community.aws.ec2_launch_template – Manage EC2 launch templates

Note

This plugin is part of the community.aws collection (version 1.3.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.aws.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.aws.ec2_launch_template.

New in version 1.0.0: of community.aws

Synopsis

  • Create, modify, and delete EC2 Launch Templates, which can be used to create individual instances or with Autoscaling Groups.

  • The community.aws.ec2_instance and community.aws.ec2_asg modules can, instead of specifying all parameters on those tasks, be passed a Launch Template which contains settings like instance size, disk type, subnet, and more.

Requirements

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

  • boto

  • boto3 >= 1.6.0

  • botocore

  • python >= 2.6

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
aws_access_key
string
AWS access key. If not set then the value of the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variable is used.
If profile is set this parameter is ignored.
Passing the aws_access_key and profile options at the same time has been deprecated and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.

aliases: ec2_access_key, access_key
aws_ca_bundle
path
The location of a CA Bundle to use when validating SSL certificates.
Only used for boto3 based modules.
Note: The CA Bundle is read 'module' side and may need to be explicitly copied from the controller if not run locally.
aws_config
dictionary
A dictionary to modify the botocore configuration.
Only the 'user_agent' key is used for boto modules. See http://boto.cloudhackers.com/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html#boto for more boto configuration.
aws_secret_key
string
AWS secret key. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_KEY, or EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variable is used.
If profile is set this parameter is ignored.
Passing the aws_secret_key and profile options at the same time has been deprecated and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.

aliases: ec2_secret_key, secret_key
block_device_mappings
list / elements=dictionary
The block device mapping. Supplying both a snapshot ID and an encryption value as arguments for block-device mapping results in an error. This is because only blank volumes can be encrypted on start, and these are not created from a snapshot. If a snapshot is the basis for the volume, it contains data by definition and its encryption status cannot be changed using this action.
device_name
string
The device name (for example, /dev/sdh or xvdh).
ebs
dictionary
Parameters used to automatically set up EBS volumes when the instance is launched.
delete_on_termination
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Indicates whether the EBS volume is deleted on instance termination.
encrypted
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Indicates whether the EBS volume is encrypted. Encrypted volumes can only be attached to instances that support Amazon EBS encryption. If you are creating a volume from a snapshot, you can't specify an encryption value.
iops
integer
The number of I/O operations per second (IOPS) that the volume supports. For io1, this represents the number of IOPS that are provisioned for the volume. For gp2, this represents the baseline performance of the volume and the rate at which the volume accumulates I/O credits for bursting. For more information about General Purpose SSD baseline performance, I/O credits, and bursting, see Amazon EBS Volume Types in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide.
Condition: This parameter is required for requests to create io1 volumes; it is not used in requests to create gp2, st1, sc1, or standard volumes.
kms_key_id
string
The ARN of the AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) CMK used for encryption.
snapshot_id
string
The ID of the snapshot to create the volume from.
volume_size
integer
The size of the volume, in GiB.
Default: If you're creating the volume from a snapshot and don't specify a volume size, the default is the snapshot size.
volume_type
string
The volume type
no_device
string
Suppresses the specified device included in the block device mapping of the AMI.
virtual_name
string
The virtual device name (ephemeralN). Instance store volumes are numbered starting from 0. An instance type with 2 available instance store volumes can specify mappings for ephemeral0 and ephemeral1. The number of available instance store volumes depends on the instance type. After you connect to the instance, you must mount the volume.
cpu_options
dictionary
Choose CPU settings for the EC2 instances that will be created with this template.
core_count
integer
The number of CPU cores for the instance.
threads_per_core
integer
The number of threads per CPU core. To disable Intel Hyper-Threading Technology for the instance, specify a value of 1. Otherwise, specify the default value of 2.
credit_specification
dictionary
The credit option for CPU usage of the instance. Valid for T2 or T3 instances only.
cpu_credits
string
The credit option for CPU usage of a T2 or T3 instance. Valid values are standard and unlimited.
debug_botocore_endpoint_logs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Use a botocore.endpoint logger to parse the unique (rather than total) "resource:action" API calls made during a task, outputing the set to the resource_actions key in the task results. Use the aws_resource_action callback to output to total list made during a playbook. The ANSIBLE_DEBUG_BOTOCORE_LOGS environment variable may also be used.
default_version
string
Default:
"latest"
Which version should be the default when users spin up new instances based on this template? By default, the latest version will be made the default.
disable_api_termination
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
This helps protect instances from accidental termination. If set to true, you can't terminate the instance using the Amazon EC2 console, CLI, or API. To change this attribute to false after launch, use ModifyInstanceAttribute.
ebs_optimized
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Indicates whether the instance is optimized for Amazon EBS I/O. This optimization provides dedicated throughput to Amazon EBS and an optimized configuration stack to provide optimal Amazon EBS I/O performance. This optimization isn't available with all instance types. Additional usage charges apply when using an EBS-optimized instance.
ec2_url
string
Url to use to connect to EC2 or your Eucalyptus cloud (by default the module will use EC2 endpoints). Ignored for modules where region is required. Must be specified for all other modules if region is not used. If not set then the value of the EC2_URL environment variable, if any, is used.

aliases: aws_endpoint_url, endpoint_url
elastic_gpu_specifications
list / elements=dictionary
Settings for Elastic GPU attachments. See https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/elastic-gpus/ for details.
type
string
The type of Elastic GPU to attach
iam_instance_profile
string
The name or ARN of an IAM instance profile. Requires permissions to describe existing instance roles to confirm ARN is properly formed.
image_id
string
The AMI ID to use for new instances launched with this template. This value is region-dependent since AMIs are not global resources.
instance_initiated_shutdown_behavior
string
    Choices:
  • stop
  • terminate
Indicates whether an instance stops or terminates when you initiate shutdown from the instance using the operating system shutdown command.
instance_market_options
dictionary
Options for alternative instance markets, currently only the spot market is supported.
market_type
string
The market type. This should always be 'spot'.
spot_options
dictionary
Spot-market specific settings.
block_duration_minutes
integer
The required duration for the Spot Instances (also known as Spot blocks), in minutes. This value must be a multiple of 60 (60, 120, 180, 240, 300, or 360).
instance_interruption_behavior
string
    Choices:
  • hibernate
  • stop
  • terminate
The behavior when a Spot Instance is interrupted. The default is terminate.
max_price
string
The highest hourly price you're willing to pay for this Spot Instance.
spot_instance_type
string
    Choices:
  • one-time
  • persistent
The request type to send.
instance_type
string
The instance type, such as c5.2xlarge. For a full list of instance types, see http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/instance-types.html.
kernel_id
string
The ID of the kernel. We recommend that you use PV-GRUB instead of kernels and RAM disks. For more information, see http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/UserProvidedkernels.html
key_name
string
The name of the key pair. You can create a key pair using amazon.aws.ec2_key.
If you do not specify a key pair, you can't connect to the instance unless you choose an AMI that is configured to allow users another way to log in.
monitoring
dictionary
Settings for instance monitoring.
enabled
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether to turn on detailed monitoring for new instances. This will incur extra charges.
network_interfaces
list / elements=dictionary
One or more network interfaces.
associate_public_ip_address
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Associates a public IPv4 address with eth0 for a new network interface.
delete_on_termination
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Indicates whether the network interface is deleted when the instance is terminated.
description
string
A description for the network interface.
device_index
integer
The device index for the network interface attachment.
groups
list / elements=string
List of security group IDs to include on this instance.
ipv6_address_count
integer
The number of IPv6 addresses to assign to a network interface. Amazon EC2 automatically selects the IPv6 addresses from the subnet range. You can't use this option if specifying the ipv6_addresses option.
ipv6_addresses
list / elements=string
A list of one or more specific IPv6 addresses from the IPv6 CIDR block range of your subnet. You can't use this option if you're specifying the ipv6_address_count option.
network_interface_id
string
The eni ID of a network interface to attach.
private_ip_address
string
The primary private IPv4 address of the network interface.
subnet_id
string
The ID of the subnet for the network interface.
placement
dictionary
The placement group settings for the instance.
affinity
string
The affinity setting for an instance on a Dedicated Host.
availability_zone
string
The Availability Zone for the instance.
group_name
string
The name of the placement group for the instance.
host_id
string
The ID of the Dedicated Host for the instance.
tenancy
string
The tenancy of the instance (if the instance is running in a VPC). An instance with a tenancy of dedicated runs on single-tenant hardware.
profile
string
Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
Using profile will override aws_access_key, aws_secret_key and security_token and support for passing them at the same time as profile has been deprecated.
aws_access_key, aws_secret_key and security_token will be made mutually exclusive with profile after 2022-06-01.

aliases: aws_profile
ram_disk_id
string
The ID of the RAM disk to launch the instance with. We recommend that you use PV-GRUB instead of kernels and RAM disks. For more information, see http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/UserProvidedkernels.html
region
string
The AWS region to use. If not specified then the value of the AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION environment variable, if any, is used. See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region

aliases: aws_region, ec2_region
security_group_ids
list / elements=string
A list of security group IDs (VPC or EC2-Classic) that the new instances will be added to.
security_groups
list / elements=string
A list of security group names (Default VPC or EC2-Classic) that the new instances will be added to. For any VPC other than Default, you must use security_group_ids.
security_token
string
AWS STS security token. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variable is used.
If profile is set this parameter is ignored.
Passing the security_token and profile options at the same time has been deprecated and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.

aliases: aws_security_token, access_token
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Whether the launch template should exist or not.
Deleting specific versions of a launch template is not supported at this time.
tags
dictionary
A set of key-value pairs to be applied to resources when this Launch Template is used.
Tag key constraints: Tag keys are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 127 Unicode characters. May not begin with aws:
Tag value constraints: Tag values are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 255 Unicode characters.
template_id
string
The ID for the launch template, can be used for all cases except creating a new Launch Template.

aliases: id
template_name
string
The template name. This must be unique in the region-account combination you are using.

aliases: name
user_data
string
The Base64-encoded user data to make available to the instance. For more information, see the Linux http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/user-data.html and Windows http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/WindowsGuide/ec2-instance-metadata.html#instancedata-add-user-data documentation on user-data.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.

Notes

Note

  • If parameters are not set within the module, the following environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence AWS_URL or EC2_URL, AWS_PROFILE or AWS_DEFAULT_PROFILE, AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID or AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY or AWS_SECRET_KEY or EC2_SECRET_KEY, AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN, AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION, AWS_CA_BUNDLE

  • Ansible uses the boto configuration file (typically ~/.boto) if no credentials are provided. See https://boto.readthedocs.io/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html

  • AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION can be typically be used to specify the AWS region, when required, but this can also be configured in the boto config file

Examples

- name: Create an ec2 launch template
  community.aws.ec2_launch_template:
    name: "my_template"
    image_id: "ami-04b762b4289fba92b"
    key_name: my_ssh_key
    instance_type: t2.micro
    iam_instance_profile: myTestProfile
    disable_api_termination: true

- name: >
    Create a new version of an existing ec2 launch template with a different instance type,
    while leaving an older version as the default version
  community.aws.ec2_launch_template:
    name: "my_template"
    default_version: 1
    instance_type: c5.4xlarge

- name: Delete an ec2 launch template
  community.aws.ec2_launch_template:
    name: "my_template"
    state: absent

# This module does not yet allow deletion of specific versions of launch templates

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
default_version
integer
when state=present
The version that will be used if only the template name is specified. Often this is the same as the latest version, but not always.
latest_version
integer
when state=present
Latest available version of the launch template


Authors

  • Ryan Scott Brown (@ryansb)