new AWS EC2 instance created using ansible does not use SSD

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Hi ,

I am trying to create EC2 instances using ansible module ec2 and the root volume gets created as “standard”. I would like that to be “gp2”

Below is the play that I am using

  • name: Launch the new EC2 Instance
    ec2:
    group: ‘{{ security_group }}’
    instance_type: ‘{{ instance_type}}’
    image: ‘{{ image }}’
    wait: true
    region: ‘{{ region }}’
    vpc_subnet_id: ‘{{ vpc_subnet_id }}’
    keypair: ‘{{ keypair }}’
    count: 20
    volumes:
  • device_name: /dev/sda1
    volume_type: gp2
    volume_size: 10
    register: ec2

I can create gp2 volumes using ec2_vol and attach to EC2, however I would like my root volume to be gp2. I can create EC2 root volume using AWS console from the same AMI.

Is it possible to use gp2 for root volumes ?

Thanks,
Abey

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Probably it is not supported and I can't see any of examples in the docs referring to /dev/sda1 in the volumes section.

What you can do though is go to your ec2 console and set gp2 type as default when launching new instances.

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Would this depend on the AMI being used having a root ssd volume?

I’m unsure of this and would be happily corrected.

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Hi all,

Thanks for reading my question. I have successfully created gp2 root volume by changing “volume_type: gp2” to “device_type: gp2” . (Not sure why it works. manual says that device_type is deprecated)

The below yaml works

  • name: Launch the new EC2 Instance
    ec2:
    group: ‘{{ security_group }}’
    instance_type: ‘{{ instance_type}}’
    image: ‘{{ image }}’
    wait: true
    region: ‘{{ region }}’
    vpc_subnet_id: ‘{{ vpc_subnet_id }}’
    keypair: ‘{{ keypair }}’
    count: ‘{{count}}’
    volumes:
  • device_name: /dev/sda1
    device_type: gp2
    volume_size: 8
    register: ec2

Regards,

Abey