# AWS Ansible **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** aws\ **Created:** [June 29, 2017, 5:58am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aws-ansible/24846 "2017-06-29T05:58:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![groupfiles14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/54ee81/32.png) [@groupfiles14](https://forum.ansible.com/u/groupfiles14)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 5:58am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aws-ansible/24846/1 "2017-06-29T05:58:59Z")
Hi Ansiblers, How can i use same playbook for multiple aws accounts, can i give the access key and secret key as command line paramters in playbook? ---
**Author:** ![groupfiles14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/54ee81/32.png) [@groupfiles14](https://forum.ansible.com/u/groupfiles14)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 5:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aws-ansible/24846/2 "2017-07-03T05:28:33Z")
Any help? ---
**Author:** ![Darragh\_Grealish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f475e1/32.png) [@Darragh\_Grealish](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Darragh_Grealish)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 8:58am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aws-ansible/24846/3 "2017-07-03T08:58:29Z")
Yes, you pass them as extra-vars, but there are many ways to do this, just watch out where you run your playbook and if AWS ENV variables are already set, as boto will take this into account also. best to understand better the AWS credentials and profiles [http://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-java/v1/developer-guide/credentials.html#credentials-default](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-java/v1/developer-guide/credentials.html#credentials-default) ---
**Author:** ![groupfiles14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/54ee81/32.png) [@groupfiles14](https://forum.ansible.com/u/groupfiles14)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 7:32am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aws-ansible/24846/4 "2017-07-04T07:32:39Z")
Is there a way to store all accounts keys as some files and call them as extra vars in playbook? ---
**Author:** ![Dick\_Davies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Dick\_Davies](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Davies)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 7:45am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aws-ansible/24846/5 "2017-07-04T07:45:15Z")
Yes, you can use lookups, like this - name: set authorized\_keys authorized\_key: user={{ item }} exclusive=yes key="{{ lookup('file', 'files/pubkeys/{{ item }}.key') }}" with\_items: "{{ team\_members[team] }}" team\_members[team] here is a list of usernames, the files live in rolename/files/pubkeys/$username.key original role is here : [https://github.com/rasputnik/ansible-sshteams/blob/master/roles/teams/tasks/team.yml](https://github.com/rasputnik/ansible-sshteams/blob/master/roles/teams/tasks/team.yml) ---
**Author:** ![groupfiles14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/54ee81/32.png) [@groupfiles14](https://forum.ansible.com/u/groupfiles14)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 8:07am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aws-ansible/24846/6 "2017-07-04T08:07:13Z")
Oh my god, my head is spinning. I have 3 accounts in AWS, i need to create a file for each account? and then i need to give that name in playbook? i am expecting something like this ansible-playbook newmachine.yml --extra-vars “account=myaccount” and i want the new ec2 instance to be spinned up in that account. how can i do this? ---
**Author:** ![Dick\_Davies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Dick\_Davies](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Davies)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 10:23am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aws-ansible/24846/7 "2017-07-04T10:23:25Z")
Sorry I thought you wanted to know about file lookups (in this case it's ssh keys). If the -e 'credentials=/path/to/credentials' , you just need to lookup the file and read it's contents. Or just set environment variables before you run the playbook, I thought the aws related modules read the environment fine. ---
**Author:** ![groupfiles14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/54ee81/32.png) [@groupfiles14](https://forum.ansible.com/u/groupfiles14)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aws-ansible/24846/8 "2017-07-04T10:33:39Z")
Sorry, i dont really know where to start, Should i save the keys in some file and refer that fiile in the playbook as a variable? ---
**Author:** ![Dick\_Davies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Dick\_Davies](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Davies)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aws-ansible/24846/9 "2017-07-04T10:51:13Z")
No, just keep it simple and set the environment variables; then you can't accidentally commit credentials to a repo or use the wrong account. [http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/guide\_aws.html](http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/guide_aws.html) ---
**Author:** ![groupfiles14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/54ee81/32.png) [@groupfiles14](https://forum.ansible.com/u/groupfiles14)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 7:06am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aws-ansible/24846/10 "2017-07-07T07:06:26Z")
i am new to ansible and i am struggling a bit here ☹ how can i save multiple accounts credentials in ansible server and call them in command line?