Your code uses a templates variable as the image, which fails.
Then you supply a list, which also fails.
This is correct as the image parameter requires a simple string:
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/ec2_module.html
Follow that documentation.
There might be more issues ahead, I haven't looked at that...
On Thu, 13 Aug 2020 at 23:22, Alfred Kamga <ananab...@qmail.qcc.edu> wrote:
> Hello guys,
>
> I have an issue with my ansible file.:
>
> ---
>
> - hosts: localhost
> #user: root
> #connection: local
> gather_facts: no
> become: no
> # ignore_errors: yes
> tasks:
>
> - name: Install python-pip
> yum:
> name: python-pip
> state: present
>
> - name: Install boto
> pip:
> name: boto
> state: present
>
> - name: Provision Ec2 instance
> ec2:
> region: [ 'us-east-1' ]
> vpc_subnet_id: [ 'vpc-1509766f' ]
> image: "{{ ami-02354e95b39ca8dec }}"
> aws_access_key_ID: [ 'AKIARTQFUHGRKH2LPZVM' ]
> aws_secret_access_key: [
> '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' ]
> ## group: "{{ ansible_group }}" ##
> key_name: [ 'Dockerkeypair' ]
> instance_type: [ 't2.micro' ]
> wait: [ 'yes' ]
> count: 1
> assign_public_ip: [ 'yes' ]
> register: ec2
>
> I am trying to create an ec2 instance using ansible and it throws me
> errors as follow.
> fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"msg": "template error while templating
> string: unexpected char u'e' at 12. String: {{ ami-02354e95b39ca8dec }}"}
>
> Could someone help me please ? even when i changed to [
> 'ami-02354e95b39ca8dec' ]
> it is still not working.
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