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+Apigee OPDK Ansible Setup
+=========================
+
+The purpose of this project is to help configure Ansible for the use of [Apigee OPDK roles](https://github.com/carlosfrias/apigee-opdk-playbook-samples). 
+The Apigee OPDK roles follow conventions in the naming of files and where those files are 
+located. This project sets up those locations and performs the git clone to setup your 
+environment with the templates that should be customized for your use. 
+
+Requirements
+============
+
+* Ansible 2.1 or greater
+* Linux control server version 6 or greater
+* Access to github.com
+
+Overview: Minimum Setup
+=======================
+
+This playbook will perform the following activities:
+
+1. Scaffold required folders
+
+1. Git clone of Ansible configuration file templates
+
+1. Git clone of inventory file templates
+
+1. Create credentials.yml template file
+
+Scaffold required folders
+=========================
+
+This playbook will create the following folders for you: 
+
+* ~/.ansible/configurations
+
+* ~/.ansible/inventory
+
+* ~/.apigee
+
+Usage: Minimum Setup
+====================
+
+Set up your environment for working with Apigee OPDK roles with: 
+
+    ansible-playbook setup.yml
+
+Overview: EC2 Managed Setup
+===========================
+
+The minimum setup must be completed prior to configuring the EC2 managed setup. The EC2 managed setup will
+update perform the following activities: 
+* Update ~/.bashrc to export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY values you provide. 
+* Update ~/.bashrc to export EC2_INI_PATH.
+* Create a template .boto file and place it your home directory
+* Create a template ec2.ini and place it in your ~/.ansible folders
+* Provide a copy of the ec2.py script that must be included with any AWS managed inventory file.
+
+Usage: Setup for EC2 Managed Images
+===================================
+
+Please follow the usage instructions:
+
+    ansible-playbook setup-ec2.yml \
+        -e secure_aws_region={{ secure_aws_region }} \
+        -e aws_access_key_id={{ aws_access_key_id }} \
+        -e aws_secret_access_key={{ aws_secret_access_key }}
+
+## Variables Used    
+
+Variable Name  | Description |
+--- | --- |
+secure_aws_region | Please provide your ec2_region. |
+aws_access_key_id | Please provide your AWS Access Key ID. |
+aws_secret_access_key | Please provide your AWS Secret Access Key. |
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diff --git a/credentials.yml b/credentials.yml
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@@ -1,38 +1,38 @@
 ---
-aws_access_key_id: 'aws_access_key_id'
-aws_secret_access_key: 'aws_secret_access_key'
-apigee_repo_user: 
-apigee_repo_password:
-secure_security_group:
-secure_vpc_subnet_id:
-secure_name_prefix:
-secure_key_name:
-secure_aws_region: 'secure_aws_region'
-secure_owner_contact_info:
-secure_company_env:
-secure_department:
-secure_bag:
-secure_env_name:
+# aws_access_key_id: 
+# aws_secret_access_key: 
+# apigee_repo_user: 
+# apigee_repo_password:
+# secure_security_group:
+# secure_vpc_subnet_id:
+# secure_name_prefix:
+# secure_key_name:
+# secure_aws_region: 
+# secure_owner_contact_info:
+# secure_company_env:
+# secure_department:
+# secure_bag:
+# secure_env_name:
 
-opdk_user_name:
-opdk_user_email:
-opdk_user_pass:
-grafana_username:
-opdk_cass_password:
-opdk_smtp_user:
-opdk_smtp_password:
+# opdk_user_name:
+# opdk_user_email:
+# opdk_user_pass:
+# grafana_username:
+# opdk_cass_password:
+# opdk_smtp_user:
+# opdk_smtp_password:
 
-baas_admin_name:
-baas_admin_email:
-baas_admin_pass:
-baas_superuser_name:
-baas_superuser_email:
-baas_superuser_pass:
-baas_smtp_user:
-baas_smtp_user_pass:
+# baas_admin_name:
+# baas_admin_email:
+# baas_admin_pass:
+# baas_superuser_name:
+# baas_superuser_email:
+# baas_superuser_pass:
+# baas_smtp_user:
+# baas_smtp_user_pass:
 
-opdk_ldap_pass:
-secure_team_contact_info:
-pg_user:
-pg_pass:
+# opdk_ldap_pass:
+# secure_team_contact_info:
+# pg_user:
+# pg_pass:
 
diff --git a/ec2.py b/ec2.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+'''
+EC2 external inventory script
+=================================
+
+Generates inventory that Ansible can understand by making API request to
+AWS EC2 using the Boto library.
+
+NOTE: This script assumes Ansible is being executed where the environment
+variables needed for Boto have already been set:
+    export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID='AK123'
+    export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY='abc123'
+
+This script also assumes there is an ec2.ini file alongside it.  To specify a
+different path to ec2.ini, define the EC2_INI_PATH environment variable:
+
+    export EC2_INI_PATH=/path/to/my_ec2.ini
+
+If you're using eucalyptus you need to set the above variables and
+you need to define:
+
+    export EC2_URL=http://hostname_of_your_cc:port/services/Eucalyptus
+
+If you're using boto profiles (requires boto>=2.24.0) you can choose a profile
+using the --boto-profile command line argument (e.g. ec2.py --boto-profile prod) or using
+the AWS_PROFILE variable:
+
+    AWS_PROFILE=prod ansible-playbook -i ec2.py myplaybook.yml
+
+For more details, see: http://docs.pythonboto.org/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html
+
+When run against a specific host, this script returns the following variables:
+ - ec2_ami_launch_index
+ - ec2_architecture
+ - ec2_association
+ - ec2_attachTime
+ - ec2_attachment
+ - ec2_attachmentId
+ - ec2_client_token
+ - ec2_deleteOnTermination
+ - ec2_description
+ - ec2_deviceIndex
+ - ec2_dns_name
+ - ec2_eventsSet
+ - ec2_group_name
+ - ec2_hypervisor
+ - ec2_id
+ - ec2_image_id
+ - ec2_instanceState
+ - ec2_instance_type
+ - ec2_ipOwnerId
+ - ec2_ip_address
+ - ec2_item
+ - ec2_kernel
+ - ec2_key_name
+ - ec2_launch_time
+ - ec2_monitored
+ - ec2_monitoring
+ - ec2_networkInterfaceId
+ - ec2_ownerId
+ - ec2_persistent
+ - ec2_placement
+ - ec2_platform
+ - ec2_previous_state
+ - ec2_private_dns_name
+ - ec2_private_ip_address
+ - ec2_publicIp
+ - ec2_public_dns_name
+ - ec2_ramdisk
+ - ec2_reason
+ - ec2_region
+ - ec2_requester_id
+ - ec2_root_device_name
+ - ec2_root_device_type
+ - ec2_security_group_ids
+ - ec2_security_group_names
+ - ec2_shutdown_state
+ - ec2_sourceDestCheck
+ - ec2_spot_instance_request_id
+ - ec2_state
+ - ec2_state_code
+ - ec2_state_reason
+ - ec2_status
+ - ec2_subnet_id
+ - ec2_tenancy
+ - ec2_virtualization_type
+ - ec2_vpc_id
+
+These variables are pulled out of a boto.ec2.instance object. There is a lack of
+consistency with variable spellings (camelCase and underscores) since this
+just loops through all variables the object exposes. It is preferred to use the
+ones with underscores when multiple exist.
+
+In addition, if an instance has AWS Tags associated with it, each tag is a new
+variable named:
+ - ec2_tag_[Key] = [Value]
+
+Security groups are comma-separated in 'ec2_security_group_ids' and
+'ec2_security_group_names'.
+'''
+
+# (c) 2012, Peter Sankauskas
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible,
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+######################################################################
+
+import sys
+import os
+import argparse
+import re
+from time import time
+import boto
+from boto import ec2
+from boto import rds
+from boto import elasticache
+from boto import route53
+import six
+
+from six.moves import configparser
+from collections import defaultdict
+
+try:
+    import json
+except ImportError:
+    import simplejson as json
+
+
+class Ec2Inventory(object):
+
+    def _empty_inventory(self):
+        return {"_meta" : {"hostvars" : {}}}
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        ''' Main execution path '''
+
+        # Inventory grouped by instance IDs, tags, security groups, regions,
+        # and availability zones
+        self.inventory = self._empty_inventory()
+
+        # Index of hostname (address) to instance ID
+        self.index = {}
+
+        # Boto profile to use (if any)
+        self.boto_profile = None
+
+        # Read settings and parse CLI arguments
+        self.parse_cli_args()
+        self.read_settings()
+
+        # Make sure that profile_name is not passed at all if not set
+        # as pre 2.24 boto will fall over otherwise
+        if self.boto_profile:
+            if not hasattr(boto.ec2.EC2Connection, 'profile_name'):
+                self.fail_with_error("boto version must be >= 2.24 to use profile")
+
+        # Cache
+        if self.args.refresh_cache:
+            self.do_api_calls_update_cache()
+        elif not self.is_cache_valid():
+            self.do_api_calls_update_cache()
+
+        # Data to print
+        if self.args.host:
+            data_to_print = self.get_host_info()
+
+        elif self.args.list:
+            # Display list of instances for inventory
+            if self.inventory == self._empty_inventory():
+                data_to_print = self.get_inventory_from_cache()
+            else:
+                data_to_print = self.json_format_dict(self.inventory, True)
+
+        print(data_to_print)
+
+
+    def is_cache_valid(self):
+        ''' Determines if the cache files have expired, or if it is still valid '''
+
+        if os.path.isfile(self.cache_path_cache):
+            mod_time = os.path.getmtime(self.cache_path_cache)
+            current_time = time()
+            if (mod_time + self.cache_max_age) > current_time:
+                if os.path.isfile(self.cache_path_index):
+                    return True
+
+        return False
+
+
+    def read_settings(self):
+        ''' Reads the settings from the ec2.ini file '''
+        if six.PY3:
+            config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+        else:
+            config = configparser.SafeConfigParser()
+        ec2_default_ini_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), 'ec2.ini')
+        ec2_ini_path = os.path.expanduser(os.path.expandvars(os.environ.get('EC2_INI_PATH', ec2_default_ini_path)))
+        config.read(ec2_ini_path)
+
+        # is eucalyptus?
+        self.eucalyptus_host = None
+        self.eucalyptus = False
+        if config.has_option('ec2', 'eucalyptus'):
+            self.eucalyptus = config.getboolean('ec2', 'eucalyptus')
+        if self.eucalyptus and config.has_option('ec2', 'eucalyptus_host'):
+            self.eucalyptus_host = config.get('ec2', 'eucalyptus_host')
+
+        # Regions
+        self.regions = []
+        configRegions = config.get('ec2', 'regions')
+        configRegions_exclude = config.get('ec2', 'regions_exclude')
+        if (configRegions == 'all'):
+            if self.eucalyptus_host:
+                self.regions.append(boto.connect_euca(host=self.eucalyptus_host).region.name)
+            else:
+                for regionInfo in ec2.regions():
+                    if regionInfo.name not in configRegions_exclude:
+                        self.regions.append(regionInfo.name)
+        else:
+            self.regions = configRegions.split(",")
+
+        # Destination addresses
+        self.destination_variable = config.get('ec2', 'destination_variable')
+        self.vpc_destination_variable = config.get('ec2', 'vpc_destination_variable')
+
+        if config.has_option('ec2', 'hostname_variable'):
+            self.hostname_variable = config.get('ec2', 'hostname_variable')
+        else:
+            self.hostname_variable = None
+
+        if config.has_option('ec2', 'destination_format') and \
+                config.has_option('ec2', 'destination_format_tags'):
+            self.destination_format = config.get('ec2', 'destination_format')
+            self.destination_format_tags = config.get('ec2', 'destination_format_tags').split(',')
+        else:
+            self.destination_format = None
+            self.destination_format_tags = None
+
+        # Route53
+        self.route53_enabled = config.getboolean('ec2', 'route53')
+        self.route53_excluded_zones = []
+        if config.has_option('ec2', 'route53_excluded_zones'):
+            self.route53_excluded_zones.extend(
+                    config.get('ec2', 'route53_excluded_zones', '').split(','))
+
+        # Include RDS instances?
+        self.rds_enabled = True
+        if config.has_option('ec2', 'rds'):
+            self.rds_enabled = config.getboolean('ec2', 'rds')
+
+        # Include ElastiCache instances?
+        self.elasticache_enabled = True
+        if config.has_option('ec2', 'elasticache'):
+            self.elasticache_enabled = config.getboolean('ec2', 'elasticache')
+
+        # Return all EC2 instances?
+        if config.has_option('ec2', 'all_instances'):
+            self.all_instances = config.getboolean('ec2', 'all_instances')
+        else:
+            self.all_instances = False
+
+        # Instance states to be gathered in inventory. Default is 'running'.
+        # Setting 'all_instances' to 'yes' overrides this option.
+        ec2_valid_instance_states = [
+            'pending',
+            'running',
+            'shutting-down',
+            'terminated',
+            'stopping',
+            'stopped'
+        ]
+        self.ec2_instance_states = []
+        if self.all_instances:
+            self.ec2_instance_states = ec2_valid_instance_states
+        elif config.has_option('ec2', 'instance_states'):
+            for instance_state in config.get('ec2', 'instance_states').split(','):
+                instance_state = instance_state.strip()
+                if instance_state not in ec2_valid_instance_states:
+                    continue
+                self.ec2_instance_states.append(instance_state)
+        else:
+            self.ec2_instance_states = ['running']
+
+        # Return all RDS instances? (if RDS is enabled)
+        if config.has_option('ec2', 'all_rds_instances') and self.rds_enabled:
+            self.all_rds_instances = config.getboolean('ec2', 'all_rds_instances')
+        else:
+            self.all_rds_instances = False
+
+        # Return all ElastiCache replication groups? (if ElastiCache is enabled)
+        if config.has_option('ec2', 'all_elasticache_replication_groups') and self.elasticache_enabled:
+            self.all_elasticache_replication_groups = config.getboolean('ec2', 'all_elasticache_replication_groups')
+        else:
+            self.all_elasticache_replication_groups = False
+
+        # Return all ElastiCache clusters? (if ElastiCache is enabled)
+        if config.has_option('ec2', 'all_elasticache_clusters') and self.elasticache_enabled:
+            self.all_elasticache_clusters = config.getboolean('ec2', 'all_elasticache_clusters')
+        else:
+            self.all_elasticache_clusters = False
+
+        # Return all ElastiCache nodes? (if ElastiCache is enabled)
+        if config.has_option('ec2', 'all_elasticache_nodes') and self.elasticache_enabled:
+            self.all_elasticache_nodes = config.getboolean('ec2', 'all_elasticache_nodes')
+        else:
+            self.all_elasticache_nodes = False
+
+        # boto configuration profile (prefer CLI argument)
+        self.boto_profile = self.args.boto_profile
+        if config.has_option('ec2', 'boto_profile') and not self.boto_profile:
+            self.boto_profile = config.get('ec2', 'boto_profile')
+
+        # Cache related
+        cache_dir = os.path.expanduser(config.get('ec2', 'cache_path'))
+        if self.boto_profile:
+            cache_dir = os.path.join(cache_dir, 'profile_' + self.boto_profile)
+        if not os.path.exists(cache_dir):
+            os.makedirs(cache_dir)
+
+        cache_name = 'ansible-ec2'
+        aws_profile = lambda: (self.boto_profile or
+                               os.environ.get('AWS_PROFILE') or
+                               os.environ.get('AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID'))
+        if aws_profile():
+            cache_name = '%s-%s' % (cache_name, aws_profile())
+        self.cache_path_cache = cache_dir + "/%s.cache" % cache_name
+        self.cache_path_index = cache_dir + "/%s.index" % cache_name
+        self.cache_max_age = config.getint('ec2', 'cache_max_age')
+
+        if config.has_option('ec2', 'expand_csv_tags'):
+            self.expand_csv_tags = config.getboolean('ec2', 'expand_csv_tags')
+        else:
+            self.expand_csv_tags = False
+
+        # Configure nested groups instead of flat namespace.
+        if config.has_option('ec2', 'nested_groups'):
+            self.nested_groups = config.getboolean('ec2', 'nested_groups')
+        else:
+            self.nested_groups = False
+
+        # Replace dash or not in group names
+        if config.has_option('ec2', 'replace_dash_in_groups'):
+            self.replace_dash_in_groups = config.getboolean('ec2', 'replace_dash_in_groups')
+        else:
+            self.replace_dash_in_groups = True
+
+        # Configure which groups should be created.
+        group_by_options = [
+            'group_by_instance_id',
+            'group_by_region',
+            'group_by_availability_zone',
+            'group_by_ami_id',
+            'group_by_instance_type',
+            'group_by_key_pair',
+            'group_by_vpc_id',
+            'group_by_security_group',
+            'group_by_tag_keys',
+            'group_by_tag_none',
+            'group_by_route53_names',
+            'group_by_rds_engine',
+            'group_by_rds_parameter_group',
+            'group_by_elasticache_engine',
+            'group_by_elasticache_cluster',
+            'group_by_elasticache_parameter_group',
+            'group_by_elasticache_replication_group',
+        ]
+        for option in group_by_options:
+            if config.has_option('ec2', option):
+                setattr(self, option, config.getboolean('ec2', option))
+            else:
+                setattr(self, option, True)
+
+        # Do we need to just include hosts that match a pattern?
+        try:
+            pattern_include = config.get('ec2', 'pattern_include')
+            if pattern_include and len(pattern_include) > 0:
+                self.pattern_include = re.compile(pattern_include)
+            else:
+                self.pattern_include = None
+        except configparser.NoOptionError:
+            self.pattern_include = None
+
+        # Do we need to exclude hosts that match a pattern?
+        try:
+            pattern_exclude = config.get('ec2', 'pattern_exclude');
+            if pattern_exclude and len(pattern_exclude) > 0:
+                self.pattern_exclude = re.compile(pattern_exclude)
+            else:
+                self.pattern_exclude = None
+        except configparser.NoOptionError:
+            self.pattern_exclude = None
+
+        # Instance filters (see boto and EC2 API docs). Ignore invalid filters.
+        self.ec2_instance_filters = defaultdict(list)
+        if config.has_option('ec2', 'instance_filters'):
+
+            filters = [f for f in config.get('ec2', 'instance_filters').split(',') if f]
+
+            for instance_filter in filters:
+                instance_filter = instance_filter.strip()
+                if not instance_filter or '=' not in instance_filter:
+                    continue
+                filter_key, filter_value = [x.strip() for x in instance_filter.split('=', 1)]
+                if not filter_key:
+                    continue
+                self.ec2_instance_filters[filter_key].append(filter_value)
+
+    def parse_cli_args(self):
+        ''' Command line argument processing '''
+
+        parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Produce an Ansible Inventory file based on EC2')
+        parser.add_argument('--list', action='store_true', default=True,
+                            help='List instances (default: True)')
+        parser.add_argument('--host', action='store',
+                            help='Get all the variables about a specific instance')
+        parser.add_argument('--refresh-cache', action='store_true', default=False,
+                            help='Force refresh of cache by making API requests to EC2 (default: False - use cache files)')
+        parser.add_argument('--profile', '--boto-profile', action='store', dest='boto_profile',
+                            help='Use boto profile for connections to EC2')
+        self.args = parser.parse_args()
+
+
+    def do_api_calls_update_cache(self):
+        ''' Do API calls to each region, and save data in cache files '''
+
+        if self.route53_enabled:
+            self.get_route53_records()
+
+        for region in self.regions:
+            self.get_instances_by_region(region)
+            if self.rds_enabled:
+                self.get_rds_instances_by_region(region)
+            if self.elasticache_enabled:
+                self.get_elasticache_clusters_by_region(region)
+                self.get_elasticache_replication_groups_by_region(region)
+
+        self.write_to_cache(self.inventory, self.cache_path_cache)
+        self.write_to_cache(self.index, self.cache_path_index)
+
+    def connect(self, region):
+        ''' create connection to api server'''
+        if self.eucalyptus:
+            conn = boto.connect_euca(host=self.eucalyptus_host)
+            conn.APIVersion = '2010-08-31'
+        else:
+            conn = self.connect_to_aws(ec2, region)
+        return conn
+
+    def boto_fix_security_token_in_profile(self, connect_args):
+        ''' monkey patch for boto issue boto/boto#2100 '''
+        profile = 'profile ' + self.boto_profile
+        if boto.config.has_option(profile, 'aws_security_token'):
+            connect_args['security_token'] = boto.config.get(profile, 'aws_security_token')
+        return connect_args
+
+    def connect_to_aws(self, module, region):
+        connect_args = {}
+
+        # only pass the profile name if it's set (as it is not supported by older boto versions)
+        if self.boto_profile:
+            connect_args['profile_name'] = self.boto_profile
+            self.boto_fix_security_token_in_profile(connect_args)
+
+        conn = module.connect_to_region(region, **connect_args)
+        # connect_to_region will fail "silently" by returning None if the region name is wrong or not supported
+        if conn is None:
+            self.fail_with_error("region name: %s likely not supported, or AWS is down.  connection to region failed." % region)
+        return conn
+
+    def get_instances_by_region(self, region):
+        ''' Makes an AWS EC2 API call to the list of instances in a particular
+        region '''
+
+        try:
+            conn = self.connect(region)
+            reservations = []
+            if self.ec2_instance_filters:
+                for filter_key, filter_values in self.ec2_instance_filters.items():
+                    reservations.extend(conn.get_all_instances(filters = { filter_key : filter_values }))
+            else:
+                reservations = conn.get_all_instances()
+
+            for reservation in reservations:
+                for instance in reservation.instances:
+                    self.add_instance(instance, region)
+
+        except boto.exception.BotoServerError as e:
+            if e.error_code == 'AuthFailure':
+                error = self.get_auth_error_message()
+            else:
+                backend = 'Eucalyptus' if self.eucalyptus else 'AWS'
+                error = "Error connecting to %s backend.\n%s" % (backend, e.message)
+            self.fail_with_error(error, 'getting EC2 instances')
+
+    def get_rds_instances_by_region(self, region):
+        ''' Makes an AWS API call to the list of RDS instances in a particular
+        region '''
+
+        try:
+            conn = self.connect_to_aws(rds, region)
+            if conn:
+                marker = None
+                while True:
+                    instances = conn.get_all_dbinstances(marker=marker)
+                    marker = instances.marker
+                    for instance in instances:
+                        self.add_rds_instance(instance, region)
+                    if not marker:
+                        break
+        except boto.exception.BotoServerError as e:
+            error = e.reason
+
+            if e.error_code == 'AuthFailure':
+                error = self.get_auth_error_message()
+            if not e.reason == "Forbidden":
+                error = "Looks like AWS RDS is down:\n%s" % e.message
+            self.fail_with_error(error, 'getting RDS instances')
+
+    def get_elasticache_clusters_by_region(self, region):
+        ''' Makes an AWS API call to the list of ElastiCache clusters (with
+        nodes' info) in a particular region.'''
+
+        # ElastiCache boto module doesn't provide a get_all_intances method,
+        # that's why we need to call describe directly (it would be called by
+        # the shorthand method anyway...)
+        try:
+            conn = self.connect_to_aws(elasticache, region)
+            if conn:
+                # show_cache_node_info = True
+                # because we also want nodes' information
+                response = conn.describe_cache_clusters(None, None, None, True)
+
+        except boto.exception.BotoServerError as e:
+            error = e.reason
+
+            if e.error_code == 'AuthFailure':
+                error = self.get_auth_error_message()
+            if not e.reason == "Forbidden":
+                error = "Looks like AWS ElastiCache is down:\n%s" % e.message
+            self.fail_with_error(error, 'getting ElastiCache clusters')
+
+        try:
+            # Boto also doesn't provide wrapper classes to CacheClusters or
+            # CacheNodes. Because of that wo can't make use of the get_list
+            # method in the AWSQueryConnection. Let's do the work manually
+            clusters = response['DescribeCacheClustersResponse']['DescribeCacheClustersResult']['CacheClusters']
+
+        except KeyError as e:
+            error = "ElastiCache query to AWS failed (unexpected format)."
+            self.fail_with_error(error, 'getting ElastiCache clusters')
+
+        for cluster in clusters:
+            self.add_elasticache_cluster(cluster, region)
+
+    def get_elasticache_replication_groups_by_region(self, region):
+        ''' Makes an AWS API call to the list of ElastiCache replication groups
+        in a particular region.'''
+
+        # ElastiCache boto module doesn't provide a get_all_intances method,
+        # that's why we need to call describe directly (it would be called by
+        # the shorthand method anyway...)
+        try:
+            conn = self.connect_to_aws(elasticache, region)
+            if conn:
+                response = conn.describe_replication_groups()
+
+        except boto.exception.BotoServerError as e:
+            error = e.reason
+
+            if e.error_code == 'AuthFailure':
+                error = self.get_auth_error_message()
+            if not e.reason == "Forbidden":
+                error = "Looks like AWS ElastiCache [Replication Groups] is down:\n%s" % e.message
+            self.fail_with_error(error, 'getting ElastiCache clusters')
+
+        try:
+            # Boto also doesn't provide wrapper classes to ReplicationGroups
+            # Because of that wo can't make use of the get_list method in the
+            # AWSQueryConnection. Let's do the work manually
+            replication_groups = response['DescribeReplicationGroupsResponse']['DescribeReplicationGroupsResult']['ReplicationGroups']
+
+        except KeyError as e:
+            error = "ElastiCache [Replication Groups] query to AWS failed (unexpected format)."
+            self.fail_with_error(error, 'getting ElastiCache clusters')
+
+        for replication_group in replication_groups:
+            self.add_elasticache_replication_group(replication_group, region)
+
+    def get_auth_error_message(self):
+        ''' create an informative error message if there is an issue authenticating'''
+        errors = ["Authentication error retrieving ec2 inventory."]
+        if None in [os.environ.get('AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID'), os.environ.get('AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY')]:
+            errors.append(' - No AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID or AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY environment vars found')
+        else:
+            errors.append(' - AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY environment vars found but may not be correct')
+
+        boto_paths = ['/etc/boto.cfg', '~/.boto', '~/.aws/credentials']
+        boto_config_found = list(p for p in boto_paths if os.path.isfile(os.path.expanduser(p)))
+        if len(boto_config_found) > 0:
+            errors.append(" - Boto configs found at '%s', but the credentials contained may not be correct" % ', '.join(boto_config_found))
+        else:
+            errors.append(" - No Boto config found at any expected location '%s'" % ', '.join(boto_paths))
+
+        return '\n'.join(errors)
+
+    def fail_with_error(self, err_msg, err_operation=None):
+        '''log an error to std err for ansible-playbook to consume and exit'''
+        if err_operation:
+            err_msg = 'ERROR: "{err_msg}", while: {err_operation}'.format(
+                    err_msg=err_msg, err_operation=err_operation)
+        sys.stderr.write(err_msg)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    def get_instance(self, region, instance_id):
+        conn = self.connect(region)
+
+        reservations = conn.get_all_instances([instance_id])
+        for reservation in reservations:
+            for instance in reservation.instances:
+                return instance
+
+    def add_instance(self, instance, region):
+        ''' Adds an instance to the inventory and index, as long as it is
+        addressable '''
+
+        # Only return instances with desired instance states
+        if instance.state not in self.ec2_instance_states:
+            return
+
+        # Select the best destination address
+        if self.destination_format and self.destination_format_tags:
+            dest = self.destination_format.format(*[ getattr(instance, 'tags').get(tag, '') for tag in self.destination_format_tags ])
+        elif instance.subnet_id:
+            dest = getattr(instance, self.vpc_destination_variable, None)
+            if dest is None:
+                dest = getattr(instance, 'tags').get(self.vpc_destination_variable, None)
+        else:
+            dest = getattr(instance, self.destination_variable, None)
+            if dest is None:
+                dest = getattr(instance, 'tags').get(self.destination_variable, None)
+
+        if not dest:
+            # Skip instances we cannot address (e.g. private VPC subnet)
+            return
+
+        # Set the inventory name
+        hostname = None
+        if self.hostname_variable:
+            if self.hostname_variable.startswith('tag_'):
+                hostname = instance.tags.get(self.hostname_variable[4:], None)
+            else:
+                hostname = getattr(instance, self.hostname_variable)
+
+        # If we can't get a nice hostname, use the destination address
+        if not hostname:
+            hostname = dest
+        else:
+            hostname = self.to_safe(hostname).lower()
+
+        # if we only want to include hosts that match a pattern, skip those that don't
+        if self.pattern_include and not self.pattern_include.match(hostname):
+            return
+
+        # if we need to exclude hosts that match a pattern, skip those
+        if self.pattern_exclude and self.pattern_exclude.match(hostname):
+            return
+
+        # Add to index
+        self.index[hostname] = [region, instance.id]
+
+        # Inventory: Group by instance ID (always a group of 1)
+        if self.group_by_instance_id:
+            self.inventory[instance.id] = [hostname]
+            if self.nested_groups:
+                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'instances', instance.id)
+
+        # Inventory: Group by region
+        if self.group_by_region:
+            self.push(self.inventory, region, hostname)
+            if self.nested_groups:
+                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'regions', region)
+
+        # Inventory: Group by availability zone
+        if self.group_by_availability_zone:
+            self.push(self.inventory, instance.placement, hostname)
+            if self.nested_groups:
+                if self.group_by_region:
+                    self.push_group(self.inventory, region, instance.placement)
+                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'zones', instance.placement)
+
+        # Inventory: Group by Amazon Machine Image (AMI) ID
+        if self.group_by_ami_id:
+            ami_id = self.to_safe(instance.image_id)
+            self.push(self.inventory, ami_id, hostname)
+            if self.nested_groups:
+                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'images', ami_id)
+
+        # Inventory: Group by instance type
+        if self.group_by_instance_type:
+            type_name = self.to_safe('type_' + instance.instance_type)
+            self.push(self.inventory, type_name, hostname)
+            if self.nested_groups:
+                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'types', type_name)
+
+        # Inventory: Group by key pair
+        if self.group_by_key_pair and instance.key_name:
+            key_name = self.to_safe('key_' + instance.key_name)
+            self.push(self.inventory, key_name, hostname)
+            if self.nested_groups:
+                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'keys', key_name)
+
+        # Inventory: Group by VPC
+        if self.group_by_vpc_id and instance.vpc_id:
+            vpc_id_name = self.to_safe('vpc_id_' + instance.vpc_id)
+            self.push(self.inventory, vpc_id_name, hostname)
+            if self.nested_groups:
+                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'vpcs', vpc_id_name)
+
+        # Inventory: Group by security group
+        if self.group_by_security_group:
+            try:
+                for group in instance.groups:
+                    key = self.to_safe("security_group_" + group.name)
+                    self.push(self.inventory, key, hostname)
+                    if self.nested_groups:
+                        self.push_group(self.inventory, 'security_groups', key)
+            except AttributeError:
+                self.fail_with_error('\n'.join(['Package boto seems a bit older.',
+                                                'Please upgrade boto >= 2.3.0.']))
+
+        # Inventory: Group by tag keys
+        if self.group_by_tag_keys:
+            for k, v in instance.tags.items():
+                if self.expand_csv_tags and v and ',' in v:
+                    values = map(lambda x: x.strip(), v.split(','))
+                else:
+                    values = [v]
+
+                for v in values:
+                    if v:
+                        key = self.to_safe("tag_" + k + "=" + v)
+                    else:
+                        key = self.to_safe("tag_" + k)
+                    self.push(self.inventory, key, hostname)
+                    if self.nested_groups:
+                        self.push_group(self.inventory, 'tags', self.to_safe("tag_" + k))
+                        if v:
+                            self.push_group(self.inventory, self.to_safe("tag_" + k), key)
+
+        # Inventory: Group by Route53 domain names if enabled
+        if self.route53_enabled and self.group_by_route53_names:
+            route53_names = self.get_instance_route53_names(instance)
+            for name in route53_names:
+                self.push(self.inventory, name, hostname)
+                if self.nested_groups:
+                    self.push_group(self.inventory, 'route53', name)
+
+        # Global Tag: instances without tags
+        if self.group_by_tag_none and len(instance.tags) == 0:
+            self.push(self.inventory, 'tag_none', hostname)
+            if self.nested_groups:
+                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'tags', 'tag_none')
+
+        # Global Tag: tag all EC2 instances
+        self.push(self.inventory, 'ec2', hostname)
+
+        self.inventory["_meta"]["hostvars"][hostname] = self.get_host_info_dict_from_instance(instance)
+        self.inventory["_meta"]["hostvars"][hostname]['ansible_ssh_host'] = dest
+
+
+    def add_rds_instance(self, instance, region):
+        ''' Adds an RDS instance to the inventory and index, as long as it is
+        addressable '''
+
+        # Only want available instances unless all_rds_instances is True
+        if not self.all_rds_instances and instance.status != 'available':
+            return
+
+        # Select the best destination address
+        dest = instance.endpoint[0]
+
+        if not dest:
+            # Skip instances we cannot address (e.g. private VPC subnet)
+            return
+
+        # Set the inventory name
+        hostname = None
+        if self.hostname_variable:
+            if self.hostname_variable.startswith('tag_'):
+                hostname = instance.tags.get(self.hostname_variable[4:], None)
+            else:
+                hostname = getattr(instance, self.hostname_variable)
+
+        # If we can't get a nice hostname, use the destination address
+        if not hostname:
+            hostname = dest
+
+        hostname = self.to_safe(hostname).lower()
+
+        # Add to index
+        self.index[hostname] = [region, instance.id]
+
+        # Inventory: Group by instance ID (always a group of 1)
+        if self.group_by_instance_id:
+            self.inventory[instance.id] = [hostname]
+            if self.nested_groups:
+                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'instances', instance.id)
+
+        # Inventory: Group by region
+        if self.group_by_region:
+            self.push(self.inventory, region, hostname)
+            if self.nested_groups:
+                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'regions', region)
+
+        # Inventory: Group by availability zone
+        if self.group_by_availability_zone:
+            self.push(self.inventory, instance.availability_zone, hostname)
+            if self.nested_groups:
+                if self.group_by_region:
+                    self.push_group(self.inventory, region, instance.availability_zone)
+                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'zones', instance.availability_zone)
+
+        # Inventory: Group by instance type
+        if self.group_by_instance_type:
+            type_name = self.to_safe('type_' + instance.instance_class)
+            self.push(self.inventory, type_name, hostname)
+            if self.nested_groups:
+                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'types', type_name)
+
+        # Inventory: Group by VPC
+        if self.group_by_vpc_id and instance.subnet_group and instance.subnet_group.vpc_id:
+            vpc_id_name = self.to_safe('vpc_id_' + instance.subnet_group.vpc_id)
+            self.push(self.inventory, vpc_id_name, hostname)
+            if self.nested_groups:
+                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'vpcs', vpc_id_name)
+
+        # Inventory: Group by security group
+        if self.group_by_security_group:
+            try:
+                if instance.security_group:
+                    key = self.to_safe("security_group_" + instance.security_group.name)
+                    self.push(self.inventory, key, hostname)
+                    if self.nested_groups:
+                        self.push_group(self.inventory, 'security_groups', key)
+
+            except AttributeError:
+                self.fail_with_error('\n'.join(['Package boto seems a bit older.',
+                                                'Please upgrade boto >= 2.3.0.']))
+
+
+        # Inventory: Group by engine
+        if self.group_by_rds_engine:
+            self.push(self.inventory, self.to_safe("rds_" + instance.engine), hostname)
+            if self.nested_groups:
+                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'rds_engines', self.to_safe("rds_" + instance.engine))
+
+        # Inventory: Group by parameter group
+        if self.group_by_rds_parameter_group:
+            self.push(self.inventory, self.to_safe("rds_parameter_group_" + instance.parameter_group.name), hostname)
+            if self.nested_groups:
+                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'rds_parameter_groups', self.to_safe("rds_parameter_group_" + instance.parameter_group.name))
+
+        # Global Tag: all RDS instances
+        self.push(self.inventory, 'rds', hostname)
+
+        self.inventory["_meta"]["hostvars"][hostname] = self.get_host_info_dict_from_instance(instance)
+        self.inventory["_meta"]["hostvars"][hostname]['ansible_ssh_host'] = dest
+
+    def add_elasticache_cluster(self, cluster, region):
+        ''' Adds an ElastiCache cluster to the inventory and index, as long as
+        it's nodes are addressable '''
+
+        # Only want available clusters unless all_elasticache_clusters is True
+        if not self.all_elasticache_clusters and cluster['CacheClusterStatus'] != 'available':
+            return
+
+        # Select the best destination address
+        if 'ConfigurationEndpoint' in cluster and cluster['ConfigurationEndpoint']:
+            # Memcached cluster
+            dest = cluster['ConfigurationEndpoint']['Address']
+            is_redis = False
+        else:
+            # Redis sigle node cluster
+            # Because all Redis clusters are single nodes, we'll merge the
+            # info from the cluster with info about the node
+            dest = cluster['CacheNodes'][0]['Endpoint']['Address']
+            is_redis = True
+
+        if not dest:
+            # Skip clusters we cannot address (e.g. private VPC subnet)
+            return
+
+        # Add to index
+        self.index[dest] = [region, cluster['CacheClusterId']]
+
+        # Inventory: Group by instance ID (always a group of 1)
+        if self.group_by_instance_id:
+            self.inventory[cluster['CacheClusterId']] = [dest]
+            if self.nested_groups:
+                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'instances', cluster['CacheClusterId'])
+
+        # Inventory: Group by region
+        if self.group_by_region and not is_redis:
+            self.push(self.inventory, region, dest)
+            if self.nested_groups:
+                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'regions', region)
+
+        # Inventory: Group by availability zone
+        if self.group_by_availability_zone and not is_redis:
+            self.push(self.inventory, cluster['PreferredAvailabilityZone'], dest)
+            if self.nested_groups:
+                if self.group_by_region:
+                    self.push_group(self.inventory, region, cluster['PreferredAvailabilityZone'])
+                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'zones', cluster['PreferredAvailabilityZone'])
+
+        # Inventory: Group by node type
+        if self.group_by_instance_type and not is_redis:
+            type_name = self.to_safe('type_' + cluster['CacheNodeType'])
+            self.push(self.inventory, type_name, dest)
+            if self.nested_groups:
+                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'types', type_name)
+
+        # Inventory: Group by VPC (information not available in the current
+        # AWS API version for ElastiCache)
+
+        # Inventory: Group by security group
+        if self.group_by_security_group and not is_redis:
+
+            # Check for the existence of the 'SecurityGroups' key and also if
+            # this key has some value. When the cluster is not placed in a SG
+            # the query can return None here and cause an error.
+            if 'SecurityGroups' in cluster and cluster['SecurityGroups'] is not None:
+                for security_group in cluster['SecurityGroups']:
+                    key = self.to_safe("security_group_" + security_group['SecurityGroupId'])
+                    self.push(self.inventory, key, dest)
+                    if self.nested_groups:
+                        self.push_group(self.inventory, 'security_groups', key)
+
+        # Inventory: Group by engine
+        if self.group_by_elasticache_engine and not is_redis:
+            self.push(self.inventory, self.to_safe("elasticache_" + cluster['Engine']), dest)
+            if self.nested_groups:
+                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'elasticache_engines', self.to_safe(cluster['Engine']))
+
+        # Inventory: Group by parameter group
+        if self.group_by_elasticache_parameter_group:
+            self.push(self.inventory, self.to_safe("elasticache_parameter_group_" + cluster['CacheParameterGroup']['CacheParameterGroupName']), dest)
+            if self.nested_groups:
+                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'elasticache_parameter_groups', self.to_safe(cluster['CacheParameterGroup']['CacheParameterGroupName']))
+
+        # Inventory: Group by replication group
+        if self.group_by_elasticache_replication_group and 'ReplicationGroupId' in cluster and cluster['ReplicationGroupId']:
+            self.push(self.inventory, self.to_safe("elasticache_replication_group_" + cluster['ReplicationGroupId']), dest)
+            if self.nested_groups:
+                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'elasticache_replication_groups', self.to_safe(cluster['ReplicationGroupId']))
+
+        # Global Tag: all ElastiCache clusters
+        self.push(self.inventory, 'elasticache_clusters', cluster['CacheClusterId'])
+
+        host_info = self.get_host_info_dict_from_describe_dict(cluster)
+
+        self.inventory["_meta"]["hostvars"][dest] = host_info
+
+        # Add the nodes
+        for node in cluster['CacheNodes']:
+            self.add_elasticache_node(node, cluster, region)
+
+    def add_elasticache_node(self, node, cluster, region):
+        ''' Adds an ElastiCache node to the inventory and index, as long as
+        it is addressable '''
+
+        # Only want available nodes unless all_elasticache_nodes is True
+        if not self.all_elasticache_nodes and node['CacheNodeStatus'] != 'available':
+            return
+
+        # Select the best destination address
+        dest = node['Endpoint']['Address']
+
+        if not dest:
+            # Skip nodes we cannot address (e.g. private VPC subnet)
+            return
+
+        node_id = self.to_safe(cluster['CacheClusterId'] + '_' + node['CacheNodeId'])
+
+        # Add to index
+        self.index[dest] = [region, node_id]
+
+        # Inventory: Group by node ID (always a group of 1)
+        if self.group_by_instance_id:
+            self.inventory[node_id] = [dest]
+            if self.nested_groups:
+                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'instances', node_id)
+
+        # Inventory: Group by region
+        if self.group_by_region:
+            self.push(self.inventory, region, dest)
+            if self.nested_groups:
+                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'regions', region)
+
+        # Inventory: Group by availability zone
+        if self.group_by_availability_zone:
+            self.push(self.inventory, cluster['PreferredAvailabilityZone'], dest)
+            if self.nested_groups:
+                if self.group_by_region:
+                    self.push_group(self.inventory, region, cluster['PreferredAvailabilityZone'])
+                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'zones', cluster['PreferredAvailabilityZone'])
+
+        # Inventory: Group by node type
+        if self.group_by_instance_type:
+            type_name = self.to_safe('type_' + cluster['CacheNodeType'])
+            self.push(self.inventory, type_name, dest)
+            if self.nested_groups:
+                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'types', type_name)
+
+        # Inventory: Group by VPC (information not available in the current
+        # AWS API version for ElastiCache)
+
+        # Inventory: Group by security group
+        if self.group_by_security_group:
+
+            # Check for the existence of the 'SecurityGroups' key and also if
+            # this key has some value. When the cluster is not placed in a SG
+            # the query can return None here and cause an error.
+            if 'SecurityGroups' in cluster and cluster['SecurityGroups'] is not None:
+                for security_group in cluster['SecurityGroups']:
+                    key = self.to_safe("security_group_" + security_group['SecurityGroupId'])
+                    self.push(self.inventory, key, dest)
+                    if self.nested_groups:
+                        self.push_group(self.inventory, 'security_groups', key)
+
+        # Inventory: Group by engine
+        if self.group_by_elasticache_engine:
+            self.push(self.inventory, self.to_safe("elasticache_" + cluster['Engine']), dest)
+            if self.nested_groups:
+                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'elasticache_engines', self.to_safe("elasticache_" + cluster['Engine']))
+
+        # Inventory: Group by parameter group (done at cluster level)
+
+        # Inventory: Group by replication group (done at cluster level)
+
+        # Inventory: Group by ElastiCache Cluster
+        if self.group_by_elasticache_cluster:
+            self.push(self.inventory, self.to_safe("elasticache_cluster_" + cluster['CacheClusterId']), dest)
+
+        # Global Tag: all ElastiCache nodes
+        self.push(self.inventory, 'elasticache_nodes', dest)
+
+        host_info = self.get_host_info_dict_from_describe_dict(node)
+
+        if dest in self.inventory["_meta"]["hostvars"]:
+            self.inventory["_meta"]["hostvars"][dest].update(host_info)
+        else:
+            self.inventory["_meta"]["hostvars"][dest] = host_info
+
+    def add_elasticache_replication_group(self, replication_group, region):
+        ''' Adds an ElastiCache replication group to the inventory and index '''
+
+        # Only want available clusters unless all_elasticache_replication_groups is True
+        if not self.all_elasticache_replication_groups and replication_group['Status'] != 'available':
+            return
+
+        # Select the best destination address (PrimaryEndpoint)
+        dest = replication_group['NodeGroups'][0]['PrimaryEndpoint']['Address']
+
+        if not dest:
+            # Skip clusters we cannot address (e.g. private VPC subnet)
+            return
+
+        # Add to index
+        self.index[dest] = [region, replication_group['ReplicationGroupId']]
+
+        # Inventory: Group by ID (always a group of 1)
+        if self.group_by_instance_id:
+            self.inventory[replication_group['ReplicationGroupId']] = [dest]
+            if self.nested_groups:
+                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'instances', replication_group['ReplicationGroupId'])
+
+        # Inventory: Group by region
+        if self.group_by_region:
+            self.push(self.inventory, region, dest)
+            if self.nested_groups:
+                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'regions', region)
+
+        # Inventory: Group by availability zone (doesn't apply to replication groups)
+
+        # Inventory: Group by node type (doesn't apply to replication groups)
+
+        # Inventory: Group by VPC (information not available in the current
+        # AWS API version for replication groups
+
+        # Inventory: Group by security group (doesn't apply to replication groups)
+        # Check this value in cluster level
+
+        # Inventory: Group by engine (replication groups are always Redis)
+        if self.group_by_elasticache_engine:
+            self.push(self.inventory, 'elasticache_redis', dest)
+            if self.nested_groups:
+                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'elasticache_engines', 'redis')
+
+        # Global Tag: all ElastiCache clusters
+        self.push(self.inventory, 'elasticache_replication_groups', replication_group['ReplicationGroupId'])
+
+        host_info = self.get_host_info_dict_from_describe_dict(replication_group)
+
+        self.inventory["_meta"]["hostvars"][dest] = host_info
+
+    def get_route53_records(self):
+        ''' Get and store the map of resource records to domain names that
+        point to them. '''
+
+        r53_conn = route53.Route53Connection()
+        all_zones = r53_conn.get_zones()
+
+        route53_zones = [ zone for zone in all_zones if zone.name[:-1]
+                          not in self.route53_excluded_zones ]
+
+        self.route53_records = {}
+
+        for zone in route53_zones:
+            rrsets = r53_conn.get_all_rrsets(zone.id)
+
+            for record_set in rrsets:
+                record_name = record_set.name
+
+                if record_name.endswith('.'):
+                    record_name = record_name[:-1]
+
+                for resource in record_set.resource_records:
+                    self.route53_records.setdefault(resource, set())
+                    self.route53_records[resource].add(record_name)
+
+
+    def get_instance_route53_names(self, instance):
+        ''' Check if an instance is referenced in the records we have from
+        Route53. If it is, return the list of domain names pointing to said
+        instance. If nothing points to it, return an empty list. '''
+
+        instance_attributes = [ 'public_dns_name', 'private_dns_name',
+                                'ip_address', 'private_ip_address' ]
+
+        name_list = set()
+
+        for attrib in instance_attributes:
+            try:
+                value = getattr(instance, attrib)
+            except AttributeError:
+                continue
+
+            if value in self.route53_records:
+                name_list.update(self.route53_records[value])
+
+        return list(name_list)
+
+    def get_host_info_dict_from_instance(self, instance):
+        instance_vars = {}
+        for key in vars(instance):
+            value = getattr(instance, key)
+            key = self.to_safe('ec2_' + key)
+
+            # Handle complex types
+            # state/previous_state changed to properties in boto in https://github.com/boto/boto/commit/a23c379837f698212252720d2af8dec0325c9518
+            if key == 'ec2__state':
+                instance_vars['ec2_state'] = instance.state or ''
+                instance_vars['ec2_state_code'] = instance.state_code
+            elif key == 'ec2__previous_state':
+                instance_vars['ec2_previous_state'] = instance.previous_state or ''
+                instance_vars['ec2_previous_state_code'] = instance.previous_state_code
+            elif type(value) in [int, bool]:
+                instance_vars[key] = value
+            elif isinstance(value, six.string_types):
+                instance_vars[key] = value.strip()
+            elif type(value) == type(None):
+                instance_vars[key] = ''
+            elif key == 'ec2_region':
+                instance_vars[key] = value.name
+            elif key == 'ec2__placement':
+                instance_vars['ec2_placement'] = value.zone
+            elif key == 'ec2_tags':
+                for k, v in value.items():
+                    if self.expand_csv_tags and ',' in v:
+                        v = map(lambda x: x.strip(), v.split(','))
+                    key = self.to_safe('ec2_tag_' + k)
+                    instance_vars[key] = v
+            elif key == 'ec2_groups':
+                group_ids = []
+                group_names = []
+                for group in value:
+                    group_ids.append(group.id)
+                    group_names.append(group.name)
+                instance_vars["ec2_security_group_ids"] = ','.join([str(i) for i in group_ids])
+                instance_vars["ec2_security_group_names"] = ','.join([str(i) for i in group_names])
+            else:
+                pass
+                # TODO Product codes if someone finds them useful
+                #print key
+                #print type(value)
+                #print value
+
+        return instance_vars
+
+    def get_host_info_dict_from_describe_dict(self, describe_dict):
+        ''' Parses the dictionary returned by the API call into a flat list
+            of parameters. This method should be used only when 'describe' is
+            used directly because Boto doesn't provide specific classes. '''
+
+        # I really don't agree with prefixing everything with 'ec2'
+        # because EC2, RDS and ElastiCache are different services.
+        # I'm just following the pattern used until now to not break any
+        # compatibility.
+
+        host_info = {}
+        for key in describe_dict:
+            value = describe_dict[key]
+            key = self.to_safe('ec2_' + self.uncammelize(key))
+
+            # Handle complex types
+
+            # Target: Memcached Cache Clusters
+            if key == 'ec2_configuration_endpoint' and value:
+                host_info['ec2_configuration_endpoint_address'] = value['Address']
+                host_info['ec2_configuration_endpoint_port'] = value['Port']
+
+            # Target: Cache Nodes and Redis Cache Clusters (single node)
+            if key == 'ec2_endpoint' and value:
+                host_info['ec2_endpoint_address'] = value['Address']
+                host_info['ec2_endpoint_port'] = value['Port']
+
+            # Target: Redis Replication Groups
+            if key == 'ec2_node_groups' and value:
+                host_info['ec2_endpoint_address'] = value[0]['PrimaryEndpoint']['Address']
+                host_info['ec2_endpoint_port'] = value[0]['PrimaryEndpoint']['Port']
+                replica_count = 0
+                for node in value[0]['NodeGroupMembers']:
+                    if node['CurrentRole'] == 'primary':
+                        host_info['ec2_primary_cluster_address'] = node['ReadEndpoint']['Address']
+                        host_info['ec2_primary_cluster_port'] = node['ReadEndpoint']['Port']
+                        host_info['ec2_primary_cluster_id'] = node['CacheClusterId']
+                    elif node['CurrentRole'] == 'replica':
+                        host_info['ec2_replica_cluster_address_'+ str(replica_count)] = node['ReadEndpoint']['Address']
+                        host_info['ec2_replica_cluster_port_'+ str(replica_count)] = node['ReadEndpoint']['Port']
+                        host_info['ec2_replica_cluster_id_'+ str(replica_count)] = node['CacheClusterId']
+                        replica_count += 1
+
+            # Target: Redis Replication Groups
+            if key == 'ec2_member_clusters' and value:
+                host_info['ec2_member_clusters'] = ','.join([str(i) for i in value])
+
+            # Target: All Cache Clusters
+            elif key == 'ec2_cache_parameter_group':
+                host_info["ec2_cache_node_ids_to_reboot"] = ','.join([str(i) for i in value['CacheNodeIdsToReboot']])
+                host_info['ec2_cache_parameter_group_name'] = value['CacheParameterGroupName']
+                host_info['ec2_cache_parameter_apply_status'] = value['ParameterApplyStatus']
+
+            # Target: Almost everything
+            elif key == 'ec2_security_groups':
+
+                # Skip if SecurityGroups is None
+                # (it is possible to have the key defined but no value in it).
+                if value is not None:
+                    sg_ids = []
+                    for sg in value:
+                        sg_ids.append(sg['SecurityGroupId'])
+                    host_info["ec2_security_group_ids"] = ','.join([str(i) for i in sg_ids])
+
+            # Target: Everything
+            # Preserve booleans and integers
+            elif type(value) in [int, bool]:
+                host_info[key] = value
+
+            # Target: Everything
+            # Sanitize string values
+            elif isinstance(value, six.string_types):
+                host_info[key] = value.strip()
+
+            # Target: Everything
+            # Replace None by an empty string
+            elif type(value) == type(None):
+                host_info[key] = ''
+
+            else:
+                # Remove non-processed complex types
+                pass
+
+        return host_info
+
+    def get_host_info(self):
+        ''' Get variables about a specific host '''
+
+        if len(self.index) == 0:
+            # Need to load index from cache
+            self.load_index_from_cache()
+
+        if not self.args.host in self.index:
+            # try updating the cache
+            self.do_api_calls_update_cache()
+            if not self.args.host in self.index:
+                # host might not exist anymore
+                return self.json_format_dict({}, True)
+
+        (region, instance_id) = self.index[self.args.host]
+
+        instance = self.get_instance(region, instance_id)
+        return self.json_format_dict(self.get_host_info_dict_from_instance(instance), True)
+
+    def push(self, my_dict, key, element):
+        ''' Push an element onto an array that may not have been defined in
+        the dict '''
+        group_info = my_dict.setdefault(key, [])
+        if isinstance(group_info, dict):
+            host_list = group_info.setdefault('hosts', [])
+            host_list.append(element)
+        else:
+            group_info.append(element)
+
+    def push_group(self, my_dict, key, element):
+        ''' Push a group as a child of another group. '''
+        parent_group = my_dict.setdefault(key, {})
+        if not isinstance(parent_group, dict):
+            parent_group = my_dict[key] = {'hosts': parent_group}
+        child_groups = parent_group.setdefault('children', [])
+        if element not in child_groups:
+            child_groups.append(element)
+
+    def get_inventory_from_cache(self):
+        ''' Reads the inventory from the cache file and returns it as a JSON
+        object '''
+
+        cache = open(self.cache_path_cache, 'r')
+        json_inventory = cache.read()
+        return json_inventory
+
+
+    def load_index_from_cache(self):
+        ''' Reads the index from the cache file sets self.index '''
+
+        cache = open(self.cache_path_index, 'r')
+        json_index = cache.read()
+        self.index = json.loads(json_index)
+
+
+    def write_to_cache(self, data, filename):
+        ''' Writes data in JSON format to a file '''
+
+        json_data = self.json_format_dict(data, True)
+        cache = open(filename, 'w')
+        cache.write(json_data)
+        cache.close()
+
+    def uncammelize(self, key):
+        temp = re.sub('(.)([A-Z][a-z]+)', r'\1_\2', key)
+        return re.sub('([a-z0-9])([A-Z])', r'\1_\2', temp).lower()
+
+    def to_safe(self, word):
+        ''' Converts 'bad' characters in a string to underscores so they can be used as Ansible groups '''
+        regex = "[^A-Za-z0-9\_"
+        if not self.replace_dash_in_groups:
+            regex += "\-"
+        return re.sub(regex + "]", "_", word)
+
+    def json_format_dict(self, data, pretty=False):
+        ''' Converts a dict to a JSON object and dumps it as a formatted
+        string '''
+
+        if pretty:
+            return json.dumps(data, sort_keys=True, indent=2)
+        else:
+            return json.dumps(data)
+
+
+# Run the script
+Ec2Inventory()
diff --git a/setup-ec2.yml b/setup-ec2.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e9f43e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup-ec2.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+---
+- hosts: localhost
+  connection: local
+
+  vars:
+    ansible_config: ~/.ansible
+    
+  tasks:
+  - name: Create a template .boto config file
+    template: 
+      src: boto.j2
+      dest: ~/.boto
+    when: aws_access_key_id is defined and aws_secret_access_key is defined and secure_aws_region is defined 
+
+  - name: Create a template ec2.ini config file
+    template: 
+      src: ec2.ini.j2
+      dest: '{{ ansible_config }}/ec2.ini'
+    when: aws_access_key_id is defined and aws_secret_access_key is defined and secure_aws_region is defined 
+
+  - name: Update EC2_INI_PATH
+    lineinfile: 
+      backup: yes
+      dest: ~/.bashrc
+      state: present
+      line: 'export EC2_INI_PATH={{ ansible_config }}/ec2.ini'
+    when: aws_access_key_id is defined and aws_secret_access_key is defined and secure_aws_region is defined 
+
+  - name: Copy ec2.py script
+    copy: 
+      src: ec2.py
+      dest: '{{ ansible_config }}/ec2.py'
+      
+  - name: Update .bashrc with AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
+    lineinfile: 
+      backup: yes
+      dest: ~/.bashrc
+      state: present
+      line: 'export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID={{ aws_access_key_id }}'
+    when: aws_access_key_id is defined
+    
+  - name: Update .bashrc with AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
+    lineinfile: 
+      backup: yes
+      dest: ~/.bashrc
+      state: present
+      line: 'export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY={{ aws_secret_access_key }}'
+    when: aws_secret_access_key is defined
+    
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