🔑Ansible requires configuring the AWS EC2 inventory plugin to manage EC2 instances.
🛠️Ansible playbooks allow you to automate sysadmin tasks on EC2 instances.
🔐Ensure SSH access and AWS API access with Boto3 credentials in Ansible.
💻Use dynamic inventory to automatically include new EC2 instances in Ansible.
🔄Ansible is idempotent, ensuring systems are always in the desired state.
How do I configure the AWS EC2 inventory plugin in Ansible?
—You need to create an EC2 configuration file and use the "graph" option to generate dynamic inventory.
What can I do with Ansible playbooks?
—You can automate sysadmin tasks such as installing software, managing users, and configuring servers.
What credentials are required to use Ansible with AWS EC2?
—You need to provide the AWS access key and secret access key for the Boto3 library to work.
How does Ansible handle changes on EC2 instances?
—Ansible is idempotent, meaning it only applies changes if they are needed to bring the system to the desired state.
Can I use Ansible to automatically manage new EC2 instances?
—Yes, Ansible's dynamic inventory ensures that new instances are automatically included in the inventory.
00:00Intro to using Ansible for managing EC2 instances and frustration with documentation
02:23Explaining the NSERT tagging system for EC2 instances
06:23Creating Python virtual environment and installing Ansible dependencies
08:21Using AWS EC2 inventory plugin and dynamic inventory in Ansible
09:10Using Ansible to execute tasks on EC2 instances
12:03Ansible's idempotent nature and its benefits
12:59Running an example playbook in Ansible
