ec2_lc - Create or delete AWS Autoscaling Launch Configurations

• Synopsis
  • Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status
  • Author

Synopsis

• Can create or delete AWS Autoscaling Configurations
• Works with the ec2_asg module to manage Autoscaling Groups

Requirements

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

• boto
• boto3 >= 1.4.4
• python >= 2.6

Parameters

Notes

Examples

# create a launch configuration using an AMI image and instance type as a basis

- name: note that encrypted volumes are only supported in >= Ansible 2.4
  ec2_lc:
    name: special
    image_id: ami-XXX
    key_name: default
    security_groups: ['group', 'group2' ]
    instance_type: t1.micro
    volumes:
    - device_name: /dev/sda1
      volume_size: 100
      volume_type: io1
      iops: 3000
      delete_on_termination: true
      encrypted: true
    - device_name: /dev/sdb
      ephemeral: ephemeral0

# create a launch configuration using a running instance id as a basis

- ec2_lc:
    name: special
    instance_id: i-00a48b207ec59e948
    key_name: default
    security_groups: ['launch-wizard-2' ]
    volumes:
    - device_name: /dev/sda1
      volume_size: 120
      volume_type: io1
      iops: 3000
      delete_on_termination: true

# create a launch configuration to omit the /dev/sdf EBS device that is included in the AMI image

- ec2_lc:
    name: special
    image_id: ami-XXX
    key_name: default
    security_groups: ['group', 'group2' ]
    instance_type: t1.micro
    volumes:
    - device_name: /dev/sdf
      no_device: true

Return Values

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

Status

This module is flagged as stableinterface which means that the maintainers for this module guarantee that no backward incompatible interface changes will be made.

Author

• Gareth Rushgrove (@garethr)
• Willem van Ketwich (@wilvk)