AWS-ContainerLab-Deployment/README.md

ContainerLab on AWS Automation

This project automates the deployment of ContainerLab tools on an AWS EC2 instance using Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and Ansible for software configuration and management.

Project Structure

• Terraform/: Contains Terraform configurations for AWS resources creation.
• Ansible/: Holds the Ansible playbook and roles for installing and configuring ContainerLab.

Prerequisites

• AWS Account
• Terraform installed
• Ansible installed

Usage

Terraform

Navigate to the terraform/ directory:

cd terraform/

Initialize Terraform:

terraform init

Apply the Terraform configuration:

terraform apply

Ansible

After the EC2 instance is up, navigate to the ansible/ directory:

cd ../ansible/

Run the Ansible playbook:

ansible-playbook -i ansible/inventory ansible/install_containerlab.yml -u admin --private-key terraform/tf-key-pair.pem

Customization

• Terraform Variables: Customize your deployment by updating variables.tf.
• Terraform Secret: Configure your AWS access by creating terraform.tfvars.

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.