AWS Dynamic inventory Script Testing - Ansible

Ansible Dynamic inventory - Ansible

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Distributor ID: Debian
Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 8.6 (jessie)
Release:        8.6
Codename:       jessie


Steps to follow:

1) Install ansible 

   $apt-get install ansible

2) Install the python pip

   $apt-get install python-pip

3) Install Boto from the Pypi
   
   $pip install boto

4) Download the ec2.ini and ec2.py to the current directory  
   
   $wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ansible/ansible/devel/contrib/inventory/ec2.ini
   $wget https://raw.github.com/ansible/ansible/devel/contrib/inventory/ec2.py
   
5) Export the Environmental Varibles
    
    Create an IAM user in the AWS and set the policy as admin for demo purpose and enable to access programatically 
    
    $export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID='XXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
    $export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY='XXXXXXXXXXX'

6) Testing the script for checking the configuration

   $./ec2.py --list
   
   
   
   Output
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    root@ip-10-0-2-87:~/ansible# ./ec2.py --list
{
  "_meta": {
    "hostvars": {
      "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx": {
        "ansible_ssh_host": "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx",
        "ec2__in_monitoring_element": false,
        "ec2_account_id": "xxxxxxxxxxx",
        "ec2_ami_launch_index": "0",
        "ec2_architecture": "x86_64",
        "ec2_block_devices": {
          "xvda": "vol-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
        },