Author: | Lorin Hochstein |
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New in version 1.6.
Look up the most recent AMI on AWS for a given operating system. Returns ami, aki, ari, serial, tag If there is no AKI or ARI associated with an image, these will be null. Only supports images from cloud-images.ubuntu.com Example output: {"ami": "ami-69f5a900", "changed": false, "aki": "aki-88aa75e1", "tag": "release", "ari": null, "serial": "20131024"}
parameter | required | default | choices | comments |
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arch | no | amd64 |
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CPU architecture |
distro | yes |
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Linux distribution (e.g., C(ubuntu)) | |
region | no | us-east-1 |
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EC2 region |
release | yes | short name of the release (e.g., C(precise)) | ||
store | no | ebs |
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Back-end store for instance |
stream | no | server |
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Type of release. |
virt | no | paravirtual |
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virutalization type |
- name: Launch an Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) EC2 instance
hosts: 127.0.0.1
connection: local
tasks:
- name: Get the Ubuntu precise AMI
ec2_ami_search: distro=ubuntu release=precise region=us-west-1 store=instance-store
register: ubuntu_image
- name: Start the EC2 instance
ec2: image={{ ubuntu_image.ami }} instance_type=m1.small key_name=mykey