Hi, /dev/sda is reserved for root.
Please try below... # Single instance with ssd gp2 root volume - ec2: key_name: mykey group: webserver instance_type: c3.medium image: ami-123456 wait: yes wait_timeout: 500 volumes: - device_name: /dev/xvda volume_type: gp2 volume_size: 8 vpc_subnet_id: subnet-29e63245 assign_public_ip: yes count_tag: Name: dbserver exact_count: 1 On Sun 12 Aug, 2018, 6:27 AM Bruce Affonso, <bruce.affo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am trying to use the ec2_instance module to create an ec2 instance. > When using the ec2 module to configure a volume one would do something like > this: > > volumes: > - device_name: /dev/sda1 > volume_type: gp2 > volume_size: 50 > > With ec2_instance I am not sure how to set the values. > > In the description it says: > > A list of block device mappings, by default this will always use the AMI > root device so the volumes option is primarily for adding more storage. > A mapping contains the (optional) keys device_name, virtual_name, > ebs.device_type, ebs.device_size, ebs.kms_key_id, ebs.iops, and > ebs.delete_on_termination. > > Please let me know how I would set the info from above example using the > ec2_instance module. > > Thank you > > -- > 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 ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/82ba8db3-ed16-4230-9eaa-743a74fbebe0%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/82ba8db3-ed16-4230-9eaa-743a74fbebe0%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 ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CANqhLCCEePkejzsFp4-YMK5M8qtfkgBg4sRKcRSkQRghPvM%3D7A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.