ec2_ami – create or destroy an image in ec2

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

Synopsis

• Registers or deregisters ec2 images.

Requirements

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

• python >= 2.6
• boto

Parameters

Notes

Examples

# Note: These examples do not set authentication details, see the AWS Guide for details.

# Basic AMI Creation
- ec2_ami:
    instance_id: i-xxxxxx
    wait: yes
    name: newtest
    tags:
      Name: newtest
      Service: TestService

# Basic AMI Creation, without waiting
- ec2_ami:
    instance_id: i-xxxxxx
    wait: no
    name: newtest

# AMI Registration from EBS Snapshot
- ec2_ami:
    name: newtest
    state: present
    architecture: x86_64
    virtualization_type: hvm
    root_device_name: /dev/xvda
    device_mapping:
      - device_name: /dev/xvda
        volume_size: 8
        snapshot_id: snap-xxxxxxxx
        delete_on_termination: true
        volume_type: gp2

# AMI Creation, with a custom root-device size and another EBS attached
- ec2_ami:
    instance_id: i-xxxxxx
    name: newtest
    device_mapping:
        - device_name: /dev/sda1
          size: XXX
          delete_on_termination: true
          volume_type: gp2
        - device_name: /dev/sdb
          size: YYY
          delete_on_termination: false
          volume_type: gp2

# AMI Creation, excluding a volume attached at /dev/sdb
- ec2_ami:
    instance_id: i-xxxxxx
    name: newtest
    device_mapping:
        - device_name: /dev/sda1
          size: XXX
          delete_on_termination: true
          volume_type: gp2
        - device_name: /dev/sdb
          no_device: yes

# Deregister/Delete AMI (keep associated snapshots)
- ec2_ami:
    image_id: "{{ instance.image_id }}"
    delete_snapshot: False
    state: absent

# Deregister AMI (delete associated snapshots too)
- ec2_ami:
    image_id: "{{ instance.image_id }}"
    delete_snapshot: True
    state: absent

# Update AMI Launch Permissions, making it public
- ec2_ami:
    image_id: "{{ instance.image_id }}"
    state: present
    launch_permissions:
      group_names: ['all']

# Allow AMI to be launched by another account
- ec2_ami:
    image_id: "{{ instance.image_id }}"
    state: present
    launch_permissions:
      user_ids: ['123456789012']

Return Values

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

Status

• This module is guaranteed to have no backward incompatible interface changes going forward. [stableinterface]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Evan Duffield (@scicoin-project) <eduffield@iacquire.com>
• Constantin Bugneac (@Constantin07) <constantin.bugneac@endava.com>
• Ross Williams (@gunzy83) <gunzy83au@gmail.com>
• Willem van Ketwich (@wilvk) <willvk@gmail.com>