ec2_ami_copy - copies AMI between AWS regions, return new image id

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis

  • Copies AMI from a source region to a destination region. Since version 2.3 this module depends on boto3.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • boto
  • boto3
  • python >= 2.6

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
aws_access_key Default:
None
AWS access key. If not set then the value of the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variable is used.

aliases: ec2_access_key, access_key
aws_secret_key Default:
None
AWS secret key. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_KEY, or EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variable is used.

aliases: ec2_secret_key, secret_key
description Default:
None
An optional human-readable string describing the contents and purpose of the new AMI.
ec2_url Default:
None
Url to use to connect to EC2 or your Eucalyptus cloud (by default the module will use EC2 endpoints). Ignored for modules where region is required. Must be specified for all other modules if region is not used. If not set then the value of the EC2_URL environment variable, if any, is used.
encrypted
(added in 2.2)
 Default:
None
Whether or not the destination snapshots of the copied AMI should be encrypted.
kms_key_id
(added in 2.2)
 Default:
None
KMS key id used to encrypt image. If not specified, uses default EBS Customer Master Key (CMK) for your account.
name Default:
default
The name of the new AMI to copy. (As of 2.3 the default is 'default', in prior versions it was 'null'.)
profile
(added in 1.6)
 Default:
None
Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
region
The AWS region to use. If not specified then the value of the AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION environment variable, if any, is used. See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region

aliases: aws_region, ec2_region
security_token
(added in 1.6)
 Default:
None
AWS STS security token. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variable is used.

aliases: access_token
source_image_id
required
The ID of the AMI in source region that should be copied.
source_region
required
The source region the AMI should be copied from.
tags Default:
None
A hash/dictionary of tags to add to the new copied AMI; '{"key":"value"}' and '{"key":"value","key":"value"}'
validate_certs
(added in 1.5)
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
wait
    Choices:
  • yes
  • no ←
Wait for the copied AMI to be in state 'available' before returning.
wait_timeout Default:
1200
How long before wait gives up, in seconds. (As of 2.3 this option is deprecated. See boto3 Waiters)

Notes

Note

  • If parameters are not set within the module, the following environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence AWS_URL or EC2_URL, AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID or AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY or AWS_SECRET_KEY or EC2_SECRET_KEY, AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN, AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION
  • Ansible uses the boto configuration file (typically ~/.boto) if no credentials are provided. See http://boto.readthedocs.org/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html
  • AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION can be typically be used to specify the AWS region, when required, but this can also be configured in the boto config file

Examples

# Basic AMI Copy
- ec2_ami_copy:
    source_region: us-east-1
    region: eu-west-1
    source_image_id: ami-xxxxxxx

# AMI copy wait until available
- ec2_ami_copy:
    source_region: us-east-1
    region: eu-west-1
    source_image_id: ami-xxxxxxx
    wait: yes
  register: image_id

# Named AMI copy
- ec2_ami_copy:
    source_region: us-east-1
    region: eu-west-1
    source_image_id: ami-xxxxxxx
    name: My-Awesome-AMI
    description: latest patch

# Tagged AMI copy
- ec2_ami_copy:
    source_region: us-east-1
    region: eu-west-1
    source_image_id: ami-xxxxxxx
    tags:
        Name: My-Super-AMI
        Patch: 1.2.3

# Encrypted AMI copy
- ec2_ami_copy:
    source_region: us-east-1
    region: eu-west-1
    source_image_id: ami-xxxxxxx
    encrypted: yes

# Encrypted AMI copy with specified key
- ec2_ami_copy:
    source_region: us-east-1
    region: eu-west-1
    source_image_id: ami-xxxxxxx
    encrypted: yes
    kms_key_id: arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:XXXXXXXXXXXX:key/746de6ea-50a4-4bcb-8fbc-e3b29f2d367b

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
image_id
string
 always
AMI ID of the copied AMI

Sample:
ami-e689729e


Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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