{"id":26931,"date":"2016-11-21T18:42:22","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T16:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=26931"},"modified":"2016-11-21T18:42:22","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T16:42:22","slug":"using-ansible-to-bootstrap-an-amazon-ec2-instance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/11\/21\/using-ansible-to-bootstrap-an-amazon-ec2-instance\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Ansible to bootstrap an Amazon EC2 instance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This article – “Using Ansible to Bootstrap My Work Environment Part 4<\/a>” is pure gold for anyone trying to figure out all the moving parts needed to automate the provisioning and configuration of the Amazon EC2 instance with Ansible.<\/p>\n

Sure, some bits are easier than the other, but it takes time to go from one step to another. \u00a0In this article, you have everything you need, including the provisioning Ansible playbook\u00a0and variables, cloud-init bits, and more.<\/p>\n

I’ve printed and laminated my copy. \u00a0It’s on the wall now. \u00a0It will provide me with countless hours of joy during the upcoming Christmas season.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

This article – “Using Ansible to Bootstrap My Work Environment Part 4” is pure gold for anyone trying to figure out all the moving parts needed to automate the provisioning and configuration of the Amazon EC2 instance with Ansible. Sure, some bits are easier than the other, but it takes time to go from one … Continue reading Using Ansible to bootstrap an Amazon EC2 instance<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Using Ansible to bootstrap an Amazon EC2 instance #Amazon #EC2 #cloud #Ansible #SysAdmin #DevOps #WebHosting","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,6,133,62],"tags":[3333,3383,2366,2289],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-26931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-linux","category-sysadmin","category-technology","tag-amazon-ec2","tag-ansible","tag-cloud-computing","tag-web-hosting"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28472,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/08\/immutable-deployment-quorum\/","url_meta":{"origin":26931,"position":0},"title":"Immutable Deployment @ Quorum","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"April 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Immutable Deployment @ Quorum\" describes yet another approach to automated, and this case - immutable, deployments.\u00a0 This particular setup is slightly more on the SysAdmin\/DevOps side rather than on the development side, utilizing tools like Ansible, Amazon EC2, and Amazon AMI. 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