aws-django-ansible

Running a Django application in AWS using Ansible

Ansible

Ansible is an open-source automation tool designed for managing and configuring computer systems and software applications. It simplifies the process of automating tasks such as provisioning servers, deploying applications, and configuring network devices. Ansible uses a declarative language, based on YAML (Yet Another Markup Language), to describe the desired state of a system.

The main idea behind Ansible is to provide a simple and agentless approach to automation. It connects to remote systems via SSH (Secure Shell) or other remote management protocols, without requiring any additional software or agents to be installed on the target systems. This makes it easy to use and lightweight compared to other configuration management tools.

References

• Installing Ansible
• Using Ansible With AWS – Creating EC2 Instances
• Various Ways to Launch Amazon EC2 Instance Using Ansible
• Ansible Built-In Yum Module
• Ansible Django Deployment

Installation

Install ansible:

brew install ansible
brew install hudochenkov/sshpass/sshpass

Verify the installation of ansible-playbook:

ansible-playbook --version

Install boto3:

pip3 install boto3

Setup AWS credentials:

export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID="AKIA335HOYDC3WI76RGH"
export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="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"
export ANSIBLE_CONFIG=ansible.cfg

Deployment

Run the following command to deploy an EC2 instance:

ansible-playbook -i local.yml ec2.yml

Run the following command to deploy a Django application:

ansible-playbook -i production.yml deploy.yml

Run the following command to start a local Ubuntu server:

docker build -t ubuntu-ssh .
docker run -d -p 2222:22 -p 8888:80 ubuntu-ssh 

ansible-playbook -i ubuntu.yml deploy.yml