I get it now, I need to use the dynamic inventory in order to use it's variables.
Thanks for the reply! On Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 10:32:26 PM UTC-3, Brenda Bell wrote: > > For starters, you have a typo in your add_host task: publid_dns_name > should be public_dns_name. > > When you run your playbook the first time, there *is* no inventory. If you > want to be able to access your new instances from the same playbook that > creates them, you'll need to reference them by either the registered > variable (ec2) or the group you're adding them to (my_cool_instance_group). > > Dynamic inventory isn't dynamically modified as you create instances. It > simply populates your inventory when the playbook starts. That's the > inventory you have to work with until the playbook is complete and you > refresh the cache. > > On Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 1:53:14 PM UTC-4, Mateus Dubiela Oliveira > wrote: >> >> >> *TL;DR: *When I create a instance the *ec2_* *variables are undefined. >> >> >> Hello, >> >> I'm using ansible to create instances and using the *ec2_tag_Name* to >> set up the machine's hostname. The problem is, on the first run the >> playbook crashes saying that the '*ec2_tag_Name*' variable is >> undefinded, which is odd, since it should be automagicly defined by the >> *ec2.py* script. I've tried to run [$ ./ec2.py --refresh-cache]after >> the machine's creation but with no luck. >> >> My current workaround is to simply run the playbook twice, the variable >> is defined on the second run. >> >> Here <https://gist.github.com/mateusduboli/ca9ebaf6637ded97b46c> is a >> example playbook with this behaviour. >> >> Thank you! >> >> >> -- 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/b2095ccb-63f4-499c-8615-883b8cb96266%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
