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Deploying a Cloud Resource in AWS with Ansible
In this lab, we will use Ansible to launch EC2 instances in different Availability Zones. The `launch_ec2_instances.yml` playbook defines three tasks: the first to get the subnet facts, the next to set the subnet IDs and availability zones, and a final task responsible for launching an EC2 instance into two specific subnets.
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Challenge
Create and Edit launch_ec2_instances.yml File
After logging into the EC2 instance, run
su - ansibleto become theansibleuser. The password is the same as it is forcloud_user.Create the playbook
launch_ec2_instances.ymlto perform the following tasks:- Get the subnet facts
- Set the subnet IDs and Availability Zones
- Deploy two EC2 instances meeting the described properties.
We will need to deploy EC2 instances meeting the following requirements:
- Type: t2.micro
- Region: us-east-1
- AMI: Manually retrieve the AMI ID from the AWS Console
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Challenge
Execute the Playbook
Use ansible to execute the
launch_ec2_instances.ymlfile created in the previous objective. -
Challenge
Confirm the Instances Have Been Deployed in AWS
Log in to the AWS console, and in the EC2 dashboard, confirm the new instance's existence and state.
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