# clarification on ec2 module usage

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/clarification-on-ec2-module-usage/12802>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** ansible-project\
**Created:** [May 13, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/clarification-on-ec2-module-usage/12802 "2013-05-13T18:29:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/clarification-on-ec2-module-usage/12802/1 "2013-05-13T18:29:18Z")

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Here’s an example:

[https://github.com/ansible/ansible-examples/blob/master/language\_features/eucalyptus-ec2.yml](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-examples/blob/master/language_features/eucalyptus-ec2.yml)

Some folks like to provision and configure in seperate steps, so you might use includes to make it doable.

I’d also highly recommend the EC2 inventory script.