Add directory_mode to common file parameters to prevent errors.
Update cron module documentation. The 'name' parameter is required.
Fix issue where a container is created but is not indicating that the state was changed
Fix _parse_value always returning 0 when not true, false or None.
Fixes to variable issues introduced by recent changes

Fixes #6801
Fixes #6832
fixed error related to type being defined as a number
EC2: added ability to set EBS optimized instances