How to create an EC2 instance - Using Ansible from local system

 

 

--- # Creating an EC2 Instance 

- name: Creating an EC2 Instance with ansible cli

  hosts: localhost

  gather_facts: no

  vars:

    ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/python3.9

    region: eu-north-1

    instance_type: t3.micro

    ami: ami-0854d4f8e4bd6b834

    key_name: ec2_ans_testkey

    vpc_name: vpc-0c6fe57f34fa650aa

    cidr_block: "10.10.0.0/16"

    cidr: "10.10.0.0/24"

    aws_access_key: AKIAQOLURWPRC63CJXWE

    aws_secret_key: UgjvYu6eyznuj21aUQVkix9wbZlyarD5dtU1KvFE

  tasks:

    - name: Create a new VPC

      amazon.aws.ec2_vpc_net:

        name: "Ansible-Test"

        cidr_block: "{{ cidr_block }}"

        aws_access_key: "{{ aws_access_key }}"

        aws_secret_key: "{{ aws_secret_key }}"

        region: "{{ region }}"

      register: vpc

    - name: Create a new Subnet

      amazon.aws.ec2_vpc_subnet:

        aws_access_key: "{{ aws_access_key }}"

        aws_secret_key: "{{ aws_secret_key }}"

        cidr: "{{ cidr }}"

        region: "{{ region }}"

        vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"

      register: subnet

    - name: Create a Security Group

      amazon.aws.ec2_security_group:

        name: "Ansible-Test-Security-Group"

        description: "Ansible-Testing"

        aws_access_key: "{{ aws_access_key }}"

        aws_secret_key: "{{ aws_secret_key }}"

        vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"

        region: "{{ region }}"

        rules:

          - proto: tcp

            ports:

            - 80

            cidr_ip: 0.0.0.0/0

            rule_desc: "allow all on port 80"

      register: security_group

    - name: Launch an EC2 Instance

      amazon.aws.ec2_instance:

        name: "Test-Ansible"

        key_name: "{{ key_name }}"

        aws_access_key: "{{ aws_access_key }}"

        aws_secret_key: "{{ aws_secret_key }}"

        vpc_subnet_id: "{{ subnet.subnet.id }}"

        instance_type: "{{ instance_type }}"

        security_group: "{{ security_group.group_id  }}"

        count: 1

        wait: yes

        aws_region: "eu-north-1"

        network:

          assign_public_ip: true

        image_id: "{{ ami }}"

• Step 1: Generate the access key and secret key from the AWS documentation.
• Step 2: Open any editor on your local machine and enter the following .yml:
• Step 3: Save and close the file. 
• Step 4: Open the terminal in the directory where the file is located on your local machine.
• Step 5: Run the following command: 
  

      ansible-playbook <filename>.yml