Merge pull request #2575 from IABTechLab/swi-fix-ami-timeout

UID2-7223 Use 1 SSM session in AWS AMI build

Author: swibi-ttd

scripts/aws/uid2-operator-ami/ansible.cfg

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+# Raise the connection timeout from the default 10s.
+# fixes "Timeout (12s) waiting for privilege escalation prompt" since May 2026
+[defaults]
+timeout = 60
+
+# Reuse one persistent SSH connection for the whole play
+# (ControlMaster/ControlPersist) and pipe module execution over it (pipelining)
+# so we pay the slow SSM setup once instead of per task. ServerAlive keepalives
+# generate traffic so a long-running task's session isn't idle-reaped.
+# Intends to solve an issue where the playbook hangs, seemingly due to the above SSM 
+# setup time.
+[ssh_connection]
+pipelining = True
+ssh_args = -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=600s -o ServerAliveInterval=30 -o ServerAliveCountMax=20