added the termination date and time as motd

added the edx-sandbox role

Added the ddx-sandbox role and delete the previously added task from
the common role and add it to this separate role

take the date & time from tag

add the full template path

Add the exception handling

modified the motd script

modified the motd script

modified the motd script

playbooks/edx-east/edx_provision.yml

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
   roles:
     # rerun common to set the hostname, nginx to set basic auth
     - common
+    - edx-sandbox
     - role: nginx
       nginx_sites:
       - cms

playbooks/roles/edx-sandbox/tasks/main.yml

+---
+#
+# edX Configuration
+#
+# github:     https://github.com/edx/configuration
+# wiki:       https://github.com/edx/configuration/wiki
+# code style: https://github.com/edx/configuration/wiki/Ansible-Coding-Conventions
+# license:    https://github.com/edx/configuration/blob/master/LICENSE.TXT
+#
+#
+#
+# Tasks for role edx-sandbox
+# 
+# Overview:
+# This role will be use to copy the motd to the sandbox in order to 
+# show the sandbox termination time as motd 
+#
+# Dependencies:
+# This role will only work on edx sandbox
+# 
+# Example play:
+#
+#
+
+- name: update the termination date and time as motd
+  template: >
+    dest=/etc/update-motd.d/999-terminate-sandbox
+    src=etc/update-motd.d/temiate_motd.j2 mode=0755 owner=root group=root

playbooks/roles/edx-sandbox/templates/etc/update-motd.d/temiate_motd.j2

+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import boto
+from boto.utils import get_instance_metadata
+from datetime import timedelta
+from datetime import datetime
+
+ec2 = boto.connect_ec2()
+instance_id = get_instance_metadata()['instance-id']
+reservations = ec2.get_all_instances(instance_ids=[instance_id])
+instance = reservations[0].instances[0]
+
+if instance.tags.has_key('instance_termination_time'):
+    terminate_time = datetime.strptime(str(instance.tags['instance_termination_time']), "%m-%d-%Y %H:%M:%S")
+else:
+    terminate_time = datetime.strptime(instance.launch_time, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ") + timedelta(days=7)
+
+print('This system will be terminated on {:%b %d, %Y}'.format(terminate_time))