Ansible AWS EC2 create scripts gives this error:: "Timeout when waiting for 172.31.25.6:22"}

[Ajay Sharma]

My Ansible AWS EC2 instance creation script gives this error. 

"Timeout when waiting for 172.31.25.6:22"}
        to retry, use: --limit @/root/instance/provision-ec2.retry

this code is causing problem, Please let me know, how to solve this. 

- name: Wait for the instances to boot by checking the ssh port 
  wait_for: host={{item.public_ip}} port=22 delay=60 timeout=220 state=started with_items: "{{ ec2.instances }}" 
~ 


here is the entire code. 
###################
---
 - name: Provision EC2 Box
   local_action:
     module: ec2
     key_name: "{{ ec2_keypair }}"
     group_id: "{{ ec2_security_group }}"
     instance_type: "{{ ec2_instance_type }}"
     image: "{{ ec2_image }}"
     vpc_subnet_id: "{{ ec2_subnet_ids|random }}"
     region: "{{ ec2_region }}"
     instance_tags: '{"Name":"{{ec2_tag_Name}}","Type":"{{ec2_tag_Type}}","Environment":"{{ec2_tag_Environment}}"}'
     assign_public_ip: yes
     wait: true
     count: 1
     volumes:
     - device_name: /dev/sda1
       device_type: gp2
       volume_size: "{{ ec2_volume_size }}"
       delete_on_termination: true
   register: ec2

 - debug: var=item
   with_items: "{{ ec2.instances }}"

 - add_host: name={{ item.public_ip }} >
             groups=tag_Type_{{ec2_tag_Type}},tag_Environment_{{ec2_tag_Environment}}
             ec2_region={{ec2_region}}
             ec2_tag_Name={{ec2_tag_Name}}
             ec2_tag_Type={{ec2_tag_Type}}
             ec2_tag_Environment={{ec2_tag_Environment}}
             ec2_ip_address={{item.public_ip}}
   with_items: "{{ ec2.instances }}"

 - name: Wait for the instances to boot by checking the ssh port
   wait_for: host={{item.public_ip}} port=22 delay=60 timeout=220 state=started
   with_items: "{{ ec2.instances }}"
~
#################
Regards,
Ajay

[alanp...@gmail.com]

What happens if you increase the delay?

[Ajay Sharma]

If i increase the delay, in that condition also, it gives the same error. 

when i ran the above scripts in ansible-playbook --check debug option. 

it gave this error 

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"msg": "'dict object' has no attribute 'instances'"}

        to retry, use: --limit @/root/instance/provision-ec2.retry

so i commented this part in the main.yml file, and now it runs ok, but does not wait for the machine to come up. 

# - debug: var=item

#   with_items: "{{ ec2.instances }}"

# - add_host: name={{ item.public_ip }} >

#             groups=tag_Type_{{ec2_tag_Type}},tag_Environment_{{ec2_tag_Environment}}

#             ec2_region={{ec2_region}}

#             ec2_tag_Name={{ec2_tag_Name}}

#             ec2_tag_Type={{ec2_tag_Type}}

#             ec2_tag_Environment={{ec2_tag_Environment}}

#             ec2_ip_address={{item.public_ip}}

#   with_items: "{{ ec2.instances }}"

# - name: Wait for the instances to boot by checking the ssh port

#   wait_for: host={{item.public_ip}} port=22 delay=60 timeout=320 state=started

#   with_items: "{{ ec2.instances }}"

now it runs Ok.  but does not waits for the machine to come up. 

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