I started with this tutorial https://www.agix.com.au/build-an-ec2-using-ansible-step-by-step/

The ansible code is in Part 7 of the repo github.com/allotmentandy/aws, this code creates a NEW instance on EC2.

To run the playbook:

ansible-playbook  -i ./hosts --private-key ~/.ssh/private.pem createEC2.yml

Improvements for the next version:

• this uses the deprecated https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/amazon/aws/ec2_module.html#ansible-collections-amazon-aws-ec2-module
• check if there is an instance first
• destroy the instance script
• add the Elastic IP address

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