ec2_facts - Gathers facts about remote hosts within ec2 (aws)

• Synopsis
• Options
• Examples
• Notes
• This is a Core Module

Synopsis

This module fetches data from the metadata servers in ec2 (aws) as per http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-instance-metadata.html. The module must be called from within the EC2 instance itself.

Options

Examples

# Conditional example
- name: Gather facts
  action: ec2_facts

- name: Conditional
  action: debug msg="This instance is a t1.micro"
  when: ansible_ec2_instance_type == "t1.micro"

Notes

This is a Core Module

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