This module assumes you have the AWSPowerShell Module already installed
if you need to install "install-module AWSPowerShell" (PS5.0 and up)
you'll need to have your .PEM file in the root directory for your keypair
EC2.Builder.ps1 - Programatically builds EC2 Instances based on aws.json
- verifies if instances with name already exists, if not creates
- Inserts Any Scripts from the USERDATA directory as bootstraped Base64 encoded to run persistently so scripts should be Idempotent
- current PS Bootstrap script -verifies / creates WinRM HTTPS Listener -Self Signed Cert -Firewall rule for 5986
- retrieves information on instances and waits for running status
- Tests WSMan by remote invoking Instances and retrieving WinRM Service information
populate the Instances object in the following format
{ "Name": "", "Type": "t2.micro", "Image": "" }
Breakdown of keys
-Region : default region to use, this also gets used for programatically creating the self signed cert
-defaultAWSProfile : the default aws profile you've configured from credentials.csv
-DefaultImageName : a default Windows Base image
-Keypairname : the name of the keypair to attach to your instances, if you leave this blank good luck logging in
-SecurityGroup : the name of a pre-existing security group to attach Instances to