From f49408287a96329542ba71958afe0f47363e4c28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gregor Riepl Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2020 18:12:13 +0100 Subject: Document difference between ec2 and ec2_instance modules (#67009) Co-Authored-By: Mark Chappell --- lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2.py | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2.py index a7e731faf1..91503bbf8e 100644 --- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2.py +++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2.py @@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ module: ec2 short_description: create, terminate, start or stop an instance in ec2 description: - Creates or terminates ec2 instances. + - > + Note: This module uses the older boto Python module to interact with the EC2 API. + M(ec2) will still receive bug fixes, but no new features. + Consider using the M(ec2_instance) module instead. + If M(ec2_instance) does not support a feature you need that is available in M(ec2), please + file a feature request. version_added: "0.9" options: key_name: -- cgit v1.2.1