EC2 - Delete on termination

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Hello all,
I’ve been experimenting with the Ansible ec2 modules and I’m looking for a way to set the default volume created to have the “delete on termination” option set.

I found these volume options:

`
volumes:

  • device_name: /dev/sda1
    volume_size: 512
    delete_on_termination: true
    `

but this seems to create a secondary volume and only that one is set to delete on termination. How can I do the same thing for the volume created with the instance? I don’t want a secondary volume in this case.

Any help is appreciated, thanks!

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I actually found that by specifying the volume as /dev/sda instead of /dev/sda1, it enables the “delete_on_termination” flag for the primary volume.

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Hi Carlos,

We actually had someone bring this up in IRC the other day (perhaps it was you?), asking if they could pursue adding the option to delete the volumes as a specific parameter for the module too, so be on the lookout for that. Beyond that, if you continue seeing any problems with this, please let us know.

Thanks!

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Hi James,
thanks for your reply. That actually was me!

I might still pursue adding the option as my first contribution as I’m trying to learn more about developing Ansible modules.