community.general.spotinst_aws_elastigroup module – Create, update or delete Spotinst AWS Elastigroups

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 9.5.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.spotinst_aws_elastigroup.

Synopsis

  • Can create, update, or delete Spotinst AWS Elastigroups Launch configuration is part of the elastigroup configuration, so no additional modules are necessary for handling the launch configuration. You will have to have a credentials file in this location - <home>/.spotinst/credentials The credentials file must contain a row that looks like this token = <YOUR TOKEN> Full documentation available at https://help.spotinst.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003530285-Ansible-

Requirements

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

  • spotinst_sdk >= 1.0.38

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

account_id

string

Optional parameter that allows to set an account-id inside the module configuration. By default this is retrieved from the credentials path.

availability_vs_cost

string / required

The strategy orientation.

The choices available are: availabilityOriented, costOriented, balanced.

availability_zones

list / elements=dictionary / required

A list of hash/dictionaries of Availability Zones that are configured in the elastigroup; ‘[{“key”:”value”, “key”:”value”}]’; keys allowed are name (String), subnet_id (String), placement_group_name (String),

block_device_mappings

list / elements=dictionary

A list of hash/dictionaries of Block Device Mappings for elastigroup instances; You can specify virtual devices and EBS volumes.; ‘[{“key”:”value”, “key”:”value”}]’; keys allowed are device_name (List of Strings), virtual_name (String), no_device (String), ebs (Object, expects the following keys- delete_on_termination(Boolean), encrypted(Boolean), iops (Integer), snapshot_id(Integer), volume_type(String), volume_size(Integer))

chef

dictionary

The Chef integration configuration.; Expects the following keys - chef_server (String), organization (String), user (String), pem_key (String), chef_version (String)

credentials_path

path

Optional parameter that allows to set a non-default credentials path.

Default: "~/.spotinst/credentials"

do_not_update

list / elements=string

TODO document.

Default: []

down_scaling_policies

list / elements=dictionary

A list of hash/dictionaries of scaling policies to configure in the elastigroup; ‘[{“key”:”value”, “key”:”value”}]’; keys allowed are - policy_name (String, required), namespace (String, required), metric_name (String, required), dimensions ((List of Objects), Keys allowed are name (String, required) and value (String)), statistic (String, required), evaluation_periods (String, required), period (String, required), threshold (String, required), cooldown (String, required), unit (String, required), operator (String, required), action_type (String, required), adjustment (String), max_target_capacity (String), target (String), maximum (String), minimum (String)

draining_timeout

integer

Time for instance to be drained from incoming requests and deregistered from ELB before termination.

ebs_optimized

boolean

Enable EBS optimization for supported instances which are not enabled by default.; Note - additional charges will be applied.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

ebs_volume_pool

list / elements=dictionary

A list of hash/dictionaries of EBS devices to reattach to the elastigroup when available; ‘[{“key”:”value”, “key”:”value”}]’; keys allowed are - volume_ids (List of Strings), device_name (String)

ecs

dictionary

The ECS integration configuration.; Expects the following key - cluster_name (String)

elastic_beanstalk

dictionary

Placeholder parameter for future implementation of Elastic Beanstalk configurations.

elastic_ips

list / elements=string

List of ElasticIps Allocation Ids (example eipalloc-9d4e16f8) to associate to the group instances

fallback_to_od

boolean

In case of no spots available, Elastigroup will launch an On-demand instance instead

Choices:

  • false

  • true

health_check_grace_period

integer

The amount of time, in seconds, after the instance has launched to start and check its health.

If not specified, it defaults to 300.

health_check_type

string

The service to use for the health check.

The choices available are: ELB, HCS, TARGET_GROUP, MLB, EC2.

health_check_unhealthy_duration_before_replacement

integer

Minimal mount of time instance should be unhealthy for us to consider it unhealthy.

iam_role_arn

string

The instance profile iamRole arn

Only use iam_role_arn, or iam_role_name

iam_role_name

string

The instance profile iamRole name

Only use iam_role_arn, or iam_role_name

id

string

The group id if it already exists and you want to update, or delete it. This will not work unless the uniqueness_by field is set to id. When this is set, and the uniqueness_by field is set, the group will either be updated or deleted, but not created.

image_id

string / required

The image Id used to launch the instance.; In case of conflict between Instance type and image type, an error will be returned

key_pair

string

Specify a Key Pair to attach to the instances

kubernetes

dictionary

The Kubernetes integration configuration. Expects the following keys - api_server (String), token (String)

lifetime_period

integer

Lifetime period

load_balancers

list / elements=string

List of classic ELB names

max_size

integer / required

The upper limit number of instances that you can scale up to

mesosphere

dictionary

The Mesosphere integration configuration. Expects the following key - api_server (String)

min_size

integer / required

The lower limit number of instances that you can scale down to

monitoring

string

Describes whether instance Enhanced Monitoring is enabled

multai_load_balancers

list / elements=dictionary

Configuration parameters for Multai load balancers.

multai_token

string

Token used for Multai configuration.

name

string / required

Unique name for elastigroup to be created, updated or deleted

network_interfaces

list / elements=dictionary

A list of hash/dictionaries of network interfaces to add to the elastigroup; ‘[{“key”:”value”, “key”:”value”}]’; keys allowed are - description (String), device_index (Integer), secondary_private_ip_address_count (Integer), associate_public_ip_address (Boolean), delete_on_termination (Boolean), groups (List of Strings), network_interface_id (String), private_ip_address (String), subnet_id (String), associate_ipv6_address (Boolean), private_ip_addresses (List of Objects, Keys are privateIpAddress (String, required) and primary (Boolean))

on_demand_count

integer

Required if risk is not set

Number of on demand instances to launch. All other instances will be spot instances.; Either set this parameter or the risk parameter

on_demand_instance_type

string

On-demand instance type that will be provisioned

opsworks

dictionary

The elastigroup OpsWorks integration configuration.; Expects the following key - layer_id (String)

persistence

dictionary

The Stateful elastigroup configuration.; Accepts the following keys - should_persist_root_device (Boolean), should_persist_block_devices (Boolean), should_persist_private_ip (Boolean)

product

string / required

Operation system type.

Available choices are: Linux/UNIX, SUSE Linux, Windows, Linux/UNIX (Amazon VPC), SUSE Linux (Amazon VPC).

rancher

dictionary

The Rancher integration configuration.; Expects the following keys - version (String), access_key (String), secret_key (String), master_host (String)

right_scale

dictionary

The Rightscale integration configuration.; Expects the following keys - account_id (String), refresh_token (String)

risk

integer

Required if on demand is not set. The percentage of Spot instances to launch (0 - 100).

roll_config

dictionary

Roll configuration.; If you would like the group to roll after updating, please use this feature. Accepts the following keys - batch_size_percentage(Integer, Required), grace_period - (Integer, Required), health_check_type(String, Optional)

scheduled_tasks

list / elements=dictionary

A list of hash/dictionaries of scheduled tasks to configure in the elastigroup; ‘[{“key”:”value”, “key”:”value”}]’; keys allowed are - adjustment (Integer), scale_target_capacity (Integer), scale_min_capacity (Integer), scale_max_capacity (Integer), adjustment_percentage (Integer), batch_size_percentage (Integer), cron_expression (String), frequency (String), grace_period (Integer), task_type (String, required), is_enabled (Boolean)

security_group_ids

list / elements=string / required

One or more security group IDs. ; In case of update it will override the existing Security Group with the new given array

shutdown_script

string

The Base64-encoded shutdown script that executes prior to instance termination. Encode before setting.

signals

list / elements=dictionary

A list of hash/dictionaries of signals to configure in the elastigroup; keys allowed are - name (String, required), timeout (Integer)

spin_up_time

integer

Spin up time, in seconds, for the instance

spot_instance_types

list / elements=string / required

Spot instance type that will be provisioned.

state

string

Create or delete the elastigroup

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

tags

list / elements=dictionary

A list of tags to configure in the elastigroup. Please specify list of keys and values (key colon value);

target

integer / required

The number of instances to launch

target_group_arns

list / elements=string

List of target group arns instances should be registered to

target_tracking_policies

list / elements=dictionary

A list of hash/dictionaries of target tracking policies to configure in the elastigroup; ‘[{“key”:”value”, “key”:”value”}]’; keys allowed are - policy_name (String, required), namespace (String, required), source (String, required), metric_name (String, required), statistic (String, required), unit (String, required), cooldown (String, required), target (String, required)

tenancy

string

Dedicated vs shared tenancy.

The available choices are: default, dedicated.

terminate_at_end_of_billing_hour

boolean

Terminate at the end of billing hour

Choices:

  • false

  • true

token

string

A Personal API Access Token issued by Spotinst.

When not specified, the module will try to obtain it, in that order, from: environment variable SPOTINST_TOKEN, or from the credentials path.

uniqueness_by

string

If your group names are not unique, you may use this feature to update or delete a specific group. Whenever this property is set, you must set a group_id in order to update or delete a group, otherwise a group will be created.

Choices:

  • "id"

  • "name" ← (default)

unit

string

The capacity unit to launch instances by.

The available choices are: instance, weight.

up_scaling_policies

list / elements=dictionary

A list of hash/dictionaries of scaling policies to configure in the elastigroup; ‘[{“key”:”value”, “key”:”value”}]’; keys allowed are - policy_name (String, required), namespace (String, required), metric_name (String, required), dimensions (List of Objects, Keys allowed are name (String, required) and value (String)), statistic (String, required) evaluation_periods (String, required), period (String, required), threshold (String, required), cooldown (String, required), unit (String, required), operator (String, required), action_type (String, required), adjustment (String), min_target_capacity (String), target (String), maximum (String), minimum (String)

user_data

string

Base64-encoded MIME user data. Encode before setting the value.

utilize_reserved_instances

boolean

In case of any available Reserved Instances, Elastigroup will utilize your reservations before purchasing Spot instances.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

wait_for_instances

boolean

Whether or not the elastigroup creation / update actions should wait for the instances to spin

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

wait_timeout

integer

How long the module should wait for instances before failing the action.; Only works if wait_for_instances is True.

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: none

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

diff_mode

Support: none

Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Examples

# Basic configuration YAML example

- hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    - name: Create elastigroup
      community.general.spotinst_aws_elastigroup:
          state: present
          risk: 100
          availability_vs_cost: balanced
          availability_zones:
            - name: us-west-2a
              subnet_id: subnet-2b68a15c
          image_id: ami-f173cc91
          key_pair: spotinst-oregon
          max_size: 15
          min_size: 0
          target: 0
          unit: instance
          monitoring: true
          name: ansible-group
          on_demand_instance_type: c3.large
          product: Linux/UNIX
          load_balancers:
            - test-lb-1
          security_group_ids:
            - sg-8f4b8fe9
          spot_instance_types:
            - c3.large
          do_not_update:
            - image_id
            - target
      register: result
    - ansible.builtin.debug: var=result

# In this example, we create an elastigroup and wait 600 seconds to retrieve the instances, and use their private ips

- hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    - name: Create elastigroup
      community.general.spotinst_aws_elastigroup:
          state: present
          account_id: act-1a9dd2b
          risk: 100
          availability_vs_cost: balanced
          availability_zones:
            - name: us-west-2a
              subnet_id: subnet-2b68a15c
          tags:
            - Environment: someEnvValue
            - OtherTagKey: otherValue
          image_id: ami-f173cc91
          key_pair: spotinst-oregon
          max_size: 5
          min_size: 0
          target: 0
          unit: instance
          monitoring: true
          name: ansible-group-tal
          on_demand_instance_type: c3.large
          product: Linux/UNIX
          security_group_ids:
            - sg-8f4b8fe9
          block_device_mappings:
            - device_name: '/dev/sda1'
              ebs:
                volume_size: 100
                volume_type: gp2
          spot_instance_types:
            - c3.large
          do_not_update:
            - image_id
          wait_for_instances: true
          wait_timeout: 600
      register: result

    - name: Store private ips to file
      ansible.builtin.shell: echo {{ item.private_ip }}\n >> list-of-private-ips
      with_items: "{{ result.instances }}"
    - ansible.builtin.debug: var=result

# In this example, we create an elastigroup with multiple block device mappings, tags, and also an account id
# In organizations with more than one account, it is required to specify an account_id

- hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    - name: Create elastigroup
      community.general.spotinst_aws_elastigroup:
          state: present
          account_id: act-1a9dd2b
          risk: 100
          availability_vs_cost: balanced
          availability_zones:
            - name: us-west-2a
              subnet_id: subnet-2b68a15c
          tags:
            - Environment: someEnvValue
            - OtherTagKey: otherValue
          image_id: ami-f173cc91
          key_pair: spotinst-oregon
          max_size: 5
          min_size: 0
          target: 0
          unit: instance
          monitoring: true
          name: ansible-group-tal
          on_demand_instance_type: c3.large
          product: Linux/UNIX
          security_group_ids:
            - sg-8f4b8fe9
          block_device_mappings:
            - device_name: '/dev/xvda'
              ebs:
                volume_size: 60
                volume_type: gp2
            - device_name: '/dev/xvdb'
              ebs:
                volume_size: 120
                volume_type: gp2
          spot_instance_types:
            - c3.large
          do_not_update:
            - image_id
          wait_for_instances: true
          wait_timeout: 600
      register: result

    - name: Store private ips to file
      ansible.builtin.shell: echo {{ item.private_ip }}\n >> list-of-private-ips
      with_items: "{{ result.instances }}"
    - ansible.builtin.debug: var=result

# In this example we have set up block device mapping with ephemeral devices

- hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    - name: Create elastigroup
      community.general.spotinst_aws_elastigroup:
          state: present
          risk: 100
          availability_vs_cost: balanced
          availability_zones:
            - name: us-west-2a
              subnet_id: subnet-2b68a15c
          image_id: ami-f173cc91
          key_pair: spotinst-oregon
          max_size: 15
          min_size: 0
          target: 0
          unit: instance
          block_device_mappings:
            - device_name: '/dev/xvda'
              virtual_name: ephemeral0
            - device_name: '/dev/xvdb/'
              virtual_name: ephemeral1
          monitoring: true
          name: ansible-group
          on_demand_instance_type: c3.large
          product: Linux/UNIX
          load_balancers:
            - test-lb-1
          security_group_ids:
            - sg-8f4b8fe9
          spot_instance_types:
            - c3.large
          do_not_update:
            - image_id
            - target
      register: result
    - ansible.builtin.debug: var=result

# In this example we create a basic group configuration with a network interface defined.
# Each network interface must have a device index

- hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    - name: Create elastigroup
      community.general.spotinst_aws_elastigroup:
          state: present
          risk: 100
          availability_vs_cost: balanced
          network_interfaces:
            - associate_public_ip_address: true
              device_index: 0
          availability_zones:
            - name: us-west-2a
              subnet_id: subnet-2b68a15c
          image_id: ami-f173cc91
          key_pair: spotinst-oregon
          max_size: 15
          min_size: 0
          target: 0
          unit: instance
          monitoring: true
          name: ansible-group
          on_demand_instance_type: c3.large
          product: Linux/UNIX
          load_balancers:
            - test-lb-1
          security_group_ids:
            - sg-8f4b8fe9
          spot_instance_types:
            - c3.large
          do_not_update:
            - image_id
            - target
      register: result
    - ansible.builtin.debug: var=result


# In this example we create a basic group configuration with a target tracking scaling policy defined

- hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    - name: Create elastigroup
      community.general.spotinst_aws_elastigroup:
          account_id: act-92d45673
          state: present
          risk: 100
          availability_vs_cost: balanced
          availability_zones:
            - name: us-west-2a
              subnet_id: subnet-79da021e
          image_id: ami-f173cc91
          fallback_to_od: true
          tags:
            - Creator: ValueOfCreatorTag
            - Environment: ValueOfEnvironmentTag
          key_pair: spotinst-labs-oregon
          max_size: 10
          min_size: 0
          target: 2
          unit: instance
          monitoring: true
          name: ansible-group-1
          on_demand_instance_type: c3.large
          product: Linux/UNIX
          security_group_ids:
            - sg-46cdc13d
          spot_instance_types:
            - c3.large
          target_tracking_policies:
            - policy_name: target-tracking-1
              namespace: AWS/EC2
              metric_name: CPUUtilization
              statistic: average
              unit: percent
              target: 50
              cooldown: 120
          do_not_update:
            - image_id
      register: result
    - ansible.builtin.debug: var=result

Return Values

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

Key

Description

group_id

string

Created / Updated group’s ID.

Returned: success

Sample: "sig-12345"

instances

dictionary

List of active elastigroup instances and their details.

Returned: success

Sample: [{"availabilityZone": "us-west-2b", "createdAt": "2017-07-17T12:46:18.000Z", "instanceId": "i-09640ad8678234c", "instanceType": "m4.large", "privateIp": "180.0.2.244", "product": "Linux/UNIX", "spotInstanceRequestId": "sir-regs25zp", "status": "fulfilled"}]

Authors

  • Spotinst (@talzur)