Ultimately it depends how different they are from each other. Each can be good approaches.
If you are wanting to build an image with Ansible, ec2_ami (Ansible's module), Packer, or aminator could be useful options to look into. A lot of folks have a base image and then will have ansible configure it the rest of the way and make sure configurations are up to date -- though I always do like live configuration, because it seems useful to have the latest security updates and such. On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 7:00 AM, Shih Oon Liong <[email protected]> wrote: > I was wondering what is everyone's experience with provisioning multiple > EC2 instances with Ansible. I am contemplating between two methods. > > Example I want to provision 10 instances. Should I > > - provisioning 10 EC2 instances, then set them up all 10 via Ansible > at once. I know we can speed this up just by increasing the number of > parallel job in the ansible playbook > - OR provision 1 EC2 instance, then up that one master with Ansible. > Then make an AMI copy of that EC2 instance, and then launch 9 more with > that AMI instead. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/e56b7f94-c338-4bef-8ba1-256ce22981aa%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/e56b7f94-c338-4bef-8ba1-256ce22981aa%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CA%2BnsWgxjq1HM5rn%3DS%3DvRgVrt%2BuU21uowoeqgNZn1ZHUXTCpb5Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
