Error running ec2.py script

[Bruce Bundy]

I have a freshly installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS instance running ansible 1.5.4 and python 2.7.6

In general my ansible playbooks are running normally, using modules such as apt, gem, pip, authorized_key, user, etc.

Now I am trying to use AWS dynamic inventory features.  I fetched ec2.py using

wget https://raw.github.com/ansible/ansible/devel/plugins/inventory/ec2.py

and ec2.ini using 

wget https://raw.github.com/ansible/ansible/devel/plugins/inventory/ec2.ini

 but have not made any mods to either file.

When I try the test command provided, I receive the following error:

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ansible@admin-staging:~/Ansible$ ansible -i ec2.py -u ubuntu us-east-1d -m ping

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/bin/ansible", line 226, in <module>

    (runner, results) = cli.run(options, args)

  File "/usr/bin/ansible", line 142, in run

    inventory_manager = inventory.Inventory(options.inventory)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/inventory/__init__.py", line 106, in __init__

    self.parser = InventoryParser(filename=host_list)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/inventory/ini.py", line 41, in __init__

    self._parse()

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/inventory/ini.py", line 45, in _parse

    self._parse_base_groups()

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/inventory/ini.py", line 83, in _parse_base_groups

    tokens = shlex.split(line)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/shlex.py", line 279, in split

    return list(lex)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/shlex.py", line 269, in next

    token = self.get_token()

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/shlex.py", line 96, in get_token

    raw = self.read_token()

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/shlex.py", line 172, in read_token

    raise ValueError, "No closing quotation"

ValueError: No closing quotation

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Does anyone have an idea of what may be going on here?  Thanks very much for your help!

[Michael Peters]

Try running the dynamic inventory by itself to see what output is generated.

./ec2.py

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[Bruce Bundy]

Thanks Michael.  That enabled me to debug the problem.  Two things:  I needed to "pip install boto" and "export EC2_INI_PATH=/etc/ansible/ec2.ini".

:-) works now!

-Bruce

[Christian Laguerre]

Bruce,

You may want to run a more recent version Ansible. There a a lot of parameters need 1.6, and even the current release 1.7.2 is starting to fall behind for AWS stuff. For instance, spinning up a Encrypted ESB volume requires 1.8. Here's a link to where this is discussed. http://docs.ansible.com/intro_installation.html

-Christian 

[Michael DeHaan]

No closing quotation has little to do with AWS parameter usage, but error handling is greatly improved in numerous cases in the 1.7.X series.

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