Table of Contents

1. Challenge

   Create and Edit `/home/ansible/deploy.yml` and Add Ansible Tasks to Stop the Existing EC2 Instance, by Tag, Then Deploy a New EC2 Instance That Meets the Specification Described in the Instructions.

   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 and edit the playbook (/home/ansible/deploy.yml) so that it resembles the following:

   - hosts: localhost
     gather_facts: no
     vars_files:
       - /home/ansible/keys.yml
     tasks:
       - name: Get Subnet ID and AMI ID from existing server.
         ec2_instance_facts:
           aws_access_key: "{{ AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}"
           aws_secret_key: "{{ AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}"
           region: "{{ AWS_REGION }}"
           filters:
             tag:Name: Leo
         register: ec2_facts
   
       - name: Stop Leo Instance
         ec2:
           aws_access_key: "{{ AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}"
           aws_secret_key: "{{ AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}"
           ec2_region: us-east-1
           state: stopped
           instance_tags:
             Name: Leo
   
       - name: Deploy new EC2 Instance
         ec2:
          aws_access_key: "{{ AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}"
          aws_secret_key: "{{ AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}"
          ec2_region: us-east-1
          instance_type: t2.micro
          image: "{{ ec2_facts.instances[0].image_id }}"
          assign_public_ip: yes
          vpc_subnet_id: "{{ ec2_facts.instances[0].subnet_id }}"
          instance_tags:
            Name: New
   

2. Challenge

   Run the Playbook `/home/ansible/deploy.yml` to Perform the Required Tasks, Then Log into the AWS Console to Validate that Everything Works

   • Run the following command:
     • ansible-playbook /home/ansible/deploy.yml
   • Log into the AWS Console, and in the EC2 Dashboard (find it by searching for EC2 in the Find Services search box) confirm the new instance's existence and state.
     • It might be best to wait a bit before checking. Once everything is finished processing though, we'll see a Leo instance that's stopped, and a new one called New that is running.