S3 Bucket

AWS S3 bucket is a popular object storage service that offers a cost-effective and scalable solution to store and retrieve large amounts of data. In this article, we will discuss how to create an S3 bucket using Ansible, an open-source automation platform.

Ansible is a powerful tool for infrastructure automation, configuration management, and application deployment. It uses YAML-based playbooks to define the desired state of the infrastructure and executes tasks on the target hosts using SSH or other remote protocols. Ansible provides a rich set of modules that can be used to automate various AWS services, including S3.

To create an S3 bucket in AWS, DigitalOcean, Ceph, Walrus, FakeS3 and StorageGRID using Ansible, we need to define a playbook that includes the required tasks. The playbook consists of three main sections:

  • Variables: This section defines the variables that will be used in the playbook. In our example, we define four variables: bucket_name, encryption_type, bucket_policy, and s3_acl. We set the default value for encryption_type to an empty string as we are not using encryption in this example. The bucket_policy variable specifies the name of the JSON policy file that will be used to set the bucket policy. We use a generic policy by default. Finally, we set the canned ACL for the bucket to public-read.
  • Tasks: This section defines the tasks that will be executed on the target hosts. In our example, we define four tasks. The first task creates an S3 bucket without a JSON policy if the bucket_policy variable is not defined. We use the amazon.aws.s3_bucket module to create the bucket and register the output in the created_bucket variable. The second task creates an S3 bucket with a JSON policy if the bucket_policy variable is defined. We use the same module as in the first task but provide a policy file to set the bucket policy. The third task blocks public access to the S3 bucket by using the aws s3api put-public-access-block command. The fourth task sets the canned ACL for the S3 bucket using the aws s3api put-bucket-acl command.
  • When: This section specifies the conditions under which the tasks will be executed. In our example, we use the when keyword to conditionally execute the second and third tasks. The second task is executed only if the bucket_policy variable is defined. The third task is executed only if the block_public_access variable is defined.

How to Create an AWS S3 Bucket using Ansible

Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) is a highly scalable and durable cloud-based object storage service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It is used for storing and retrieving data, including images, videos, documents, and other types of files.

Ansible is an open-source automation tool used for configuration management, application deployment, and task automation. In this article, we will explore how to create an AWS S3 bucket using Ansible.

Prerequisites

  • An AWS account
  • Ansible ins