ec2_ami "msg": "InvalidParameterValue: Value (['i-092axxxxxxxxxxd64']) for parameter instance is invalid. Expected: 'i-...'."

[sreenivas narayan]

Hi Guys,

I am using ec2 ami to create image of instance and getting error as above. Please help.

ansible version: 2.2.1.0

- name: Create ami from the image

  local_action:

    module: ec2_ami

    aws_access_key: "{{ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx}}"

    aws_secret_key: "{{ yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy}}"

    instance_id: "{{ new_instanceid }}"

    region: 'us-east-1'

    wait: yes

    name: xxxxxxx

      Name: newtest

      Service: TestService

  register: image

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fatal: [127.0.0.1 -> localhost]: FAILED! => {

    "changed": false,

    "failed": true,

    "invocation": {

        "module_args": {

            "aws_access_key": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",

            "aws_secret_key": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",

            "delete_snapshot": false,

            "description": "",

            "device_mapping": null,

            "ec2_url": null,

            "image_id": null,

            "instance_id": "['i-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx']",

            "launch_permissions": null,

            "name": "xxx-AMI",

            "no_reboot": false,

            "profile": null,

            "region": "us-east-1",

            "security_token": null,

            "state": "present",

            "tags": {

                "Name": "newtest",

                "Service": "TestService"

            },

            "validate_certs": true,

            "wait": true,

            "wait_timeout": "900"

        },

        "module_name": "ec2_ami"

    },

    "msg": "InvalidParameterValue: Value (['i-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx']) for parameter instance is invalid. Expected: 'i-...'."

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[sreenivas narayan]

got it :)

 instance_id: "{{ new_instanceid[0] }}"