ssm.send_command()

send_command.py

# importing 3rd party python modules
import boto3

# aws instance id's
FAULTING_ENGINE_QA = ""

# global variables
S3_DEVOPS_ANSIBLE_PLAYBOOKS = "s3://playbook folder"

def lambda_handler(event, context):
    ssm = boto3.client("ssm")
    ssm.send_command(
        InstanceIds=[
            FAULTING_ENGINE_QA
        ],
        DocumentName="AWS-ApplyAnsiblePlaybooks",
        Parameters={
            "SourceInfo" : [
                S3_DEVOPS_ANSIBLE_PLAYBOOKS
                ],
            "InstallDependencies": [
                "True"
            ],
            "PlaybookFile": [
                "stop_faulting_engines.yaml"
            ]
        }
    )