trying new key method

docs/faq.md

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# FAQ
+# FAQ for the Provisioner
 Frequently Asked Questions... or rather common problems that people have hit.
 
 ## Problem: boto3 missing
-
+ 
 ```
 fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"attempts": 1, "changed": false, "msg": "Python modules \"botocore\" or \"boto3\" are missing, please install both"}
 ```
@@ -41,3 +41,14 @@ aws_secret_access_key = ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP/ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP
 ```
 An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: ClientError: An error occurred (AuthFailure) when calling the DescribeImageAttribute operation: Not authorized for image:ami-26ebbc5c
 ```
+
+Solution:
+Install latest dev of Ansible (will lock down specific version after 2.5 launches)
+
+```
+pip install git+https://github.com/ansible/ansible.git@devel
+```
+
+Refer to direction for Ansible Installation: http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/intro_installation.html
+
+## Problem: TASK [connectivity_test : Wait 400 seconds, but only start checking after 30 seconds] ****************************************************

provisioner/README.md

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ networking: true
     - [Setup (per workshop)](#setup-per-workshop)
   - [Accessing student documentation and slides](#Accessing-student-documentation-and-slides)
 - [AWS Teardown](#aws-teardown)
+- [FAQ](../docs/faq.md)
 
 # Requirements
 
@@ -121,3 +122,6 @@ To destroy all the EC2 instances after training is complete:
 1. Run the playbook:
 
         ansible-playbook teardown_lab.yml -e @extra_vars.yml -e @users.yml
+
+# FAQ
+For frequently asked questions see the [FAQ](../docs/faq.md)

provisioner/roles/manage_ec2_instances/tasks/provision.yml

@@ -180,9 +180,6 @@
     - networking
     - ec2_vpc_id2 is undefined
 
-- name: enable ssh-agent
-  shell: eval $(ssh-agent)
-
 - name: Create ssh key pair for workshop {{ ec2_name_prefix }}
   ec2_key:
     name: "{{ ec2_name_prefix }}-key"
@@ -201,9 +198,17 @@
     mode: 0400
   when: create_key.changed
 
+
+### SSH TRICKERY SECTION
+- name: see if ssh-agent is running
+  command: ssh-add -L
+  register: sshagent_output
+
+- name: enable ssh-agent
+  shell: eval $(ssh-agent)
+
 - name: add the private key
   command: ssh-add ./aws-private.pem
-  ignore_errors: yes
   when: create_key.changed
 
 - name: add key to user