Configuring Ansible Environment for AWS Automation

Pre-Lab Preparation

  • Ansible is installed.

  • AWS Account is available.

  • IAM User with Access Key and Secret Key is available.

  • AWS CLI is installed.

  • Python3 and pip are installed.

  • Internet connectivity is available.

Task 1:  Verify Ansible and AWS CLI

2

1

Verify Ansible installation.

ansible --version

Verify AWS CLI installation.

aws --version

Task 2: Install AWS Dependencies

1

Install required Python packages.

sudo apt install python3-pip

2

Verify installation.

pip3 list | grep boto

Task 3: Configure AWS Credentials

1

Configure AWS account

aws configure
Enter:
AWS Access Key ID
AWS Secret Access Key
Region: ap-south-1
Output: json

2

Verify configuration.

aws configure list

Task 5: Verify AWS Connectivity

1

Verify AWS account access.

aws sts get-caller-identity

2

Verify S3 access

aws s3 ls

Task 5: Verify Ansible AWS Integration

1

Create inventory file

vi inventory

2

Verify Ansible connectivity

ansible all -i inventory -m ping

Task 6: Test AWS Integration using Ansible

1

Create test playbook

vi aws-test.yml

Add:
  name: Verify AWS Connectivity
  hosts: localhost
  connection: local

2

Execute playbook

ansible-playbook -i inventory aws-test.yml

 

Great job!

You have successfully configured Ansible for AWS automation. In this lab, you installed AWS dependencies, configured AWS credentials, verified AWS connectivity, and tested Ansible integration with AWS.

Checkpoint

Next-Lab Preparation

  • Provisioning AWS Resources using Ansible

  • Creating EC2 Instances

  • Executing Ansible Playbooks

  • Verifying Created Resources

  • Infrastructure Automation