community.aws.iam_saml_federation module – Maintain IAM SAML federation configuration.

Note

This module is part of the community.aws collection (version 10.1.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.aws. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.aws.iam_saml_federation.

New in community.aws 1.0.0

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values

Synopsis

Provides a mechanism to manage AWS IAM SAML Identity Federation providers (create/update/delete metadata).

Requirements

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

python >= 3.6
boto3 >= 1.34.0
botocore >= 1.34.0

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
access_key aliases: aws_access_key_id, aws_access_key string	AWS access key ID. See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys. The `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID` or `AWS_ACCESS_KEY` environment variables may also be used in decreasing order of preference. The aws_access_key and profile options are mutually exclusive. The aws_access_key_id alias was added in release 5.1.0 for consistency with the AWS botocore SDK.
aws_ca_bundle path	The location of a CA Bundle to use when validating SSL certificates. The `AWS_CA_BUNDLE` environment variable may also be used.
aws_config dictionary	A dictionary to modify the botocore configuration. Parameters can be found in the AWS documentation https://botocore.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/config.html#botocore.config.Config.
debug_botocore_endpoint_logs boolean	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. Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
endpoint_url aliases: aws_endpoint_url string	URL to connect to instead of the default AWS endpoints. While this can be used to connection to other AWS-compatible services the amazon.aws and community.aws collections are only tested against AWS. The `AWS_URL` environment variable may also be used.
name string / required	The name of the provider to create.
profile aliases: aws_profile string	A named AWS profile to use for authentication. See the AWS documentation for more information about named profiles https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-profiles.html. The `AWS_PROFILE` environment variable may also be used. The profile option is mutually exclusive with the aws_access_key, aws_secret_key and session_token options.
region aliases: aws_region string	The AWS region to use. For global services such as IAM, Route53 and CloudFront, region is ignored. The `AWS_REGION` environment variable may also be used. See the Amazon AWS documentation for more information http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region.
saml_metadata_document string	The XML document generated by an identity provider (IdP) that supports SAML 2.0.
secret_key aliases: aws_secret_access_key, aws_secret_key string	AWS secret access key. See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys. The `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY` or `AWS_SECRET_KEY` environment variables may also be used in decreasing order of preference. The secret_key and profile options are mutually exclusive. The aws_secret_access_key alias was added in release 5.1.0 for consistency with the AWS botocore SDK.
session_token aliases: aws_session_token string	AWS STS session token for use with temporary credentials. See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys. The `AWS_SESSION_TOKEN` environment variable may also be used. The session_token and profile options are mutually exclusive.
state string	Whether to create or delete identity provider. If ‘present’ is specified it will attempt to update the identity provider matching the name field. Choices: `"present"` ← (default) `"absent"`
validate_certs boolean	When set to `false`, SSL certificates will not be validated for communication with the AWS APIs. Setting validate_certs=false is strongly discouraged, as an alternative, consider setting aws_ca_bundle instead. Choices: `false` `true` ← (default)

Notes

Note

Caution: For modules, environment variables and configuration files are read from the Ansible ‘host’ context and not the ‘controller’ context. As such, files may need to be explicitly copied to the ‘host’. For lookup and connection plugins, environment variables and configuration files are read from the Ansible ‘controller’ context and not the ‘host’ context.
The AWS SDK (boto3) that Ansible uses may also read defaults for credentials and other settings, such as the region, from its configuration files in the Ansible ‘host’ context (typically ~/.aws/credentials). See https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/guide/credentials.html for more information.

Examples

# Note: These examples do not set authentication details, see the AWS Guide for details.
# It is assumed that their matching environment variables are set.
# Creates a new iam saml identity provider if not present
- name: saml provider
  community.aws.iam_saml_federation:
      name: example1
      # the > below opens an indented block, so no escaping/quoting is needed when in the indentation level under this key
      saml_metadata_document: >
          <?xml version="1.0"?>...
          <md:EntityDescriptor
# Creates a new iam saml identity provider if not present
- name: saml provider
  community.aws.iam_saml_federation:
      name: example2
      saml_metadata_document: "{{ item }}"
  with_file: /path/to/idp/metdata.xml
# Removes iam saml identity provider
- name: remove saml provider
  community.aws.iam_saml_federation:
      name: example3
      state: absent

Return Values

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

Key	Description
saml_provider complex	Details of the SAML Identity Provider that was created/modified. Returned: present
arn string	The ARN of the identity provider. Returned: present Sample: `"arn:aws:iam::123456789012:saml-provider/my_saml_provider"`
create_date string	The date and time when the SAML provider was created in ISO 8601 date-time format. Returned: present Sample: `"2017-02-08T04:36:28+00:00"`
expire_date string	The expiration date and time for the SAML provider in ISO 8601 date-time format. Returned: present Sample: `"2017-02-08T04:36:28+00:00"`
metadata_document string	The XML metadata document that includes information about an identity provider. Returned: present

Authors

Tony (@axc450)
Aidan Rowe (@aidan-)

Collection links

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2025 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/collections/community/aws/iam_saml_federation_module.html