{"id":2494,"date":"2023-02-01T12:40:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T07:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/?p=2494"},"modified":"2023-02-01T12:40:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T07:10:34","slug":"how-to-create-aws-ec2-key-using-ansible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/how-to-create-aws-ec2-key-using-ansible\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create AWS ec2 key using Ansible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s how to create an EC2 key using Ansible:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Install the AWS CLI: To use Ansible with AWS, you need to have the AWS CLI installed. You can install it using the following command:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs\">pip install awscli<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Configure the AWS CLI: You need to configure the AWS CLI with your AWS credentials. You can do this by running the following command:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs\">aws configure<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Install the EC2 module in Ansible: You can install the EC2 module in Ansible using the following command:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs\">ansible-galaxy install ansible.module_utils.ec2<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Create a Key Pair: To create a key pair in EC2, you can use the following Ansible playbook:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-yaml\"><span class=\"hljs-meta\">---<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hljs-bullet\">-<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">name:<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">Create<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">EC2<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">Key<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">Pair<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hljs-attr\">hosts:<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">localhost<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hljs-attr\">tasks:<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hljs-bullet\">-<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">name:<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">Create<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">EC2<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">Key<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">Pair<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hljs-attr\">ec2_key:<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hljs-attr\">name:<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">my_key_pair<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hljs-attr\">region:<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">us-west-2<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hljs-attr\">register:<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">key_pair<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hljs-bullet\">-<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">name:<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">Save<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">Key<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">Pair<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">to<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">File<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hljs-attr\">copy:<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hljs-attr\">content:<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"<span class=\"hljs-template-variable\">{{ key_pair.key.private_key }}<\/span>\"<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hljs-attr\">dest:<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"~\/my_key_pair.pem\"<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hljs-attr\">mode:<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">0400<\/span><br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This playbook will create a key pair named <code>my_key_pair<\/code> in the <code>us-west-2<\/code> region, and save the private key to a file named <code>my_key_pair.pem<\/code> in the home directory of the user running the playbook.<\/p>\n<p>These steps should help you create an EC2 key using Ansible. 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