Ansible is a powerful tool that can be used to manage various cloud platforms, including AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure. This guide provides an overview of how to use Ansible to manage resources on these platforms.
Ansible provides a range of modules to manage AWS resources. Some common tasks include:
ec2 module to create and manage EC2 instances.s3 module to create, delete, and manage S3 buckets.iam module to manage IAM roles, users, and policies.rds module to create and manage RDS instances.- name: Launch EC2 instance
hosts: localhost
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- name: Launch instance
ec2:
key_name: my_key
instance_type: t2.micro
image: ami-12345678
wait: yes
region: us-west-2
register: ec2
- debug:
var: ec2
Ansible also supports managing Azure resources with various modules. Some common tasks include:
azure_rm_virtualmachine module to manage VMs.azure_rm_resourcegroup module to create and manage resource groups.azure_rm_storageaccount module to manage storage accounts.azure_rm_virtualnetwork and azure_rm_subnet modules to manage virtual networks and subnets.- name: Create Azure VM
hosts: localhost
tasks:
- name: Create resource group
azure_rm_resourcegroup:
name: myResourceGroup
location: eastus
- name: Create virtual network
azure_rm_virtualnetwork:
resource_group: myResourceGroup
name: myVnet
address_prefixes: 10.0.0.0/16
- name: Create subnet
azure_rm_subnet:
resource_group: myResourceGroup
virtual_network_name: myVnet
name: mySubnet
address_prefix: 10.0.1.0/24
- name: Create VM
azure_rm_virtualmachine:
resource_group: myResourceGroup
name: myVM
vm_size: Standard_DS1_v2
admin_username: azureuser
admin_password: Password1234!
image:
offer: UbuntuServer
publisher: Canonical
sku: 18.04-LTS
version: latest
network_interfaces:
- name: myNIC
subnet: mySubnet
Ansible can manage Google Cloud Platform (GCP) resources using various modules. Some common tasks include:
gce module to manage Compute Engine instances.gcs_bucket module to create and manage Cloud Storage buckets.gcp_iam_role and gcp_iam_policy modules to manage IAM roles and policies.gcp_compute_network and gcp_compute_subnetwork modules to manage networks and subnets.- name: Create GCP instance
hosts: localhost
tasks:
- name: Create instance
gce:
instance_names: my-instance
machine_type: n1-standard-1
image: debian-9
zone: us-central1-a
credentials_file: /path/to/credentials.json
register: gce
- debug:
var: gce
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