Use results from facts

[lunser]

Hi,

I am getting facts from the ec2_vpc_net_facts module which I'm trying to grab the vpc-id from the output and use it as a variable to create a security group. This seems that it should be easy enough and I've read that ansible creates variables automatically but the example that I found doesn't not seem to work here. I thought I'd post here to see if someone else has done this sort of thing.

Thanks so much,

Ladean

---- main.yml

- name: get vpc_id

  ec2_vpc_net_facts:

    region: "{{ region }}"

    filters:

      "tag:Name": Svpc

- debug:

    var=ansible_ec2_vpc_vpc_id

- name: Create VPC Security Groups

  ec2_group:

    state: present

    name: "{{ env }}sshIn"

    description: allow ssh in from any

    region: "{{ region }}"

    vpc_id: "{{ ansible_ec2_vpc_vpc_id }}"

    rules:

      - proto: tcp

        cidr_ip: x.x.x.x/x

        to_port: 22

---- results

TASK [awsvpc : get vpc_id] *****************************************************

ok: [localhost]

TASK [awsvpc : debug] **********************************************************

ok: [localhost] => {

    "ansible_ec2_vpc.vpcs_id": "VARIABLE IS NOT DEFINED!"

}

TASK [awsvpc : Create VPC Security Groups] *************************************

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"failed": true, "msg": "'ansible_ec2_vpc_vpc_id' is undefined"}

[lunser]

After some fighting I found the way to capture the vpc id by registering the output. What I was missing all along in the variable string was the [0]. 

- name: get vpc_id

  ec2_vpc_net_facts:

    region: "{{ region }}"

    filters:

      "tag:Name": Svpc

  register: vpcdata

- debug:

    var=vpcdata.vpcs[0].id

- name: Create VPC Security Groups

  ec2_group:

    state: present

    name: "{{ env }}sshIn"

    description: allow ssh in from any

    region: "{{ region }}"

    vpc_id: "{{ vpcdata.vpcs[0].id }}"

    rules:

      - proto: tcp

        cidr_ip: x.x.x.x/x

        from_port: 22

        to_port: 22

Thanks