AWS — Create VM

Launches an EC2 instance from a blueprint definition. Blueprints are YAML files under cloud/blueprints/ that define AMI, instance type, security group, tags, and user data. Supports both Linux and Windows instances with automatic WinRM bootstrapping for Windows.

Prerequisites

• AWS credential configured
• A VPC, subnet, security group, and keypair already created
• A blueprint file under cloud/blueprints/

Survey prompts

Prompt	Variable	Type	Required
AWS Region	create_vm_aws_region	multiplechoice	Yes

Job templates

Template	Playbook	Description
Cloud ǀ AWS ǀ Create VM	cloud/create_vm.yml	Provisions an EC2 instance using a blueprint, sets tags, and waits for connectivity

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