How to use AWS CLI command in ansible playbook

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When I try to use AWS CLI command in ansible playbook, getting error
even added the AWS account access key id, secret key and session token but no use.

Script:

  • name: Change DBSNMP User Password in Oracle database and OMS
    hosts: dbhosts
    become: true
    become_user: oracle
    vars_files:

    • dbsnmp_oms_vault_sm.yml

    tasks:

    • name: Execute old password from AWS CLI command
      script: my_awscli_cmd.sh
      register: old_pwd_aws_output

    • name: Display old password
      debug:
      msg: “{{ old_pwd_aws_output.stdout_lines }}”

Error:
fatal: [172.29.4.81]: FAILED! => {“changed”: true, “cmd”: “/usr/local/bin/aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id oracle_dbsnmp_user_pwd --query ‘SecretString’ --output text”, “delta”: “0:00:00.004354”, “end”: “2025-03-12 08:25:54.128242”, “msg”: “non-zero return code”, “rc”: 127, “start”: “2025-03-12 08:25:54.123888”, “stderr”: “/bin/sh: /usr/local/bin/aws: No such file or directory”, “stderr_lines”: [“/bin/sh: /usr/local/bin/aws: No such file or directory”], “stdout”: “”, “stdout_lines”: }

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Before implementing shell script, I’d suggest to take look at amazon.aws and community.aws collections for suitable ansible modules.

In this case you are probably looking at secretsmanager lookup plugin.

That said, the output states /usr/local/bin/aws: No such file or directory meaning you don’t have aws cli on the remote hosts.

If you intended the script to run on the controller (where you launch ansible from), see how to delegate tasks to localhost.

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