Collect EC2 instances inventory

4: Prerequisites

1. server.cnl.com – 1 CPU – 1GB RAM (Python 2.7) - Ansible Server
2. node1.cnl.com – 1 CPU – 1GB RAM ( python 2.6 and above) - Ansible Client 1
3. node2.cnl.com – 1 CPU – 1GB RAM ( python 2.6 and above) - Ansible Client 2

from ansible server login as an ansible user as per class 4.From ansible user execute below command

ansible all -m ping

this above ping command should return with ping / pong green color.

steps 1: Create EC2 Instance using Playbook

ssh-copy-id ansible@localhost

ssh ansible@localhost

• the above command shouldnt ask any password.

sudo yum install awscli python2-boto python2-botocore python-boto3

aws configure

scenario 1: Collect ec2 instances information using Playbook

vim ec2.yml

• create normal playbook

---
- name: ec2 instances information
  hosts: localhost
  tasks:
   - name: collect ec2 information
     ec2_instance_facts:
      aws_access_key: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
      aws_secret_key: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
      region: "us-east-1"
      filters:
       instance-state-name: running
     register: ec2_facts

   - name: metadata
     debug: 
      var: ec2_facts

• save the file

• go to your AWS Cloud account (aws.amazon.om) and make sure you created some ec2 instances.Make sure ec2 instances are running.

• To execute the file.

ansible-playbook ec2.yml