Hi Chris, Thanks! I'll give this a try.
-Jimmy On Thursday, November 13, 2014 7:15:17 AM UTC-6, Chris Church wrote: > > 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] <javascript:>> 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] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> 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/3294b376-ee30-4940-ae17-cb7ef2e594ae%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
