Use Ansible with Amazon Web Services

Install Ansible on your Linux control machine by setting up python, pip, and boto support, then verify installation in AWS cloud shell with a test command.

Learn yaml basics for cloud configuration, mastering the three building blocks: scalars, lists, and dictionaries, with practical examples of key-value pairs and indented lists.

Explore yaml basics with practical examples in vscode using the yamoto plugin, validating yaml online, and building yaml files with scalars, booleans, lists, dictionaries, and proper indentation.

Explore the anatomy of an Ansible playbook, detailing plays, hosts, and tasks such as creating instances and a storage bucket, all executed on localhost.

Explore defining a variable in a simple ansible playbook that runs on localhost, with best set to ABC, and a module task that outputs the variable's value.

Explore how ginger expressions in ansible render values, accessing variables and types like strings, numbers, lists, and dictionaries, with double curly braces signaling and outputting the variable value.

Explore jinja filters in ansible, using select to pick odd elements, and apply sum and sort to lists, with practical examples and a look at available filters.

Explore types of variables in Ansible for AWS, including simple, list, and dictionary variables, and learn dynamic definitions, external files, and registering variables to drive playbooks.

Configure a control machine to connect Ansible with AWS by creating an IAM user with programmatic access, obtaining the access key and secret, and exporting these credentials as environment variables.

Explore ansible modules like debug and command. Learn how to access module docs and run modules in playbooks or ad hoc commands on localhost, noting Python-based modules.

Identify core modules included with Ansible and the Galaxy modules from galaxy.ansible.com. Run common core modules on localhost, like command, ping, and copy, to build playbooks.

Learn to run core modules with an Ansible playbook on localhost, using the command and debug modules, and store command output in a register for use with the change expression.

Explore Ansible Galaxy to locate Amazon-provided and community modules for your playbooks, using the content tab and search features. Community modules expand options, including a lambda module.

Install AWS related modules on your local machine by running the download command, locate module parts in the collection, and prepare to use a selected module in the upcoming section.

learn to create an aws instance with ansible using the aws module. write a short yaml playbook on a local host with image id and micro instance, then run it.

Explore using an Ansible module to create two AWS instances, wait for them to be ready, and ensure idempotent behavior when rerunning the playbook.

illustrates using the EC2 module with Ansible on AWS, applying count and exact_count to create or remove instances by tag, then syncs to the desired count.

Create a VPC with Ansible using the easy_vpc module. Attach an internet gateway, configure two subnets, and implement a custom nacl and route table, then verify resources in AWS.