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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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Level
Intermediate
Last updated
Sep 24, 2025
Duration
30m

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Table of Contents
  1. 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
  2. Challenge

    Execute the Playbook

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

  3. 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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