Once your nodes are spun up, you'll probably want to talk to them again. With a cloud setup, it's best to not maintain a static list of cloud hostnames
in text files. Rather, the best way to handle this is to use the ec2 dynamic inventory script.
in text files. Rather, the best way to handle this is to use the ec2 dynamic inventory script. See :ref:`intro_dynamic_inventory`.
This will also dynamically select nodes that were even created outside of Ansible, and allow Ansible to manage them.
See the doc:`aws_example` for how to use this, then flip back over to this chapter.
See :ref:`intro_dynamic_inventory` for how to use this, then flip back over to this chapter.
