Ansible Playbook error - Dict object has no attribute.

[Kishore Ponniah]

Hi, 

I am trying to create a Direct connect Gateway in AWS account using ansible. I have the main playbook and an account config yaml template. When I run the playbook I am getting an error 

fatal: [infrastructure]: FAILED! => {"msg": "The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: 'dict object' has no attribute 'stacks'\n\nThe error appears to have been in '/home/ec2-user/environment/aws-rxgt-mgmt-platform/ansible/rxgt-ps-rxgtmgmt-playbook.yaml': line 10, column 5, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n  tasks:\n  - name: create rxgt-ps-mgmt-direct-connect-gateway stack\n    ^ here\n"}

I have attached the code for reference and error. can someone please help?

Thanks

[Kishore Ponniah]

main playbook code

---

# This playbook builds Network infrastructure in all configured accounts

- name: Install/Update RXGT Mgmt account CF templates

hosts: infrastructure

tasks:

- name: Install/Update RXGT PS cross account CF templates

hosts: infrastructure

tasks:

- name: create rxgt-ps-mgmt-direct-connect-gateway stack

aws_direct_connect_gateway:

state: present

region: ""

aws_access_key: ""

aws_secret_key: ""

security_token: ""

template_parameters: "{{ rxgt_mgmt_account.account_config.stacks['rxgt-ps-mgmt-direct-connect-gateway'].params }}"

tags: "{{ global_tags | combine(rxgt_mgmt_account.account_config.stacks['rxgt-ps-mgmt-direct-connect-gateway'].override_tags, recursive=True) }}"

register: created_aws_direct_connect_gateway

tags:

rxgt-ps-mgmt-dxgw-deploy

- name: debug stack outputs

vars:

msg: "{{ account_config | to_nice_yaml }}"

debug:

msg: "{{ msg.split('\n') }}"

verbosity: 0

tags:

- 'never'

- 'debug'

- rxgt-ps-mgmt-dxgw-deploy

account_config code:

---

ansible_python_interpreter: "{{ lookup('env', 'VIRTUAL_ENV') }}/bin/python"

rxgt_mgmt_account:

deploy_accounts:

- xxxxxx

account_config:

xxxxxx:

id: xxxxxx

account_alias: xxxxxx

sts_role_arn: arn:aws:iam::xxxxxxxxxxx:role/xxxxx/xx/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

pass_role_arn: ""

regions:

- eu-west-1

stacks:

rxgt-ps-mgmt-direct-connect-gateway:

params:

name: mgmt-dxgw

amazon_asn: 65000

override_tags:

rx:billing:service-name: identity

rx:billing:environment-name: xxxxxxx

[Vladimir Botka]

The indentation is wrong (line 10, column 5). Should be:

    tasks:

[Kishore Ponniah]

I have corrected that. I am concerned if line 17 is correct

Thanks

[Adrian Sebastian Dutu]

I think the indentation appears wrong just in the preview. I downloaded the file and the indentation is fine on line 10.

It seems this line is the issue: combine(rxgt_mgmt_account.account_config.stacks['rxgt-ps-mgmt-direct-connect-gateway'].override_tags, recursive=True) }}"

It says that dictionary has no key named stacks. Maybe try just printing that dict or do -vvv to see what keys that it actually has.

[Kishore Ponniah]

I did -vvv and I don't see anything different. Same error and it gathered the facts. Not sure if my debug stack task is correct. 

[Tony Chia]

It seems there is one level between account_config and stack.

Maybe try account_config.xxxxxx.stacks instead?

[Kishore Ponniah]

ok, I used the below 

      template_parameters: "{{ rxgt_mgmt_account.account_config.rxgtmgmt.stacks['rxgt-ps-mgmt-direct-connect-gateway'].params }}"

      tags: "{{ global_tags | combine(rxgt_mgmt_account.account_config.rxgtmgmt.stacks['rxgt-ps-mgmt-direct-connect-gateway'].override_tags, recursive=True) }}"

TASK [create rxgt-ps-mgmt-direct-connect-gateway stack] ************************************************************************************************************

fatal: [infrastructure]: FAILED! => {"msg": "|combine expects dictionaries, got Undefined"}

        to retry, use: --limit @/home/ec2-user/.ansible-retry/site.retry

[Kishore Ponniah]

I managed to sort out, there is no parameter called "template_parameter"

  - name: create rxgt-ps-mgmt-direct-connect-gateway stack

    aws_direct_connect_gateway:

      state: present

      region: ""

      aws_access_key: ""

      aws_secret_key: ""

      security_token: ""

      name: "{{ rxgt_mgmt_account.account_config.rxgtmgmt.stacks['rxgt-ps-mgmt-direct-connect-gateway'].params.name }}"

      amazon_asn: "{{ rxgt_mgmt_account.account_config.rxgtmgmt.stacks['rxgt-ps-mgmt-direct-connect-gateway'].params.amazon_asn }}"

    register: created_aws_direct_connect_gateway

    tags:

      rxgt-ps-mgmt-dxgw-deploy