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# spotinst_aws_elastigroup – Create, update or delete Spotinst AWS Elastigroups

New in version 2.5.

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- Can create, update, or delete Spotinst AWS Elastigroups Launch configuration is part of the elastigroup configuration, so no additional modules are necessary for handling the launch configuration. You will have to have a credentials file in this location - <home>/.spotinst/credentials The credentials file must contain a row that looks like this token = <YOUR TOKEN> Full documentation available at https://help.spotinst.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003530285-Ansible-

## Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

- python >= 2.7

- spotinst_sdk >= 1.0.38

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
account_id - |  | (String) Optional parameter that allows to set an account-id inside the module configuration By default this is retrieved from the credentials path
availability_vs_cost - / required | Choices: availabilityOriented costOriented balanced | (String) The strategy orientation.
availability_zones - / required |  | (List of Objects) a list of hash/dictionaries of Availability Zones that are configured in the elastigroup; '[{"key":"value", "key":"value"}]'; keys allowed are name (String), subnet_id (String), placement_group_name (String),
block_device_mappings - |  | (List of Objects) a list of hash/dictionaries of Block Device Mappings for elastigroup instances; You can specify virtual devices and EBS volumes.; '[{"key":"value", "key":"value"}]'; keys allowed are device_name (List of Strings), virtual_name (String), no_device (String), ebs (Object, expects the following keys- delete_on_termination(Boolean), encrypted(Boolean), iops (Integer), snapshot_id(Integer), volume_type(String), volume_size(Integer))
chef - |  | (Object) The Chef integration configuration.; Expects the following keys - chef_server (String), organization (String), user (String), pem_key (String), chef_version (String)
credentials_path - |  | (String) Optional parameter that allows to set a non-default credentials path. Default is ~/.spotinst/credentials
down_scaling_policies - |  | (List of Objects) a list of hash/dictionaries of scaling policies to configure in the elastigroup; '[{"key":"value", "key":"value"}]'; keys allowed are - policy_name (String, required), namespace (String, required), metric_name (String, required), dimensions ((List of Objects), Keys allowed are name (String, required) and value (String)), statistic (String, required), evaluation_periods (String, required), period (String, required), threshold (String, required), cooldown (String, required), unit (String, required), operator (String, required), action_type (String, required), adjustment (String), max_target_capacity (String), target (String), maximum (String), minimum (String)
draining_timeout - |  | (Integer) Time for instance to be drained from incoming requests and deregistered from ELB before termination.
ebs_optimized boolean | Choices: no yes | (Boolean) Enable EBS optimization for supported instances which are not enabled by default.; Note - additional charges will be applied.
ebs_volume_pool - |  | (List of Objects) a list of hash/dictionaries of EBS devices to reattach to the elastigroup when available; '[{"key":"value", "key":"value"}]'; keys allowed are - volume_ids (List of Strings), device_name (String)
ecs - |  | (Object) The ECS integration configuration.; Expects the following key - cluster_name (String)
elastic_ips - |  | (List of Strings) List of ElasticIps Allocation Ids (Example `eipalloc-9d4e16f8`) to associate to the group instances
fallback_to_od boolean | Choices: no yes | (Boolean) In case of no spots available, Elastigroup will launch an On-demand instance instead
health_check_grace_period - | Default: 300 | (Integer) The amount of time, in seconds, after the instance has launched to start and check its health.
health_check_type - | Choices: ELB HCS TARGET_GROUP MLB EC2 | (String) The service to use for the health check.
health_check_unhealthy_duration_before_replacement - |  | (Integer) Minimal mount of time instance should be unhealthy for us to consider it unhealthy.
iam_role_arn - |  | (String) The instance profile iamRole arn Only use iam_role_arn, or iam_role_name
iam_role_name - |  | (String) The instance profile iamRole name Only use iam_role_arn, or iam_role_name
id - |  | (String) The group id if it already exists and you want to update, or delete it. This will not work unless the uniqueness_by field is set to id. When this is set, and the uniqueness_by field is set, the group will either be updated or deleted, but not created.
ignore_changes - | Choices: image_id target | (List of Strings) list of fields on which changes should be ignored when updating
image_id - / required |  | (String) The image Id used to launch the instance.; In case of conflict between Instance type and image type, an error will be returned
key_pair - / required |  | (String) Specify a Key Pair to attach to the instances
kubernetes - |  | (Object) The Kubernetes integration configuration. Expects the following keys - api_server (String), token (String)
lifetime_period - |  | (String) lifetime period
load_balancers - |  | (List of Strings) List of classic ELB names
max_size - / required |  | (Integer) The upper limit number of instances that you can scale up to
mesosphere - |  | (Object) The Mesosphere integration configuration. Expects the following key - api_server (String)
min_size - / required |  | (Integer) The lower limit number of instances that you can scale down to
monitoring - / required |  | (Boolean) Describes whether instance Enhanced Monitoring is enabled
name - / required |  | (String) Unique name for elastigroup to be created, updated or deleted
network_interfaces - |  | (List of Objects) a list of hash/dictionaries of network interfaces to add to the elastigroup; '[{"key":"value", "key":"value"}]'; keys allowed are - description (String), device_index (Integer), secondary_private_ip_address_count (Integer), associate_public_ip_address (Boolean), delete_on_termination (Boolean), groups (List of Strings), network_interface_id (String), private_ip_address (String), subnet_id (String), associate_ipv6_address (Boolean), private_ip_addresses (List of Objects, Keys are privateIpAddress (String, required) and primary (Boolean))
on_demand_count - |  | (Integer) Required if risk is not set Number of on demand instances to launch. All other instances will be spot instances.; Either set this parameter or the risk parameter
on_demand_instance_type - / required |  | (String) On-demand instance type that will be provisioned
opsworks - |  | (Object) The elastigroup OpsWorks integration configration.; Expects the following key - layer_id (String)
persistence - |  | (Object) The Stateful elastigroup configration.; Accepts the following keys - should_persist_root_device (Boolean), should_persist_block_devices (Boolean), should_persist_private_ip (Boolean)
product - / required | Choices: Linux/UNIX SUSE Linux Windows Linux/UNIX (Amazon VPC) SUSE Linux (Amazon VPC) Windows | (String) Operation system type._
rancher - |  | (Object) The Rancher integration configuration.; Expects the following keys - version (String), access_key (String), secret_key (String), master_host (String)
right_scale - |  | (Object) The Rightscale integration configuration.; Expects the following keys - account_id (String), refresh_token (String)
risk - |  | (Integer) required if on demand is not set. The percentage of Spot instances to launch (0 - 100).
roll_config - |  | (Object) Roll configuration.; If you would like the group to roll after updating, please use this feature. Accepts the following keys - batch_size_percentage(Integer, Required), grace_period - (Integer, Required), health_check_type(String, Optional)
scheduled_tasks - |  | (List of Objects) a list of hash/dictionaries of scheduled tasks to configure in the elastigroup; '[{"key":"value", "key":"value"}]'; keys allowed are - adjustment (Integer), scale_target_capacity (Integer), scale_min_capacity (Integer), scale_max_capacity (Integer), adjustment_percentage (Integer), batch_size_percentage (Integer), cron_expression (String), frequency (String), grace_period (Integer), task_type (String, required), is_enabled (Boolean)
security_group_ids - / required |  | (List of Strings) One or more security group IDs. ; In case of update it will override the existing Security Group with the new given array
shutdown_script - |  | (String) The Base64-encoded shutdown script that executes prior to instance termination. Encode before setting.
signals - |  | (List of Objects) a list of hash/dictionaries of signals to configure in the elastigroup; keys allowed are - name (String, required), timeout (Integer)
spin_up_time - |  | (Integer) spin up time, in seconds, for the instance
spot_instance_types - / required |  | (List of Strings) Spot instance type that will be provisioned.
state - | Choices: present absent | (String) create or delete the elastigroup
tags - |  | (List of tagKey:tagValue paris) a list of tags to configure in the elastigroup. Please specify list of keys and values (key colon value);
target - / required |  | (Integer) The number of instances to launch
target_group_arns - |  | (List of Strings) List of target group arns instances should be registered to
target_tracking_policies - |  | (List of Objects) a list of hash/dictionaries of target tracking policies to configure in the elastigroup; '[{"key":"value", "key":"value"}]'; keys allowed are - policy_name (String, required), namespace (String, required), source (String, required), metric_name (String, required), statistic (String, required), unit (String, required), cooldown (String, required), target (String, required)
tenancy - | Choices: default dedicated | (String) dedicated vs shared tenancy
terminate_at_end_of_billing_hour boolean | Choices: no yes | (Boolean) terminate at the end of billing hour
uniqueness_by - | Choices: id name | (String) If your group names are not unique, you may use this feature to update or delete a specific group. Whenever this property is set, you must set a group_id in order to update or delete a group, otherwise a group will be created.
unit - / required | Choices: instance weight | (String) The capacity unit to launch instances by.
up_scaling_policies - |  | (List of Objects) a list of hash/dictionaries of scaling policies to configure in the elastigroup; '[{"key":"value", "key":"value"}]'; keys allowed are - policy_name (String, required), namespace (String, required), metric_name (String, required), dimensions (List of Objects, Keys allowed are name (String, required) and value (String)), statistic (String, required) evaluation_periods (String, required), period (String, required), threshold (String, required), cooldown (String, required), unit (String, required), operator (String, required), action_type (String, required), adjustment (String), min_target_capacity (String), target (String), maximum (String), minimum (String)
user_data - |  | (String) Base64-encoded MIME user data. Encode before setting the value.
utilize_reserved_instances boolean | Choices: no yes | (Boolean) In case of any available Reserved Instances, Elastigroup will utilize your reservations before purchasing Spot instances.
wait_for_instances boolean | Choices: no yes | (Boolean) Whether or not the elastigroup creation / update actions should wait for the instances to spin
wait_timeout - |  | (Integer) How long the module should wait for instances before failing the action.; Only works if wait_for_instances is True.

## Examples

    # Basic configuration YAML example

    - hosts: localhost
      tasks:
        - name: create elastigroup
          spotinst_aws_elastigroup:
              state: present
              risk: 100
              availability_vs_cost: balanced
              availability_zones:
                - name: us-west-2a
                  subnet_id: subnet-2b68a15c
              image_id: ami-f173cc91
              key_pair: spotinst-oregon
              max_size: 15
              min_size: 0
              target: 0
              unit: instance
              monitoring: True
              name: ansible-group
              on_demand_instance_type: c3.large
              product: Linux/UNIX
              load_balancers:
                - test-lb-1
              security_group_ids:
                - sg-8f4b8fe9
              spot_instance_types:
                - c3.large
              do_not_update:
                - image_id
                - target
          register: result
        - debug: var=result

    # In this example, we create an elastigroup and wait 600 seconds to retrieve the instances, and use their private ips

    - hosts: localhost
      tasks:
        - name: create elastigroup
          spotinst_aws_elastigroup:
              state: present
              account_id: act-1a9dd2b
              risk: 100
              availability_vs_cost: balanced
              availability_zones:
                - name: us-west-2a
                  subnet_id: subnet-2b68a15c
              tags:
                - Environment: someEnvValue
                - OtherTagKey: otherValue
              image_id: ami-f173cc91
              key_pair: spotinst-oregon
              max_size: 5
              min_size: 0
              target: 0
              unit: instance
              monitoring: True
              name: ansible-group-tal
              on_demand_instance_type: c3.large
              product: Linux/UNIX
              security_group_ids:
                - sg-8f4b8fe9
              block_device_mappings:
                - device_name: '/dev/sda1'
                  ebs:
                    volume_size: 100
                    volume_type: gp2
              spot_instance_types:
                - c3.large
              do_not_update:
                - image_id
              wait_for_instances: True
              wait_timeout: 600
          register: result

        - name: Store private ips to file
          shell: echo {{ item.private_ip }}\n >> list-of-private-ips
          with_items: "{{ result.instances }}"
        - debug: var=result

    # In this example, we create an elastigroup with multiple block device mappings, tags, and also an account id
    # In organizations with more than one account, it is required to specify an account_id

    - hosts: localhost
      tasks:
        - name: create elastigroup
          spotinst_aws_elastigroup:
              state: present
              account_id: act-1a9dd2b
              risk: 100
              availability_vs_cost: balanced
              availability_zones:
                - name: us-west-2a
                  subnet_id: subnet-2b68a15c
              tags:
                - Environment: someEnvValue
                - OtherTagKey: otherValue
              image_id: ami-f173cc91
              key_pair: spotinst-oregon
              max_size: 5
              min_size: 0
              target: 0
              unit: instance
              monitoring: True
              name: ansible-group-tal
              on_demand_instance_type: c3.large
              product: Linux/UNIX
              security_group_ids:
                - sg-8f4b8fe9
              block_device_mappings:
                - device_name: '/dev/xvda'
                  ebs:
                    volume_size: 60
                    volume_type: gp2
                - device_name: '/dev/xvdb'
                  ebs:
                    volume_size: 120
                    volume_type: gp2
              spot_instance_types:
                - c3.large
              do_not_update:
                - image_id
              wait_for_instances: True
              wait_timeout: 600
          register: result

        - name: Store private ips to file
          shell: echo {{ item.private_ip }}\n >> list-of-private-ips
          with_items: "{{ result.instances }}"
        - debug: var=result

    # In this example we have set up block device mapping with ephemeral devices

    - hosts: localhost
      tasks:
        - name: create elastigroup
          spotinst_aws_elastigroup:
              state: present
              risk: 100
              availability_vs_cost: balanced
              availability_zones:
                - name: us-west-2a
                  subnet_id: subnet-2b68a15c
              image_id: ami-f173cc91
              key_pair: spotinst-oregon
              max_size: 15
              min_size: 0
              target: 0
              unit: instance
              block_device_mappings:
                - device_name: '/dev/xvda'
                  virtual_name: ephemeral0
                - device_name: '/dev/xvdb/'
                  virtual_name: ephemeral1
              monitoring: True
              name: ansible-group
              on_demand_instance_type: c3.large
              product: Linux/UNIX
              load_balancers:
                - test-lb-1
              security_group_ids:
                - sg-8f4b8fe9
              spot_instance_types:
                - c3.large
              do_not_update:
                - image_id
                - target
          register: result
        - debug: var=result

    # In this example we create a basic group configuration with a network interface defined.
    # Each network interface must have a device index

    - hosts: localhost
      tasks:
        - name: create elastigroup
          spotinst_aws_elastigroup:
              state: present
              risk: 100
              availability_vs_cost: balanced
              network_interfaces:
                - associate_public_ip_address: true
                  device_index: 0
              availability_zones:
                - name: us-west-2a
                  subnet_id: subnet-2b68a15c
              image_id: ami-f173cc91
              key_pair: spotinst-oregon
              max_size: 15
              min_size: 0
              target: 0
              unit: instance
              monitoring: True
              name: ansible-group
              on_demand_instance_type: c3.large
              product: Linux/UNIX
              load_balancers:
                - test-lb-1
              security_group_ids:
                - sg-8f4b8fe9
              spot_instance_types:
                - c3.large
              do_not_update:
                - image_id
                - target
          register: result
        - debug: var=result

    # In this example we create a basic group configuration with a target tracking scaling policy defined

    - hosts: localhost
      tasks:
        - name: create elastigroup
          spotinst_aws_elastigroup:
              account_id: act-92d45673
              state: present
              risk: 100
              availability_vs_cost: balanced
              availability_zones:
                - name: us-west-2a
                  subnet_id: subnet-79da021e
              image_id: ami-f173cc91
              fallback_to_od: true
              tags:
                - Creator: ValueOfCreatorTag
                - Environment: ValueOfEnvironmentTag
              key_pair: spotinst-labs-oregon
              max_size: 10
              min_size: 0
              target: 2
              unit: instance
              monitoring: True
              name: ansible-group-1
              on_demand_instance_type: c3.large
              product: Linux/UNIX
              security_group_ids:
                - sg-46cdc13d
              spot_instance_types:
                - c3.large
              target_tracking_policies:
                - policy_name: target-tracking-1
                  namespace: AWS/EC2
                  metric_name: CPUUtilization
                  statistic: average
                  unit: percent
                  target: 50
                  cooldown: 120
              do_not_update:
                - image_id
          register: result
        - debug: var=result

## Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
group_id string | success | Created / Updated group's ID. Sample: sig-12345
instances dictionary | success | List of active elastigroup instances and their details. Sample: [{'spotInstanceRequestId': 'sir-regs25zp', 'instanceId': 'i-09640ad8678234c', 'instanceType': 'm4.large', 'product': 'Linux/UNIX', 'availabilityZone': 'us-west-2b', 'privateIp': '180.0.2.244', 'createdAt': '2017-07-17T12:46:18.000Z', 'status': 'fulfilled'}]

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Spotinst (@talzur)

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