Sorry, I should have got that one on my own. Thank you again for your help.
On Friday, September 12, 2014 5:52:36 PM UTC-4, Michael DeHaan wrote:
>
> Take out the var=
>
> {{ instance.results[0].image_id }}
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 5:36 PM, Peter Palmieri <[email protected]
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> How can I reference this in an ini file module? I'm trying to write the
>> value of the ami id to a file, to be consumed by another process. This
>> didn't work:
>>
>> - ini_file: dest=ami.ini section=qa option=ami value={{
>> var=instance.results[0].image_id }}
>>
>> I got:
>>
>> TASK: [ini_file dest=ami.ini section=qa option=ami value={{
>> var=instance.results[0].image_id }}] ***
>> failed: [54.166.40.120] => {"failed": true}
>> msg: this module requires key=value arguments (['dest=ami.ini',
>> 'section=qa', 'option=ami', 'value={#', 'var=instance.results[0].image_id',
>> '#}'])
>>
>> On Friday, September 12, 2014 4:04:53 PM UTC-4, Michael DeHaan wrote:
>>>
>>> In that case, looks like you want:
>>>
>>> instance.results[0].image_id
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Peter Palmieri <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> That shows:
>>>>
>>>> TASK: [debug var=instance] ******************************
>>>> **********************
>>>> ok: [54.90.128.104] => {
>>>> "instance": {
>>>> "changed": true,
>>>> "msg": "All items completed",
>>>> "results": [
>>>> {
>>>> "changed": true,
>>>> "image_id": "ami-be14b9d6",
>>>> "invocation": {
>>>> "module_args": "wait=yes aws_access_key=****
>>>> aws_secret_key=**** instance_id=i-393284d2 region=us-east-1 name=blah",
>>>> "module_name": "ec2_ami"
>>>> },
>>>> "item": "i-393284d2",
>>>> "msg": "AMI creation operation complete",
>>>> "state": "available"
>>>> }
>>>> ]
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> On Friday, September 12, 2014 3:22:44 PM UTC-4, Michael DeHaan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you please share the output of:
>>>>>
>>>>> - debug: var=instance
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Peter Palmieri <[email protected]
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for helping, it's much appreciated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I now have:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> tasks:
>>>>>> - name: create an ami in us-east-1
>>>>>> ec2_ami: wait=yes
>>>>>> aws_access_key={{ ec2_access_key }}
>>>>>> aws_secret_key={{ ec2_secret_key }}
>>>>>> instance_id={{ item }}
>>>>>> region={{ region1 }}
>>>>>> name=some-name
>>>>>> with_items: hostvars[inventory_hostname]['
>>>>>> ansible_ec2_instance_id']
>>>>>> register: instance
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - debug: var=instance.image_id
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Which returns:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> TASK: [create an ami in us-east-1] ******************************
>>>>>> **************
>>>>>> changed: [54.198.217.217] => (item=i-7c77c197)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> TASK: [debug var=instance.image_id] ******************************
>>>>>> *************
>>>>>> ok: [54.198.217.217] => {
>>>>>> "instance.image_id": "{{ instance.image_id }}"
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> instead of the actual image id.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thursday, September 11, 2014 9:52:52 PM UTC-4, James Cammarata
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You should be able to just do:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - debug: var=instance.image_id
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Which should print out the image's ID. If not, could you share what
>>>>>>> it does show?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Peter Palmieri <
>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm building an EC2 instance with Ansible, then creating an AMI
>>>>>>>> from the instance. I'm sure I'm missing something here, but how do I
>>>>>>>> get
>>>>>>>> the ID of the newly created AMI? I've tried:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> tasks:
>>>>>>>> - name: create an ami in us-east-1
>>>>>>>> ec2_ami: wait=yes
>>>>>>>> aws_access_key={{ ec2_access_key }}
>>>>>>>> aws_secret_key={{ ec2_secret_key }}
>>>>>>>> instance_id={{ item }}
>>>>>>>> region={{ region1 }}
>>>>>>>> name=data-mgmt-qa-006
>>>>>>>> with_items: hostvars[inventory_hostname]['ansible_ec2_instance_id']
>>>>>>>> register: ec2_ami_info
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> - debug: var=item
>>>>>>>> with_items: ec2_ami_info.image_id
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> and:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> tasks:
>>>>>>>> - name: create an ami in us-east-1
>>>>>>>> ec2_ami: wait=yes
>>>>>>>> aws_access_key={{ ec2_access_key }}
>>>>>>>> aws_secret_key={{ ec2_secret_key }}
>>>>>>>> instance_id={{ item }}
>>>>>>>> region={{ region1 }}
>>>>>>>> name=data-mgmt-qa-006
>>>>>>>> with_items: hostvars[inventory_hostname]['ansible_ec2_instance_id']
>>>>>>>> register: instance
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> - debug: var=item
>>>>>>>> with_items: instance.image_id
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The latter 'register' is copied from the docs, but I'm not able to
>>>>>>>> get the right with_items obviously.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The AMI is being created fine. Any suggestions would be much
>>>>>>>> appreciated.
>>>>>>>> <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/amazon-web-services>
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