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Tweak some task examples to be more in-line with eucalyptus-ec2.yml in language_features

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Tim Gerla 2013-12-12 13:44:33 -06:00
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@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ And in your playbook steps we'll typically be using the following pattern for pr
Provisioning
````````````
The ec2 module provides the ability to provision instances within EC2. Typically the provisioning task will be performed against your Ansible master server as a local_action statement.
The ec2 module provides the ability to provision instances within EC2. Typically the provisioning task will be performed against your Ansible master server in a play that operates on localhost using the ``local`` connection type. If you are doing an EC2 operation mid-stream inside a regular play operating on remote hosts, you may want to use the ``local_action`` keyword for that particular task. Read :doc:`playbooks_delegation` for more about local actions.
.. note::
@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ In a play, this might look like (assuming the parameters are held as vars)::
tasks:
- name: Provision a set of instances
local_action: ec2
ec2: >
keypair={{mykeypair}}
group={{security_group}}
instance_type={{instance_type}}
@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ In a play, this might look like (assuming the parameters are held as vars)::
By registering the return its then possible to dynamically create a host group consisting of these new instances. This facilitates performing configuration actions on the hosts immediately in a subsequent task::
- name: Add all instance public IPs to host group
local_action: add_host hostname={{ item.public_ip }} groupname=ec2hosts
add_host: hostname={{ item.public_ip }} groupname=ec2hosts
with_items: ec2.instances
With the host group now created, a second play in your provision playbook might now have some configuration steps::
@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ With the host group now created, a second play in your provision playbook might
tasks:
- name: Check NTP service
action: service name=ntpd state=started
service: name=ntpd state=started
Rather than include configuration inline, you may also choose to just do it as a task include or a role.