Hello all,
I have been working with a few different patterns for launching and
configuring ec2 hosts, first with add_host, and more recently working with
refresh_inventory. The problem I am having is that all ec2_ host variables
are lost with the introduction of the refresh_inventory task. Sample
playbook:
---
- hosts: localhost
connection: local
gather_facts: false
roles:
- aws_ec2 # standard ec2 deployment based on include vars
tasks:
- meta: refresh_inventory
- hosts: tag_Name_somehosts
tasks:
- debug: var=hostvars[inventory_hostname]
- debug: var=ec2_tag_Name
Running the playbook specifies an inventory directory, containing ec2.py, a
static hosts laying out some groups, group_vars, etc:
ansible-playbook -i inventory ec2.yml
I can see in the debug output that the ec2 host variables are lacking, yet
all the tag, instance, and sg-based groups exist. This fact is also proven
because the host declaration itself for the second play relies on one of
those groups. But the second task echoing out the ec2_tag_Name fails:
ok: [10.1.1.1] => {
"ec2_tag_Name": "VARIABLE IS NOT DEFINED!"
}
Of course if I leave off the refresh, the playbook will succeed and those
variables exist, except for that very first run where the instances were
not in inventory and the group does not exist:
PLAY [tag_Name_somehosts] **************************************************
skipping: no hosts matched
As an aside, when I introduced refresh_inventory to the typical add_host
playbook pattern, that re-init of inventory seemed to eliminate the ad-hoc
ec2launch group I had created (probably expected).
Ultimately, if any tasks or roles in the second post-ec2-provisioning play
rely on ec2_* variables, I am afraid refresh_inventory is deleting them. I
flipped on and off gather_facts for the second play and it made no
difference.
Has anyone else run into this or have an idea whether I should be doing
something differently?
-Jeff
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