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# lightsail – Create or delete a virtual machine instance in AWS Lightsail

New in version 2.4.

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- Creates or instances in AWS Lightsail and optionally wait for it to be ‘running’.

## Requirements

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

- boto

- boto3

- python >= 2.6

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
aws_access_key string |  | AWS access key. If not set then the value of the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variable is used. aliases: ec2_access_key, access_key
aws_secret_key string |  | AWS secret key. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_KEY, or EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variable is used. aliases: ec2_secret_key, secret_key
blueprint_id - |  | ID of the instance blueprint image. Required when state='present'
bundle_id - |  | Bundle of specification info for the instance. Required when state='present'
debug_botocore_endpoint_logs boolean added in 2.8 | Choices: no ← yes | Use a botocore.endpoint logger to parse the unique (rather than total) "resource:action" API calls made during a task, outputing the set to the resource_actions key in the task results. Use the aws_resource_action callback to output to total list made during a playbook. The ANSIBLE_DEBUG_BOTOCORE_LOGS environment variable may also be used.
ec2_url string |  | Url to use to connect to EC2 or your Eucalyptus cloud (by default the module will use EC2 endpoints). Ignored for modules where region is required. Must be specified for all other modules if region is not used. If not set then the value of the EC2_URL environment variable, if any, is used.
key_pair_name - |  | Name of the key pair to use with the instance
name - / required |  | Name of the instance
profile string |  | Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
region string |  | The AWS region to use. If not specified then the value of the AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION environment variable, if any, is used. See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region aliases: aws_region, ec2_region
security_token string |  | AWS STS security token. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variable is used. aliases: access_token
state - | Choices: present ← absent running restarted stopped | Indicate desired state of the target.
user_data - |  | Launch script that can configure the instance with additional data
validate_certs boolean | Choices: no yes ← | When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
wait boolean | Choices: no yes ← | Wait for the instance to be in state 'running' before returning. If wait is "no" an ip_address may not be returned
wait_timeout - | Default: 300 | How long before wait gives up, in seconds.
zone - |  | AWS availability zone in which to launch the instance. Required when state='present'

## Notes

Note

- If parameters are not set within the module, the following environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence `AWS_URL` or `EC2_URL`, `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID` or `AWS_ACCESS_KEY` or `EC2_ACCESS_KEY`, `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY` or `AWS_SECRET_KEY` or `EC2_SECRET_KEY`, `AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN` or `EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN`, `AWS_REGION` or `EC2_REGION`

- Ansible uses the boto configuration file (typically ~/.boto) if no credentials are provided. See https://boto.readthedocs.io/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html

- `AWS_REGION` or `EC2_REGION` can be typically be used to specify the AWS region, when required, but this can also be configured in the boto config file

## Examples

    # Create a new Lightsail instance, register the instance details
    - lightsail:
        state: present
        name: myinstance
        region: us-east-1
        zone: us-east-1a
        blueprint_id: ubuntu_16_04
        bundle_id: nano_1_0
        key_pair_name: id_rsa
        user_data: " echo 'hello world' > /home/ubuntu/test.txt"
        wait_timeout: 500
      register: my_instance

    - debug:
        msg: "Name is {{ my_instance.instance.name }}"

    - debug:
        msg: "IP is {{ my_instance.instance.public_ip_address }}"

    # Delete an instance if present
    - lightsail:
        state: absent
        region: us-east-1
        name: myinstance

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
changed boolean | always | if a snapshot has been modified/created Sample: {'changed': True}
instance dictionary | always | instance data Sample: {'arn': 'arn:aws:lightsail:us-east-1:448830907657:Instance/1fef0175-d6c8-480e-84fa-214f969cda87', 'blueprint_id': 'ubuntu_16_04', 'blueprint_name': 'Ubuntu', 'bundle_id': 'nano_1_0', 'created_at': '2017-03-27T08:38:59.714000-04:00', 'hardware': {'cpu_count': 1, 'ram_size_in_gb': 0.5}, 'is_static_ip': False, 'location': {'availability_zone': 'us-east-1a', 'region_name': 'us-east-1'}, 'name': 'my_instance', 'networking': {'monthly_transfer': {'gb_per_month_allocated': 1024}, 'ports': [{'access_direction': 'inbound', 'access_from': 'Anywhere (0.0.0.0/0)', 'access_type': 'public', 'common_name': '', 'from_port': 80, 'protocol': 'tcp', 'to_port': 80}, {'access_direction': 'inbound', 'access_from': 'Anywhere (0.0.0.0/0)', 'access_type': 'public', 'common_name': '', 'from_port': 22, 'protocol': 'tcp', 'to_port': 22}]}, 'private_ip_address': '172.26.8.14', 'public_ip_address': '34.207.152.202', 'resource_type': 'Instance', 'ssh_key_name': 'keypair', 'state': {'code': 16, 'name': 'running'}, 'support_code': '588307843083/i-0997c97831ee21e33', 'username': 'ubuntu'}

## Status

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

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

### Authors

- Nick Ball (@nickball)

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