# GovCloud on EC2

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/govcloud-on-ec2/16427>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** aws\
**Created:** [October 3, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/govcloud-on-ec2/16427 "2014-10-03T23:10:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Sam\_Oldak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sam\_Oldak](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sam_Oldak)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/govcloud-on-ec2/16427/1 "2014-10-03T23:10:14Z")

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Hi All,

I’m trying to deploy to the AWS GovCloud, but Ansible is not accepting the us-gov-west-1 region. I modified ec2.ini in my local directory, and ec2.py as well, but the AWS\_REGIONS array does not seem to get reloaded by Ansible (it is still showing the old array that does not include the gov region).

Do you have any advice for modifying this array?

Thanks,  
Sam

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**Author:** ![James\_Cammarata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7c8e57/32.png) [@James\_Cammarata](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_Cammarata)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/govcloud-on-ec2/16427/2 "2014-10-06T15:30:45Z")

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Hi Sam,

We recently added this region to the list supported for the common AWS code, so it will be included in Ansible 1.8. Which file are you editing for the AWS\_REGIONS? It is possible that some of the modules are still using a hard-coded list rather than the common code.