EC2 Auto-Scaling Group Enhancements

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Hello,
I submitted a pull request for some enhancements to the ec2_asg module
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/7612

This adds a few things:

  • More verbose output than just changed:[true | false]. This is useful if you’re registering variables for use later. I found this particularly useful for fetching the registered launch configuration for deletion after a new one is set. It also returns a list of running instance IDs. This is useful for tearing down running instances.
  • Allowing to query the autoscaling group by using the asg name and state=present. The behavior before was to fail if a launch_configuration and size parameters weren’t specified. These aren’t needed and now are only set if they are a specified parameter.
  • Added support for setting tags on the autoscaling group. The ec2_tag module doesn’t work for autoscaling groups, so this allows you to set them so they can propagate to the instances generated by the autoscaling group.
    The pull request wasn’t getting much attention, but I think it’s quite the improvement. What else is required to get it merged? Let me know if you would like more documentation on the added features or the module in general, I’d be happy to add it.

Thanks!

  • Matt Ferrante
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Hi Matt, we’re currently working on the queue of issues and typically focus on those that are P1/P2 first. Your PR will be reviewed as soon as possible, but in the meantime if others want to test it, having more +1’s always helps us get things merged in quicker.

Thanks!