Deploying a Cloud Resource in AWS with Ansible

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Deploying a Cloud Resource in AWS with Ansible

In this lab, we will use Ansible to launch EC2 instances in different Availability Zones. The `launch_ec2_instances.yml` playbook defines three tasks: the first to get the subnet facts, the next to set the subnet IDs and availability zones, and a final task responsible for launching an EC2 instance into two specific subnets.

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Lab Info

Level

Intermediate

Last updated

Sep 24, 2025

Duration

30m

Challenge

Create and Edit launch_ec2_instances.yml File
After logging into the EC2 instance, run su - ansible to become the ansible user. The password is the same as it is for cloud_user.

Create the playbook launch_ec2_instances.yml to perform the following tasks:
- Get the subnet facts
- Set the subnet IDs and Availability Zones
- Deploy two EC2 instances meeting the described properties.
We will need to deploy EC2 instances meeting the following requirements:
- Type: t2.micro
- Region: us-east-1
- AMI: Manually retrieve the AMI ID from the AWS Console
Challenge

Execute the Playbook

Use ansible to execute the launch_ec2_instances.yml file created in the previous objective.
Challenge

Confirm the Instances Have Been Deployed in AWS

Log in to the AWS console, and in the EC2 dashboard, confirm the new instance's existence and state.

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