Your ec2_instance_tag 'name:webserver' is being evaluated as a string
because there's no space, it needs to be a YAML dictionary.
If you read the docs on the module (ansible-doc ec2), they state:
- instance_tags
> *a hash/dictionary of tags* to add to the new instance or for
> starting/stopping instance by tag; '{"key":"value"}' and
> '{"key":"value","key":"value"}'
> [Default: None]
> version_added: 1.0
>
And if you pay attention to:
http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/YAMLSyntax.html
* A dictionary is represented in a simple key: value form (the colon must
> be followed by a space): *
>
You have:
ec2_instance_tag:
name:webserver
This should be:
ec2_instance_tag:
name: webserver
^
On 23 April 2018 at 05:09, Saikrishna <lovesaikris...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Will,
>
> Updated changes but see an error, could you please let me know what is
> missing? Inserted code for your reference.
>
> fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "argument
> instance_tags is of type <type 'str'> and we were unable to convert to
> dict: dictionary requested, could not parse JSON or key=value"}
>
>
>
> ---
>
> - name: Create a sandbox instance
>
> hosts: localhost
>
> connection: local
>
> gather_facts: True
>
> vars:
>
> aws_access_key: aabbccdd
>
> aws_secret_key: aabbccddeeffgghhiijjkk
>
> key_name: mykeypair
>
> ec2_instance_count: 5
>
> ec2_instance_tag:
>
> name:webserver
>
> instance_type: 't2.micro'
>
> # instance_type: 'c4.2xlarge'
>
> security_group: my_securitygroup
>
> group: default
>
> image: ami-00000000
>
> # region: us-west-2a
>
> ec2_url: https://ec2.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
>
> tasks:
>
> - name: Launch instance
>
> ec2:
>
> aws_access_key: "{{ aws_access_key }}"
>
> aws_secret_key: "{{ aws_secret_key }}"
>
> count_tag: "{{ ec2_instance_tag }}"
>
> ec2_url: "{{ ec2_url }}"
>
> exact_count: "{{ ec2_instance_count }}"
>
> group: "{{ security_group }}"
>
> key_name: "{{ key_name }}"
>
> image: "{{ image }}"
>
> instance_type: "{{ instance_type }}"
>
> instance_tags: "{{ ec2_instance_tag }}"
>
> wait: true
>
> # region: "{{ region }}"
>
> vpc_subnet_id: subnet-buiuuyyt
>
> # vpc_id: vpc-iuuytgfxds
>
> assign_public_ip: yes
>
> register: ec2
>
>
> - name: Add new instance to host group
>
> add_host:
>
> hostname: "{{ item.public_ip }}"
>
> groupname: launched
>
> with_items: "{{ ec2.instances }}"
>
>
> - name: Wait for SSH to come up
>
> wait_for:
>
> host: "{{ item.public_dns_name }}"
>
> port: 22
>
> delay: 60
>
> timeout: 320
>
> state: started
>
> with_items: "{{ ec2.instances }}"
>
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 22, 2018 at 9:26 AM, Will McDonald <wmcdon...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I think this is because you've defined the desired count in your vars but
>> not actually in the invocation of the ec2 module.
>>
>> Something like this should work as you expect:
>>
>> - name: create webserver instances
>> hosts: localhost
>> connection: local
>> gather_facts: false
>>
>> vars:
>> ec2_instance_count: 2
>> ec2_instance_tag:
>> name: webserver
>>
>> tasks:
>> - name: provision ec2 webserver instances
>> ec2:
>> aws_access_key: "{{ aws_access_key }}"
>> aws_secret_key: "{{ aws_secret_key }}"
>> count_tag: "{{ ec2_instance_tag }}"
>> ec2_url: "{{ ec2_url }}"
>> exact_count: "{{ ec2_instance_count }}"
>> groups: "{{ ec2_security_group }}"
>> key_name: "{{ ec2_key_name }}"
>> image: "{{ ec2_image }}"
>> instance_tags: "{{ ec2_instance_tag }}"
>> instance_type: "{{ ec2_instance_type }}"
>> region: "{{ ec2_region }}"
>> wait: true
>> register: ec2
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Will.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 22 April 2018 at 16:12, Love <lovesaikris...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Experts,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> How to launch multiple EC2 instances using ansible?
>>>
>>> I want to create an environment in AWS using below playbook but I see
>>> only one instance is being created when I execute below playbook.
>>>
>>>
>>> Could you please help with missing code/syntax here?
>>>
>>>
>>> Note: I'm using free account with AWS.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> - name: Create sandbox instances
>>>
>>> hosts: localhost
>>>
>>> gather_facts: True
>>>
>>> vars:
>>>
>>> aws_access_key: aabbccddeeffgghh
>>>
>>> aws_secret_key: aabbccddeeffgghhiijjkkllmmnnoopp
>>>
>>> key_name: mykeypair
>>>
>>> count: 5
>>>
>>> exact_count: 'count_tag'
>>>
>>> instance_type: 't2.micro'
>>>
>>> security_group: my_securitygroup
>>>
>>> group: default
>>>
>>> image: ami-00125160
>>>
>>> ec2_url: https://ec2.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
>>>
>>> tasks:
>>>
>>> - name: Launch instance
>>>
>>> ec2:
>>>
>>> aws_access_key: "{{ aws_access_key }}"
>>>
>>> aws_secret_key: "{{ aws_secret_key }}"
>>>
>>> key_name: "{{ key_name }}"
>>>
>>> group: "{{ security_group }}"
>>>
>>> instance_type: "{{ instance_type }}"
>>>
>>> count_tag: "{{ exact_count }}"
>>>
>>> image: "{{ image }}"
>>>
>>> wait: true
>>>
>>> ec2_url: "{{ ec2_url }}"
>>>
>>> vpc_subnet_id: subnet-edcf00db
>>>
>>> assign_public_ip: yes
>>>
>>> register: ec2
>>>
>>>
>>> - name: Add new instance to host group
>>>
>>> add_host:
>>>
>>> hostname: "{{ item.public_ip }}"
>>>
>>> groupname: launched
>>>
>>> with_items: "{{ ec2.instances }}"
>>>
>>>
>>> - name: Wait for SSH to come up
>>>
>>> wait_for:
>>>
>>> host: "{{ item.public_dns_name }}"
>>>
>>> port: 22
>>>
>>> delay: 60
>>>
>>> timeout: 320
>>>
>>> state: started
>>>
>>> with_items: "{{ ec2.instances }}"
>>>
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