Ansible - EC2 instance creation using ansible

Ansible - EC2 instance creation using ansible..

1. Write your playbook

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# cat aws-ec2.yaml

- hosts: localhost # 192.168.56.5 - use your own control node)

  tasks:

  - ec2_instance:

      region: us-east-1

      image_id: ami-04d29b6f966df1537

      instance_type: t2.micro

      #image: t2.micro

      vpc_subnet_id: subnet-e261d2ec

      security_group: sg-f5b18ad2

      key_name: kt-2020-k

      name: os_from_ansible

      state: present

      aws_access_key: AKIA6DEA42GA2PGZJ7G3

      aws_secret_key: 3IYF568qVJ8I#RZYnUV2OPG8/XDKVrhDfJRJPnbc

2. Run your playbook

[root@master wk-dec9]# ansible-playbook aws-ec2.yaml

PLAY [localhost] *****************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] ***********************************************************************************

ok: [localhost]

TASK [ec2_instance] **************************************************************************************

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Failed to import the required Python library (botocore or boto3) on master's Python /usr/bin/python3.6. Please read module documentation and install in the appropriate location. If the required library is installed, but Ansible is using the wrong Python interpreter, please consult the documentation on ansible_python_interpreter"}

PLAY RECAP ***********************************************************************************************

localhost                  : ok=1    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0

3. Review the error and Install boto3

[root@master wk-dec9]# pip3 install boto3

Successfully installed boto3-1.16.33 botocore-1.19.33 s3transfer-0.3.3 urllib3-1.26.2

4. Re-run your playbook

[root@master wk-dec9]# ansible-playbook aws-ec2.yaml

PLAY [localhost] *****************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] ***********************************************************************************

ok: [localhost]

TASK [ec2_instance] **************************************************************************************

changed: [localhost]

PLAY RECAP ***********************************************************************************************

localhost                  : ok=2    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0

[root@master wk-dec9]#

5. Playbook content ..

[root@master wk-dec9]# cat aws-ec2.yaml

- hosts: localhost # 192.168.56.4 - your own control node)

  tasks:

  - ec2_instance:

      region: us-east-1

      image_id: ami-04d29b6f966df1537

      instance_type: t2.micro

      #image: t2.micro

      vpc_subnet_id: subnet-e251d2ec

      security_group: sg-f7a18ad2

      key_name: kb-2020-key

      name: os_from_ansible

      state: present

      aws_access_key: AKIC6HXA42MR2PGZJ7G3

      aws_secret_key: 3IYF590qVJ8ISpZYnUV92PG8/XDKVrhHsJcMPnbc