3_bucket_name: 'mybucket'
              s3_bucket_prefix: 'my-logs'
              emit_interval: 5
        - cnames:
            - name: mycname.example.com.
              zone: example.com.
              ttl: 60
            - name: myothercname.example.com.
              zone: example.com.

# Using a profile from pillars
Ensure myelb ELB exists:
    boto_elb.present:
        - name: myelb
        - region: us-east-1
        - profile: myelbprofile

# Passing in a profile
Ensure myelb ELB exists:
    boto_elb.present:
        - name: myelb
        - region: us-east-1
        - profile:
            keyid: GKTADJGHEIQSXMKKRBJ08H
            key: askdjghsdfjkghWupUjasdflkdfklgjsdfjajkghs

It's possible to specify attributes from pillars by specifying a pillar. You can override the values defined in the pillard by setting the attributes on the resource. The module will use the default pillar key 'boto_elb_attributes', which allows you to set default attributes for all ELB resources.

Setting the attributes pillar:

my_elb_attributes:
  cross_zone_load_balancing:
    enabled: true
  connection_draining:
    enabled: true
    timeout: 20
  access_log:
    enabled: true
    s3_bucket_name: 'mybucket'
    s3_bucket_prefix: 'my-logs'
    emit_interval: 5

Overriding the attribute values on the resource:

Ensure myelb ELB exists:
    boto_elb.present:
        - name: myelb
        - region: us-east-1
        - attributes_from_pillar: my_elb_attributes
        # override cross_zone_load_balancing:enabled
        - attributes:
            cross_zone_load_balancing:
              enabled: false
        - profile: myelbprofile

It's possible to specify cloudwatch alarms that will be setup along with the ELB. Note the alarm name will be defined by the name attribute provided, plus the ELB resource name.

Ensure myelb ELB exists:
    boto_elb.present:
        - name: myelb
        - region: us-east-1
        - profile: myelbprofile
        - alarms:
            UnHealthyHostCount:
              name: 'ELB UnHealthyHostCount **MANAGED BY SALT**'
              attributes:
                metric: UnHealthyHostCount
                namespace: AWS/ELB
                statistic: Average
                comparison: '>='
                threshold: 1.0
                period: 600
                evaluation_periods: 6
                unit: null
                description: ELB UnHealthyHostCount
                alarm_actions: ['arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:12345:myalarm']
                insufficient_data_actions: []
                ok_actions: ['arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:12345:myalarm']

You can also use alarms from pillars, and override values from the pillar alarms by setting overrides on the resource. Note that 'boto_elb_alarms' will be used as a default value for all resources, if defined and can be used to ensure alarms are always set for a resource.

Setting the alarms in a pillar:

my_elb_alarm:
  UnHealthyHostCount:
    name: 'ELB UnHealthyHostCount **MANAGED BY SALT**'
    attributes:
      metric: UnHealthyHostCount
      namespace: AWS/ELB
      statistic: Average
      comparison: '>='
      threshold: 1.0
      period: 600
      evaluation_periods: 6
      unit: null
      description: ELB UnHealthyHostCount
      alarm_actions: ['arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:12345:myalarm']
      insufficient_data_actions: []
      ok_actions: ['arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:12345:myalarm']

Overriding the alarm values on the resource:

Ensure myelb ELB exists:
    boto_elb.present:
        - name: myelb
        - region: us-east-1
        - profile: myelbprofile
        - alarms_from_pillar: my_elb_alarm
        # override UnHealthyHostCount:attributes:threshold
        - alarms:
            UnHealthyHostCount:
              attributes:
                threshold: 2.0
salt.states.boto_elb.absent(name, region=None, key=None, keyid=None, profile=None)
salt.states.boto_elb.present(name, listeners, availability_zones=None, subnets=None, security_groups=None, scheme='internet-facing', health_check=None, attributes=None, attributes_from_pillar='boto_elb_attributes', cnames=None, alarms=None, alarms_from_pillar='boto_elb_alarms', region=None, key=None, keyid=None, profile=None)

Ensure the IAM role exists.

name
Name of the IAM role.
availability_zones
A list of availability zones for this ELB.
listeners

A list of listener lists; example: [

['443', 'HTTPS', 'arn:aws:iam::1111111:server-certificate/mycert'], ['8443', '80', 'HTTPS', 'HTTP', 'arn:aws:iam::1111111:server-certificate/mycert']

]

subnets
A list of subnet IDs in your VPC to attach to your LoadBalancer.
security_groups
The security groups assigned to your LoadBalancer within your VPC.
scheme
The type of a LoadBalancer. internet-facing or internal. Once set, can not be modified.
health_check
A dict defining the health check for this ELB.
attributes

A dict defining the attributes to set on this ELB. Unknown keys will be silently ignored.

See the salt.modules.boto_elb.set_attributes function for recognized attributes.

attributes_from_pillar
name of pillar dict that contains attributes. Attributes defined for this specific state will override those from pillar.
cnames

An optional list of cname dicts with attributes: name, zone, ttl, and identifier. If specified, a CNAME record will be created referencing this ELB's public FQDN.

See the boto_route53 state for information about these attributes.

alarms:
a dictionary of name->boto_cloudwatch_alarm sections to be associated with this ELB. All attributes should be specified except for dimension which will be automatically set to this ELB. See the boto_cloudwatch_alarm state for information about these attributes.
alarms_from_pillar:
name of pillar dict that contains alarm settings. Alarms defined for this specific state will override those from pillar.
region
Region to connect to.
key
Secret key to be used.
keyid
Access key to be used.
profile
A dict with region, key and keyid, or a pillar key (string) that contains a dict with region, key and keyid.