A) Installation on Ansible Master Node

Note: All installation instructions are specific to [Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS (HVM), SSD Volume Type - ami-0dc8d444ee2a42d8a (64-bit x86) / ami-0c7316a2d5e1a85a1 (64-bit Arm)]

1. Prerequisite

   1. Running EC2 instance [Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS (HVM), SSD Volume Type - ami-0dc8d444ee2a42d8a (64-bit x86) / ami-0c7316a2d5e1a85a1 (64-bit Arm)]
   2. Security groups having SSH permission

   Note: This Security group ID further need to set in Ansible_EC2/ec2-vars/webservers.yml

2. Install python 2.7

   >sudo apt-get install python-dev build-essential
   

   Note: Probably need to also:

   >sudo apt-get update --fix-missing
   

3. Install boto

   > sudo apt-get install python-pip
   > pip install boto
   

4. Install Ansible

   >sudo apt-get update
   >sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
   >sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ansible/ansible
   >sudo apt-get update
   >sudo apt-get install ansible 
   

B) Configuration

1. Add AWS Private Key:

   >vi ~/.ssh/id_rsa
   

   Copy entire contents of the .pem file into id_rsa.To save and exit: press “Esc” then enter “:wq!”

2. Add AWS Public Key:

    >vi ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
   

   Open the .ppk private key in puttygen or in other tool, copy the public key to the clipboard, and place into id_rsa.pub.

Note Add read/write privileges

>chmod 0600 ~/.ssh/id*

3. Authentication: Authentication on AWS-related modules is handled by specifying the access and private key as ENV variables

   For environment variables:

   >export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID='<Your_ACCESS_KEY_ID>'
   
   >export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY='<Your_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>'
   

   Note You can also add environment variables permanently as below vi ~/.bash_profile'

   Add below in file. To save and exit: press “Esc” then enter “:wq!”

    >export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID='<Your_ACCESS_KEY_ID>'
   
    >export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY='<Your_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>'
   

4. Copy Ansible_EC2 and Permission Setting

   1. Copy the Ansible_EC2 from local to Master node using winscp or any other tool.
   2. Go to root dir Ansible_EC2
   3. Run below command > chmod +x ec2.py > chmod +x ec2.ini
   4. Go to root dir /etc/ansible/
   5. Run below command > sudo chmod 700 hosts

5. Config parameters defined in Ansible_EC2/ec2-vars/webservers.yml

   1. ec2_instance_type (default t2.micro)
   2. ec2_image (default ami-0dc8d444ee2a42d8a)
   3. ec2_region (default eu-west-1)
   4. ec2_tag_Name (defaultAnsibleHost)
   5. ec2_tag_Type (defaultwebserver)
   6. ec2_security_grp
   7. ec2_keypair
   8. ec2_tag_Environment (defaulttesting)
   9. aws_access_key
   10. aws_secret_key
   11. ec2_volume_size (default8GB)

6. Config parameters defined in Ansible_EC2/AnsibleCLI.py

   1. host_group for dynamic inventory (default tag_Type_webserver)

C) RUN

1. Run Ansible Playbook

   Note: Do the SSH to Ansible Master Node

   • Go to root dir Ansible_EC2 under /home/ubuntu

     

   • Run below command

        > `python AnsibleCLI.py`
     

     • Below Menu will be display for option selection

       

     • Execution Result