Manage AWS Resources Using Ansible
$7.99
Minimum price
$7.99
Suggested price

Manage AWS Resources Using Ansible

the super short guide to cloud automation

About the Book

Wouldn't you love to be able to simply wave a wand and layers of resources in your AWS account would suddenly - and magically - spring to perfectly configured life, ready to meet your complex infrastructure needs? If you already have experience with AWS, then you know how much of a pain it can be to work through web page after web page in the Amazon management console as you manually provision services. And even the AWS CLI - which is a huge step up - can add its own complexity and effort to the mix. If you're already using Ansible for your on-premises operations, plugging it into your AWS account can sometimes be the quickest and most painless way to migrate operations to the cloud.

About the Author

David Clinton
David Clinton

David Clinton is a Linux Server Professional with years' experience teaching technical subjects. He is the author of two books on AWS administration from Wiley/Sybex, Learn Amazon Web Services in a Month of Lunches and Linux in Action (both from Manning) and 20 Pluralsight courses covering Linux administration, Amazon Web Services, and Docker.

David has worked on real-world deployments within both traditional data centers and the AWS cloud.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Understanding the Ansible/AWS Advantage
  • Preparing a Local Environment
    • Using the AWS CLI to Connect Ansible
    • Testing Ansible with a Simple Playbook
  • Using HashiCorp Packer to Build EC2 Amazon Machine Images
    • Using AWS EC2 AMIs
    • Create and Run a Packer Script
    • Working with Packer JSON Syntax
  • Using Ansible to Administrate AWS Resources
    • Building a Launch Environment for an AMI
    • Building a More Sophisticated Ansible Environment
  • Using Ansible for AWS Resource Life Cycle Management
    • Keeping Track with Ansible’s Dynamic Inventory
    • Shutting Down EC2 Resources
    • The Last Word

The Leanpub 60 Day 100% Happiness Guarantee

Within 60 days of purchase you can get a 100% refund on any Leanpub purchase, in two clicks.

Now, this is technically risky for us, since you'll have the book or course files either way. But we're so confident in our products and services, and in our authors and readers, that we're happy to offer a full money back guarantee for everything we sell.

You can only find out how good something is by trying it, and because of our 100% money back guarantee there's literally no risk to do so!

So, there's no reason not to click the Add to Cart button, is there?

See full terms...

80% Royalties. Earn $16 on a $20 book.

We pay 80% royalties. That's not a typo: you earn $16 on a $20 sale. If we sell 5000 non-refunded copies of your book or course for $20, you'll earn $80,000.

(Yes, some authors have already earned much more than that on Leanpub.)

In fact, authors have earnedover $13 millionwriting, publishing and selling on Leanpub.

Learn more about writing on Leanpub

Free Updates. DRM Free.

If you buy a Leanpub book, you get free updates for as long as the author updates the book! Many authors use Leanpub to publish their books in-progress, while they are writing them. All readers get free updates, regardless of when they bought the book or how much they paid (including free).

Most Leanpub books are available in PDF (for computers) and EPUB (for phones, tablets and Kindle). The formats that a book includes are shown at the top right corner of this page.

Finally, Leanpub books don't have any DRM copy-protection nonsense, so you can easily read them on any supported device.

Learn more about Leanpub's ebook formats and where to read them

Write and Publish on Leanpub

You can use Leanpub to easily write, publish and sell in-progress and completed ebooks and online courses!

Leanpub is a powerful platform for serious authors, combining a simple, elegant writing and publishing workflow with a store focused on selling in-progress ebooks.

Leanpub is a magical typewriter for authors: just write in plain text, and to publish your ebook, just click a button. (Or, if you are producing your ebook your own way, you can even upload your own PDF and/or EPUB files and then publish with one click!) It really is that easy.

Learn more about writing on Leanpub