ansible.builtin.lightsail (v2.9.17) — module

Create or delete a virtual machine instance in AWS Lightsail

| "added in version" 2.4 of ansible.builtin"

Authors: Nick Ball (@nickball)

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Install Ansible via pip

Install with pip install ansible==2.9.17

Description

Creates or instances in AWS Lightsail and optionally wait for it to be 'running'.


Requirements

Usage examples

  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# Create a new Lightsail instance, register the instance details
- lightsail:
    state: present
    name: myinstance
    region: us-east-1
    zone: us-east-1a
    blueprint_id: ubuntu_16_04
    bundle_id: nano_1_0
    key_pair_name: id_rsa
    user_data: " echo 'hello world' > /home/ubuntu/test.txt"
    wait_timeout: 500
  register: my_instance
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- debug:
    msg: "Name is {{ my_instance.instance.name }}"
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- debug:
    msg: "IP is {{ my_instance.instance.public_ip_address }}"
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# Delete an instance if present
- lightsail:
    state: absent
    region: us-east-1
    name: myinstance

Inputs

    
name:
    description:
    - Name of the instance
    required: true

wait:
    default: 'yes'
    description:
    - Wait for the instance to be in state 'running' before returning.  If wait is "no"
      an ip_address may not be returned
    type: bool

zone:
    description:
    - AWS availability zone in which to launch the instance. Required when state='present'

state:
    choices:
    - present
    - absent
    - running
    - restarted
    - stopped
    default: present
    description:
    - Indicate desired state of the target.

region:
    aliases:
    - aws_region
    - ec2_region
    description:
    - 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 U(http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region)
    type: str

ec2_url:
    aliases:
    - aws_endpoint_url
    - endpoint_url
    description:
    - 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.
    type: str

profile:
    aliases:
    - aws_profile
    description:
    - Using I(profile) will override I(aws_access_key), I(aws_secret_key) and I(security_token)
      and support for passing them at the same time as I(profile) has been deprecated.
    - I(aws_access_key), I(aws_secret_key) and I(security_token) will be made mutually
      exclusive with I(profile) after 2022-06-01.
    type: str

bundle_id:
    description:
    - Bundle of specification info for the instance. Required when state='present'

user_data:
    description:
    - Launch script that can configure the instance with additional data

aws_config:
    description:
    - A dictionary to modify the botocore configuration.
    - Parameters can be found at U(https://botocore.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/config.html#botocore.config.Config).
    - Only the 'user_agent' key is used for boto modules. See U(http://boto.cloudhackers.com/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html#boto)
      for more boto configuration.
    type: dict

blueprint_id:
    description:
    - ID of the instance blueprint image. Required when state='present'

wait_timeout:
    default: 300
    description:
    - How long before wait gives up, in seconds.

aws_ca_bundle:
    description:
    - The location of a CA Bundle to use when validating SSL certificates.
    - Not used by boto 2 based modules.
    - 'Note: The CA Bundle is read ''module'' side and may need to be explicitly copied
      from the controller if not run locally.'
    type: path

key_pair_name:
    description:
    - Name of the key pair to use with the instance

aws_access_key:
    aliases:
    - ec2_access_key
    - access_key
    description:
    - C(AWS access key). If not set then the value of the C(AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID), C(AWS_ACCESS_KEY)
      or C(EC2_ACCESS_KEY) environment variable is used.
    - If I(profile) is set this parameter is ignored.
    - Passing the I(aws_access_key) and I(profile) options at the same time has been deprecated
      and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.
    type: str

aws_secret_key:
    aliases:
    - ec2_secret_key
    - secret_key
    description:
    - C(AWS secret key). If not set then the value of the C(AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY), C(AWS_SECRET_KEY),
      or C(EC2_SECRET_KEY) environment variable is used.
    - If I(profile) is set this parameter is ignored.
    - Passing the I(aws_secret_key) and I(profile) options at the same time has been deprecated
      and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.
    type: str

security_token:
    aliases:
    - aws_security_token
    - access_token
    description:
    - C(AWS STS security token). If not set then the value of the C(AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN)
      or C(EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN) environment variable is used.
    - If I(profile) is set this parameter is ignored.
    - Passing the I(security_token) and I(profile) options at the same time has been deprecated
      and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.
    type: str

validate_certs:
    default: true
    description:
    - When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for communication with
      the AWS APIs.
    type: bool

debug_botocore_endpoint_logs:
    default: 'no'
    description:
    - 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.
    type: bool

Outputs

changed:
  description: if a snapshot has been modified/created
  returned: always
  sample:
    changed: true
  type: bool
instance:
  description: instance data
  returned: always
  sample:
    arn: arn:aws:lightsail:us-east-1:448830907657:Instance/1fef0175-d6c8-480e-84fa-214f969cda87
    blueprint_id: ubuntu_16_04
    blueprint_name: Ubuntu
    bundle_id: nano_1_0
    created_at: '2017-03-27T08:38:59.714000-04:00'
    hardware:
      cpu_count: 1
      ram_size_in_gb: 0.5
    is_static_ip: false
    location:
      availability_zone: us-east-1a
      region_name: us-east-1
    name: my_instance
    networking:
      monthly_transfer:
        gb_per_month_allocated: 1024
      ports:
      - access_direction: inbound
        access_from: Anywhere (0.0.0.0/0)
        access_type: public
        common_name: ''
        from_port: 80
        protocol: tcp
        to_port: 80
      - access_direction: inbound
        access_from: Anywhere (0.0.0.0/0)
        access_type: public
        common_name: ''
        from_port: 22
        protocol: tcp
        to_port: 22
    private_ip_address: 172.26.8.14
    public_ip_address: 34.207.152.202
    resource_type: Instance
    ssh_key_name: keypair
    state:
      code: 16
      name: running
    support_code: 588307843083/i-0997c97831ee21e33
    username: ubuntu
  type: dict