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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# 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/>.
+ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'status': ['preview'],
+                    'supported_by': 'community',
+                    'metadata_version': '1.0'}
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: lightsail
+short_description: Create or delete a virtual machine instance in AWS Lightsail
+description:
+     - Creates or instances in AWS Lightsail and optionally wait for it to be 'running'.
+version_added: "2.4"
+author: "Nick Ball (@nickball)"
+options:
+  state:
+    description:
+      - Indicate desired state of the target.
+    default: present
+    choices: ['present', 'absent', 'running', 'restarted', 'stopped']
+  name:
+    description:
+      - Name of the instance
+    required: true
+    default : null
+  zone:
+    description:
+      - AWS availability zone in which to launch the instance. Required when state='present'
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  blueprint_id:
+    description:
+      - ID of the instance blueprint image. Required when state='present'
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  bundle_id:
+    description:
+      - Bundle of specification info for the instance. Required when state='present'
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  user_data:
+    description:
+      - Launch script that can configure the instance with additional data
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  key_pair_name:
+    description:
+      - Name of the key pair to use with the instance
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  wait:
+    description:
+      - Wait for the instance to be in state 'running' before returning.  If wait is "no" an ip_address may not be returned
+    default: "yes"
+    choices: [ "yes", "no" ]
+  wait_timeout:
+    description:
+      - How long before wait gives up, in seconds.
+    default: 300
+
+requirements:
+  - "python >= 2.6"
+  - boto3
+
+extends_documentation_fragment: aws
+'''
+
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+# Create a new Lightsail instance, register the instance details
+- lightsail:
+    state: present
+    name: myinstance
+    region: us-east-1
+    zone: us-east-1a
+    blueprint_id: ubuntu_16_04
+    bundle_id: nano_1_0
+    key_pair_name: id_rsa
+    user_data: " echo 'hello world' > /home/ubuntu/test.txt"
+    wait_timeout: 500
+  register: my_instance
+
+- debug:
+    msg: "Name is {{ my_instance.instance.name }}"
+
+- debug:
+    msg: "IP is {{ my_instance.instance.publicIpAddress }}"
+
+# Delete an instance if present
+- lightsail:
+    state: absent
+    region: us-east-1
+    name: myinstance
+
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+changed:
+  description: if a snapshot has been modified/created
+  returned: always
+  type: bool
+  sample:
+    changed: true
+instance:
+  description: instance data
+  returned: always
+  type: dict
+  sample:
+    arn: "arn:aws:lightsail:us-east-1:448830907657:Instance/1fef0175-d6c8-480e-84fa-214f969cda87"
+    blueprint_id: "ubuntu_16_04"
+    blueprint_name: "Ubuntu"
+    bundle_id: "nano_1_0"
+    created_at: "2017-03-27T08:38:59.714000-04:00"
+    hardware:
+      cpu_count: 1
+      ram_size_in_gb: 0.5
+    is_static_ip: false
+    location:
+      availability_zone: "us-east-1a"
+      region_name: "us-east-1"
+    name: "my_instance"
+    networking:
+      monthly_transfer:
+        gb_per_month_allocated: 1024
+      ports:
+        - access_direction: "inbound"
+          access_from: "Anywhere (0.0.0.0/0)"
+          access_type: "public"
+          common_name: ""
+          from_port: 80
+          protocol: tcp
+          to_port: 80
+        - access_direction: "inbound"
+          access_from: "Anywhere (0.0.0.0/0)"
+          access_type: "public"
+          common_name: ""
+          from_port: 22
+          protocol: tcp
+          to_port: 22
+    private_ip_address: "172.26.8.14"
+    public_ip_address: "34.207.152.202"
+    resource_type: "Instance"
+    ssh_key_name: "keypair"
+    state:
+      code: 16
+      name: running
+    support_code: "588307843083/i-0997c97831ee21e33"
+    username: "ubuntu"
+'''
+
+import os
+import time
+import traceback
+
+try:
+    import botocore
+    HAS_BOTOCORE = True
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_BOTOCORE = False
+
+try:
+    import boto3
+except ImportError:
+    # will be caught by imported HAS_BOTO3
+    pass
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils.ec2 import ec2_argument_spec, get_aws_connection_info, boto3_conn, HAS_BOTO3, camel_dict_to_snake_dict
+
+
+def create_instance(module, client, instance_name):
+    """
+    Create an instance
+
+    module: Ansible module object
+    client: authenticated lightsail connection object
+    instance_name: name of instance to delete
+
+    Returns a dictionary of instance information
+    about the new instance.
+
+    """
+
+    changed = False
+
+    # Check if instance already exists
+    inst = None
+    try:
+        inst = _find_instance_info(client, instance_name)
+    except botocore.exceptions.ClientError as e:
+        if e.response['Error']['Code'] != 'NotFoundException':
+            module.fail_json(msg='Error finding instance {0}, error: {1}'.format(instance_name, e))
+
+    zone = module.params.get('zone')
+    blueprint_id = module.params.get('blueprint_id')
+    bundle_id = module.params.get('bundle_id')
+    key_pair_name = module.params.get('key_pair_name')
+    user_data = module.params.get('user_data')
+    user_data = '' if user_data is None else user_data
+
+    resp = None
+    if inst is None:
+        try:
+            resp = client.create_instances(
+                instanceNames=[
+                    instance_name
+                ],
+                availabilityZone=zone,
+                blueprintId=blueprint_id,
+                bundleId=bundle_id,
+                userData=user_data,
+                keyPairName=key_pair_name,
+            )
+            resp = resp['operations'][0]
+        except botocore.exceptions.ClientError as e:
+            module.fail_json(msg='Unable to create instance {0}, error: {1}'.format(instance_name, e))
+        changed = True
+
+    inst = _find_instance_info(client, instance_name)
+
+    return (changed, inst)
+
+
+def delete_instance(module, client, instance_name):
+    """
+    Terminates an instance
+
+    module: Ansible module object
+    client: authenticated lightsail connection object
+    instance_name: name of instance to delete
+
+    Returns a dictionary of instance information
+    about the instance deleted (pre-deletion).
+
+    If the instance to be deleted is running
+    "changed" will be set to False.
+
+    """
+
+    # It looks like deleting removes the instance immediately, nothing to wait for
+    wait = module.params.get('wait')
+    wait_timeout = int(module.params.get('wait_timeout'))
+    wait_max = time.time() + wait_timeout
+
+    changed = False
+
+    inst = None
+    try:
+        inst = _find_instance_info(client, instance_name)
+    except botocore.exceptions.ClientError as e:
+        if e.response['Error']['Code'] != 'NotFoundException':
+            module.fail_json(msg='Error finding instance {0}, error: {1}'.format(instance_name, e))
+
+    # Wait for instance to exit transition state before deleting
+    if wait:
+        while wait_max > time.time() and inst is not None and inst['state']['name'] in ('pending', 'stopping'):
+            try:
+                time.sleep(5)
+                inst = _find_instance_info(client, instance_name)
+            except botocore.exceptions.ClientError as e:
+                if e.response['ResponseMetadata']['HTTPStatusCode'] == "403":
+                    module.fail_json(msg="Failed to delete instance {0}. Check that you have permissions to perform the operation.".format(instance_name),
+                                     exception=traceback.format_exc())
+                elif e.response['Error']['Code'] == "RequestExpired":
+                    module.fail_json(msg="RequestExpired: Failed to delete instance {0}.".format(instance_name), exception=traceback.format_exc())
+                # sleep and retry
+                time.sleep(10)
+
+    # Attempt to delete
+    if inst is not None:
+        while not changed and ((wait and wait_max > time.time()) or (not wait)):
+            try:
+                client.delete_instance(instanceName=instance_name)
+                changed = True
+            except botocore.exceptions.ClientError as e:
+                module.fail_json(msg='Error deleting instance {0}, error: {1}'.format(instance_name, e))
+
+    # Timed out
+    if wait and not changed and wait_max <= time.time():
+        module.fail_json(msg="wait for instance delete timeout at %s" % time.asctime())
+
+    return (changed, inst)
+
+
+def restart_instance(module, client, instance_name):
+    """
+    Reboot an existing instance
+
+    module: Ansible module object
+    client: authenticated lightsail connection object
+    instance_name: name of instance to reboot
+
+    Returns a dictionary of instance information
+    about the restarted instance
+
+    If the instance was not able to reboot,
+    "changed" will be set to False.
+
+    Wait will not apply here as this is an OS-level operation
+    """
+    wait = module.params.get('wait')
+    wait_timeout = int(module.params.get('wait_timeout'))
+    wait_max = time.time() + wait_timeout
+
+    changed = False
+
+    inst = None
+    try:
+        inst = _find_instance_info(client, instance_name)
+    except botocore.exceptions.ClientError as e:
+        if e.response['Error']['Code'] != 'NotFoundException':
+            module.fail_json(msg='Error finding instance {0}, error: {1}'.format(instance_name, e))
+
+    # Wait for instance to exit transition state before state change
+    if wait:
+        while wait_max > time.time() and inst is not None and inst['state']['name'] in ('pending', 'stopping'):
+            try:
+                time.sleep(5)
+                inst = _find_instance_info(client, instance_name)
+            except botocore.exceptions.ClientError as e:
+                if e.response['ResponseMetadata']['HTTPStatusCode'] == "403":
+                    module.fail_json(msg="Failed to restart instance {0}. Check that you have permissions to perform the operation.".format(instance_name),
+                                     exception=traceback.format_exc())
+                elif e.response['Error']['Code'] == "RequestExpired":
+                    module.fail_json(msg="RequestExpired: Failed to restart instance {0}.".format(instance_name), exception=traceback.format_exc())
+                time.sleep(3)
+
+    # send reboot
+    if inst is not None:
+        try:
+            client.reboot_instance(instanceName=instance_name)
+        except botocore.exceptions.ClientError as e:
+            if e.response['Error']['Code'] != 'NotFoundException':
+                module.fail_json(msg='Unable to reboot instance {0}, error: {1}'.format(instance_name, e))
+        changed = True
+
+    return (changed, inst)
+
+
+def startstop_instance(module, client, instance_name, state):
+    """
+    Starts or stops an existing instance
+
+    module: Ansible module object
+    client: authenticated lightsail connection object
+    instance_name: name of instance to start/stop
+    state: Target state ("running" or "stopped")
+
+    Returns a dictionary of instance information
+    about the instance started/stopped
+
+    If the instance was not able to state change,
+    "changed" will be set to False.
+
+    """
+    wait = module.params.get('wait')
+    wait_timeout = int(module.params.get('wait_timeout'))
+    wait_max = time.time() + wait_timeout
+
+    changed = False
+
+    inst = None
+    try:
+        inst = _find_instance_info(client, instance_name)
+    except botocore.exceptions.ClientError as e:
+        if e.response['Error']['Code'] != 'NotFoundException':
+            module.fail_json(msg='Error finding instance {0}, error: {1}'.format(instance_name, e))
+
+    # Wait for instance to exit transition state before state change
+    if wait:
+        while wait_max > time.time() and inst is not None and inst['state']['name'] in ('pending', 'stopping'):
+            try:
+                time.sleep(5)
+                inst = _find_instance_info(client, instance_name)
+            except botocore.exceptions.ClientError as e:
+                if e.response['ResponseMetadata']['HTTPStatusCode'] == "403":
+                    module.fail_json(msg="Failed to start/stop instance {0}. Check that you have permissions to perform the operation".format(instance_name),
+                                     exception=traceback.format_exc())
+                elif e.response['Error']['Code'] == "RequestExpired":
+                    module.fail_json(msg="RequestExpired: Failed to start/stop instance {0}.".format(instance_name), exception=traceback.format_exc())
+                time.sleep(1)
+
+    # Try state change
+    if inst is not None and inst['state']['name'] != state:
+        try:
+            if state == 'running':
+                client.start_instance(instanceName=instance_name)
+            else:
+                client.stop_instance(instanceName=instance_name)
+        except botocore.exceptions.ClientError as e:
+            module.fail_json(msg='Unable to change state for instance {0}, error: {1}'.format(instance_name, e))
+        changed = True
+        # Grab current instance info
+        inst = _find_instance_info(client, instance_name)
+
+    return (changed, inst)
+
+
+def core(module):
+    region, ec2_url, aws_connect_kwargs = get_aws_connection_info(module, boto3=True)
+    if not region:
+        module.fail_json(msg='region must be specified')
+
+    client = None
+    try:
+        client = boto3_conn(module, conn_type='client', resource='lightsail',
+                            region=region, endpoint=ec2_url, **aws_connect_kwargs)
+    except (botocore.exceptions.ClientError, botocore.exceptions.ValidationError) as e:
+        module.fail_json('Failed while connecting to the lightsail service: %s' % e, exception=traceback.format_exc())
+
+    changed = False
+    state = module.params['state']
+    name = module.params['name']
+
+    if state == 'absent':
+        changed, instance_dict = delete_instance(module, client, name)
+    elif state in ('running', 'stopped'):
+        changed, instance_dict = startstop_instance(module, client, name, state)
+    elif state == 'restarted':
+        changed, instance_dict = restart_instance(module, client, name)
+    elif state == 'present':
+        changed, instance_dict = create_instance(module, client, name)
+
+    module.exit_json(changed=changed, instance=camel_dict_to_snake_dict(instance_dict))
+
+
+def _find_instance_info(client, instance_name):
+    ''' handle exceptions where this function is called '''
+    inst = None
+    try:
+        inst = client.get_instance(instanceName=instance_name)
+    except botocore.exceptions.ClientError as e:
+        raise
+    return inst['instance']
+
+
+def main():
+    argument_spec = ec2_argument_spec()
+    argument_spec.update(dict(
+        name=dict(type='str', required=True),
+        state=dict(type='str', default='present', choices=['present', 'absent', 'stopped', 'running', 'restarted']),
+        zone=dict(type='str'),
+        blueprint_id=dict(type='str'),
+        bundle_id=dict(type='str'),
+        key_pair_name=dict(type='str'),
+        user_data=dict(type='str'),
+        wait=dict(type='bool', default=True),
+        wait_timeout=dict(default=300),
+    ))
+
+    module = AnsibleModule(argument_spec=argument_spec)
+
+    if not HAS_BOTO3:
+        module.fail_json(msg='Python module "boto3" is missing, please install it')
+
+    if not HAS_BOTOCORE:
+        module.fail_json(msg='Python module "botocore" is missing, please install it')
+
+    try:
+        core(module)
+    except (botocore.exceptions.ClientError, Exception) as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg=str(e), exception=traceback.format_exc())
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()