There is an open PR for using tags as names: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/7601
Until this one is merged, you could try applying those changes to your copy of ec2.py. On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 12:14 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the reply. I wasn't able to update this earlier as the post was > being moderated. I was trying to figure out how to group my instances like > you would with the standard /etc/ansible/hosts but after RTFM'ing further I > discovered I could group them by adding a tag named class and calling those > in my playbooks with tag_class_groupname. I started another post with a > similar question about how to display tag_Name during the playbook runs but > I'll wait for that post to be approved and update that one as well. > > Now I would like to figure out how to > > On Monday, November 10, 2014 9:25:55 AM UTC-6, Michael Peters wrote: >> >> This is because tags are not properties on the instance objects. I do >> agree that it's weird that you can only pick properties of the >> underlying python object for the destination variable. >> The list of those properties is available here: >> http://docs.pythonboto.org/en/latest/ref/ec2.html#module- >> boto.ec2.instance >> >> I think it could be improved if instance it waited until all the data >> was gathered and then allowed you to pick anything that was a property >> in the json hash instead. >> >> On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 8:59 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi all. I am running into an issue and I am having trouble figuring out >> the >> > problem. >> > >> > I am trying to set up Ansible with the ec2.py script replacing >> > /etc/ansible/hosts with ec2.py and I am attempting to list my instances >> with >> > tag_Name. >> > >> > I am running Ansible inside an Amazon VPC so I have the following >> settings >> > in ec2.ini >> > >> > destination_variable = private_dns_name >> > vpc_destination_variable = private_ip_address >> > >> > When I run ec2.py --list it works: >> > >> > : ./ec2.py --list >> > { >> > "_meta": { >> > "hostvars": { >> > "10.30.15.0": { >> > "ec2__in_monitoring_element": false, >> > "ec2_ami_launch_index": "0", >> > >> > If I change vpc_destination_variable to other things like id or >> image_id it >> > works. But if I set it to tag_Name I get the following error: >> > >> > AttributeError: 'Instance' object has no attribute 'tag_Name' >> > >> > I see tag_Name as an attribute when I do ec2.py --host HOST >> > >> > What am I missing here? I am using Ansible 1.7.2 >> > >> > Thanks! >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> > "Ansible Project" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an >> > email to [email protected]. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/ >> 6c39f599-3659-419e-a951-5e37cc562c6a%40googlegroups.com. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/6132b1bf-9efe-4b4f-b23f-8bc74568f8cd%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/6132b1bf-9efe-4b4f-b23f-8bc74568f8cd%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAH%2BKTJ5zpeoR8FbopBnQFBO-_cBPgsPVbHOYSARGu-FbAXsTYg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
