# Difference in ec2 module and ec2\_instance module.

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/difference-in-ec2-module-and-ec2-instance-module/28788>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [October 15, 2018, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/difference-in-ec2-module-and-ec2-instance-module/28788 "2018-10-15T13:27:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Madushan\_Chathuranga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/db5fbb/32.png) [@Madushan\_Chathuranga](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Madushan_Chathuranga)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/difference-in-ec2-module-and-ec2-instance-module/28788/1 "2018-10-15T13:27:13Z")

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Hi All,

What is the difference between ec2 module and ec2\_instance module. Why there are two modules to create an ec2.

[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.5/modules/ec2\_instance\_module.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.5/modules/ec2_instance_module.html)

[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.5/modules/ec2\_module.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.5/modules/ec2_module.html)

I see pretty much all the module args are same except for some.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Sean\_McGowan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@Sean\_McGowan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sean_McGowan)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/difference-in-ec2-module-and-ec2-instance-module/28788/2 "2018-10-27T12:25:54Z")

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Did you ever find the answer to this? My searchengine-fu is failing me.