An example of how we automate at DataXu.
Presentation here: https://www.dataxu.com/blog/github-meetup-automating-the-build-test-deploy-process-at-dataxu-with-jenkins-ansible-and-aws/
cd ansible-playbook
ansible-playbook -v jenkins_ami.yml --private-key /path/to/my/private/key.pem
Get the AMI ID that was generated by the above play
cd ansible-playbook
ansible-playbook -v jenkins_deploy.yml -e ami_id="ami-01234567"
Update the jenkins-jobs/jenkins_demo.ini with the ip of your jenkins
jenkins-jobs --conf jenkins-jobs/jenkins_demo.ini update jenkins-jobs/jenkins.yml
Update variables in github-webhooks_deploy.yml or set with -e on the command line.
cd ansible-playbook
ansible-playbook -v github-webhooks_deploy.yml