In this chapter, we have taken our next step in using Ansible to launch resources in a public cloud. We have laid the groundwork for automating quite a complex environment by creating a VPC, setting up the subnets we need for our application, provisioning an internet gateway, and setting our instances to route their outgoing traffic through it.
We have also configured four security groups, three of which contained dynamic content, to secure our services before finally provisioning an ELB into our VPC.
In the next chapter, we will build on the foundations we have laid in this chapter and launch a more complex set of services.