Win-EC2

Create and destroy Windows instances on EC2. Generate a static inventory file usable for running additional playbooks against Windows hosts.

Role Variables

The following variables may be defined to customize this role:

• win_ec2_region: Region in which instances are created, default is us-east-1.
• win_ec2_instance_type: Instance type for creating instances, default is m3.medium.
• win_ec2_security_group: Name of security group to create/use for Windows instances, default is win-ec2.
• win_ec2_security_group_description: Description for security group, default is Security group for Ansible WinRM.
• win_ec2_security_group_rules: When creating a security group, use these rules, default only opens TCP ports 5986 and 3389.
• win_ec2_security_group_id: Specify an existing security group ID instead of creating one, default uses the result of creating the security group.
• win_ec2_vpc_id: VPC ID to use when creating the security group, default is no VPC.
• win_ec2_vpc_subnet_id: VPC subnet ID in which to launch the instance, default is no VPC subnet.
• win_ec2_assign_public_ip: Assign a public IP when provisioning within a VPC, default is to use the default setting for the VPC subnet.
• win_ec2_termination_protection: Enable or disable termination protection, default is disabled.
• win_ec2_key_name: Name of keypair created/used for Windows instances, default is win-ec2.
• win_ec2_public_key_path: Path to public key for creating keypair, default is ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
• win_ec2_private_key_path: Path to matching private key to use for decrypting Windows passwords, default is ~/.ssh/id_rsa.
• win_ec2_name_prefix: Prefix for Name tag associated with each instance, default is win-ec2.
• win_ec2_images: List of AMIs to use for creating instances. Each list item should be a hash containing ami_id and name keys. Default is {{win_ec2_default_images[win_ec2_region]}}.
• win_ec2_action: Action to perform, should be one of create, recreate or destroy; default is create.
• win_ec2_winrm_port: Port for connecting to new instances, default is 5986.
• win_ec2_winrm_user: Username for connecting to new instances, default is Administrator.
• win_ec2_inventory_dest: Path to write static inventory file, default is {{playbook_dir}}/inventory.win-ec2.
• win_ec2_wait_for: Wait for network connectivity on instance public IP after created, default is true.
• win_ec2_wait_for_delay: Number of seconds to wait before checking public IP, default is 5.
• win_ec2_wait_for_timeout: Number of seconds to wait until giving up on checking public IP, default is 300.
• win_ec2_password_wait_timeout: Number of seconds to wait for password from a new instance, default is 300.

Valid AWS credentials must be specified either by setting aws_access_key and aws_secret_key variables or by defining AWS_ACCESS_KEY and AWS_SECRET_KEY environment variables.

Example Playbook

The following example playbook creates, then destroys Windows instances in EC2:

- hosts: localhost
  vars:
    win_ec2_name_prefix: example
  roles:
    - role: cchurch.win-ec2
    - role: cchurch.win-ec2
      win_ec2_action: destroy

License

BSD

Author Information

Chris Church chris@ninemoreminutes.com