spotinst_aws_elastigroup - Create, update or delete Spotinst AWS Elastigroups¶

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis
- Requirements
Parameters
Examples
Return Values
Status
Maintenance
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Synopsis ¶

Can create, update, or delete Spotinst AWS Elastigroups Launch configuration is part of the elastigroup configuration, so no additional modules are necessary for handling the launch configuration. You will have to have a credentials file in this location - <home>/.spotinst/credentials The credentials file must contain a row that looks like this token = <YOUR TOKEN> Full documentation available at https://help.spotinst.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003530285-Ansible-

Requirements ¶

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

spotinst >= 1.0.21
python >= 2.7

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
account_id		(String) Optional parameter that allows to set an account-id inside the module configuration By default this is retrieved from the credentials path
availability_vs_cost required	Choices: availabilityOriented costOriented balanced	(String) The strategy orientation.
availability_zones required		(List of Objects) a list of hash/dictionaries of Availability Zones that are configured in the elastigroup; '[{"key":"value", "key":"value"}]'; keys allowed are name (String), subnet_id (String), placement_group_name (String),
block_device_mappings		(List of Objects) a list of hash/dictionaries of Block Device Mappings for elastigroup instances; You can specify virtual devices and EBS volumes.; '[{"key":"value", "key":"value"}]'; keys allowed are device_name (List of Strings), virtual_name (String), no_device (String), ebs (Object, expects the following keys- delete_on_termination(Boolean), encrypted(Boolean), iops (Integer), snapshot_id(Integer), volume_type(String), volume_size(Integer))
chef		(Object) The Chef integration configuration.; Expects the following keys - chef_server (String), organization (String), user (String), pem_key (String), chef_version (String)
credentials_path		(String) Optional parameter that allows to set a non-default credentials path. Default is ~/.spotinst/credentials
down_scaling_policies		(List of Objects) a list of hash/dictionaries of scaling policies to configure in the elastigroup; '[{"key":"value", "key":"value"}]'; keys allowed are - policy_name (String, required), namespace (String, required), metric_name (String, required), dimensions ((List of Objects), Keys allowed are name (String, required) and value (String)), statistic (String, required), evaluation_periods (String, required), period (String, required), threshold (String, required), cooldown (String, required), unit (String, required), operator (String, required), action_type (String, required), adjustment (String), max_target_capacity (String), target (String), maximum (String), minimum (String)
draining_timeout		(Integer) Time for instance to be drained from incoming requests and deregistered from ELB before termination.
ebs_optimized		(Boolean) Enable EBS optimization for supported instances which are not enabled by default.; Note - additional charges will be applied.
ebs_volume_pool		(List of Objects) a list of hash/dictionaries of EBS devices to reattach to the elastigroup when available; '[{"key":"value", "key":"value"}]'; keys allowed are - volume_ids (List of Strings), device_name (String)
ecs		(Object) The ECS integration configuration.; Expects the following key - cluster_name (String)
elastic_ips		(List of Strings) List of ElasticIps Allocation Ids (Example `eipalloc-9d4e16f8`) to associate to the group instances
fallback_to_od		(Boolean) In case of no spots available, Elastigroup will launch an On-demand instance instead
health_check_grace_period	Default: 300	(Integer) The amount of time, in seconds, after the instance has launched to start and check its health.
health_check_type	Choices: ELB HCS TARGET_GROUP MLB EC2	(String) The service to use for the health check.
health_check_unhealthy_duration_before_replacement		(Integer) Minimal mount of time instance should be unhealthy for us to consider it unhealthy.
iam_role_arn		(String) The instance profile iamRole arn Only use iam_role_arn, or iam_role_name
iam_role_name		(String) The instance profile iamRole name Only use iam_role_arn, or iam_role_name
id		(String) The group id if it already exists and you want to update, or delete it. This will not work unless the uniqueness_by field is set to id. When this is set, and the uniqueness_by field is set, the group will either be updated or deleted, but not created.
ignore_changes	Choices: image_id target	(List of Strings) list of fields on which changes should be ignored when updating
image_id required		(String) The image Id used to launch the instance.; In case of conflict between Instance type and image type, an error will be returned
key_pair required		(String) Specify a Key Pair to attach to the instances
kubernetes		(Object) The Kubernetes integration configuration. Expects the following keys - api_server (String), token (String)
lifetime_period		(String) lifetime period
load_balancers		(List of Strings) List of classic ELB names
max_size required		(Integer) The upper limit number of instances that you can scale up to
mesosphere		(Object) The Mesosphere integration configuration. Expects the following key - api_server (String)
min_size required		(Integer) The lower limit number of instances that you can scale down to
monitoring required		(Boolean) Describes whether instance Enhanced Monitoring is enabled
name required		(String) Unique name for elastigroup to be created, updated or deleted
network_interfaces		(List of Objects) a list of hash/dictionaries of network interfaces to add to the elastigroup; '[{"key":"value", "key":"value"}]'; keys allowed are - description (String), device_index (Integer), secondary_private_ip_address_count (Integer), associate_public_ip_address (Boolean), delete_on_termination (Boolean), groups (List of Strings), network_interface_id (String), private_ip_address (String), subnet_id (String), associate_ipv6_address (Boolean), private_ip_addresses (List of Objects, Keys are privateIpAddress (String, required) and primary (Boolean))
on_demand_count		(Integer) Required if risk is not set Number of on demand instances to launch. All other instances will be spot instances.; Either set this parameter or the risk parameter
on_demand_instance_type required		(String) On-demand instance type that will be provisioned
opsworks		(Object) The elastigroup OpsWorks integration configration.; Expects the following key - layer_id (String)
persistence		(Object) The Stateful elastigroup configration.; Accepts the following keys - should_persist_root_device (Boolean), should_persist_block_devices (Boolean), should_persist_private_ip (Boolean)
product required	Choices: Linux/UNIX SUSE Linux Windows Linux/UNIX (Amazon VPC) SUSE Linux (Amazon VPC) Windows	(String) Operation system type._
rancher		(Object) The Rancher integration configuration.; Expects the following keys - access_key (String), secret_key (String), master_host (String)
right_scale		(Object) The Rightscale integration configuration.; Expects the following keys - account_id (String), refresh_token (String)
risk		(Integer) required if on demand is not set. The percentage of Spot instances to launch (0 - 100).
roll_config		(Object) Roll configuration.; If you would like the group to roll after updating, please use this feature. Accepts the following keys - batch_size_percentage(Integer, Required), grace_period - (Integer, Required), health_check_type(String, Optional)
scheduled_tasks		(List of Objects) a list of hash/dictionaries of scheduled tasks to configure in the elastigroup; '[{"key":"value", "key":"value"}]'; keys allowed are - adjustment (Integer), scale_target_capacity (Integer), scale_min_capacity (Integer), scale_max_capacity (Integer), adjustment_percentage (Integer), batch_size_percentage (Integer), cron_expression (String), frequency (String), grace_period (Integer), task_type (String, required), is_enabled (Boolean)
security_group_ids required		(List of Strings) One or more security group IDs. ; In case of update it will override the existing Security Group with the new given array
shutdown_script		(String) The Base64-encoded shutdown script that executes prior to instance termination. Encode before setting.
signals		(List of Objects) a list of hash/dictionaries of signals to configure in the elastigroup; keys allowed are - name (String, required), timeout (Integer)
spin_up_time		(Integer) spin up time, in seconds, for the instance
spot_instance_types required		(List of Strings) Spot instance type that will be provisioned.
state	Choices: present absent	(String) create or delete the elastigroup
tags		(List of tagKey:tagValue paris) a list of tags to configure in the elastigroup. Please specify list of keys and values (key colon value);
target required		(Integer) The number of instances to launch
target_group_arns		(List of Strings) List of target group arns instances should be registered to
target_tracking_policies		(List of Objects) a list of hash/dictionaries of target tracking policies to configure in the elastigroup; '[{"key":"value", "key":"value"}]'; keys allowed are - policy_name (String, required), namespace (String, required), source (String, required), metric_name (String, required), statistic (String, required), unit (String, required), cooldown (String, required), target (String, required)
tenancy	Choices: default dedicated	(String) dedicated vs shared tenancy
terminate_at_end_of_billing_hour		(Boolean) terminate at the end of billing hour
uniqueness_by	Choices: id name	(String) If your group names are not unique, you may use this feature to update or delete a specific group. Whenever this property is set, you must set a group_id in order to update or delete a group, otherwise a group will be created.
unit required	Choices: instance weight	(String) The capacity unit to launch instances by.
up_scaling_policies		(List of Objects) a list of hash/dictionaries of scaling policies to configure in the elastigroup; '[{"key":"value", "key":"value"}]'; keys allowed are - policy_name (String, required), namespace (String, required), metric_name (String, required), dimensions (List of Objects, Keys allowed are name (String, required) and value (String)), statistic (String, required) evaluation_periods (String, required), period (String, required), threshold (String, required), cooldown (String, required), unit (String, required), operator (String, required), action_type (String, required), adjustment (String), min_target_capacity (String), target (String), maximum (String), minimum (String)
user_data		(String) Base64-encoded MIME user data. Encode before setting the value.
utilize_reserved_instances		(Boolean) In case of any available Reserved Instances, Elastigroup will utilize your reservations before purchasing Spot instances.
wait_for_instances		(Boolean) Whether or not the elastigroup creation / update actions should wait for the instances to spin
wait_timeout		(Integer) How long the module should wait for instances before failing the action.; Only works if wait_for_instances is True.

Examples ¶

# Basic configuration YAML example

- hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    - name: create elastigroup
      spotinst_aws_elastigroup:
          state: present
          risk: 100
          availability_vs_cost: balanced
          availability_zones:
            - name: us-west-2a
              subnet_id: subnet-2b68a15c
          image_id: ami-f173cc91
          key_pair: spotinst-oregon
          max_size: 15
          min_size: 0
          target: 0
          unit: instance
          monitoring: True
          name: ansible-group
          on_demand_instance_type: c3.large
          product: Linux/UNIX
          load_balancers:
            - test-lb-1
          security_group_ids:
            - sg-8f4b8fe9
          spot_instance_types:
            - c3.large
          do_not_update:
            - image_id
            - target
      register: result
    - debug: var=result

# In this example, we create an elastigroup and wait 600 seconds to retrieve the instances, and use their private ips

- hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    - name: create elastigroup
      spotinst_aws_elastigroup:
          state: present
          account_id: act-1a9dd2b
          risk: 100
          availability_vs_cost: balanced
          availability_zones:
            - name: us-west-2a
              subnet_id: subnet-2b68a15c
          tags:
            - Environment: someEnvValue
            - OtherTagKey: otherValue
          image_id: ami-f173cc91
          key_pair: spotinst-oregon
          max_size: 5
          min_size: 0
          target: 0
          unit: instance
          monitoring: True
          name: ansible-group-tal
          on_demand_instance_type: c3.large
          product: Linux/UNIX
          security_group_ids:
            - sg-8f4b8fe9
          block_device_mappings:
            - device_name: '/dev/sda1'
              ebs:
                volume_size: 100
                volume_type: gp2
          spot_instance_types:
            - c3.large
          do_not_update:
            - image_id
          wait_for_instances: True
          wait_timeout: 600
      register: result

    - name: Store private ips to file
      shell: echo {{ item.private_ip }}\n >> list-of-private-ips
      with_items: "{{ result.instances }}"
    - debug: var=result

# In this example, we create an elastigroup with multiple block device mappings, tags, and also an account id
# In organizations with more than one account, it is required to specify an account_id

- hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    - name: create elastigroup
      spotinst_aws_elastigroup:
          state: present
          account_id: act-1a9dd2b
          risk: 100
          availability_vs_cost: balanced
          availability_zones:
            - name: us-west-2a
              subnet_id: subnet-2b68a15c
          tags:
            - Environment: someEnvValue
            - OtherTagKey: otherValue
          image_id: ami-f173cc91
          key_pair: spotinst-oregon
          max_size: 5
          min_size: 0
          target: 0
          unit: instance
          monitoring: True
          name: ansible-group-tal
          on_demand_instance_type: c3.large
          product: Linux/UNIX
          security_group_ids:
            - sg-8f4b8fe9
          block_device_mappings:
            - device_name: '/dev/xvda'
              ebs:
                volume_size: 60
                volume_type: gp2
            - device_name: '/dev/xvdb'
              ebs:
                volume_size: 120
                volume_type: gp2
          spot_instance_types:
            - c3.large
          do_not_update:
            - image_id
          wait_for_instances: True
          wait_timeout: 600
      register: result

    - name: Store private ips to file
      shell: echo {{ item.private_ip }}\n >> list-of-private-ips
      with_items: "{{ result.instances }}"
    - debug: var=result

# In this example we have set up block device mapping with ephemeral devices

- hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    - name: create elastigroup
      spotinst_aws_elastigroup:
          state: present
          risk: 100
          availability_vs_cost: balanced
          availability_zones:
            - name: us-west-2a
              subnet_id: subnet-2b68a15c
          image_id: ami-f173cc91
          key_pair: spotinst-oregon
          max_size: 15
          min_size: 0
          target: 0
          unit: instance
          block_device_mappings:
            - device_name: '/dev/xvda'
              virtual_name: ephemeral0
            - device_name: '/dev/xvdb/'
              virtual_name: ephemeral1
          monitoring: True
          name: ansible-group
          on_demand_instance_type: c3.large
          product: Linux/UNIX
          load_balancers:
            - test-lb-1
          security_group_ids:
            - sg-8f4b8fe9
          spot_instance_types:
            - c3.large
          do_not_update:
            - image_id
            - target
      register: result
    - debug: var=result

# In this example we create a basic group configuration with a network interface defined.
# Each network interface must have a device index

- hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    - name: create elastigroup
      spotinst_aws_elastigroup:
          state: present
          risk: 100
          availability_vs_cost: balanced
          network_interfaces:
            - associate_public_ip_address: true
              device_index: 0
          availability_zones:
            - name: us-west-2a
              subnet_id: subnet-2b68a15c
          image_id: ami-f173cc91
          key_pair: spotinst-oregon
          max_size: 15
          min_size: 0
          target: 0
          unit: instance
          monitoring: True
          name: ansible-group
          on_demand_instance_type: c3.large
          product: Linux/UNIX
          load_balancers:
            - test-lb-1
          security_group_ids:
            - sg-8f4b8fe9
          spot_instance_types:
            - c3.large
          do_not_update:
            - image_id
            - target
      register: result
    - debug: var=result


# In this example we create a basic group configuration with a target tracking scaling policy defined

- hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    - name: create elastigroup
      spotinst_aws_elastigroup:
          account_id: act-92d45673
          state: present
          risk: 100
          availability_vs_cost: balanced
          availability_zones:
            - name: us-west-2a
              subnet_id: subnet-79da021e
          image_id: ami-f173cc91
          fallback_to_od: true
          tags:
            - Creator: ValueOfCreatorTag
            - Environment: ValueOfEnvironmentTag
          key_pair: spotinst-labs-oregon
          max_size: 10
          min_size: 0
          target: 2
          unit: instance
          monitoring: True
          name: ansible-group-1
          on_demand_instance_type: c3.large
          product: Linux/UNIX
          security_group_ids:
            - sg-46cdc13d
          spot_instance_types:
            - c3.large
          target_tracking_policies:
            - policy_name: target-tracking-1
              namespace: AWS/EC2
              metric_name: CPUUtilization
              statistic: average
              unit: percent
              target: 50
              cooldown: 120
          do_not_update:
            - image_id
      register: result
    - debug: var=result

Return Values ¶

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
group_id string	success	Created / Updated group's ID. Sample: sig-12345
instances dict	success	List of active elastigroup instances and their details. Sample: [{'status': 'fulfilled', 'product': 'Linux/UNIX', 'availabilityZone': 'us-west-2b', 'instanceId': 'i-09640ad8678234c', 'spotInstanceRequestId': 'sir-regs25zp', 'privateIp': '180.0.2.244', 'instanceType': 'm4.large', 'createdAt': '2017-07-17T12:46:18.000Z'}]

Status ¶

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance ¶

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author ¶

Spotinst

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