Weird issue with ec2_eip module

[Igor Cicimov]

Hi all,

I'm creating an ASG in my playbook from which I launch the following instances:

TASK: [create auto scaling group] *********************************************
changed: [localhost]

TASK: [debug var="{{ ec_asg_info.instances }}"] *******************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "var": {
        "['i-9abfff30', 'i-ee4ea517', 'i-08ec48a2']": "['i-9abfff30', 'i-ee4ea517', 'i-08ec48a2']"
    }
}

TASK: [debug var="{{ item }}"] ************************************************
ok: [localhost] => (item=i-9abfff30) => {
    "item": "i-9abfff30",
    "var": {
        "i-9abfff30": "i-9abfff30"
    }
}
ok: [localhost] => (item=i-ee4ea517) => {
    "item": "i-ee4ea517",
    "var": {
        "i-ee4ea517": "i-ee4ea517"
    }
}
ok: [localhost] => (item=i-08ec48a2) => {
    "item": "i-08ec48a2",
    "var": {
        "i-08ec48a2": "i-08ec48a2"
    }
}

and then I pass the list of the create instances to the ec2_eip task:

    - name: associate new elastic IPs with each of the instances
      ec2_eip:
          instance_id={{ item }}
          region={{ vpc_region }}
          in_vpc=yes
      with_items: ec2_asg_info.instances
      register: eip_info

which fails with the following error:

TASK: [associate new elastic IPs with each of the instances] ******************
failed: [localhost] => (item=ec2_asg_info.instances) => {"failed": true, "item": "ec2_asg_info.instances"}
msg: EC2ResponseError: 400 Bad Request
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Response><Errors><Error><Code>InvalidInstanceID.Malformed</Code><Message>Invalid id: "ec2_asg_info.instances"</Message></Error></Errors><RequestID>9c204182-d5b6-41e0-badb-c6e85a9bc8e5</RequestID></Response>

FATAL: all hosts have already failed -- aborting

Note the invalid ID message coming back which has the list name instead of the item set.

Which is strange since if I run another playbook with the ec2_eip module only in which I set the list manually (after I created the instances with the previous asg playbook of course):

    - name: associate new elastic IPs with each of the instances:
      ec2_eip:
          instance_id={{ item }}
          region={{ vpc_region }}
          in_vpc=yes
      with_items: "['i-9abfff30', 'i-ee4ea517', 'i-08ec48a2']"
      register: eip_info

the tasks executes fine:

TASK: [associate new elastic IPs with each of the instances] ******************
changed: [localhost] => (item=i-9abfff30)
changed: [localhost] => (item=i-ee4ea517)
changed: [localhost] => (item=i-08ec48a2)

What is going on here?

Thanks,
Igor

[benno joy]

you have var="{{ ec_asg_info.instances }}"

and in with_items: ec2_asg_info   shouldnt it be : ec_asg_info

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[Igor Cicimov]

I expected to be some syntax error on my side but nothing that obvious and embarrassing :-(

I better go and check my eyes.

Thanks, Benno.
Igor