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AWS EC2 Ansible Docker example

Create and connect to a AWS EC2 instance made simple

Prerequisites

Docker installed
AWS user with these permissions:
- AmazonEC2FullAccess
- SecurityAudit
Configurations can be made in the inventory file.

Create EC2 instance

Please add your AWS user credentials to the inventory file:

ec2_access_key="YOUR_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"
ec2_secret_key="YOUR_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"

And execute following statement:

docker run -it --rm -v $(pwd):/ansible \
ryanwalls/ansible-aws:v2.3.1.0-1 sh -c "ansible-playbook -i ./inventory ec2-basic.yml"

Multiple instances per user

copy the id_rsa_your_name.pub key into the deploy_keys directory.

add role execution to ec2-basic.yml like this:

- { role: ec2_basic, key_name: 'id_rsa_joe', tags: basic}
- { role: ec2_basic, key_name: 'id_rsa_peter', tags: basic}
- { role: ec2_basic, key_name: 'id_rsa_julia', tags: basic}

SSH connection

look up the public ip in the inventory file underneath [playground] block and pass it to:

ssh -i ./deploy_keys/<key_name> <ansible_ssh_user>@<PUBLIC_IP>

Delete EC2 instance

Uncomment the FOR DELETION ONLY block in the inventory file and enter the correct ec2 instance id

Known issues

IdempotentInstanceTerminated: The client token you have provided is associated with a terminated instance. Please use a different client token: Please change the key_name variable in inventory to create a new instance(s)

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